TV Blog Buzz: When Bart met Bender, ‘Simpsons’ meets ‘Futurama’ in crossover episode

First it was “Family Guy,” now “The Simpsons” is teaming up with “Futurama” for a special crossover episode.

Bart meets Bender and company in this week’s show and Entertainment Weekly has posted a 30-second teaser, along with the “Simpsorama” episode’s couch gag. The show’s first joke is a caption that reads: “A show out of ideas teams up with a show out of episodes.”

“The Simpsons” executive producer Al Jean told Entertainment Weekly that Matt Groening, who created both cartoon comedies, was up for the idea of a crossover after “Futurama” wrapped up for good last year.

“They were going off the air, so I thought people would really love it if we had one more chance to see those characters,” Jean said.

“We’re always looking for things that are compatible with us, and I thought, ‘Well, what’s more compatible?’ We do a joke, actually, about how similar Bender and Homer look. Like, they just erased Homer’s hair.”

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Jerry Seinfeld shared something surprisingly personal during a recent interview with anchor Brian Williams on “NBC Nightly News.”

The comic, who is seen in the segment performing at small little clubs in New York, says he relates to some of the symptoms associated with autism.

“I think, on a very drawn-out scale, I think I’m on the spectrum,” Seinfeld says.

When asked why he thinks that, he replies: “You’re never paying attention to the right things. Basic social engagement is really a struggle. I’m very literal, when people talk to me and they use expressions, sometimes I don’t know what they’re saying. But I don’t see it as dysfunctional. I just think of it as an alternate mindset.”

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The International Paruresis Association has a problem with Rob Lowe and the satellite television company DirecTV.

In a DirecTV commercial, Lowe plays two versions of himself: a slick, suave satellite TV spokesman and a exaggeratedly awkward cable TV customer.

In the commercial, the uber-dorky Lowe admits he has a problem using public washrooms due to nerves.

That’s where the International Paruresis Association — which estimates that seven per cent of the U.S. population suffers from being “pee shy” or having “shy or bashful bladder” — objects.

Today.com reports that members of the association are calling for the ad to be pulled.

But DirecTV is refusing, and on his Twitter account, Lowe said: “For those wondering, my bladder is gregarious.”

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