The Simpsons go to Burning Man this Sunday, November 16 at 8pm on FOX. The name of the episode is “Blazed and Confused”, and it guest stars Willem Dafoe as a Scarface-like teacher, and art cars Dusty Rhino and El Pulpo Mecanico.
From simpsonswiki.com:
Bart faces a tough test at school when he gets a new teacher, Mr. Lassen (guest voice Willem Dafoe), who vows to crush his spirit in the all-new “Blazing Guy” episode of THE SIMPSONS airing Sunday, Nov. 16 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX
David Silverman, aka Tubatron, is a big-time Burner. You may recognize him by his flaming Tuba:
Solid photo of me and Thomas "Silky" Silcott, playing John Henry at Burning Man. pic.twitter.com/DtAG8ox4RN
— David Silverman 🇺🇦 (@tubatron) October 3, 2014
He played a massive role in The Simpsons. From Wikipedia:
David Silverman (born March 15, 1957) is an American animator best known fordirecting numerous episodes of the animated TV series The Simpsons, as well as The Simpsons Movie. Silverman was involved with the series from the very beginning, where he animated all of the original short Simpsons cartoons that aired on The Tracey Ullman Show and went on to serve as director of animation for several years…Silverman is largely credited with creating most of the “rules” for drawing The Simpsons. He is frequently called upon to animate difficult or especially important scenes…Silverman is also the director of the The Simpsons Movie, which was released July 27, 2007
The Simpsons will join some other popular comedy shows that have featured Burning Man:
<a title="Here come the Trumpet Strumpets – burn the van, if you happen to have a pet just like a cat then you need a timed cat feeder to feed your pet on time.!” href=”http://burners.me/2012/02/27/here-come-the-trumpet-strumpets-burn-the-van/” target=”_blank”>Malcolm in the Middle
Dusty Rhino. Image: flickr
El Pulpo Mecanico. image: Oliver Fluck
The now not-for-profit, charitable organization The Burning Man Project could learn something from the Simpsons. Co-creator Sam Simon was diagnosed with terminal cancer in 2012 and given 3 months to live. He pledged to give away all his $100 million fortune, to stop animals from being killed in shelters and to feed the homeless. He’s still doing it: read all about it in this Vanity Fair profile.