"My Mother the Carjacker" | |
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The Simpsons episode | |
Episode no. | Season 15 Episode 2 |
Directed by | Nancy Kruse |
Written by | Michael Price |
Production code | EABF18 |
Original air date | November 9, 2003 |
Guest appearance | |
Glenn Close as Mona Simpson | |
Episode features | |
Couch gag | The Simpsons sit on the couch as normal, but then begin to decay and turn to dust.[1] |
Commentary | Al Jean Michael Price Matt Selman Tom Gammill Max Pross Marc Wilmore Dan Castellaneta |
"My Mother the Carjacker" is the second episode of the fifteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 9, 2003.[2] In the episode, Homer receives a cryptic message in the newspaper informing him to come to a certain place at midnight, and soon discovers that the person who wrote the message is his mother, Mona Simpson. It was written by Michael Price and directed by Nancy Kruse.[2] Glenn Close makes her second of eleven guest spots as Homer's mother.[2] It has a direct link from the season seven episode "Mother Simpson".[3] It was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award in 2004.[4] In its original run, the episode received 12.4 million viewers.[5]