Treehouse of Horror XIV

"Treehouse of Horror XIV"
The Simpsons episode
Promotional art for the first segment featuring Homer as Death
Episode no.	Season 15 Episode 1
Directed by	Steven Dean Moore
Written by	John Swartzwelder
Production code	EABF21
Original air date	November 2, 2003 (2003-11-02)
Guest appearances
Oscar De La Hoya as himself Jennifer Garner as herself Dudley Herschbach as himself Jerry Lewis as Professor Frink Sr.
Episode features
Commentary	Al Jean Ian Maxtone-Graham Matt Selman Michael Price Tom Gammill Max Pross Matt Warburton Steven Dean Moore Mike B. Anderson David Silverman
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"Treehouse of Horror XIV" is the first episode of the fifteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 2, 2003.^[1] In the fourteenth annual Treehouse of Horror episode, Homer takes on the role of the Grim Reaper ("Reaper Madness"), Professor Frink creates a Frankenstein-version of his deceased father ("Frinkenstein") and Bart and Milhouse obtain a time-stopping watch ("Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off"). It was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Steven Dean Moore.^[1] Guest stars in the episode include Jerry Lewis, whose character in The Nutty Professor served as the inspiration for recurring Simpsons character Professor Frink, as Frink's father, and Jennifer Garner, Dudley Herschbach, and Oscar De La Hoya as themselves.^[2] The episode was nominated for the 2004 Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Dramatic Underscore).^[3]

It is also the final Treehouse of Horror episode to play the traditional paced organ variant of the Simpsons theme at the end credits.