The show has now been renewed for a nineteenth season, which will take place in 2007 and 2008. In May 2007, it will celebrate its 400th episode.[2] A feature-length movie is now being produced simultaneously with the television series, to be released on July 27, 2007. It is produced by Gracie Films for 20th Century Fox.
Highly satirical, the show lampoons many aspects of the human condition, but primarily parodies the "Middle American" lifestyle epitomized by its titular family, as well as American culture, society, and even television itself, particularly its own Fox Broadcasting. It has had a significant influence on post–Cold Warpopular culture[3]. The Simpsons was also one of the pioneering shows that changed the view of cartoons to a more adult standard.
Matt Groening first conceived of the Simpsons in the lobby of James L. Brooks' office. He had been called in to pitch a series of animated shorts, and had intended to pitch his Life in Hell series. Upon realizing that he would need to rescind his publication rights for his life's work, and needing to create a new idea from scratch, he hurriedly sketched out his version of a dysfunctional family. He named the characters after his own family and made them yellow so that they'd stand out to channel surfers.[4]
The Simpson family first appeared in animated form as shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, with the first short, "Good Night," airing on April 19, 1987. Matt Groening admits the reason that they were so crudely drawn in the beginning was because he could not draw well and the animators traced over his drawings. The shorts were aired by the BBC in the UK the first time the shows were broadcast, but not subsequently, though some of them, including "Good Night," were included in a Simpsons anniversary episode. The Simpsons was converted, by a team of production companies that included what is now the Klasky Csupo animation house, into a series for the Fox Network in 1989 and has run as a weekly show on that network ever since. The first full length episode shown was "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", however the intended first episode was "Some Enchanted Evening", but when the episode was completed it was rejected due to poor animation, so Fox aired "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" first. The Simpsons was the first true TV series hit for the Fox Network; it was the first Fox show to appear in the top twenty highest-rated shows of the time. It also sparked controversy, as Bart Simpson was portrayed as a rebel who caused trouble and got away with it. Parents' groups and conservative spokespersons felt that a cartoon character like Bart Simpson provided a poor role model for children. When a Simpsons T-shirt was marketed featuring Bart and the legend "Underachiever ('And proud of it, man!')," Simpsons T-shirts and other merchandise were banned from public schools in several areas of the United States. The outcry against Bart was reflected in the second season opener, featuring an episode called "Bart Gets an F" where Bart's school wants to make him repeat the fourth grade. In this episode, the school counselor quotes the controversial T-shirt by stating, "He is an underachiever... and proud of it."
The Simpsons made an appearance on a 1991 episode of Sesame Street, where the family, along with Ray Charles and other celebrities performed the Wubba Wubba Wubba song with the character Grover.
In 1995, Western Pacific Airlines repainted a Boeing 737 jet with Simpsons characters to promote the series. The creator Matt Groening and some of the writers didn't go for the plane's first trip as they feared it would crash, and they would die with the Simpsons.
In October 2004, Scooby Doo, a Hanna-Barbera animation, overtook The Simpsons with 350 episodes, with the Simpsons count at 335. In April 2005, Scooby-Doo was cancelled again, and ended with 371 episodes, whilst the Simpsons have over 370 by their seventeenth season. A few qualifiers also come into play, namely that Scooby-Doo had experienced several incarnations with each one arguably being a separate show while The Simpsons had been in continuous production since becoming its own show. While this is a large number of episodes for an American animated show, some foreign animated shows, most notably Japaneseanime series, including Dragon Ball and Pokemon, have reached episodes numbering into the hundreds and thousands. Most notable are the series Sazae-san, which has been airing new episodes weekly since 1969, and Doraemon, both with well over 1,500 episodes. Detective Conan has an episode count slightly higher than the Simpsons despite premiering seven years later.
In 2006, the series was renewed through its 19th season.
Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, and Sam Simon have been executive producers during the entire run. There is a more important position on the show, which is known as show runner. The show runner serves as head writer and is in charge of every aspect of the show's production. The show runner receives the first credit on the closing credits as executive producer.
The voice actors have been involved in much-publicized pay disputes with Fox on more than one occasion. In 1998, the voice actors stopped working, forcing 20th Century Fox TV to increase their salary from $30,000 per episode to $125,000. The actors were supported in their action by series creator Matt Groening.[5] As the revenue generated by the show continued to increase through syndication and DVD sales, six actors (playing over 50 characters) — Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, and Harry Shearer — stopped showing up for script readings in April 2004 after weeks of unsuccessful negotiations with Fox. They asked for $360,000 per episode, or $8 million for a 22-episode season. On May 2, 2004, the actors resolved their dispute with Fox after having their demands met.[6]
The Simpsons writing staff in season 13, including current show runner Al Jean (fourth from left in middle row) and previous show runners Mike Scully (first from left in back row), David Mirkin (sixth from left in back row), and Mike Reiss (fourth from left in back row).
During its initial run, and well into its first several seasons, The Simpsons had been widely heralded as a unique form of television satire that took an intellectual look and examination of common everyday life. While it was in animated form, it did not rely on the medium for its comedic basis, but rather focusing on realistic situations and events, playing off the absurdity of what society consider the norm and intelligently poking fun at that. Fair targets included family, work, religion, school and society in general, using subtle wit and well made observations about the seeming absurdity of it all--all delivered compellingly through written dialogue and stories.
As seasons progressed, new producers and teams of writers took the helm, gradually introducing new visions and style to the show. While wit and satire were still key in stories, a shift from realism to more fantasy-type situations occurred. In order to fit this new style, character changes also came to pass, trading depth for somewhat of a one-dimensionalism to better blend into the types of zany and outlandish situations that stories were now introducing, particularly physical and visual humor often taking the place of complex intellectual dialogue. The shift was mainly from an esoteric style to more broad humor, which has helped widen its audience yet alienate the original.
The writers have shown a love for cameo appearances by celebrities and extended pastiches of contemporary and classic movies, as well as subtle visual jokes.
John Swartzwelder is the most prolific writer on the Simpsons staff, personally writing over 50 episodes. According to the DVD commentaries, he used to write episodes while sitting at a booth in his favorite restaurant "drinking copious amounts of coffee and smoking endless cigarettes" (Matt Groening). When the state of California passed an anti-smoking law, Swartzwelder bought a diner booth and installed it in his house.
George Meyer became a writer for the show in 1989, and in 2000 was called "the funniest man behind the funniest show on TV" by The New Yorker.[7]
The Simpsons has been animated by many different studios over the past 18 years, both domestic and overseas. Throughout the run of the animated shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, the animation was solely produced domestically at Klasky Csupo. Klasky Csupo was also the animation studio during the first three seasons of the half-hour length series, however, due to the increased workload, production was now being subcontracted to overseas studios, usually in South Korea. While character and background layout is done by the domestic studio, inbetweening, coloring and filming is done by the overseas studios. Throughout the years, different overseas studios have animated different episodes, even episodes within the same season.
During season four, Gracie Films made a decision to switch domestic production to Film Roman, which continues to animate the show to this day. The last episode to be animated by Klasky Csupo was "Kamp Krusty," in production order.
After season 13, production was switched from traditional cel animation to digital ink and paint. The first episode to experiment with digital coloring was "Radioactive Man" in 1995, and again during season 12 with the episode "Tennis the Menace," but after seeing the results, Gracie Films decided to hold off for two more seasons. "Tennis the Menace," however, being already completed, was broadcast this way.
The Simpsons has originally been shown at the Fox network in the United States. It has been widely distributed internationally afterwards.
In the United Kingdom it first aired on the satellite station Sky One, one of the first countries outside the United States to do so. Despite not being available on the more mainstream, publicly funded channels such as the BBC or ITV, it was hugely popular in a similar way to the United States and releases of the series on VHS sold well. When it eventually made it to the BBC in 1996 the viewership broadened and it once again enjoyed healthy ratings. Sky One airs the most recent episodes with a delay ranging from a week to a few months between the UK and U.S. schedules, and the advertising funded Channel 4 continues to show the older episodes.
In Australia it aires on Network Ten, and for those with Cable TV it aires on FOX8. Network Ten used to air the episodes everyday, but have removed it from the Sunday schedule. On FOX8 it aires everyday and on Saturdays and Sunday 5 episodes from The Simpsons air from 9:00 to 12:00, which is called "The Super Simpsons Weekends".
In New Zealand it airs on two chanells, sometimes at the same time. TV 3 show it at 5pm, and Sky 1 at 7pm, with the occassional three hour 'marathon' on Sunday mornings.
The program finally made an official debut in Arabic-speaking markets in September of 2005, under a title that transliterates as "Al-Shamshoon" (In Arabic, الشمشون) In addition to being dubbed in Arabic (with subtitles provided for shots including written English, such as the chalkboards), references to alcohol (Duff Beer & Moe's Tavern), pork (bacon & hot dogs), and numerous other themes have been deleted or significantly modified. For instance, Homer drinks soda-pop instead of beer and eats beef sausages as opposed to pork, while some characters, notably Apu, Reverend Lovejoy and Krusty the Clown were omitted from the shows altogether, presumably due to their religions, Hindu, Christian and Jewish, respectively. The characters were also given typical Arabic names such as Omar, Mona and Abar for Homer, Marge and Bart respectively as part of the retooling, while voices were provided by leading actors including Egyptian film star Mohamed Heneidi as "Omar".
The main characters were originally created by Matt Groening as part of a series of original animated segments for The Tracey Ullman Show. Over the course of the series Groening has used many of the themes present in his long-running comic strip series, Life in Hell. (For instance, the idea of creative school children constantly being persecuted and suppressed by totalitarian grown-ups stems from the strip). Many of the characters in The Simpsons take their names from important people and places in Groening's life — for example Lisa, Maggie, Marge and Homer share names with Groening's sisters, mother and father respectively. Bart, however, is an anagram for brat, with Groening having stated that he thought naming the boy "Matt" would be too obvious.
