Marge takes Bart and Lisa on a weekend excursion, but when an unexpected restaurant detour awakens their taste buds, fellow foodies Amuse Bruce and Fois Garth (guest voices Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim) inspire them to start their own food blog, “The Three Mouthketeers.” They score an exclusive reservation at Springfield’s premiere modern restaurant, but Marge has an unsettling dream during which Anthony Bourdain, Gordon Ramsay, and Mario Batali (guest voicing as themselves) lead her to reconsider extending the invite to Homer. Later, Marge directs Homer to a different type of cooking lab where he gets into a bind with law enforcement authorities .

Homer takes a dangerous dive into an isolated canyon on Candy Peak, but when a crashing boulder traps his arm, he channels Aron Ralston (guest voicing as himself) to save himself. In “The Diving Bell and Butterball,” the first of three hair-raising Halloween tales, a venomous spider bite leaves Homer paralyzed, but when Lisa discovers Homer’s ability to communicate through natural gases, he is able to express his love for Marge. The killer spells continue in “Dial D for Diddly,” when Ned Flanders, devout preacher by day, transforms into a cold-blooded vigilante by night. In the final terrifying tale, “In the Na’Vi,” Bart and Milhouse are assigned on a mission to access a sacred extract on a distant planet. They morph into the land’s indigenous one-eyed avatars, but when Bart finds love and an eternal mate abroad, he is caught in planet warfare.

It all starts this Sunday at 8/7c, on FOX.

Simpsons producers and staff quickly began work on a new promo making light of the situation and celebrating the show’s renewal for another 2 seasons!

Dan Castellaneta even recorded new lyrics for the song “They’ll Never Stop The Simpsons” from Season 13′s episode Gump Roast.

You can check out the story over at Entertainment Weekly.

If you did then you surely noticed the guest animated opening couch gag from Ren & Stimpy creator John Kricfaluci.

John K. has been an outspoken critic of modern animation who in the past has lashed out at The Simpsons.  Fans will remember “The Simpsons” had a few responses to John K.  by making digs at Ren & Stimpy in the episode “Another Simpsons Clip Show” where Marge remarks “…when is the last time you heard anyone talking about Ren & Stimpy” and in the episode “The Front” where the clip of Ren & Stimpy at the awards show was a black screen with text “clip not done yet”.

John K.’s views have perhaps softened over time as he himself has admitted The Simpsons helped pave the way for his work.

What did you think of the couch gag?

I think I speak for all of us when I say: NERRRRRDDDDDD!

Check it out and tell us what you think!