Ricky Gervais’ official website has released the first glimpses of how Ricky will look in the forthcoming episode of The Simpsons entitled ‘Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife’, written by Ricky himself. These images are from the storyboard that is used by the animators to guide the making of the finished show. Obviously, they’re not the finished drawings. Those familiar with Gervais will notice the character bares a striking resemblance to his character David Brent, despite the fact that the character he’ll be playing is someone new. The episode to air next year will see Homer and Marge end up on a Trading Spouses-style show in order to win a plasma TV, though Ricky’s character becomes smitten with Marge. So far it’s been the most publicised episode of the seventeenth season so we’re really hoping it’s not a let down.
SOURCE: RickyGervais.co.uk