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Lance Kramer
Lance Kramer is an animation director on ''The Simpsons'' and '' Futurama''. He was as an additional sequence director for ''The Simpsons Movie''. He also worked as an assistant animator on '' Tom and Jerry: The Movie'' and served as a storyboard artist for ''Garfield and Friends''. History Kramer graduated from Bismarck High School in Bismarck, North Dakota. He graduated from San Diego State University with a degree in film production. ''The Simpsons'' episodes Kramer directed the following episodes: Season 11 *" Saddlesore Galactica" Season 12 *" Skinner's Sense of Snow" Season 13 *"A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love" *" The Old Man and the Key" Season 14 *" Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington" Season 16 *" Goo Goo Gai Pan" Season 18 *" The Wife Aquatic" *"Crook and Ladder" Season 19 *" Little Orphan Millie" *"Smoke on the Daughter" Season 20 *" Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes" *" How the Test Was Won" Season 21 *"Homer the Whopper" *"The Squirt and the Whale" Season 22 *"The Real H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animation Director
An animation director is either the director in charge of all aspects of the animation process during the production of an animated film or television, and animated segment for a live action film or television show, or the animator in charge of correcting layouts and drawings. The difference between the two is largely the difference between the western and eastern animation industries. Responsibilities Western production pipeline In western animation, such as Disney, the responsibilities of an animation director include directing the storyboards, character designs, background animation, and other technical aspects of a project's animation. Some animated film productions may split the duties between an animation director, who focuses on the creation of the animation, and a director who oversees all other aspects of the film. A supervising animator is commonly in charge of all aspects of the design and artwork for a single major character. The supervising animator oversees a group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smoke On The Daughter
"Smoke on the Daughter" is the fifteenth episode of the nineteenth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 30, 2008, and was written by Billy Kimball (the only sole writing credit he has received for the show to date), and directed by Lance Kramer. Lisa becomes a ballerina at an academy and discovers her natural talent is enhanced by second hand cigarette smoke. Meanwhile, Homer shows Bart his secret room where he has secretly been making beef jerky and is torn when a family of raccoons steal it. During the first broadcast, the episode was watched by 7.1 million people.Simpsons Channel , Your Source For Simpsons News Plot The episode starts when |
Burger Kings
The thirty-second season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons'' premiered on Fox on September 27, 2020, and ended on May 23, 2021. This season contained twenty-two episodes. On February 6, 2019, the season was ordered along with the previous season. This season includes the series' 700th episode "Manger Things". Episodes Production Animation The season was produced during the COVID-19 pandemic, which impacted many other television productions, but left animated production largely unaffected. Executive producer James L. Brooks encouraged the staff to begin working from their homes in early March 2020, before California's stay-at-home order was declared. In an interview with ''The Hollywood Reporter'' in late March 2020, showrunner Al Jean stated, "Production hasn't skipped a day or lost a beat." At that point seven episodes for the season, including the '' Treehouse of Horror'' episode, were already completed, and they had starte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
'Tis The 30th Season
"Tis the 30th Season" is the tenth episode of the thirtieth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons'', and the 649th episode overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on December 9, 2018. Plot After Thanksgiving dinner, Bart and Lisa give Marge and Homer their Christmas lists, asking for only one present: a smart TV that costs $2,400. Seeing a commercial for a Black Friday sale at the Sprawl-Mart, Marge and Homer plan a strategy to take advantage of it. Marge waits in line overnight at the store, giving Gil Gunderson some of her winter clothing so he can keep warm. Homer wakes up at 2:30 in the morning to take her place as planned, but gets his scarf caught in the front door and knocks himself unconscious. When the Sprawl-Mart opens at 6:00, Marge hurries to get a smart TV, but stops to help Gil get a present for his granddaughter. By the time she finishes, the shelves have been picked clean. In addition, Gil immediately sells the present to Rever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left Behind (The Simpsons)
"Left Behind" is the nineteenth episode of the twenty-ninth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons'', and the 637th episode of the series overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on May 6, 2018. The episode features the late Marcia Wallace, who died on October 25, 2013, appearing as Edna Krabappel via the use of archive audio recordings. Plot During dinner, a solar eclipse occurs. Marge, Lisa, Bart, Maggie and Grampa go outside to watch the solar eclipse, but Homer stays inside and continues to eat because it is "pork chop night". Marge is irritated by Homer's apathy, so he takes her out for a romantic date night the next day. As Homer and Marge return from their date, Ned Flanders comes to them looking for advice, now unemployed after being forced to close his store the Leftorium. Homer helps Ned get a human resources job at the power plant, while Rod and Todd stay with the Simpsons, with Todd getting on Lisa's nerves. At the plant, Ned's he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Caper Chase
"The Caper Chase" is the nineteenth episode of the twenty-eighth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons'', and the 615th episode of the series overall. The episode was directed by Lance Kramer and written by Jeff Westbrook. It aired in the United States on Fox on April 2, 2017 and in the United Kingdom on Sky 1 on May 7, 2017. Plot A softball match is being played to little athletic achievement between teams from the Indian Point and Springfield Nuclear Plants. After Homer collapses on the field, Mr. Burns and the other coach talk about how the market for nuclear energy will be lucrative forever. Burns goes to his alma mater, Yale University, to endow a chair in nuclear plant management, only to learn that the entire student body is now made of " highly entitled wusses" from the Whiffenpoofs on down, and who follow left-wing views that appall Burns. He then finds out that running a university can earn him a lot of money from a member of the Skul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Friends And Family (The Simpsons)
