Trash of the Titans

"**Trash of the Titans**"
"Trash of the Titans"
The Simpsons episode
	Promotional card, featuring Homer, U2, and Ray Patterson, a character voiced by Steve Martin
Episode no.	Season 9; Episode 22
Directed by	Jim Reardon
Written by	Ian Maxtone-Graham
Production code	5F09
Original air date	April 26, 1998
Guest appearances
	Steve Martin as Ray Patterson; U2 as themselves; Marcia Wallace as Edna Krabappel; Paul McGuinness as himself; Susie Smith as herself;
Episode features
Chalkboard gag	"I will not mess with the opening credits" (during the couch gag)
Couch gag	Homer, Marge, Lisa and Maggie appear in Edna Krabappel's classroom, where Bart is writing on the blackboard: "I will not mess with the opening credits".
Commentary	Matt Groening; Mike Scully; George Meyer; Ron Hauge; Ian Maxtone-Graham; Yeardley Smith;
Episode chronology
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	The Simpsons season 9
	List of episodes

"Trash of the Titans" is the twenty-second episode of the ninth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. The 200th episode of the series overall, it originally aired on Fox in the United States on April 26, 1998. The episode, which was written by Ian Maxtone-Graham and directed by Jim Reardon, sees Homer Simpson run for the job of Springfield's Sanitation Commissioner. Steve Martin guest stars as Ray Patterson, the incumbent commissioner, while U2 play themselves after requesting an appearance on the show.^[2]

Inspired by a friend's experience in politics, Maxtone-Graham decided to have Homer run for Sanitation Commissioner, although one draft of the episode saw him running for mayor. The staff also wanted the episode to be about trash, and created the concept of "Love Day" as a means of generating waste. The episode's resolution was discussed extensively by the staff, with one proposed idea being that Springfield would be raised up and the excess rubbish swept underneath it. The episode also features a parody of the song "The Candy Man" and an incident involving comedian Redd Foxx.

"Trash of the Titans" won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less), something the staff believe was due to the environmental message at the end. Over 10 years after the original broadcast, an airing of the episode in the United Kingdom courted controversy when it was aired on Channel 4 in April 2008 before the 9pm watershed, with the word "wankers" left unedited.

The episode is dedicated to the memory of Linda McCartney, who appeared alongside her husband Paul in the episode "Lisa the Vegetarian."^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Trash of the Titans". BBC. Retrieved 2007-03-02.
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[BBC-1] Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Trash of the Titans". BBC. Retrieved 2007-03-02.

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