HOMER SIMPSONS RUNS FOR OFFICE ON "THE SIMPSONS" FRIDAY, DECEMBER 30, ON FOX

Homer's inability to embrace Lisa's Father's Day book the same way he does Bart's Father's Day Toolman causes Lisa to develop DDD (Disappointed Daughter Disorder). Meanwhile, Bart steals the "Bart Boulevard" street sign and causes a huge pile-up. While Mayor Quimby creates The Safety Salamander spokesperson in response to the accident, the town still forces the ineffective Mayor into a recall election. Homer, longing to win back his daughter's love, takes the spokesperson position, and after a heroic run as The Safety Salamander, he runs for Mayor � along with every other unqualified Springfieldian on THE SIMPSONS episode "See Homer Run" Friday, Dec. 30 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (SI-1621) (TV-TBA)

Voice Cast: Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson, Mayor Quimby and Groundskeepr Willie, Julie Kavner as Marge Simpson and Patty; Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson and Nelson Muntz; Nelson, Ralph and Kearney; Yeardley Smith as Lisa Simpson; Harry Shearer as Kent Brockman, Mr. Burns and Smithers; Pamela Hayden as Milhouse; Hank Azaria as Cletus and Carl.

[EDITOR'S NOTE: THE BERNIE MAC SHOW and MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE will be preempted this night.]