‘Simpsons’ exclusive video: Katy Perry as Moe’s girlfriend? Homer as a puppet? Check out clips from Sunday’s Christmas episode!

Image Credit: FoxThe Simpsons would like to wish you a very Perry Christmas: The animated Fox comedy’s holiday episode on Dec. 5 includes a special live-action segment that features pop star Katy Perry hamming it up with Simpsons characters that have been transformed into puppets. Can’t wait until Sunday to get a peek at Perry and the puppets? You may open this present early: Two exclusive clips from the episode! But first, let’s hear about the plot that brings Perry into the world of Homer & Co. “Maggie has a Muppet-type DVD that no one will let her watch, so she has this puppet dream with the Simpsons, and Katy Perry shows up the way Elton John would on The Muppet Show,” Simpsons executive producer Al Jean tells EW. Clad in a flashy red dress that would have stressed out the folks at Sesame Street, Perry sings “The 39 Days of Christmas” with the Simpsons, Mr. Burns, and Moe, who, believe it or not, is her boyfriend. “Moe can’t actually reach her — he’s too short — so there’s a slightly risqué joke at the end of the show,” hints Jean. “Don’t tune out during the credits.” The episode, which is titled “The Fight Before Christmas,” also boasts an appearance by (an animated) Martha Stewart.

Moe sets up a hot date, Katy Perry surprises the Simpsons….

Bonus clip: Perry sings “The 39 Days of Christmas” with the Simpsons, Mr. Burns, Moe, and a sock puppet dog….

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‘Dancing With the Stars’: Check out the new ‘Tiny Bruno’ app from EW’s own Annie Barrett

Heads up, PopWatchers! Pump one fist! It is with deepest befuddlement pride and greatest pleasure that I announce the following: Annie Barrett, EW.com’s premier dance-mistress, fringe fairy, gem hunter, and whatever the hell else she’s calling herself these days, has released a Dancing With the Stars-related app for iPhone and iPod Touch! Tiny Bruno, available on iTunes for 99 cents, is lovingly based on the rhapsodic verbal styling of “controversial” judge Bruno Tonioli. Each time you tap Tiny Bruno (you gotta tap that!), he delivers a brand-new compliment generated from an enormous vat of word soup. Prego!

If I know anything about DWTS, it’s the following:
a) I’ll read anything Annie writes about it. (I kinda have to! I’m her editor!)
b) After 11 seasons, it’s safe to say that Bruno’s lively, nonsensical critiques have become their own semi-foreign language.
c) I’m not sure the ninetysomething median age of the DWTS audience is ideal for an app. (That sound you hear is my sister Kathy disowning me.)
and d) Lisa Rinna totally deserved the Mirrorball Trophy in season 2. (Uh-huh, I said it!)

As a not-at-all professional app ranker, I’d like to name Tiny Bruno “The Hidden Gem of the iTunes Store” and raise my paddleboard marked “10? in its honor. Did you hear me? “Tehhhhhhn!”

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Annie promises Tiny Bruno’s vocabulary is so expansive that it is virtually impossible to get the same compliment twice. But by all means, tap Tiny Bruno 75 billion times to find out if she’s lying!

“You were like a distinctive captain of a cruise ship on the event horizon, marinating in your robust flavors. This was so, so, hard. So hard.”

“You were like a breathtaking polyunsaturated phatty acid 20,000 leagues under the cedar planks of the ballroom, sifting through the sands of time. I like parties!”

“You were like an alluring Latin Lover of epic proportions on an haute couture runway, expressing and therefore respecting yourself. It was a quickie but it worked for me!”

“You were like a tasty Marilyn Monroe on the stepping stoned of sexienss, shooting adrenaline into my carbonated artery. It was a quickie but it worked for me!”

“You were like an opportunistic silent movie screen queen at a cheerleading convention, exposing your crown jewels. Adjust your tiara!”

“You were like an inappropriate forklift roaming mercilessly through a festively decorated tiki hut, calling the phone company to make sure you can keep in touch with your desires. She bangs!”

Get the real thing on iTunes. Or, if Apple products don’t rule your world, follow @TinyBruno on Twitter!

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