Bart Simpson, the oldest sibling at the age of 10, is a troublemaker and classroom terror who thinks of himself as a rebel.
Lisa Simpson, the 8 year old once portrayed having a genius intellect with adult mannerisms, perception and extraordinary articulation, has leveled into a more average girl yet brainy student, who also happens to be a vegetarian, Buddhist, environmentalist, and jazz music fan who dreams of a better future. She is referred to as "the future of the family".
Maggie Simpson is an eternal baby who is shown to be comically smart and also self-reliant. She is perhaps best known for having shot Mr. Burns in a cliffhanger episode. A running joke is the fact that she never speaks, except for a few episodes.
Despite the fact that numerous years and birthdays clearly pass (for example, many Christmas episodes), the Simpsons do not appear to age. Some characters' ages have fluctuated throughout the years; this is most likely due to simple oversight on the part of the writers.
The Simpsons sports a vast array of secondary and tertiary characters.
Homer describes his family as "upper lower middle class," similar to a quote which George Orwell used to describe his own family. The Simpson family lives in a relatively large double-story four-bedroom house bordering a friendly neighbour, Ned Flanders. Homer's father, Abraham "Abe" Simpson, who inexplicably refuses to recognize Missouri as a state and accordingly flies a 49-star American flag, lives in the Springfield Retirement Castle. The Simpson lifestyle yo-yos depending on whether or not Homer is employed at the time; Marge is largely a stay-at-home mom. The Simpsons go several years into the internet age before acquiring a computer, reflecting the fact that the Simpson family is perpetually several years out of date. There are other clues as well, such as the avocado-green kitchen equipment (this color was popular in the 1960s and 1970s) and the family's two cars, both of which appear to have been manufactured in the early 1980s.
The show also has a vast array of quirky supporting characters, including co-workers, teachers, family friends, extended relatives, and local celebrities. Originally, most of these were supposed to either say something funny in one episode and not return, such as Groundskeeper Willie, or simply fill a function that someone had to fill, such as newscaster Kent Brockman. However, many characters have gotten many episodes of their own, like Krusty the Klown or Apu Nahasapeemapetilon. Many of these characters have developed a vast cult following of their own and serve to represent facets of the USA society that the show scathingly critiques. Some of these, like Itchy and Scratchy, ultraviolent versions of Tom and Jerry, are fictional even within the Simpsons universe. Major changes to a character are generally undone by the end of the episode (excluding deaths), annoying some fans who want more variety or consider the change an improvement.
The Simpsons is set in a fictional city of Springfield (the state in which it is located has never been made clear); in some episodes it has the fictional postal abbreviation NT. Throughout the show's history fans have tried to determine where Springfield is by taking the town's characteristics, surrounding geography and nearby landmarks as clues (as Lisa once said of the state, "It's a bit of a mystery, yes, but if you look at the clues, you'll figure it out"). Both the town itself and its location are fictional; nearly every state and region in the U.S. has been both suggested and ruled out by conflicting "evidence" of a location for Springfield, so that the town could not really be anywhere. It seems it is kept indeterminate on purpose so that the location can suit any plot, as Springfield and its surrounding areas have been shown to contain coastlines, deserts, vast farmland, and tall mountains, or whatever the story requires. (For more discussion on locations, see Where is Springfield?.)In one episode however, Behind the Laughter, the Simpsons are referred to in the closing scene as "this Northern Kentucky family". Since the episode is considered non-canon, plus the fact that neither the Simpsons nor any citizen of Springfield speaks with a Kentucky accent, this is most likely a tease by the writers.
According to David Silverman, an animation director for the series, Springfield is in North Tacoma. This has not been confirmed officially.
Animation scholars and fans have noted that the series uses the medium of animation to its advantage, allowing the show to take place in many settings and feature a far greater cast of characters than a live-action sitcom. The cost of having an episode of The Simpsons take place in the mountains, Europe, the city park, or a cruise ship on the ocean (all of which simply use drawn and painted backgrounds) is hardly more than placing the family in the more conventional sitcom settings of a living room, a kitchen, and perhaps one or two related settings. This allows for far more flexibility in plot development than in a typical live-action sitcom constrained by physical limitations and logistics.
Residents of Eugene, Oregon suggest that Groening's Springfield is modeled after Oregon's Eugene-Springfield area. This theory is mostly unfounded, but has its roots in similarities like the Springfield Weyerhaeuser plant, which employed a sizeable portion of Springfield in the 1980s and is responsible for some of the area's pollution. Eugene/Springfield was founded by pioneer Eugene Skinner, whose statue, located on the University of Oregon campus, closely resembles the fictional Jebediah Springfield.
The show routinely mocks and satirizes show business conventions and personalities. Krusty the Klown has an enthusiastic following among Springfield's kids, but offstage he is a jaded, cynical hack, in poor health from a long history of overindulgence, gambling and substance abuse. He will endorse any product for a price. Kent Brockman is a self-important, spoiled TV news anchorman with little regard for journalistic ethics. Many wealthy characters are members of the Republican Party, which meets in a dark castle. Even Rupert Murdoch—whose corporate empire includes The Simpsons broadcast network, Fox—has been gently spoofed in a couple of episodes. In fact, ridiculing Fox has become a running joke, of sorts. Fox News has been portrayed as having an extreme conservative bias.
Race relations are also the subject of satire in the show, as the handful of African American characters are almost always portrayed as being more intelligent and rational than their "Yellow" counterparts. Some people interpret this as a satire of Hollywood and TV's portrayal of exaggerated 'reverse stereotypes' in which the computer genius is always a black actor. For instance, Dr. Hibbert, despite a tendency to laugh at the most inappropriate times, is arguably among the least dysfunctional characters in the series, and is certainly more professionally qualified for medical practice than Dr. Nick Riviera. Furthermore, Police Sergeant Lou is constantly lecturing Chief Wiggum on his inept law enforcement practices, and Homer's co-worker, Carl Carlson, while sometimes as idiotic as Lenny Leonard and Homer, often insults their stupidity and has a Master's degree in Nuclear Physics.
During the more recent years of Simpsons production, some social conservatives have come to embrace the show. One of the main explanations of this shift is that The Simpsons portrays a traditional nuclear family among a lineup of television sitcoms that portray less traditional ones. The show has toyed with the possibility of extramarital affairs, such as when Homer falls for a female nuclear technician who shares his love of donuts, or when Marge's ex-boyfriend Artie Ziff tries to rekindle their old romance. Nevertheless, these affairs never occur, and by the end of every episode, Homer and Marge's marriage is strongly affirmed. Social conservatives and some evangelical Christians have also pointed to the positive role model of devout Christian Ned Flanders, whose fretfulness is occasionally ridiculed but whose decency never wavers despite constant provocation from Homer. In several episodes, God actually intervenes to protect the Flanders family, invoking such Protestant concepts as Predestination. As compared with the Simpson family, the Flanders family is relatively well-off and less dysfunctional, although it can be agreed that the Flanders family is quirky in its own way, with over-the-top devotion and their fundamentalist interpretations of the Bible. In more recent times, however, the show has had several plots where homosexuality was the central theme. These episodes have been generally tasteful and portrayed gay characters in a positive, accepting light.
A standard "template" Springfield situation, in terms of characters and events, has emerged over the years. Each episode presents some sort of change in that situation, its consequences, and almost always how things get back to normal. Episode plots rarely follow any sort of linear course, often taking several digressions to move story lines in unexpected directions, often termed plot drift. The first direction that the plot goes in can have nothing to do with where it ends up. For example, the description of the 2003 episode "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" offered to Shaw Cable subscribers reads: "After David Byrne turns Homer's anti-(Ned) Flanders song into a monster hit, the family vacations at a dude ranch, where Lisa falls in love."
While plot drift is seen in the majority of episodes, there is also another plot structure that is frequently used. This structure comprises of three short stories, often with an introduction in between. It is mostly used in the Treehouse of Horror episodes, but is also used for regular episodes, typically redoing a classic story with the Simpsons characters.
The plots of many episodes focus on the adventures of one particular family member, frequently Homer. However the plots have never been particularly predictable or constant and tend to be very character-driven. Recurring themes for the main family members in the episodes include:
Homer gets a new job or attempts to make money in a get-rich-quick scheme. The Simpsons writers had Homer count 30 jobs in an episode, but the actual list is far longer.
Marge attempts to escape the monotony of keeping house by finding employment or taking up a hobby.
Bart causes a large problem and attempts to fix it, cover it up, or ignore it entirely.
Lisa embraces or advocates the merits of a particular political cause or group.
The episode can also focus on the problems of a secondary or tertiary character, such as Apu Nahasapeemapetilon or Krusty the Clown, which is usually solved with the help of a member of the Simpson family.
When the whole family is part of the plot they usually goes on vacation in which Homer or Bart gets in some sort of trouble. These episodes are canonically introduced by Homer saying "The Simpsons are going to ---!", although sometimes this is used as misdirection. Because of these vacations the entire family has been to every continent on Earth with the exception of Antarctica.
