So It's Come To This: A Simpson's Family Podcast
Oct 23, 2026 · 1 hr 59 min · 11 segments
It's Spoopy Season so you know what that means, it's time for another Treehouse of Horror episode. We goa all the way back to 2001 to take a look at the 12th offering which starts off with Homer…
I saw that this was the first to drop the scary names in the credits.
Yep.
Producer Ian Maxton Graham stated it was to remain sensitive after the September 11th attacks, while showrunner Mike Scully noted that they'd also become proportional plugs for side projects.
Yes.
So that's when they...
They're like, let's...
And I did notice that right away, because whenever we do these, I usually try to make note of the crazy names and stuff.
Thank God we're past those.
Listen, not all of them, just some of the standouts.
cory which did you he's saying standouts i remember like an episode where we stand here for like five minutes while he read yes all of them all of them all of them all of the credit well
did you see what yardley smith posted this year she's asking for fans to uh name her in the credits for the treehouse of horror this year that's fun yeah so i thought that was kind of interesting This was also the final Halloween episode to be
titled The Simpsons Halloween Special.
So next year's one and all others after that go by the fan title of Treehouse of Horror with a Roman numeral.
So this was the last time they used Simpsons Halloween Special.
This was also the last Halloween episode to use traditional cell animation.
Oh, yeah.
I saw that apparently the Ultra House was originally supposed to be for Sean Connery.
It was a few different ones.
What?
Yes.
good.
I saw that this was the first to drop the scary names in the credits.
Yep.
Producer Ian Maxton Graham stated it was to remain sensitive after the September 11th attacks, while showrunner Mike Scully noted that they'd also become proportional plugs for side projects.
Yes.
So that's when they...
They're like, let's...
And I did notice that right away, because whenever we do these, I usually try to make note of the crazy names and stuff.
Thank God we're past those.
Listen, not all of them, just some of the standouts.
cory which did you he's saying standouts i remember like an episode where we stand here for like five minutes while he read yes all of them all of them all of them all of the credit well
did you see what yardley smith posted this year she's asking for fans to uh name her in the credits for the treehouse of horror this year that's fun yeah so i thought that was kind of interesting This was also the final Halloween episode to be
titled The Simpsons Halloween Special.
So next year's one and all others after that go by the fan title of Treehouse of Horror with a Roman numeral.
So this was the last time they used Simpsons Halloween Special.
This was also the last Halloween episode to use traditional cell animation.
Oh, yeah.
I saw that apparently the Ultra House was originally supposed to be for Sean Connery.
It was a few different ones.
What?
Yes.
good.
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