The Simpsons have tried to spice up their seasons every year by having a guest director come in for the opening couch gags. There was Guillermo del Toro’s reference-heavy vision of all things horror and Bansky’s depressing perspective of Korean animators. But Don Hertzfeldt’s Simpsons couch gag may easily be one of the strangest and surreal of any director. Most will know Hertzeldt for his Oscar-nominated animated short Rejected in which a cartoonist draws incredibly violent and disturbing cartoons for commercials. Others may know him for the short Billy’s Balloon in which a balloon terrorize a little boy. For The Simpsons, however, he’s flung them into the far future in which the characters have mutated into strange beings. It’s very strange, very bizarre and crazy to watch. Words cannot describe how insane this brief segment appears. Just watch it for yourself and you’ll see what I mean.