In an episode airing after Sunday's Super Bowl telecast, "The Simpsons" offer their own commentary on the reaction to last year's controversy -- the "wardrobe malfunction."
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Unfortunately, it takes too long to get to that reaction, and the episode is all over the map until then.
It begins with Homer acting like a jackass when he beats his son, Bart, at a carnival game. Homer dances, shakes his rump and generally makes a fool of himself, catching the eye of a football player looking for a new end-zone dance.
Pretty soon, Homer is working as a victory dance choreographer for the likes of Tom Brady, Warren Sapp, Yao Ming, LeBron James and Michelle Kwan, who all provide voices for their animated likenesses.
The episode's "B" story involves neighbor Ned Flanders making a "Passion of the Christ"-like film with his sons. Eventually, the two stories converge and lead to a Super Bowl half-time show that outrages at least one parent.
"You try to raise your kids as secular humanists, but these showbiz types keep shoving religion down our throats," says one angry mother.
Actually, the best line of the episode has nothing to do with the half-time show but illustrates the "Simpsons" writers' continuing crusade against the network that pays their salaries: "I'm the worst thing to happen to sports since Fox," Homer declares.