Will Family Guy and the Simpsons Ever Do Another Crossover

'Family Guy' and 'The Simpsons' crossover and a character dies

updated 11:20 AM EDT, Mon September 29, 2014

The characters from " Family Guy" visited with those from "The Simpsons."

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

• A grapheme died on Sunday night
• There was an ballsy intro
• The Griffins visited Springfield

Editor'south note: This story contains spoilers about Sunday'southward episode of "The Simpsons."

(CNN) -- How do you keep things fresh in your 26th flavor? If you're "The Simpsons," you roll out a jaw-dropping burrow gag AND kill off a Springfield resident while y'all're at it.

Simpsons fans were warned of a grapheme's impending demise and online speculation had focused on Krusty the Clown. That turned out to exist a bit of misdirection, however, equally the doomed Springfielder in question was none other than Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky, man of God, and begetter to Krusty, Bart's favorite entertainer. There is pregnant comedic upside to saying a lamentable shalom to Rabbi Krustofsky including a Jewish funeral, complete with a choral reinterpretation of the "Itchy & Scratchy" theme.

With a boatload of Emmys and a Peabody on their very large and very proverbial mantle -- "The Simpsons" is an establishment with nothing left to prove. And for Television's longest-running blithe sitcom, this summer has been a something of a victory lap complete with FXX's August "Every Simpsons Ever" marathon, a mural unveiled (also in August) in the namesake hometown of Springfield, Oregon, and September's star-studded celebration of "The Simpsons" at The Hollywood Basin.

Instead of dropping the mic and resting on its collective honour, they kicked off flavor 26 with a staggering, Don Hertzfeldt directed intro sequence and then went on to testify that, in a earth where shows can flame out after just a few episodes, "The Simpsons," which premiered in 1989 yet has enough of jokes left in their comedic arsenal.

@donhertzfeldt'due south Simpsons opening segment should come with a concussion warning. Watch information technology at to the lowest degree 4 times, medicate, so twice more @Kza

— WarOnPrivacy (@WarOnPrivacy) September 29, 2014

Back to Krusty -- the title of this episode is, after all, "Clown In The Dumps." Krusty takes umbrage afterwards the insult humour in his "One-act Cable Channel" Roast, featuring Jeff Ross and Sarah Silverman, cuts a little also close to the bone. Dispirited, our clown protagonist throws in the towel, apologizes to the comedic troupe in his trousers and abruptly retires.

Krusty, nee Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofsky, does some soul searching and decides to seek solace at Temple Beth Springfield where his male parent presides as rabbi. Notwithstanding, before Krusty tin get the fatherly advice he needs -- Rabbi 1000 kicks the bucket.

With his endeavour to reconcile with his perpetually disapproving begetter foiled in the here and at present, Krusty has a near death experience (Krusty, much like Homer Simpson, has a history of cardiac events). This affords him and the audition a visit to "Jewish Heaven" ("where fifty-fifty Portnoy has no complaints"). His Begetter tells him to get dorsum and assistance people. Back from the beyond, Krusty becomes an animal advocate, a nod to Simpsons co-creator and producer, Sam Simon.

That moment when you realize Homer Simpson really is Krusty The Clown.

— Cutty (@LilCutty) September 29, 2014

In the episode's B storyline, a concerned Lisa futilely attempts to get Homer (he of the aforementioned cardiac problems) to live a healthier lifestyle. She even monitors his raging case of slumber apnea via a "Daddycam" and insulates him from danger by encasing him in bubble wrap. Many of our favorites make an advent, Sideshow Mel and Sideshow Bob visit Krusty'south to show their respects and maybe even sit down shiva. Otto the double-decker driver, a perpetual menace to Springfield's roads, makes his cameo when his schoolhouse bus hits bubble-wrapped Homer.

Speaking of Springfield, Pull a fast one on's other animated stalwart family, The Griffins find themselves at that place in "Family Guy's" season 13 premiere. After a few jokes near the families corresponding cartoon hues, TV'southward densest Dads come across and brainstorm an argument over the provenance of Duff and Pawtucket Patriot Ale.

What ensues is a mega-meta riff on rip-offs and inspiration (acknowledging "Family Guy's" debt to their cartoon forefathers) and culminating in an epic showdown at the Nuclear Plant. We also become a joke at the expense of their Fob animated brethren -- "Bob's Burgers." And Bart and Stewie collaborate on a prank call gone very wrong (thanks to Stewie) to Moe's Tavern.

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Source: http://edition.cnn.com/2014/09/29/showbiz/tv/family-guy-simpsons-cross-over-death/