Trash of the Titans

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Production

As the episode is the 200th, at its first table reading David Mirkin joked that the show was "half way there."] The writers claim that the same incident was the basis for the joke in "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons" where Moe walks onto the stage and, without breaking his stride, walks off.] The authors of the book "I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide", Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, said: "Although not a great episode, this one has a series of high points that keep you amused until the end." In a 2006 article in "USA Today", "The Trash of the Titans" was highlighted among the six best episodes of "The Simpsons" season 9, along with others including "The Joy of Sect," "The Last Temptation of Krust," "The Cartridge Family," "Dumbbell Indemnity," and "Das Bus". [cite news | last = Clark | first = Mike | coauthors = | title = New on DVD | work = USA Today | pages = | language = | publisher = Gannett Co. Inc. |date=December 22, 2006 | url = http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/reviews/2006-12-21-new-on-dvd_x.htm?csp=34 | accessdate = 2007-10-24]

During Toronto City Council deliberations over the proposal to turn the abandoned Adams Mine in Northern Ontario into a massive dump site for Toronto's garbage, then-councillors Jack Layton and Olivia Chow surprised their council colleagues by playing "Trash of the Titans." "It was absolutely stunning," Layton later told "The Globe and Mail". "It was so accurate to what was going on." Layton, who would later become leader of Canada's New Democratic Party, called "The Simpsons" "the single most important influence on progressive social commentary in the world." [citeweb|url=http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/PEstory/TGAM/20030201/RVSIMS/Arts/thearts/thearts_temp/5/5/44/|title=My favourite episode|author=Caldwell, Rebecca; Shoalts David|accessdate=2007-03-02|date=2003-03-01|publisher=The Globe and Mail]

Controversy

In 2008, the episode caused controversy in the United Kingdom for use of the word "wanker". The word is first used by Adam Clayton and later by Mr. Burns at the end of the episode. While the word is not well known in the United States, the word is considered offensive in the UK. On April 15, 2008, "Trash of the Titans" was broadcast on Channel 4 at 6pm, with both mentions of the word broadcast. Ofcom, which deals with television complaints in the UK, received 31 complaints, who felt that the episode should not have been shown before the 9pm watershed. Channel 4 said that the error was caused by a member of the compliance staff, who had incorrectly certified the programme as suitable to be shown from 6pm. The error was not corrected by the acquisitions department. Ofcom said that while they were "concerned", it would not look into the incident any further because it was "an isolated incident". [cite news|last=Dowell|first=Ben|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/jun/09/channel4.ofcom|title=The Simpsons: Channel 4 apologises for pre-watershed swearing|publisher="The Guardian"|date=2008-06-09|accessdate=2008-06-09] [cite web|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2008/06/09/6885/c4_sorry_over_simpsons_swearing|title=C4 sorry over Simpsons swearing|publisher=Chortle.co.uk|date=2008-06-09|accessdate=2008-06-09]

References

External links

* [http://www.thesimpsons.com/episode_guide/0922.htm "Trash of the Titans"] at The Simpsons.com
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* [http://www.tv.com/episode/1485/summary.html "Trash of the Titans"] at TV.com
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701277/ "Trash of the Titans"] at the Internet Movie Database