SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9

--"THE SIMPSONS"�(8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) CC

HOMER GETS CARRIED AWAY WITH HIS NEW JOB AS A TOW TRUCK DRIVER AND MARGE HIRES OUTSIDE HELP TO MAKE MAGGIE MORE INDEPENDENT ON "THE SIMPSONS" SUNDAY, DECEMBER 9, ON FOX

Matt Dillon Makes Guest Voice Appearance

Feeling that Maggie is getting too clingy, Marge hires a counselor to teach her the "C.R.I.E. Method," a counseling program that helps parents raise their children to be very independent at an early age. But the method works a little too well, leaving Maggie with no need for Marge at all. Meanwhile, Homer goes in search of milk for Maggie in Mookington and ends up having his car towed by a tow truck driver named Louie (Matt Dillon) who introduces Homer to the joy of towing cars for a living. Louie invites Homer to be the tow truck driver for Springfield on one condition: that Homer stay off of Louie's turf in Mookington. When Homer gets a little too "tow happy," the residents of Springfield set Homer up to look like he's towing in Louie's territory, and Homer must suffer the wrath. With Homer missing, the newly independent Maggie is spurred to action in the "Midnight Towboy" episode of THE SIMPSONS Sunday, Dec. 9 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (SI-1821) (TV-PG D, L, S, V)

Voice Cast: Voice Cast: Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson; Julie Kavner as Marge Simpson; Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson; Yeardley Smith as Lisa Simpson; Hank Azaria as Moe; Pamela Hayden as Bride; Tress MacNeille as Mrs. Skinner.

Guest Voice Cast: Matt Dillon as Louie