Con artist Marge Bouvier is supposed to be dragging a wealthy sap home from Italy. Instead she finds herself weighing whether the easy life is worth walking away from in "Simpsley," a 2026 animated comedy from director Debbie Bruce Mahan.
What is Simpsley about?
Marge is sent overseas with one job: talk Seymour Skinner, sitting on money and living the good life in Italy, into coming back home. The plan hits a snag the moment she arrives, because Skinner's houseguest, a clingy and none-too-sharp freeloader named Homer Simpsley, has no intention of letting the arrangement change. Marge finds herself pulled between the job she came to do and the comfort of Skinner's affluent lifestyle, all while Homer keeps getting underfoot at exactly the wrong moments. Set against sun-soaked Italian streets and stitched together with the kind of scheming, mixed motives, and slapstick misunderstandings that drive a caper forward, the short runs a brisk 24 minutes and treats every complication as a setup for the next one.
About the cast
The voice cast pairs Dan Castellaneta and Julie Kavner as Homer Simpsley and Marge Bouvier with Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Tress MacNeille, and Alex Désert rounding out the supporting roles.
Context & significance
"Simpsley" crosses animated sitcom comedy with a con-artist caper, leaning on a cast of veteran voice performers to carry the fast pacing of a 24-minute story. The crime-comedy structure — a con with a hidden agenda, a houseguest nobody asked for, a target who does not know he is being played — gives the short more plot per minute than its runtime suggests. On K-Time it streams with a Persian dub and Persian subtitles.
Watching Simpsley on Ktime
"Simpsley" is available on K-Time in Persian dub or with Persian subtitles, viewable through the platform's Farsi-first interface. All that's required to watch is a free K-Time account — sign in and the short is ready to play.