That Simpsons' episode was one of the first things to came in my mind too for this jam. It was an interesting take on doing a platformer based on the tv show, but the final reference to the film festival leaves a "tv commercial"-like taste.
Great. But, as Jackalope said, having both players facing the opponent all the time kills it. Maybe would be better use the 'right' and 'left' keys to turn and 'up' to walk forward (DOOM-like controls) but this is just my opinion. Nice entry anyway. I loved the weirdness on this one.