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We are pleased to offer SIMPSONS fans this RARE hand painted original production cel, from the classic twelfth season episode "Simpson Safari" (2001).

Marge: "Hey, the dog smells something!" Homer: "Good boy! Good boy! Tell us where the food is!" When the Simpsons run out of food in their home, the family follows Santa's Little Helper into the attic where he finds a 30-year-old box of animal crackers.

This is a one-of-a-kind, hand-painted production cel (there are no others), and the artwork was filmed and used in the making of this SIMPSONS episode. Freeze-frame your DVD or Video, and you will see this unique piece of artwork on screen around the 05:09 mark. The characters are hand-painted onto five separate cels, and placed against a copy of the matching scene background.

This 12 field, 3-peghole, celluloid measures 10.5 inches by 12.5 inches wide, and bears the Twentieth Century Fox gold seal (lower corner). The artwork is also accompanied with the original Twentieth Century Fox certificate of authenticity and is in excellent condition.

EPISODE SYNOPSIS:
"Simpson Safari" is the seventeenth episode of the twelfth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on Fox in the United States on April 1st, 2001. When the Simpsons run out of food thanks to a bag boy strike, the family finds an old box of Animal Crackers in their attic. In the box is a golden cracker that was part of a contest conducted by the owners of Animal Crackers. Finding out that anyone that found the golden cracker would win a trip to Africa, Homer shows it to the company's owners, who refuse to honor the prize. When he is injured by one of the box's sharp corners however, the family is given a free trip to Africa as compensation.