This episode is a crossover between The Simpsons and Futurama called "Simpsorama". The Planet Express crew from Futurama travel to Springfield in the present to stop the Simpsons from destroying the future. The episode follows a nonlinear narrative and exaggerates situations, which are postmodern traits common in comedy shows. It also features intertextual references, like a scene commenting on the visual similarities between Homer and Bender. The episode pokes fun at various social issues through the characters' comments, showing postmodern fragmentation and a decline in authoritative meta-narratives. If a message is found, it opposes corrupt authority figures that are often depicted in incompetent or criminal ways in the show.

1. As postmodern
Season 26 Episode 6 Simpsorama
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2. About The Simpsons
About The Simpsons an American animated sitcom created by Matt
Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical
parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its
dysfunctional family of the same name, which consists of Homer,
Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. The show is set in the fictional town of
Springfield and parodies American culture, society, television, and
many aspects of the human condition.

4. Season 26 Episode 6 Simpsorama

5. This specific episode
The episode that I have chosen Is called simpsorama. In this episode
The Simpsons meet the Planet Express crew from the tv show futurama
who have come to Springfield in the present to stop them from
destroying the future. This episode is clearly a crossover with futurama
which is also produced by Matt Groaning, this reference to other media
text is called intertextuality and is a commonly used in postmodern
text.

6. Narrative
The episode like most episodes of the Simpsons follows a non linear
narrative creating confusion, the episode escalates very quickly and
tends to exaggerate most situations,this is a very postmodern trait, and
is quite typical of these sorts of comedy programs, for example Family
Guy. They make the audience aware of this when one of the characters
claims "ohh don't worry, it'll all be alright by the next episode". This is
just one of the example of when the 4th wall is broken in the Simpsons.
Postmodern fragmentation in The Simpsons is not limited to its subject
matter but extends to its narrative form as well. The erratic structure of
The Simpsons’ storylines results in a broken-down, fragmented
narrative, another characteristic of postmodernism. The episodes are
deliberately “all over the place” and non-linear

7. Intertextuality
There is this one scene in the episode where there is intertextual
reference to comments made on the lack of creativity of drawing when,
Lisa says that both homer and bender look alike and Bart agrees
commenting “ yeah its like the guy who designed bender took a
drawing of dad and just stuck and antenna on him” and Lisa replies “ a
little lazy if you ask me” this scene is referencing to comments fans
made on the similarities of the shows in s funny light by agreeing with
it.

8. Controversial referencing
The programme constantly makes fun of issues in the real world which
is a decline of the meta-narrative, being a frequent theme throughout.
Fun is poked at religion, the government, social issues and more, with
light consistently being made out of any situation
This is evident in this episode where Lisa makes a comment on a social
issue of the time, American ‘space junk’ situation Bart makes a funny
comment about America saying “ remember when this country didn’t
suck coz I don’t” this is poking fun at themselves.

9. Meaning
If a message is to be found buried underneath the highly satirical
surface of The Simpsons it is opposition to authority, whether religious,
political, academic or legal. A number of supporting characters in The
Simpsons are figures traditionally associated with authority, such as
politicians, policemen, teachers, principles, doctors, lawyers and
ministers. The characters used to represent these figures in The
Simpsons are depicted as either dangerously incompetent or criminally
corrupt: Mayor Quimby, the most frequently featured politician on the
show, seldom appears in a scene without taking bribes or lying to the
public, and Springfield’s Chief of Police, Chief Wiggum, has the mental
ability of a young child