24 minutes

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Episode of the series The Simpsons
title 24 minutes
Original title 24 minutes
Country of production United States
original language English
length approx. 22 minutes
classification Season 18, episode 21
399th episode overall ( list )
First broadcast May 20, 2007 on FOX
German-language
first broadcast		 January 20, 2008 on ProSieben
Rod
Director Raymond S. Persi
script Ian Maxtone-Graham ,
Billy Kimball
music Alf Clausen
cut Don Barrozo ,
Michael Bridge
synchronization

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24 minutes is the 399th episode of the American animated television series The Simpsons . With its plot and staging style, the episode parodies the real-time television series 24 .

action

The CTU ( Chaoten-Driven Hunt Unit ) is operated at Springfield Elementary School , an anti-terrorist unit headed by Rector Skinner and Lisa Simpson, whose task, among other things, is to track down truants. Meanwhile, Homer Simpson is hired by Mr. Burns to dispose of his spoiled yogurt, whose best-before date has already passed so far that the yogurt could be toxic. Marge discovers that the school's cake festival is about to begin in twenty-seven minutes and tries to bake a cake in time and bring it to school. The yogurt comes into the possession of the truancy clique around Dolph, Jimbo and Kearney, who use it to build a stink bomb and set it off at the school festival. After Bart and Lisa find out about it, they do everything in their power to stop the three of them from setting off the stink bomb at school. Bart can prevent the assassination attempt on the cake bazaar at the last second; Marge saves his life by smashing a pane of glass with her cake that has turned too hard. Shortly afterwards a fantastic anti-terrorist squad under the direction of from 24 well-known agent Jack Bauer primary school after Bart him a phone prank had played.

Staging

The episode adopts the staging style known from the real-time television series 24 : It begins with the words What happened so far , shows split screens and the current time with a digital clock with seconds. It also addresses the secret agents occurring in 24 , the frequent use of cell phones and a mole . The main actors of Series 24 , Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub , appear as guest stars in the English version in their known roles from 24 .

reception

Reviews

The entertainment portal IGN rated the episode as “excellent, hilarious” and “by far the best” of the season. In the Internet Movie Database , the episode is rated with an average of 8.5 out of 10 stars.

Awards

The episode won an Annie Award in the Best Screenplay category for an animated television production in 2008 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Robert Canning: The Simpsons: "24 Minutes" Review. The best episode of the season , in: IGN, May 21, 2007, accessed October 21, 2012