The Simpsons: 15 Best Ever TV Show Parodies & Homages

7. 24

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vz-oPSVZ3_k Seen in: 24 Minutes (Season 18, Episode 21) 24's gimmick of real-time action has been cribbed by lots of other things since, but The Simpsons' spoof of the show is one of the neatest - and one of the show's most complete parodies of another TV series. While that series played out over 24 hours, this spoof takes place over 24 minutes, the length of a Simpsons episode. The show launches on 24's tropes, like its use of split screen, ticking clocks and heightened scale, as Lisa and Bart lead a high-tech mission to stop a stink bomb being released in the school. And, as it's always better when they manage to get the actual actors from the thing being spoofed, there is even a fun cameo from Jack Bauer himself Kiefer Sutherland, when Bart prank calls him in the middle of a mission.