The Simpsons x NFL collaboration finally allows Homer to fulfill his biggest dream

The Simpsons are preparing for the full takeover of Monday Night Football by the NFL, and Homer Simpson will finally fulfill his biggest dream and share the field with the Dallas Cowboys. The Simpsons he will officially turn 35 at the end of this year and he’s really gearing up for the occasion. Not only will it be an all-new, exclusive holiday special coming to Disney+ in DecemberBut The Simpsons is also partnering with the NFL to create a cool new take on Monday Night Football. Called Funday Football, The Simpsons will interact with the upcoming game completely live, thanks to special technology.

As part of a special collaboration between Disney, ESPN, The Simpsons and the National Football League, Funday Football on The Simpsons The premiere will take place on Monday, December 9. It will be an animated version of Monday’s football game between the Cincinnati Bengals and Dallas Cowboys, played at Atoms Stadium in Springfield, using Sony Beyond Sports technology. This means that Homer will finally own the Dallas Cowboys, as he once wished in one of the most famous episodes of the entire series, “You Only Go Twice.”

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While traditional Monday night football The broadcast will be available on ESPN, ABC and ESPN Deportes Monday night football with Peyton and Eli on ESPN2 December 9, The Simpsons Funday Football will stream exclusively on Disney+, ESPN+ and NFL+ beginning Monday, December 9 at 8 p.m. ET. During the game, Homer will represent the Dallas Cowboys and Bart will represent the Cincinnati Bengals. It’s teased that along with the live-action tracking animation, Homer and Bart will be able to jump into the game at special moments to play the game themselves. These won’t be the only characters involved in all this.

Marge and Lisa will be interviewing players during the game while Maggie will be flying the SkyCam. Cast members Hank Azaria, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner and Yeardley Smith will also voice their characters in pre-recorded segments and skits throughout the game. There will also be special intros and outroes to the game and other animated scenes featuring many of the characters and players involved in the upcoming game. So for fans who want a little more The Simpsons in their football, this will be the best way to make it all actually happen.

What is Homer’s greatest dream?

Homer’s favorite football team is the Dallas Cowboys. Although he had dream sequences in which he was John Elway and actively wanted the Cowboys to lose, he was shown to be a Cowboys fan on numerous occasions. It was then revealed in the season eight classic “You Only Move Twice” that his biggest dream was to own the Dallas Cowboys. Then things come full circle as the episode comes to an end when his former boss and supervillain Hank Scorpio hands him the Denver Broncos, much to his chagrin.

He also wears a hat signed by famed Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry throughout the episode to further drive his fandom home, and it remains one of the funniest details of his character. Now things come full circle as he will be playing alongside the Dallas Cowboys in a very real game and has a chance to win against his dream team before it’s all over. This is just one of many reasons to keep an eye on upcoming events Funday Football on The Simpsons will air in late December this year when it hits Disney+.