The Simpsons opening sequence is one of the show's most memorable hallmarks. Almost every episode opens with a title shot coming through the cumulus clouds and into the school where Bart is writing lines on the class chalkboard, presumably set as a punishment by one of his teachers for some mischievous deed or wayward comment; Homer is shown leaving the power plant. Mr. Burns & Mr. Smithers are seen looking at a layout plan then Burns puts his watch up to his ear and shakes it to make it work in the background. In the first season an employee eating a sandwich is seen in the place of Burns and Smithers. Marge and Maggie are shown checking out at the supermarket with Maggie traveling across the scanner, ringing up at $847.63, the widely believed monthly cost of raising a baby but in reality just a random number; the sequence then introduces Lisa (who leaves a band rehearsal); the family is then shown on their way to their house at 742 Evergreen Terrace (the address varied in the beginning, but the writers now use 742 Evergreen Terrace exclusively). The members of the family weave dangerously through traffic and in between fellow (and, from the second season onward, familiar) Springfield denizens, all miraculously reaching home at the exact same time. Upon entering, they all speed towards the family room couch where, in comedic parallel with the audience, they settle to watch their "must-see" TV show.
For each episode, the sequence includes a number of variations:
Bart writes something different on the chalkboard.
Lisa may play a different solo on her baritone saxophone.
The family attempts to sit on the couch as something goes awry in an often surreal manner.
In the syndicated version, part or all of the opening sequence is usually cut in order to include more commercials in the show's allotted timeslot.
During five episodes, the opening sequence was parodied; once as "The Thompsons" where the Simpsons enter a witness relocation program, once with an overweight Bart where he cracks the pavement when he leaves the school, runs over pedestrians, gets hit by Marge's car, and crushes the roof of Homer's car, once as "The Hurricane", in a Treehouse of Horror opening as many elements of the sequence are seen with more gruesome results (Bart breaks his neck skateboarding off of the car, Homer is run over by Marge, etc.), and most recently, to mark a Simpsons landmark episode, in live-action format, produced by a British Company
The "couch gag" sequence is frequently used to help show staff make the show longer or shorter, depending on the length of the episode itself. Most couch gags last only about five seconds, but the longest one on record lasted 46 seconds. There are several kinds of opening; nowadays (season 17) the show frequently just uses the clouds, driveway and couch gag. Homer leaving work, the chalkboard, Lisa's sax solo, etc. are not used so much, albeit they are not entirely gone.
The first season opening sequence featured a number of differences from the later seasons, including a scene in which in place of Mr. Burns and Smithers at the Power Plant was a co-worker eating a sandwich with tongs. In addition, Bart snatched a bus stop sign, forcing several dazed Springfieldians to chase the bus (replaced from the second season by a sequence showing Bart weaving his skateboard between a group of characters), and a shot of Lisa riding her bike on the way home (changed to a camera whip pan across a crowd of characters towards the Simpsons' house).
The series' distinctive theme tune was composed by musicianDanny Elfman in 1989, when Groening approached him wanting a "retro" style piece. Taking two days to create, it is perhaps the most recognizable music piece of his career. In a 1999 L.A. Times article, Elfman joked that the theme earns him $11.50 every time it is played.[10]
The current arrangement, which dates back to the third season, is orchestrated by Alf Clausen. In Episode 1F11 — "Bart Gets Famous," Bart is whistling the tune and Marge tells him "not to whistle that annoying tune".
An annual tradition is a special Halloween episode consisting of three separate, self-contained pieces. These pieces usually involve the family in some horror, science fiction, or supernatural setting; they always take place outside the normal continuity of the show (and are therefore considered to be non-canon), and completely abandon any pretense of being realistic. Regular Simpsons characters play humorous special roles, occasionally being killed in gruesome ways by zombies, monsters, or even each other. Groundskeeper Willie has died many times in the Treehouse of Horror episodes, mostly by being stuck in the back or impaled by a sharp object or dolphin. Homer and Maggie have killed Willie a number of times. In "Treehouse of Horror V," for example, he was axed in the back in all three segments: by Homer in the first act, by Maggie in the second, and by Principal Skinner in the third, at which point he says, "Oh...I'm bad at this..." In addition to parodying many classic horror and science fiction films such as The Shining, these Halloween segments frequently spoof episodes of The Twilight Zone such as "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet," "To Serve Man," "Living Doll," "It's a Good Life", "A Kind of a Stopwatch" and "Little Girl Lost."
The yearly Halloween special was named "Treehouse of Horror" because the original special depicted the Simpson children in their treehouse telling scary stories to one another. In later years the series dropped the framing device of characters telling stories, but kept the Treehouse title. For several years the characters broke the fourth wall and introduced their pieces directly to the audience. In "Treehouse of Horror II" the writers decided to give the cast and crew of the show scary names in the opening and closing credits (like "Mad Matt Groening" and "James Hell Brooks"). This also became a tradition, and has been done in every Halloween episode except I, XII, and XIII. The names have changed in subsequent seasons. Another mainstay of the Halloween shows is the appearance of the two space aliensKang and Kodos, introduced in the second segment of the first "Treehouse of Horror".
In a section of "Treehouse of Horror VI" called "Homer³," Homer and Bart go into a three-dimensional world, which Homer likens to Tron, created by Pacific Data Images, a computer animation company. This segment from the Halloween episode was also used as a segment of a film shown in the IMAX 3D film Cyberworld. This was the first and one of the few times The Simpsons have strayed from their traditional 2D animation, and the longest, as other moments consisted of live action couch gags or short claymation or CGI television and film parodies. Other Treehouse segment name parodies include "Citizen Kang," "The Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace," "The Thing and I," "House of Whacks," "I've Grown a Costume On Your Face," "The Shinning" and "Reaper Madness".
The final gag of the Treehouse series comes after the end credits (where the production companies are mentioned). This is set to organ-played minor-chord versions of the Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Fanfare closing logo themes.
Although the Treehouse series is meant to be seen on Halloween, in recent years new installments have premiered after Halloween. This is due to Fox's current contract with Major League Baseball's World Series. If the Series does not go the full seven games, Fox usually airs the previous season's Treehouse episode on the Sunday before Halloween (or if Sunday happens to fall on Halloween). However, it has been known on many occasions for new shows to premiere on the West Coast only in time for Halloween regardless of how long the World Series lasts (it gets the full national premiere, of course, as scheduled in November, after Halloween).
There are many running gags on The Simpsons, many of which have been retired during the series or implemented later on in the run. The Simpsons has perhaps most entered the public consciousness in the form of the numerous catch phrases that are repeated by characters of the show.
Homer, when frustrated or making an obvious blunder, shouts out the famous catch phrase "D'oh!". Homer strangles Bart in an exaggerated fashion for even minor offenses, and threatens them with "Do it..." when they are uncertain about his leadership.
Bart's trademark "¡Ay, caramba!", "Don't have a cow, man!" and "Eat my shorts" were also featured on t-shirts in the early days of the show's run. Bart often makes a prank call to Moe's Tavern, asking for someone with a name such as "Amanda Huggankiss", "Al Coholic", "Mike Rotch", "Jacque Strap", "Oliver Clozoff", "Heywood U. Cuddleme" or "Hugh Jass". Moe falls for the trap every time, and when he realises that the joke is at his expense shouts threats back at Bart.
Many main characters have catch phrases that serve to illuminate the nature of the speaker's character. This is sometimes shown explicitly, as the characters' thoughts are broadcast for the audience to hear. Homer's "Mmmm... [name of food]" shows his weakness for pleasure, while Marge's disapproving throat noise displays her innate uncertainty and nervous nature. Lisa is perhaps the only speaking member of the core family with no "catch-phrase" vocalization with the possible exception of the rarely heard "I'll be in my Room". Finally, Abraham Simpson's frailty is demonstrated by the ease and speed at which he falls asleep in the middle of telling a story.
Numerous phrases also exist for other characters, including Barney Gumble's belch, Nelson Muntz's "Ha-ha!" and Mr. Burns' "Excellent...". Characters frequently rush out of a room to escape an embarrassing situation, followed by the sound of screeching tires. Finally, certain groups are represented by stereotypes, such as the ginger-haired and green-clad Irishman who occasionally appears.
Many commercial establishments on the Simpsons have comically farcical names such as "Try-N'Save," (a discount store) "Nuts Landing" (a pet sterilization clinic), and "Blood, Bath, and Beyond" (a gun shop). One store name seen on the screen briefly was "Sneed's Feed and Seed [formerly Chuck's]".
Many episodes feature celebrity guests contributing their voices to the show, as either themselves (especially during the middle of the Simpsons years, i.e. seasons 7 to 13) or as fictional characters (mainly during the early and later seasons). In fact, the highest rated episode featuring celebrity guest voices was "New Kids on the Blecch", shown on February 25, 2001, during the 12th season, in which pop stars 'N Sync supplied their voices to give helpful advice and dance moves to Bart's boy band "The Party Posse". British comedian Ricky Gervais wrote an episode of The Simpsons, which aired in April 2006.
Many of the characters, concepts and catchphrases from The Simpsons have become common knowledge in modern society. A number of neologisms originated on The Simpsons have become a part of the universal lexicon, the most famous of which is Homer's saying: "D'oh!," which is referred to in scripts, as well as four episode names, as "annoyed grunt". So ubiquitous is the catchphrase that it is now listed in the Oxford English Dictionary, but without the apostrophe. "D'oh" is the accepted spelling, and is certainly the most common; the closed captions for the program (at least in the U.S.), however, spell it "D-OHH". A much earlier use of the same expression, often similarly used to denote thwarted expectation, was established in the long-running BBC (UK) radio seriesThe Archers, where it was used, almost as a catch-phrase, by the character 'Walter Gabriel' (voiced by actor Chris Gittings). Dan Castellaneta has explained that he borrowed the phrase from James Finlayson, an actor in early Laurel and Hardy comedies, who pronounced it more stretched-out and whiny. Castellaneta was told by the show's director to shorten the noise, leading to the annoyed grunt we know today. In the German translation of the show, Homer says 'Nein!' (No!).
