Has the NY episode of The Simpsons ever aired in American since last year? If not, does anyone think it will ever air again?

It hasn't been shown over here since- probably becuase of the scene with Homer and the twin towers.

Good question...

Right now, the Simpsons reruns here are getting into some of the later years, so I guess we'll have to wait until they start over again from the beginning..

Personally, I think it will probably air. It's not like they will be showing it in prime time, so I don't think it will be wrong to show it again.

Yeah I saw it on my local FOX station during last summer of 2002. They showed the twin towers and everything. If they didn't, FOX has real censorship problems.

Nate

It was said that they would ban that episode from ever being aired again. Maybe it changed

I don't see what's so offensive about that episode, except for maybe that "They stick all the jerks in Tower One!" line. I think the boy band one is more offensive because it actually shows a building in NYC being blown up, yet that episode still airs.

I noticed another relevant edited scene-

The episode were Lisa thinks she is loosing her intelligance from the Simpson gene- there was a scene in that were Homer and Bart were watching something on TV called "When Buildings Collapse" but over here that bit has now been cut.

I've seen that episode twice since the incident. But that was only about a month ago.

It has been left up to individual stations if they want to show the ep or not. I traded a friend in canada for it, where their comedy channel viewers voted it the best ep ever. ive yet to see it in my area post sept 11th, but they did air it one last time a few days before Sept. 11th.
The whole time I watched it, I thought the next time this comes on, Im going to have to record it. Little did I know -- so many good lines!

"Mountain Dew or Crab Juice?"

"Ewwww, give me the crab juice!"

or, my personal fav and email sig line:


"The Springfield police have told me that 91% of all traffic accidents are caused by you six guys."
~ Moe the Bartender




:)

this episode is one of my all time favorites. I really hope it airs again in my area.

interesting tids by tv tome:
http://www.tvtome.com/Simpsons/season9.html

Season 9
179. The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson
gs: Michael Dees (Voice of "New York, New York" Singer (uncredited)) Joan Kenley (Voice of Phone Voice)

Homer, Carl, and Lenny get drunk at Moe' and Moe picks Barney as the designated driver. Barney drives them home in Homer's car but the next day Homer realizes that Barney did not return his car. Weeks later, Barney reappears after a drunken binge. Homer gets a letter from city of New York that says his car is illegally parked between the World Trade Center buildings. Homer hates New York after an experience from years before. The Simpsons ride the bus to New York, where they split up and explore the city. Homer is very hostile to New Yorkers. Homer stays with his car, waiting for the police to take off its boot, but after drinking can after can of crab juice (his only other option was Mountain Dew), and he really has to pee. Well he still can't leave but when he can't stand it anymore, he goes up into the World Trade Center towers looking for a bathroom. The police come while he is away, leaving a huge fine. Homer decides he has had enough of New York, and he decides to drive the car with the boot still in place. He ruins his car, but then he figures out a way to get it off his front wheel. He picks up the family and drives back to Springfield.


b: 21-Sep-1997 pc: 4F22 w: Ian Maxtone-Graham d: Jim Reardon

NOTE: Due to the events that unfolded in NYC on 9/11/2001, it may be likely that this episode will be seldom (if ever) seen again.
In the U.K., the BBC's slackness at showing new episodes resulted in this episode never being broadcast before the events of 11th September 2001, and now quite probably will never see the light of day. (Ironically, the 9th season started - skipping this episode - just a couple of weeks later!)
This is the first episode where the character Duffman is introduced.
The Duff theme song is the beginning of the song "Bounce"
Some versions of this episode that are allowed to air despite the events that unfolded in NYC on 9/11/2001 cut the scene where the guy in the second tower calls the person in the first tower a jerk after Homer bites on the boot bolts (but leaves in the scene where Homer goes to both towers to use the bathroom)
People call this episode lost but I saw it at least twice since 9/11. Also, this episode shouldn't be removed, we can't forget that the towers were once there.
A new version of this episode airs on some Fox affiliates where all scenes and verbal references to the World Trade Center are deleted.
A new heavily edited "Homer vs the City of New York" is airing in syndication. All references to Homer's wrecked car parked near the World Trade Center, including shots of the towers (including the scene where he goes to the towers to use the bathroom) and verbal references, are badly cut out.