91裸聊视频淭he Simpsons91裸聊视频� consulting producer Tim Long grew up in Ontario and has always sensed something secretly Canadian about Lisa, the middle child and most critically-minded member of the enduring American animated family.
91裸聊视频淪he91裸聊视频檚 the one who91裸聊视频檚 had the most barbed critiques of the United States,91裸聊视频� Long, a writer-producer who was raised in Exeter, Ont., said in a recent phone interview.
91裸聊视频淚 thought Bart was sort of like America: brash, unreflective, much more sure of himself. And Lisa was sort of the intellectual, quiet, thoughtful, rational one. And I91裸聊视频檝e always felt like that was sort of the relationship between America and Canada, too.91裸聊视频�
So when it came to this Sunday91裸聊视频檚 Canadian-themed episode, it felt natural to make Lisa the one who spends time on this side of the border, said Long, who has won five Emmy Awards.
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It happens when the Simpsons visit Niagara Falls and, through a series of wacky mishaps, Lisa goes over the powerful flow of water that separates Ontario and New York.
She lands on the Canadian side and is admitted to hospital, where she realizes Canada is the place for her.
The episode, 91裸聊视频淒91裸聊视频橭h Canada,91裸聊视频� airs on Citytv and Fox.
91裸聊视频淪he is not unscathed, but because of Canada91裸聊视频檚 incredibly generous health-care system, she ends up just fine,91裸聊视频� said Long, who co-wrote the episode with his wife, screenwriter Miranda Thompson.
91裸聊视频淭he Simpsons, when they see her in the hospital, are fully prepared to go bankrupt, because that91裸聊视频檚 what would happen to them in America. But they91裸聊视频檙e stunned and amazed and delighted to find the health-care system takes care of them.91裸聊视频�
Yes, much of the Simpsons clan also visits Canada in the episode, which Long said has 91裸聊视频渁 shocking number of Canadian things91裸聊视频� that 91裸聊视频�95 per cent of the American audience won91裸聊视频檛 get.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淭hey91裸聊视频檙e briefly there but then Homer gets belligerent and they91裸聊视频檙e asked to leave, except for Lisa. Then much of the rest of the show features the Simpsons plotting to get her back and trying to convince Lisa that she should come back, because she91裸聊视频檚 at least initially very happy.91裸聊视频�
Earlier this week, Toronto journalist Lucas Meyer revealed he voices Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the episode.
While Meyer recorded his role in September, Long said they write episodes 91裸聊视频渦ntil the very last second,91裸聊视频� leaving room for current references.
One of those references on Sunday might be the SNC-Lavalin controversy, Long suggested when he said 91裸聊视频渢here may be mention of a current scandal that91裸聊视频� Trudeau is in.
91裸聊视频淐ompared to putting immigrant children in cages, this scandal feels a little bit like small beer to me,91裸聊视频� said Long, referencing 2018 footage of migrant children housed in fenced-off cages at U.S. border facilities.
91裸聊视频淏ut I know also that it91裸聊视频檚 serious and maybe not everyone has been forthcoming about what happened. I understand he91裸聊视频檚 behind in the polls, which I think would shock most Americans.91裸聊视频�
Long was born in Brandon, Man., and moved to Exeter with his family when he was four. He got his big break as head writer of 91裸聊视频淟ate Show with David Letterman91裸聊视频� and joined 91裸聊视频淭he Simpsons91裸聊视频� in 1998.
He lives in Los Angeles but has found himself back on home soil lately, in Almonte, Ont., shooting the film 91裸聊视频淭he Exchange.91裸聊视频� Long wrote the comedy, which is set in Canada and loosely based on his experience with an exchange student as a teen.
On 91裸聊视频淭he Simpsons,91裸聊视频� he91裸聊视频檚 one of three Canadian writers, the others being Joel H. Cohen and Jeff Westbrook.
91裸聊视频淐anada is always in the air91裸聊视频� in the writers91裸聊视频� room, said Long.
91裸聊视频淚 remember the day when we taught them that the Canadian one-dollar coin was called a loonie and the two-dollar coin was called a toonie. Oh, that shut down work for several hours, because nobody could believe it.91裸聊视频�
The show has referenced Canada before, including an episode where Homer and Grandpa Simpson smuggle prescription drugs from here.
91裸聊视频淲ith the Canadian references, my instinct when I first started was not to make too many of them, because I wanted to fit in,91裸聊视频� said Long. 91裸聊视频淏ut I find that the kind of American who writes for 91裸聊视频楾he Simpsons91裸聊视频� is fascinated by it.
91裸聊视频淪o you91裸聊视频檒l often find that the references on the show to Canada haven91裸聊视频檛 been written by Canadians, but they91裸聊视频檝e been written by Americans looking across the table at a Canadian and thinking, 91裸聊视频榃hat the hell is with that guy?91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�
Victoria Ahearn, The Canadian Press
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