Other Simpsons expressions that have entered into popular use include the word "excellent" — drawn out as a sinister and breathy "eeeexcelllent…" in the style of Montgomery Burns — Homer's triumphant "Woohoo!" and Nelson Muntz's mocking "HA-ha!". "Woohoo" subsequently became the catch phrase of Melissa Joan Hart's portrayal of Sabrina in Sabrina The Teenage Witch. Character Barney Gumble, whose name is in reference to The Flintstones' Barney Rubble, is also famous for frequently delivering long belches. For some time Bart used the catch-phrase 'Don't have a cow, man!' which was fairly popular, though it hasn't been used much in recent years. This phrase was later joined by another Bart catchphrase, 'Ay Caramba!' which is used far more often by Bart these days.
The character Waylon Smithers is another such example. Since the debut of the show, the term "Smithers" has become a common eponym for a spineless underling. The show's creators also take pride in having passed on schoolyard rhymes to a new generation of children who otherwise may not have heard them.
In various internet communities, the popular phrase "I, for one, welcome our new <Insert topic here> overlords!" stems from a quote of Kent Brockman from the episode "Deep Space Homer". A reference to this scene can be heard on VCPR radio in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City: "I, for one, welcome our new Russian masters".
In Catch 'em If You Can, Homer is seated on an airplane next to Colin Powell reading The Economist and he says, "Look at me. I'm reading The Economist. Did you know Indonesia is at a crossroads?". Sure enough, in that week's issue of The Economist, there was an article entitled, "Investing in Indonesia: at a Crossroads."
"The World According to The Simpsons: What Our Favorite TV Family Says About Life, Love, and the Pursuit of the Perfect Donut" by Steven Keslowitz ISBN 1-4022-0655-9
Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation by Chris Turner ISBN 0679313184
Leaving Springfield: The Simpsons and the Possibility of Oppositional Culture (Contemporary Film and Television Series) by John Alberti ISBN 0814328490
The Simpsons And Society: An Analysis Of Our Favorite Family And Its Influence In Contemporary Society by Steven Keslowitz ISBN 1587362538
The Gospel According to The Simpsons: The Spiritual Life of the World's Most Animated Family by Mark I. Pinsky ISBN 0664224199
The Gospel According to the Simpsons: Leaders Guide for Group Study by Mark I. Pinsky, Samuel F. Parvin ISBN 066422590X
The Simpsons and Philosophy: The D'oh! of Homer by William Irwin (Editor), Mark T. Conard (Editor), Aeon Skoble (Editor) ISBN 0812694333
The Gospel According to Bart: Examining the Religious Elements of The Simpsons by Beth L. Keller
"Mister Sparkle meets the Yakuza: Depictions of Japan in The Simpsons", by Hugo Dobson. Journal of Popular Culture 39 (2006): 44–64.
"The Psychology of The Simpsons." Edited by Alan Brown, Ph.D. with Chris Logan. 2006. ISBN 1-932100-70-9
In its 1998 issue celebrating the greatest achievements in arts and entertainment of the 20th century, TIME magazine named The Simpsons the century's best television series. In that same issue, Bart Simpson was named to the Time 100, the publication's list of the century's 100 most influential people. He was the only fictional character on the list. In 2002 it made the top 10 on TV Guide's list of the greatest shows of all time.
Over the years, virtually every Simpsons character has appeared on a magazine cover, ranging from TIME to Christianity Today and even Airliners.
As The Simpsons has progressed over the years, it has also received some criticism. With turnovers in the writing staff, the tone and emphasis of the show has gradually changed. By 2000, a segment of long-term fans became disillusioned with the show's movement from its older, more character-driven plots to what they perceived as an overemphasis of zany antics, with some critics going so far as to call the show "tired" [12][13]. Of course, while some fans left the show for these reasons, others who enjoy the current format have replaced them. As a result, there is a significant divide between those who believe the show has jumped the shark, and those who believe it is fine.
In 2003 to celebrate the show's 300th episode "Barting Over", USA Today published a pair of Simpsons related articles: a top-10 episodes list chosen by webmaster of the The Simpsons Archive fansite[14], and a top-15 list by the Simpsons' own writers[15]. The most recent episode listed on the fan list was 1997's "Homer's Phobia"; the Simpsons' writers most recent choice was 2000's "Behind the Laughter".
In 2004, Harry Shearer critiqued the show's sliding quality in an interview: "I rate the last three seasons as among the worst, so Season 4 looks very good to me now."[16]
In May 2006, The Onion A/V Club published a feature article on the best quotes from The Simpsons, the most recent entry on the list was from 1999's "Mom and Pop Art"[17].
Numerous different Simpsons-related comic book series have been published by Bongo Comics since 1993. The Simpsons, Futurama, and Bart Simpson comics are also reprinted in the UK, under the same titles, with various stories from the other Bongo series reprinted in the main Simpsons comic. The comics have also been collected in book form; many other Simpsons books such as episode guides have also been published.
Music is prominently featured in The Simpsons, with virtually all members of the cast breaking into song at least once during the course of the series. Perhaps the best known song is "Do The Bartman," which was released as a single and became an international success. The Simpsons Sing the Blues and The Yellow Album contained cover versions of songs, as well as some originals (including "Do The Bartman"). Songs in the Key of Springfield and Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons are CD collections of original music featured in the TV series.
With the popularity of The Simpsons, especially amongst children, it was only natural for the video game industry to turn to the characters and world of Springfield. While there have always been flops, the majority of Simpsons games did very well commercially and some (such as The Simpsons: The Arcade Game and Bart vs. the Space Mutants) are considered minor video game classics in their own right.
Many episodes of the show have been released on DVD and VHS over the years. When the first season DVD was released in 2001, it quickly became the best-selling television DVD in history (although it would later be overtaken by the first season of Chappelle's Show) [18]. The seven DVD volumes rank as the best-selling television DVD series of all time. In particular, these DVDs have been released in North America (Region 1), Europe (Region 2) and Australia/New Zealand/Latin America (Region 4).
Video games starring the Simpsons have been made since 1991. The first game was The Simpsons (arcade game), published by Konami. It was, at the time, a rather successful arcade game.
Various games have been made, including The Simpsons: Hit and Run, The Simpsons Road Rage, and Krusty's Super Fun House. However, other than the classic arcade game, most Simpsons video games were despised by critics for their poor workmanship and actual functionality (with the significant exception of Bart's Nightmare on the Super Nintendo.) However, the recent generation has been better received by the general public, starting with The Simpsons Road Rage; which, while not considered a good game, was certainly an improvement. The most well-regarded Simpsons game is The Simpsons: Hit and Run, which incorporated the free-roaming environment made popular by the Grand Theft Auto series as well as the involvement of The Simpsons writing staff, creating an authentic, interactive Springfield that was praised by critics and the fanbase alike. There are at least two Simpsons pinball games as well, one released after the first season, and the other still available.
Monopoly: The Simpsons Edition
Vivendi Universal Games, the publisher of recent Simpsons games, announced shortly after the release of The Simpsons: Hit and Run that there was a sequel in the works. However, no news or any development has been announced since then. These plans by Vivendi to create a sequel were no doubt cancelled when Electronic Arts announced in November, 2005, that they would purchase the exclusive licensing rights to publish future Simpsons video game titles, perhaps as a tie-in to the upcoming Simpsons feature film, as Electronic Arts has successfully overseen many film-to-video game projects. The new Simpsons games are supposed to be on next-generation game systems like Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, and Wii. With the release of these games, Simpsons videogames will have spanned five generations of consoles.
Talk about a possible feature-length Simpsons movie has been going on since the early days of the series. The episode "Kamp Krusty" was originally going to be a movie, but became a regular episode after difficulties were encountered in trying to expand the script to feature-length; other rumours about a live-action movie were hoaxes. It is now confirmed that a Simpsons movie is in the works.[19] It is produced by 20th Century Fox, Gracie Films, and Film Roman, and is scheduled to be released July 27, 2007. A teaser trailer was released before the movie Ice Age: The Meltdown, as well as appearing during The Simpsons episode "Million Dollar Abie" on April 2, 2006.
The World According to The Simpsons: What Our Favorite TV Family Says About Life, Love, and the Pursuit of the Perfect Donut by Steven Keslowitz ISBN 1-4022-0655-9
The Simpsons: Episode 1 -
The Simpsons Christmas Special: The Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire
Christmas is nearly ruined when Marge has to spend all of the family's gift money to remove Bart's tattoo. Homer becomes a department store Santa to raise more cash, but bets it all at the dog races on a hot tip from Barney. Homer and Bart save...
Bart cheats on his intelligence test and is mistaken for a child genius. In order to offer him more stimulation, Marge and Homer enroll him in a school for gifted students where he is immediately made to feel like the mediocre student he is. Bart...
Homer reevaluates his life after getting fired from the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant for causing a meltdown. He becomes a public safety advocate and rallies to have speed bumps installed on roads and fights against his old boss. Eventually, he...
The Simpsons: Episode 4 -
There's No Disgrace Like Home
After an embarrassing experience at his company picnic in which he tries to pass off his family as normal, Homer begins to wonder if his family is too dysfunctional. Homer first tries to show the rest of the family what normal families do and in...
After defending Lisa against Nelson over some cupcakes, Bart pays the ultimate price when Nelson beats him up and throws him into a garbage can. Bart is taught the Simpson way of fighting by Homer, but it fails. With the help of Grandpa and...
Lisa gets sent home from school with a terrible case of the blues. Meanwhile, Homer is distraught with the fact that Bart is whooping him at video boxing. One night Lisa meets “Bleeding Gums” Murphy, a jazz musician who teaches her how to...
The Simpsons: Episode 7 -
The Call Of The Simpsons
After seeing what Flanders has, Homer buys an RV he then takes the family camping. Accidentally driving it off the edge of a cliff, Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie are trapped in the woods and must fend for themselves. Marge and Lisa prove to...
