You know you’re officially mainstream when you guest on “The Simpsons.”

So color the White Stripes mainstream.

According to the obnxiously snarky PitchforkMedia.com, who apparently heard it through MTV.com, the upcoming episode apparently revolves around Bart’s latest future career choice: to be a jazz drummer. (Note to self: finish that “Simpsons” script you’re always threatening to write, because any idea you have is clearly going to be better than most of what’s getting on the air these days.) The Stripes appear during a parody of their video, “The Hardest Button to Button.”

The episode, by the way, is entitled “Jazzy and the Pussycats,” so I’m guessing the Stripes were last second fill-ins when the Pussycat Dolls’ agent said, “Um, yeah, I think the gals got enough exposure with that episode of ‘Las Vegas’ they did, so we’re gonna take a pass…”