1. 13:49 27th Jan 2012

    “The Land of Chocolate” from “Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk” In the original script, the “Land of Chocolate” sequence was absent, though the dialog that set it up was present (Homer complains to his new German bosses about the candy machines not working, to which one of them replies: “We understand, Homer. After all, we are from the land of chocolate!”). Executive producer Sam Simon was the one who suggested that they actually do a sequence in which Homer’s mind wanders off into an imaginary land made of chocolate. The sequence was storyboarded by animator Kevin O’Brien, who designed it to be a parody of The Sound of Music, but supervising director David Silverman suggested that it be more original. Silverman storyboarded the revised sequence, and tried to make Homer “deliriously happy” as he skipped through the town. He later recalled, “I animated that scene frame by frame, I needed to draw the skip I wanted. Homer’s skipping sets the tone for that show.” In the sequence there was supposed to be a road sign that read “Hershey Highway” (Hershey’s is a chocolate manufacturer, but the term “hershey highway” refers to anal sex). However, the censors objected and the writers replaced it with “Fudgetown”.

    “The Land of Chocolate” from “Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk”

    In the original script, the “Land of Chocolate” sequence was absent, though the dialog that set it up was present (Homer complains to his new German bosses about the candy machines not working, to which one of them replies: “We understand, Homer. After all, we are from the land of chocolate!”). Executive producer Sam Simon was the one who suggested that they actually do a sequence in which Homer’s mind wanders off into an imaginary land made of chocolate. The sequence was storyboarded by animator Kevin O’Brien, who designed it to be a parody of The Sound of Music, but supervising director David Silverman suggested that it be more original. Silverman storyboarded the revised sequence, and tried to make Homer “deliriously happy” as he skipped through the town.

    He later recalled, “I animated that scene frame by frame, I needed to draw the skip I wanted. Homer’s skipping sets the tone for that show.”

    In the sequence there was supposed to be a road sign that read “Hershey Highway” (Hershey’s is a chocolate manufacturer, but the term “hershey highway” refers to anal sex). However, the censors objected and the writers replaced it with “Fudgetown”.