Bart tries to impress Jimbo Jones and his friends by stealing the head of the Jebediah Springfield statue in the town square. The townspeople are devastated by his act of vandalism and only Homer can help him return the head to its shoulders and...
Homer buys Marge a bowling ball for her birthday, prompting her to take up bowling lessons with a suave, French bowling instructor named Jacques. As her game improves, Marge and Jacques grow closer and closer until they're spending every night of...
Using his toy spy camera, Bart captures Homer drunk and cavorting with a belly-dancing named Princess Kashmir. When he gets the photo developed, it is photocopied and distributed all over town, ruining Homer's reputation and nearly wrecking his...
After Bart is in trouble after sending a cherry bomb down the toilet at school, he is sent to France as a foreign exchange student and is forced to live with two slave-driving French winemakers. In his place, the Simpson family takes in Adil, a...
After work, Homer stops by the Kwik- E- Mart after learning that his wife's sisters are coming over. He then sees Krusty the Klown robbing the store. When Homer identifies him as the thief, Krusty is arrested. Bart is devastated and all Krusty...
Marge calls a radio show with Dr. Marvin Monroe talking about how she's getting neglected by Homer. Homer hears the show and the fact that Marge will be waiting to pounce on him. Homer and Marge go out for a much-needed romantic dinner and leave...
After failing a history test, Bart strikes a deal with Martin Prince to make him cool in exchange for tutoring. Bart successfully transforms Martin into a regular kid, but Martin reneges on his side of the bargain and Bart is once again in danger...
When Homer gets an experimental hair treatment, he grows a shaggy new mane. Marge finds the new Homer sexy and Mr. Burns mistakes his most incompetent employee for a hungry up-and-comer and promotes him. As part of his promotion, Homer gets an...
Bart and Lisa try to outdo each other with by telling ghost stories while Homer listens in, including: Bad Dream House; The Simpsons move to a haunted house, beam into outer space and take on a chilling literary classic. In the first segment, the...
The Simpsons: Episode 4 -
Two Cars In Every Garage And Three Eyes On Every Fish
Bart and Lisa catch a three-eyed fish in a polluted stream near the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, bringing scads of negative publicity to Mr. Burns. In order to fight the bad press, Burns decides to run for Governor, enlisting a team of spin...
Homer embarrasses himself at the company's baseball party by dancing on the fence, but he becomes a local celebrity when he is named the mascot for the Springfield Isotopes, a local minor league baseball team. With a repertoire of dance moves and...
In a bout of over-the-top neighborly competition, Homer and Ned Flanders pit Bart and Todd against one another in a miniature golf competition. Homer is the catalyst of this rivalry as he is jealous of everything Ned has. Bart is forced to train...
Lisa spends the days leading up the Thanksgiving building a centerpiece dedicated to female heroes of American history. In order to make room for more food on the table, Bart accidentally throws Lisa's centerpiece into the fireplace, destroying...
At a Monster Truck event, Bart spots his hero Captain Lance Murdock, a daredevil who attempts to jump his motorcycle over a tank filled with great white sharks, electric eels, piranhas, alligators, a ferocious lion and one drop of blood that...
The Simpsons: Episode 9 -
Itchy & Scratchy & Marge
Convinced that the images on "The Itchy & Scratchy Show" are a bad influence on kids after Homer is hit in the head by Maggie's hammer, Marge wages a one-woman campaign against the show that eventually forces the creator, Roger Meyers, Jr., to...
Mr. Burns hits Bart with his car, sending him on a trip to heaven and hell while he's unconscious. After consulting the crooked attorney Lionel Hutz, Homer and Marge attempt to sue Mr. Burns for a million dollars. Burns is prepared to settle for...
The Simpsons: Episode 11 -
One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish
Homer discovers the wonders of sushi, trying a piece of every fish on the menu of the Happy Sumo restaurant. But when he eats a bad piece of blowfish, he is poisoned and given 24 hours to live by Dr. Hibbert. With one day left on earth, Homer...
When the TV breaks, Marge takes the opportunity to share the story of how she and Homer met with Bart and Lisa. Flashing back to 1974, we see Homer as ne'er-do-well high school student and Marge as a budding feminist. Homer becomes smitten with...
The Simpsons: Episode 13 -
Homer vs. Lisa And The 8th Commandment
Homer becomes the most popular guy in town when he gets an illegal cable hook-up. But Lisa doesn't approve and fears that Homer will go to hell for violating the Eighth Commandment. Lisa seeks advice from Reverend Lovejoy, who simply tells her not...
Marge enlists Homer's help to find Aunt Selma a husband after Selma feels depressed after going to a wedding. During his search, Homer is called into Springfield Elementary to meet with Principal Skinner after Bart writes his name in grass with...
The Simpsons: Episode 15 -
Oh, Brother, Where Are Thou?
Homer discovers that he has a long-lost half brother, Herb Powell, who is the wealthy CEO of a car company after Grandpa Simpson almost died of a heart attack. When Homer and Herb meet, they instantly hit it off and Herb takes in the Simpson...
After a series of destructive acts, the entire Simpson family loses patience with Santa's Little Helper. Marge and Homer insist on sending the dog to Emily Winthrop's Canine College but Santa's Little Helper proves too unruly and stupid to learn...
Grandpa falls in love with Bea Simmons, a fellow resident of the Springfield Retirement Castle. During the course of their brief romance, Bea and Grandpa hit it off but then on her birthday, Homer and the family take Grandpa to the Discount Lion...
Marge's interest in art is reawakened when she finds some of her old paintings in the attic. Signing up for a painting class taught by Professor Lombardo at Springfield Community College, Marge eventually develops enough confidence in her work to...
When Lisa's teacher Miss Hoover gets Lyme disease, Mr. Bergstrom takes over the class. Lisa finds Mr. Bergstrom's teaching methods incredibly inspiring and discovers an entirely new love for learning. Meanwhile, Bart runs for class president...
The Simpsons: Episode 20 -
The War Of The Simpsons
When Homer humiliates Marge at a party they've thrown for their friends and neighbors, the only thing that can save their marriage is a weekend retreat for married couples run by Reverend Lovejoy up at Catfish Lake. Marge is determined to fix...
The Simpsons: Episode 21 -
Three Men And A Comic Book
Bart becomes obsessed with buying the first issue of Radioactive Man, but can't scrape together the $100 he needs to make it his own. So, he gets small jobs selling lemonade and beer. Then he gets hired to work for Mrs. Glick, the old lady down...
When Mr. Burns gets sick, only a transfusion of Bart's blood, which is a special type, can save him. With the boy's blood coursing through his veins, Mr. Burns is more alive than ever and writes a thank-you note to Bart. Homer is convinced that...
When he wears a pink shirt to work, Homer's coworkers mistake him for a mental patient and commit him to the New Bedlam Rest Home for the Emotionally Interesting. While there, Homer meets a tall, stocky white man who claims to be Michael Jackson....
The Simpsons: Episode 2 -
Mr. Lisa Goes To Washington
Lisa enters an essay contest and wins a trip for the whole family to go to Washington, D.C. While there, her faith in democracy is shattered when she witnesses a congressman accepting a bribe. In her desire to uphold this nation's ideals, Lisa...
Ned Flanders decides to open his own business called the Leftorium, a store that sells tools and products aimed at left-handed consumers. Homer, filled with resentment towards Flanders, hopes that the Leftorium fails. Needless to say, the business...
After a miserable day in which Bart had nothing go right for him, he crashes his skateboard into the stairwell of the Legitimate Businessman's Social Club; Bart falls in with a particularly bad crowd: the Springfield Mafia. Soon, he befriends Fat...
During a near-fatal meltdown at The Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, Homer frantically presses buttons on his console until he hits the right combination and saves the day. Homer becomes a hero even though he knows in his heart that what he did...
After having to go to dinner at the Simpsons' house, as a favor for Bart saving him from jail, Krusty the Clown reveals that he is the estranged son of an Orthodox Jewish Rabbi. It seems that Krusty's father, Rabbi Krustofski, never accepted his...
After eating piles and piles of Halloween candy, Bart, Lisa and Homer have nightmares that haunt them all night. The Monkey's Paw; Lisa dreams that the family goes on a trip to Morocco and buys a cursed monkey paw that grants its owner three...
When Homer disappoints Lisa one too many times, he tries to make it up to her with one grand gesture: He buys her a pony. Lisa is thrilled, but Homer and Marge are shocked to discover how expensive maintaining the animal can be. Homer is forced to...
Bart becomes deeply immersed in competitive soapbox racing while Homer begins to realize that he's not as good a father as he thought. After attending a lecture at National Fatherhood Institute, Homer becomes a more attentive father, helping Bart...
Homer invents a bizarre drink he calls the Flaming Homer. It's so good that Moe steals his recipe, renames it the Flaming Moe, and takes credit for it. The Flaming Moe revitalizes the bartender's business, turning Moe's Tavern into the hottest...
The Simpsons: Episode 11 -
Burns Verkaufen Der Kraftwerk
Homer learns that his stock in the company has risen to $25. Not knowing that it would move up to $5200, he sells his stock and then gets chewed out by the family for a stupid mistake. The reason for the big stock price was that Mr. Burns sells...
It's a walk down memory lane as Homer and Marge recount their early years for Bart and Lisa. Back in 1980, a young Homer and Marge are forced to get married at Shotgun Pete's Wedding Chapel after Marge becomes pregnant. But married life is...
Homer buys Bart a Superstar Celebrity microphone for his birthday. Bart thinks it's the lamest gift in the world until he realizes he can play some great pranks with it. One of his pranks backfires when the entire town comes to the rescue of...
