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Chalkboard gag "Spoiler alert: Unfortunately, my dad doesn't die" Couch gag: A surreal depiction of a future episode of the show created by Don Hertzfeldt.
A blackboard or a chalkboard is a reusable writing surface on which text or drawings are made with sticks of calcium sulphate or calcium carbonate, known, when used for this purpose, as chalk. Blackboards were originally made of smooth, thin sheets of black or dark grey slate stone.
The chalkboard gag is a reference to the advertising slogan of the lean mean grilling machine by George Foreman. The title of The Itchy & Scratchy Show episode "Skinless in Seattle" is a reference to the 1993 film Sleepless in Seattle .
Chalkboard gag "South Park—we'd stand beside you if we weren't so scared" Some stations aired: "Je ne suis pas Français" ("I am not French") Couch gag: The family chases the couch throughout the pages of The Springfield Shopper. The couch reunites with them after seeing an advertisement about itself in the classifieds section. Episode chronology
The opening sequence, including the chalkboard and couch gags, was originally a video created by Australian animators Paul Robertson and Ivan Dixon with music by Jeremy Dower. [2] After uploading the video to YouTube on February 1, 2015, producers contacted them within one day to license the video.
The word "gag" has come to have various extended meanings, for example: Various sorts of laws and orders preventing or stopping discussion or revealing of information, e.g., a parliamentary procedure to end a debate. See gag order. A gag rule can be a part of court proceedings and congressional proceedings. Gag (medical device), to keep the ...
The chalkboard gag ("I must not write all over the walls") is written all over the classroom walls, clock, door, and floor. [39] After the Simpsons arrive at home, the camera cuts to a shot of them on the couch, then zooms out to show this as a picture hanging on the wall of a fictional overseas Asian animation and merchandise sweatshop .
Following the death of recurring guest star Marcia Wallace, the episode acknowledged her passing during the chalkboard gag. [4] The producers planned to retire her character after all the remaining episodes that she had recorded had aired.