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Gehry Gets Simpsons Shout-Out

Published: May 12, 2009
NEW YORK— Frank Gehry got a shout-out in the final 10 minutes of The Simpsons last Sunday, during a fantasy sequence in which baby Maggie becomes an architectural prodigy, the Los Angeles Times reports.

During the episode, Maggie (voiced by Jodie Foster) creates out of toy blocks miniature versions of the Roman Coliseum, the Empire State Building, and Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Gehry-designed building that opened in Los Angeles in 2003. But her day-care center teacher is not impressed and destroys the creations.

The architect guest-starred on the Fox animated show in 2005, in an episode where Marge convinces the Springfield Cultural Activities Board to fund a concert hall designed by Gehry.  

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