Homer discovers that Lisa has an uncanny ability to pick winning football teams. Soon, the two of them spend every Sunday afternoon together, betting on football games and winning. Meanwhile, Marge tries to connect to Bart by purchasing clothes...
Marge has a nervous breakdown and is sent to Rancho Relaxo resort for some much-needed rest and relaxation. While she's off pampering herself, Homer sends Bart and Lisa to stay with their Aunts Patty and Selma but must take care of Maggie himself....
During a particularly long detention jag, Bart discovers that his teacher, Mrs. Krabappel, has placed a personal ad looking for love. Thinking it would be funny to string her along, Bart writes her a love letter as "Woodrow," the perfect man who...
Mr. Burns makes a million dollar bet with his arch-rival Aristotle Amadopolis that the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant team will beat the Shelbyville Nuclear Power Plant team in the softball championships. To ensure victory, Burns hires a number...
After taking career aptitude tests, Lisa discovers that the occupation she's best suited for is homemaker while Bart is pegged as a future police officer. Each takes the opportunity to explore their options as Lisa spends the day doing chores with...
Homer believes that he will win the big lottery and buys 50 tickets, but none win. Meanwhile, Santa's Little Helper has to be rushed to the hospital to undergo an emergency operation. Homer is saddened to tell Bart and Lisa that they just can't...
Homer and Marge have a fight after attending a boring movie and Homer drives off angry. As he drives, he pulls up to a honky-tonk bar called Beer 'N' Brawl where he meets an aspiring country music singer named Lurleen Lumpkin. Struck by her talent...
Selma agrees to marry her prison pen pal, Sideshow Bob. Bart and Lisa are terrified of their soon-to-be new uncle, since Bob swore he'd get revenge on Bart for having him sent to prison for framing Krusty the Clown for robbery. Sideshow Bob tries...
After seeing Spinal Tap bring the house down (sort of) in concert, Bart decides he wants to learn how to play electric guitar. Playing is harder than Bart thought and he becomes dejected when he sees what a guitar god his bus driver, Otto, is....
The Simpsons: Episode 23 -
Bart's Friend Falls In Love
Everything's coming up Milhouse when Bart's best friend falls in love with the new girl, Samantha Stanky. Bart is jealous of how much time Milhouse is spending with Samantha and plots to break them up by telling Samantha's strict father about the...
The Simpsons: Episode 24 -
Brother Can You Spare Two Dimes?
Homer is first revealed to be impotent because of the nuclear plant, so Homer is rewarded with an award for "Excellence in the field of Excellence". Homer's half-brother Herb Powell returns, but this time not as a successful businessman. After...
After making a deal with Homer to get good grades in school, Bart and Lisa go away to Kamp Krusty, "The Krustiest Place on Earth!" While they're initially excited about their summer, they soon learn that Kamp Krusty is a run-down prison run by the...
Marge is cast in the role of Blanche DuBois in Oh! Streetcar, the musical version of A Streetcar Named Desire directed by the flamboyant Llewellyn Sinclair at the Springfield Community Center. Homer isn't very supportive of Marge's interest in...
One Sunday morning, Homer decides that he'd rather sleep late than go to church. Marge is disappointed, but doesn't argue with him. While home alone, Homer dances in his underwear, drinks waffle batter and loafs around watching TV. Having...
To help Lisa get over her insecurities about her looks, Homer enters her into the Little Miss Springfield Pageant. At first, Lisa looks down on the event, but when she becomes first runner-up after Amber Dempsey, Lisa begins to like being a beauty...
In this year's scarifying special, the Simpsons gather for a Halloween party and exchange ghost stories. Clown Without Pity; In the first tale, told by Lisa, Homer buys Bart a talking Krusty doll with a few glitches: It tries to kill Homer with a...
The Simpsons: Episode 6 -
Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie
We start on Parent Teacher Night where Lisa is given praise by Miss Hoover towards Homer while Marge sits and listens to Bart's rap sheet. Mrs. Krabappel suggests discipline for Bart but Bart always makes the parents feel bad. The new Itchy &...
When the Simpsons' house begins sliding off its foundation, Marge is forced to get a job to help make ends meet. Where else can she turn other than the Springfield nuclear power plant, where she gets promptly hired. Meanwhile, Bart is up to his...
Evergreen Terrace welcomes two new neighbors, Ruth Powers and her lovely teenage daughter, Laura. Bart falls hard for Laura, but she thinks of him as just a little friend. Heartbroken, Bart has to watch as the girl he loves starts dating Jimbo...
At the auto show, Homer impulsively buys a snow plow and starts a business as Mr. Plow. An incredibly snowy winter sets the business rolling, making Homer a success and earning him the key to the city from Mayor Quimby. All is well until Barney...
While trying to get Maggie to say her first words, Marge tells Bart and Lisa about what they were like as babies. In flashback, we see that Bart's first words were "aye carumba." When Lisa was born, Homer hoped that her first word would be...
In a series of terrifying X-ray shots of Homer's chest, we see that his heart is dangerously clogged with plaque and doughnut residue and that he is in need of a triple bypass operation. The operation costs $40,000, but Homer cannot afford that...
Mr. Burns is forced to pay a $3 million fine for illegally dumping toxic waste under trees in the park. At a town meeting where Springfield's citizens discuss how to best use the new funds, Lyle Lanley, a charismatic traveling salesman convinces...
Aunt Selma realizes that she might wind up dying all alone and thinks that having a baby can relieve her loneliness. To test her maternal instincts, she takes Bart and Lisa to Duff Gardens, an amusement park, where she realizes that parenthood...
The Simpsons: Episode 14 -
Brother From The Same Planet
When Homer leaves Bart waiting in the pouring rain after soccer practice, he must earn back his son's love. Bart expresses his anger by going to a Big Brother program and claiming to be an abandoned child so he can get a new "father." He's paired...
Trying to be nice to Ralph Wiggum, Lisa gives him a Valentine's Day card. Ralph misinterprets the gesture and thinks that Lisa is in love with him. Soon, he begins to pursue her the only way he knows how: foolishly. Lisa tries to let him down...
Lisa conducts a secret experiment for the Springfield Elementary School science fair to see who's smarter, Bart or a hamster. Meanwhile, Homer is forced to swear off beer after being arrested on a D.U.I. Bart realizes what Lisa is doing and ruins...
The Simpsons: Episode 17 -
Last Exit To Springfield
Homer finds himself filling in for the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant's union leader when it comes time to negotiate their new contract with Mr. Burns. Homer is a tough negotiator, despite not knowing the first thing about union organizing, and...
The Simpsons: Episode 18 -
So It Has Come To This: The Simpsons Clip Show
Bart's April Fools' prank backfires and lands Homer in the hospital in a coma. At Homer's bedside, The Simpson family reminisces about all of the good times they've had over the years. A half-hour of precious screen time is filled with clips...
Convinced they can write better Itchy & Scratchy scripts than the writers who currently work on the cartoon, Bart and Lisa set out to write their own shows. Their scripts are rejected by Roger Meyers, the show's producer, until Bart and Lisa use...
Everyone in Springfield is excited for Whacking Day, but as the holiday approaches, Lisa condemns it as violent. Whacking Day is a decade-long tradition which calls for the townspeople to beat snakes to death with sticks. Lisa decides to save the...
Marge gets busted for shoplifting at the Kwik-E-Mart and is sentenced to thirty days in prison. Bart concocts a brilliant scheme to break her out that involves a party dress, a wig and a crowbar. But what finally springs Marge is the rioting...
After the most successful advertising campaign Springfield has ever seen, The Krusty the Clown show gets bumped in the ratings by Arthur Crandall, a droll ventriloquist, and Gabbo, his excitable dummy. Gabbo is a huge hit, and Krusty's show is...
The Simpsons: Episode 1 -
Homer's Barbershop Quartet
The Simpson family goes to a town swap meet. The kids look through some old records and find an album with Homer's picture on it. They ask Homer about it and he tells them a story from eight years past. He performed in a barbershop quartet with...
The mail comes and Bart gets a threatening letter and he suspects everybody. Marge goes to the police and we soon find out that Sideshow Bob has been writing the threats in prison. Sideshow Bob is up for parole and his parole is granted and he...
Homer fails a competency test and must go back to college to keep his job. Homer applies at a bunch of colleges, but they all reject him. Mr. Burns gets him into a local college. Homer has a preconceived notion of what college is like, based on...
Mr. Burns has a dream about his lost toy bear, Bobo. He gave it up in his childhood along with his innocence. His birthday approaches and Smithers is organizing a banquet. Homer is at the plant one day making an ass of himself (as usual), when Mr....
With a Night Gallery style opening, Bart introduces three tales. a). "The Devil and Homer Simpson" Homer falls asleep, while Carl and Lenny eat all the doughnuts. When he realizes that all the nearest doughnuts are gone, he sells his soul for a...
Marge pledges money to PBS and gets tickets to the ballet and Homer goes with her against his wishes. When he gets his arm caught in two vending machines, he has to cancel. Marge asks her next-door neighbor, Ruth, to go in his place and has a...
Homer sees an ad in the paper for a trampoline and he goes to Krusty's and picks it up. The kids love it and he charges the neighbors to use it. When all the children get injured on it, Marge makes him get rid of it. He pushes it off a cliff, a la...
Homer drops a peanut and finds $20 while looking for it under the couch. It later flies out the window, into the possession of Bart and Milhouse. They buy a very sugary beverage from Apu, and run wild in downtown Springfield. Bart wakes with no...
The Simpsons: Episode 9 -
The Last Temptation Of Homer
Bart and Milhouse pull a prank at school and Bart discovers that his vision is worsening. At the power plant, Mr. Burns violates labor laws, so he has to hire a woman. Bart has a lazy eye, so he has to wear big Harry Carey style glasses. He also...