"Friends and Family" is the second episode of the twenty-eighth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons'', and the 598th episode of the series overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on October 2, 2016. The episode was written by J. Stewart Burns and directed by Lance Kramer. Plot Mr. Burns goes to an appointment with his psychiatrist to deal with his anger issues. Much to Burns' anger, Dr. Nussbaum gives up on his case after seventy years and says that he will never be able to have a family. Shortly after Burns leaves the room, the doctor dies. During his funeral, Burns pays for his tombstone which has "Paid for by C. Montgomery Burns" written on it, angering everyone there. Escaping from the angry mourners, Burns and Smithers accidentally run over Professor Frink who is wearing virtual reality glasses. Burns gets interested on the technology and takes it home where he has a lot of fun with them. However, Smithers reminds him that the last thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bull-E
"Bull-E" is the twenty-first episode of the twenty-sixth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons'', and the 573rd overall episode of the series. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 10, 2015. The title is a reference to the Pixar movie '' WALL-E''. Plot Bart is not excited about going to his first school dance, but after he accidentally destroys the orange drink machine that Nelson's mom's fiancé brought over, a 5th grade girl is impressed and asks him to dance. Bart then wins the "Best Dancer" trophy and his date asks him to meet her outside, but the bullies are waiting for him and they break his trophy and mock him, leading his date to desert him. After a humiliated Bart tells Marge about the incident, she goes to a City Council meeting and says it is time to make bullies feel scared instead of their victims, and a bill giving the police wide powers to crack down on bullying is passed unanimously. Chief Wiggum starts o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Specs And The City
"Specs and the City" is the eleventh episode of the twenty-fifth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons'' and the 541st episode of the series. It premiered on the Fox network in the United States on January 26, 2014. The episode was written by Brian Kelley and directed by Lance Kramer. The original title of the episode was intended to be "I Only Have My Eyes for You", a take on "I Only Have Eyes for You", but was changed to "Specs and the City", a take on ''Sex and the City''. The Oogle goggles were originally known as "MyEyes". Plot During Christmas at the power plant, Mr. Burns hands out Oogle Goggles to his employees after Homer, Lenny and Carl discuss his previous terrible presents. Smithers is сoncerned with his boss's sudden kindness, but Burns reveals to him that he plans on using hidden cameras inside the googles as part of a surveillance system to spy on his employees and prevent further theft at the plant. In February, Marge encourages B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
How I Wet Your Mother
"How I Wet Your Mother" is the sixteenth episode of the twenty-third season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 11, 2012. In the episode, a traumatic incident causes Homer to repeatedly wet the bed. As it worsens, his family, with the help of Professor Frink, successfully manage to infiltrate his dreams to get to its subconscious source. The episode name is a pun on ''How I Met Your Mother''. The episode was co-written by Billy Kimball and Ian Maxtone-Graham and has received positive reviews from critics. Plot Waylon Smithers enters a storage cupboard in the power plant and accidentally leaves the door open. Homer, seeing this as an opportunity to steal supplies, tells everyone to come and help themselves, and every employee steals something. However, Homer then sees Mr. Burns approaching and hurries away from the plant, leaving his fellow employees to get all the blame. Homer is t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Real Housewives Of Fat Tony
"The Real Housewives of Fat Tony" is the nineteenth episode of the twenty-second season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 1, 2011. This episode mainly centers around Marge Simpson and one of her older sisters, Selma, who falls in love with mobster Fat Tony. Selma later begins the glamorous lifestyle associated with being in the Mafia and the couple agrees to marry each other. The marriage leads to tension between Marge and Selma. Fat Tony later invites Homer and Marge to his mansion in New Jersey, in hopes of mending the sisters' relationship. Meanwhile, Bart acquires an ability to trace the location of truffles, which leads Lisa to attest to her growing greed for eating truffles. This episode was written by Dick Blasucci, and directed by Lance Kramer. The episode was met with a mixed to negative response from television critics, with much criticism going to the cultural refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Squirt And The Whale
"The Squirt and the Whale" is the nineteenth episode of the twenty-first season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. The 460th episode of the series overall, it originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 25, 2010. In the episode, the Simpson family attempt to save a beached whale that washed up onshore, only for it to die. The episode was written by Matt Warburton and directed by Lance Kramer. The episode features references to William Shatner and fellow animated show, ''South Park'', and its controversy of the depiction of Muhammad in the-then two recent episode, "200" and "201". "The Squirt and the Whale" received positive reviews from critics with IGN naming it and "The Bob Next Door" the best episodes of the season. Plot When Homer is outraged by the family's high electricity bill, they attend an alternate energy expo and purchase a wind turbine. At first the turbine produces an excess of electricity which the electric comp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
