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"The Simpsons," that animated money-making satire on Fox TV, airs its "Treehouse of Horror" episode to coincide with Halloween -- or at least as close to the holiday as possible, given the uncertainties of the World Series. But this year the show is scheduled to air the first week in November, two days before the midterm congressional election, and it has caused more of a stir than usual. The segment, titled "The Day the Earth Was Stupid," is a takeoff on Orson Welles' infamous 1938 radio broadcast, "The War of The Worlds." Welles' broadcast caused widespread panic back then, despite repeated assurances that it was fiction. In the Simpson's version, the confusion the radio broadcast created sets the stage for an invasion by Kang and Kodos, the lime-green aliens who have appeared in every Halloween, sorry -- "Treehouse Horror" special. The parallels to the US occupation of Iraq are not subtle. After the aliens destroy Springfield, home to the Simpson clan, they talk about the invasion and the occupation that will follow. "Well, the Earthlings continue to resent our presence," Kang says. In the show's characteristic over-the-top sarcasm, Kodos then holds up a brain and heart. "I'm starting to think 'Operation Enduring Occupation' was a bad idea." As the two survey the smoking ruins of their town, Kang deadpans the last line of the segment. The show's executive producer, Al Jean, has said he's not sure whether that last line will be broadcast. "The debate is whether people already get it, and we're being too obvious," he told Radaronline, insisting there was no pressure from Fox.
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