The Simpsons: Episode 10 -
Springfield (Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying & Love Legalized Gambling)
Decades ago, Abe and Jasper watch a newsreel. In today's Springfield, much has changed for the worse. Henry Kissinger visits Mr. Burns at the plant and drops his glasses in the toilet. Homer comes upon them and starts wearing them, thinking that...
A cat burglar robs everyone on Evergreen Terrace, including Lisa. He even leaves his business card. Homer gives Lisa a jug to replace her sax. When she is unsatisfied with the jug, he vows to get it back for her. The police are far too incompetent...
Bart's class visits the box factory, where the tour bores the children to tears. Next door to the factory is Krusty's TV studio; so Bart sneaks away from the tour and goes to the studio. Principal Skinner calls Homer to tell him that Bart is...
Apu sells Homer expired ham and Homer gets food poisoning. Then he sells him spoiled shrimp and again Homer gets food poisoning. Lisa convinces him to do an undercover story with Channel 6 to expose Apu's practices. Homer wears a large novelty hat...
Abe realizes that he is no spring chicken and he gives the family their inheritance before he dies. They immediately go to the mall to spend it. Lisa uses her portion to buy a talking Malibu Stacy doll, but when she pulls the string, she is very...
At the plant, Homer never gets to be employee of the month; they even choose an inanimate carbon rod over him. At NASA the ratings are down, so they begin a campaign to recruit an everyday loser for the next pointless mission. Naturally, Homer and...
Homer wants to see a big football game and Flanders asks if Homer would like to go with him. Homer tries to avoid the scenario, but ends up accepting the offer. Springfield wins the big game. When Flanders shows him a good time at the game, Homer...
Marge has the family clean the house. Bart listens to the radio and wins his choice of a prize in a radio contest, $10,000 or an elephant. He chooses the elephant. He names the elephant Stampy and falls in love with him. The family neglects the...
Burns watches as Homer cleans the plant as a human chimney sweep. Later Burns nearly drowns in his bathtub when Smithers neglects him. He makes the realization that he has no heir. Smithers would like Burns to consider him, but Burns has other...
The Simpsons: Episode 19 -
Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song
Bart doesn't have anything for show-and-tell, so he brings his dog to school. Santa's Little Helper finds his way into the ventilation ducts and starts wreaking havoc. Principal Skinner sends Willie after him and Superintendent Chalmers shows up...
The Simpsons: Episode 20 -
The Boy Who Knew Too Much
We begin with Bart and Lisa heading to school. Bart is bored in class, so he forges a note from Marge to cut class and goes to see "Boobarama." Meanwhile, Skinner is trying to track him down after becoming suspicious of the note. Bart narrowly...
It is Maggie's birthday, so the whole family gathers to celebrate. Abe seems especially pathetic and lonely and Marge decides to set him up with her mother, who has the same problem. They hit it off, or so Abe thinks. Bart decides to order a...
The Simpsons: Episode 22 -
Secrets Of A Successful Marriage
Homer plays poker with the guys and as usual, he wins without realizing it. Carl says Homer is a little slow. The next morning he talks to the family about it. He realizes that he indeed might be a little on the slow side. Marge recommends that he...
It is really hot and the Simpson family does not have air conditioning. They try to live in a tent beside the refrigerator, but that does not work. Otto drives by with a traveling swimming pool. This gives Bart and Lisa the idea to hound Homer for...
Lisa wants to practice her saxophone because she is auditioning for first chair in the school band. A new student named Allison enters her class. Allison was skipped ahead a grade by Principal Skinner. Lisa is really jealous of her and is...
Bart and Lisa see an advertisement for a new theme park, "Itchy & Scratchyland". They beg their parents to go, but Marge resists. She remembers all the times that Homer has ruined family vacations. Eventually she caves in and they hit the road....
Homer has been listening to a conservative radio talk show host. One day Sideshow Bob calls in from prison, voicing his conservative views. The host, Barlow, gets Sideshow Bob released from prison. Upon Sideshow Bob's release, the town's...
a)."The Shinning" The family become caretakers of an estate in the mountains, where no beer and television make Homer go crazy. b)."Time & Punishment" Homer fixes the toaster and it becomes a time machine. While visiting the past, he kills a bug,...
The parents stop the kids in the middle of their game and bring them to church. Bart sees Lovejoy's daughter, Jessica and it's love at first sight for him. He tries to impress her, even by trying to become a good person, but nothing is working. So...
Bart has to give a report, but Skinner calls all the students down for an assembly. He passes out slips that tell the students if they are failing. To Lisa's horror, she is failing gym. She has to join an outside sports program to pass. They all...
After hiring a feminist babysitter, Homer and Marge go to a candy trade show. They smuggle out candy for the kids. Homer steals a rare piece of candy, but he can't find it when he gets home. When he gives the babysitter a ride home he sees the...
The Simpsons: Episode 10 -
Grandpa vs. Sexual Inadequacy
Homer is having trouble getting it on with Marge. They buy an audio book to rekindle their sex life, while Bart gets a book about the UFO conspiracy. Homer and Marge start trying the books ideas, but nothing works. Abe tells Homer of a home remedy...
Homer gets banned from Moe's and while searching for a new place "where everybody knows his name" stumbles into an airport bar and ends up almost flying a plane after being mistaken for a pilot. The airline gives him free airline tickets so he...
Homer has trouble with a plumber and at work he begins noticing that Lenny and Carl have a lot of mysterious privileges at work. Lenny keeps giving hints that they are part of a secret. Homer follows them one night when they go to their secret...
Principal Skinner releases a weather balloon, but Bart turns it into an anti-Skinner prank. Principal Skinner is upset, so Bart's punishment is to help him log amateur astronomy sky coordinates. Bart gets up at 4:30 AM to assist Skinner. When...
Onstage, Krusty entertains children with his antics on television; offstage, he spends money like a madman. Fat Tony shows up to his office and demands the money he is owed. Krusty has been gambling and his various products have been highly...
Lisa explains the Coriolis Effect to Bart, but he does not believe it, so he makes a collect call to Australia to ask them about which way their water drains. When Bart doesn't hang up, Australia owes $900. They want Bart to pay, but he insults...
The Simpsons: Episode 17 -
Homer vs. Patty And Selma
Homer invests in pumpkins and loses all his money. Bart is late for school, so he isn't able to sign up for the physical education class that he wants, the only class left is ballet. Homer struggles to pay his debts. Patty and Selma recently got...
Springfield is the least popular town in America. They have a town meeting on how to attract tourists and Marge pitches the idea for a film festival. After they accept her idea, she searches for a film critic to be the judge and Jay Sherman is her...
The family visits a Renaissance Faire. When Lisa runs off while chasing a bunny she meets a mysterious fortune teller offers to tell her about her future by reading her cards. We flash forward to 2010 at an Eastern university where she meets an...
The Simpsons: Episode 20 -
Two Dozen And One Greyhounds
The family notices that Santa's Little Helper has been destroying the house. He soon runs away and goes back to the dog track from which he came. He finds another greyhound there and humps her in front of everyone. The family decides to bring her...
Skinner's elementary school is dilapidated, the bus is in terrible shape, the food is unsatisfactory, et cetera. Bart sees Krabappel and Skinner arguing about this, so he pushes both their buttons to try to bring about a teacher's strike. Bart is...
Bart eats the jagged metal prize in his box of cereal and he has to have it and his appendix removed after he collapses at school. At the hospital Lisa happens to see "Bleeding Gums" Murphy and he gives her his saxophone. When "Bleeding Gums"...
Homer and Marge listen to some classical music at an outdoor concert. On their way home, Marge stops a thief (Snake) when she gets a surge of adrenaline. She soon finds that her life isn't thrilling enough. She looks for ways to fill the void and...
Bart gets a big lecture from Marge after vandalizing a sidewalk, she tells him to have pride in his town. When the kids run out of lemons for lemonade, they head to the town's lemon tree and get in a confrontation with the kids of Shelbyville....
The Simpsons: Episode 25 -
Who Shot Mr. Burns? (1)
When Willie tries to bury a class's dead hamster, he strikes oil. This means that the school is rich. The fact that Mr. Burns can never remember Homer's name is really starting to get under Homer's skin. Principal Skinner looks into spending the...
The Simpsons: Episode 0 -
Springfield's Most Wanted
This special was aired before the premier of the 7th season opener; hosted by John Walsh (from the FOX series "Americas Most Wanted") it offered up all sorts of theories and insights into who might
have shot Montgomery Burns.
Smithers awakens from his drunken binge to find Mr. Burns in his shower; alas, it is only a dream. When he awakens for real, he discovers the truth. Mr. Burns is still alive after being shot.
Smithers wonders whether he tried to kill Mr....
Bart and Milhouse are huge fans of Radioactive Man. Comic Book Guy tells them that they are filming an upcoming movie version in Springfield. They both want to audition for the part of Fallout Boy.
Bart would get the part, but he is an inch...
The Simpsons: Episode 3 -
Home Sweet Home-Dum-Diddly Doodly
Marge works so hard as a housewife that Homer decides to buy a trip to the spa for her. She leaves the house in a mess, and Abe takes care of Maggie. At school, Bart has lice and Lisa loses her
shoes. Child welfare people go to the Simpson...
Bart pulls a prank at church, resulting in a punishment for himself and Milhouse. They have a conversation about it, and Bart tells Milhouse that he does not believe in souls. To prove it, he sells
his soul to Milhouse for $5...well...
