Don Hertzfeldt’s Simpsons Couch Gag Is Beyond Weird

<p><amp-youtube layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"500" height&equals;"281" data-videoid&equals;"m78gYyTrG7Y" title&equals;"The Simpsons &vert; Travel Into The Future Couch Gag"><a placeholder href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;m78gYyTrG7Y"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;ytimg&period;com&sol;vi&sol;m78gYyTrG7Y&sol;hqdefault&period;jpg" layout&equals;"fill" object-fit&equals;"cover" alt&equals;"The Simpsons &vert; Travel Into The Future Couch Gag"><&sol;a><&sol;amp-youtube><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Simpsons have tried to spice up their seasons every year by having a guest director come in for the opening couch gags&period; There was <strong>Guillermo del Toro&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;strong> reference-heavy vision of all things horror and <strong>Bansky&&num;8217&semi;s<&sol;strong> depressing perspective of Korean animators&period; But <strong>Don Hertzfeldt’s<&sol;strong> <em><strong>Simpsons<&sol;strong><&sol;em> couch gag may easily be one of the strangest and surreal of any director&period; Most will know <strong><em>Hertzeldt<&sol;em><&sol;strong> for his Oscar-nominated animated short <em><strong>Rejected<&sol;strong><&sol;em> in which a cartoonist draws incredibly violent and disturbing cartoons for commercials&period; Others may know him for the short <em><strong>Billy&&num;8217&semi;s Balloon<&sol;strong><&sol;em> in which a balloon terrorize a little boy&period; For <em><strong>The Simpsons<&sol;strong><&sol;em>&comma; however&comma; he&&num;8217&semi;s flung them into the far future in which the characters have mutated into strange beings&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s very strange&comma; very bizarre and crazy to watch&period; Words cannot describe how insane this brief segment appears&period; Just watch it for yourself and you&&num;8217&semi;ll see what I mean&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;