to moderate the execution of Snake, but his voice actor Phil Hartman was murdered before even recording his lines, months later the entire sequence was redone with Ed McMahon as host. McClure's usual introduction was reworked and McMahon begins with the sentence "Hello, I'm Ed McMahon. Tonight on Fox, from the producers of 'When Skirts Fall Off', and 'Secrets of National Security Revealed'...". The McClure version was animated completely, but remained voiceless and has not been broadcast or published in any official Simpsons medium to date. The title of the second segment, "Terror of the Tiny Toon", is a reference of the Animated television series Tiny Toon Adventures, as well as the movie The Terror of Tiny Town. The animators looked forward to working on this segment because they were fans of Itchy & Scratchy. Poochie from the Simpsons episode "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" makes a cameo during this segment. The title of the third segment, "Starship Poopers", is a reference to the film Starship Troopers. During this segment, there is a shot of sound waves emanating from Springfield. At one point, there is a shot of North America and it appears that Springfield is located in Louisiana. The mystery of the location of Springfield is a running joke in The Simpsons, and a number of fans assumed that Louisiana was where the family lived. However, the animators had drawn the waves so that they were coming from the center of the screen, and they never intended to have them emanate from a specific location. In one scene, Marge is abducted by Kang and Kodos, who lasso her then pull her into the ship. According to Cohen, it is a running gag that Kang and Kodos' abduction methods are never the same. Maggie has a line at the end of the episode, where she sounds like Kang. She was voiced by Harry Shearer. The couch gag features Freddy Krueger from the Nightmare on Elm Street film series and Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th series. Freddy is voiced by Robert Englund, who portrayed the character in eight films. Three talk shows appear in the episode: in "The Terror of Tiny Toon", Bart, Lisa, Itchy, and Scratchy accidentally visit Live with Regis and Kathie Lee in a live-action segment starring Regis Philbin and Kathie Lee Gifford and directed by Donick Cary; while in "Starship Poopers", the Simpson