When football fans turned on their TVs to watch the Dallas Cowboys and Cincinnati Bengals game on Monday night, they didn't know why they were watching an episode of “The Simpsons.”
As part of the partnership between Disney+ and ESPN+, “Monday Night Football” featured characters from the long-running series and aired as if it were set in Springfield.
However, this was not just a single segment. The entire game was aired separately from the original broadcast on ESPN+, with characters like Homer Simpson and Krusty the Clown appearing regularly on the air. injected For the game.
Characters were placed in place of real players throughout the game, filling in for names such as quarterback Joe Burrow and kicker Evan McPherson.
“They're going to put Homer Simpson at quarterback!” ESPN's Drew Carter said at one point during the show. broadcast. “Krusty already made a field goal from 37 yards,” he said later.
This animation feat was accomplished by tracking the movements of real players from the broadcast and overlaying cartoon stand-ins on top of each player to represent them as characters from “The Simpsons.”
Although the broadcast was entertaining at times, it seemed to be uncomfortable for most fans to watch for long periods of time.
“This is painful to watch,” a fan wrote ×.
”[Not going to lie] This is the worst.” said Another.
However, tongue-in-cheek moments like characters making fun of themselves, real-life players, or various universities were supported. For example, Krusty the Clown said he attended “Clown University,” also known as Arizona State. Similarly, Bart takes over for the judge at one point and says, “The verdict on the field stands, Homer stinks!” through 20 megaphones lined up behind them.
At the same time, many fans were confused by this broadcast and said it was too much. ”delay” or I wonder“Who asked for this?”
The Bengals finally took it home. 27-20 The Cowboys blocked a punt, but lost the ball on a botched fumble and won the game. on the other hand, animation The key play portion was hilarious, but for some reason, none of the iconic yellow characters were on the field during this portion of the game with less than two minutes left.
If Bart had blocked the punt that Ralph Wiggum ultimately recovered for the Bengals after the punt hit Moe in the arm, fans would have been singing a different song at one of the greatest highlights in NFL history. It might have been.
According to comic announcer Stephen A. Smith, the legitimate justification for this broadcast was that the entire incident took place in Homer's dream as he slept on the couch while football was being played on television. Ta.
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