The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Episode 17 Married to the Blob / You Gotta Know When to Golem / The Day the Earth Looked Stupid >The population of Springfield are fooled by Orson Welles' infamous The War of the Worlds 1938 radio broadcast and believe the world has been invaded. Mass panic breaks out, and the citizens begin rioting. Marge voices her belief that the Martians will only destroy humans, suggesting that they pretend to be animals to foil the aliens, with Sideshow Mel encouraging his fellow townspeople to cavort naked in the mud to support this ruse. They do this until the following day, when Lisa tells the citizens that it was all a hoax. Angry at being fooled, the citizens of Springfield vow to never fall for such a trick again...