The Simpson family visits a young children's theme park for Maggie, but it's not much fun for the rest of the family. While there, Lisa bonds with a small lamb. They return home to find a huge
Flanders family reunion going on next door....
a)."Attack of the 50 Foot Eyesores" Strange atmospheric conditions bring giant advertising statues to life. b)."Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace" Willy's death, caused by disinterested parents, causes
him to come back into the dreams of their...
Homer tries everything to get out of the plant's new exercise program and discovers that being on disability would do just that. He tries a few dangerous things to become disabled, but sett on a plan
to gain 61 pounds. Dr. Nick and Bart help...
Homer buys a dummy and fakes his death to get out of work. Since he has died, the power company turns off the power to his home. When Homer goes to get it turned on again he discovers that his mother
is still alive. He brings her home to...
The Simpsons: Episode 9 -
Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming
Sideshow Bob hates television. As a prisoner, his fellow convicts (including Rupert Murdoch) watch it constantly. When Vanessa Redgrave gets her own tasteless sitcom on FOX, it is the last straw. He
escapes custody, steals a bomb, and hides...
The Simpsons: Episode 10 -
The Simpson's 138th Show Spectacular
The show opens with a montage of openings. Then Troy McClure answers viewer mail while hosting a show that features vintage clips from The Tracey Ullman Show, some outtakes and highlights from some
of the previous 137 episodes. The show then...
Bart sees a commercial for a new but violent video game. Marge does not want to get it for him because he is too young. Bart tries to rent it and tries to play it at Milhouse's. He goes to the store
and tries to steal a copy of it. The...
Bart gets a T-shirt iron-on in "Mad" magazine that says "down with homework." Homer goes bowling with Moe and meets up with Apu. They, along with Otto, decide to start a bowling team when they can't
get a lane on league night. They need $500...
The Simpsons have a garage sale one boring weekend and here we first meet Disco Stu. Right when the sale gets moving, George Bush upstages Homer by moving in across the street. Homer starts holding a
grudge against Bush; meanwhile, Bart...
The Simpsons: Episode 14 -
Scenes From A Class Struggle In Springfield
Marge gets an expensive "new" dress at the outlet mall. While wearing it she meets a former schoolmate who invites her and the family to the country club. Marge becomes obsessed with trying to fit
in. Homer takes up golf at the club and Mr....
The Simpsons each inherit $100 and Bart gets his own checkbook. He gets the idea on how he can get Krusty's autograph by using an endorsed check. The endorsement is an offshore holding corporation,
so Bart goes to the bank. The banker calls...
Bart watches a film on town hero, Jebediah Springfield. As the town's bicentennial parade approaches, Homer wants to be the town crier and he soon wins the job. Lisa visits a museum full of Jebediah
memorabilia, and meets the curator, Hollis...
Mr. Burns takes the plant to an auto racing track and Smithers caters to his every need, but screws up just once. A drunken Lenny scares the hell out of Burns after the event and Smithers tries to make it up to him, but fails. Mr. Burns orders him...
The Simpsons: Episode 18 -
The Day The Violence Died
Bart and Lisa watch an "Itchy and Scratchy" marathon and the next day there is an 'Itchy and Scratchy' parade. Homer and the kids stake out spots on the sidewalk, but Bart gets away from them and
meets up with a bum who claims to have...
Troy McClure takes Selma out on a date in return for a favor she did him at the DMV. After the date he stops for a photo opportunity, the resulting publicity of being seen with a "woman" gives his
career a much-needed "shot in the arm;" but...
Skinner decides to promote a take-your-kids-to-work-day on the Friday before spring break. Bart goes to the DMV with Patty and Selma. Lisa goes to the power plant with Homer. Milhouse discovers the
exciting world of crackers. Martin makes...
The Simpsons: Episode 21 -
22 Short Films About Springfield
Small slices of life in Springfield are shown, such as: Bart carves sugar; Apu in "The Jolly Bengali"; Lisa with gum in her hair; Smithers and the bee sting; Dr. Nick saves the day; Moe gets robbed;
"Skinner and the Superintendent"; Homer,...
The Simpsons: Episode 22 -
Raging Abe Simpson And His Grumbling Grandson In "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"
Bart brings Abe to school in a special day for grandparents and he proceeds to embarrass Bart by lying. Abe gets a piece of mail saying that the seventh Hellfish is dead; this leaves only two of the
Flying Hellfish left alive. When one is...
A bear "terrorizes" the neighborhood; the new bear patrol causes taxes to be raised. Mayor Quimby decides to blame the immigrants, who will all be deported, depending on the outcome of the
proposition 24. Apu turns to Fat Tony and then the...
Otto wrecks the school bus, so Homer organizes a car pool and begins driving the neighborhood kids to school. He horrifies Bart and Lisa with his choice of classic rock music, so he decides to try to get into the current music scene. He brings...
It is the last day of school and Lisa has no one to sign her yearbook; Bart on the other hand is quite popular. Flanders offers Homer his Little Pwagmattasquarmsettport beach house for a few days,
since he has jury duty and won't be able to...
a)."The Thing and I" Homer and Marge warn the children not to go up into the attic. Of course they do and there they discover Bart's Siamese twin. b)."The Genesis Tub" Lisa's science experiment becomes a micro-universe, where she is thought of as...
Globex Corporation wants Smithers as their newest employee, but when he repeatedly says no, they offer the job to Homer. He agrees, but he has to move to another city, Cypress Creek, a planned community. The family agrees to move and they simply...
The Simpsons go to the mall where they see the surviving members of Bonanza making an appearance; meanwhile, Bart buys an extravagant belt from the Comic Book Guy. At school, Jimbo tries to beat him up for it and Homer vows to get it back by...
The family goes to an apple mill and on the way home, they see a hitchhiker. Homer wants to pick him up, but Marge is totally against it. Ignoring her Homer picks him up and finds out that he is Mr. Burns' illegitimate son, Larry. He helps Larry...
Lisa talks Marge into going to help rescue animals from an oil spill. This leaves Bart and Homer all along and on their own. Bart causes some damage at what the kids call the local "haunted house." As a punishment, Homer insists that he go there...
Marge is upset with Homer because their married life has become routine so she decides to hold a dinner party with other married couples to show him what a marriage can be. The party is over when the Van Houtens get into a huge argument and decide...
The Simpsons: Episode 7 -
Lisa's Date With Density
Chalmers buys his dream car…a Honda. Someone has stolen the H from the insignia on its hood, making Chalmers cry like a little girl. Skinner tries to find the culprit. Meanwhile, Homer obtains a telemarketing machine. Skinner conducts a search...
A hurricane comes through Springfield, and the Simpson family hides in their basement. When the storm blows over, they go outside and find the Flanders' home has been demolished. The Flanders must stay at the church, wearing borrowed clothes. Then...
The Simpsons: Episode 9 -
El Viaje Misterioso De Nuestro Homer (a.k.a. The Mysterious Voyage Of Our Homer)
Remembering last year, Marge tries to hide the big annual chili cook-off from Homer. When he figures it out, she makes him promise not to drink any beer. Homer is known as the dude with the fireproof stomach and Chief Wiggum brews up some chili...
Leonard Nimoy opens a tale about a typical Friday night. Homer goes to the Moe's but has to walk home after Moe tells him that his blood alcohol level is too high to drive. A bunch of creepy things happen on this walk home, including seeing an...
The Simpsons: Episode 11 -
The Twisted World Of Marge Simpson
The women of Springfield have an investment group. They want to buy a business, but Marge wants no part, so they boot her out of the club. Marge vows to beat them at their own game. She looks for a business to buy and runs into the group who...
Mr. Burns tests the plant by having a fire drill. When they fail miserably, he organizes a retreat to promote teamwork. Homer misunderstands and brings the family. As an activity Homer has to find a cabin on a mountain by using a map. Who is his...
The Simpsons: Episode 13 -
Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious
The Simpson family is watching a Krusty special when Lisa notices that Marge's hair is falling out. The reason, says Dr. Hibbert, is stress. Homer vows to do whatever it takes to get her back to normal. Marge wants him to hire a nanny. They...
The Simpsons: Episode 14 -
The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show
"Itchy & Scratchy" are getting low ratings, so the producers sample children as a test audience. They decide that they need a new character. The execs decide to add a new dog named "Poochie" and hold auditions for the voice. Homer, Otto, Troy...
Bart destroys the clothes dryer, so Marge decides to sell a family heirloom to pay for a new one. They go to a store that sells camp antique items. Homer does not understand why grown men would enjoy such things, but he gets in a conversation with...
The Simpsons: Episode 16 -
Brother From Another Series
Bart watches television and sees his psychotic nemesis, Sideshow Bob. We follow Bob, who has turned into an upstanding person while behind bars. He qualifies for a work release program, so his brother, Cecil, becomes his new boss. They are...
Flanders needs a babysitter and Lisa volunteers for the job and does it well. Homer and Marge plan to go to a party at the new mall and Marge and Homer decide to have Lisa baby-sit Bart while they are at the party. Bart is really angry about it,...
The Simpsons: Episode 18 -
Homer vs. The 18th Amendment
It's St. Patrick's Day in Springfield and the Simpsons go to the parade, while there Bart accidentally gets drunk, and the whole town sees him inebriated on television. The town starts pushing for prohibition, but it is discovered that there is...
The Simpsons: Episode 19 -
Grade School Confidential
While at school, Martin invites the class to his birthday party. Edna Krabappel and Seymour Skinner show up and so do Bart, Lisa and many others. As one of the dishes Mrs. Prince serves oysters. When Seymour spots his mother trying to enter the...
Marge lets Bart read her junk mail and he comes across a credit card application. He fills it out with the name "Santa's Little Helper," his dog. When the application is approved and he gets the card, he starts spending like a madman, not...
The Simpsons: Episode 21 -
The Old Man And the Lisa
Lisa wakes up early and begins working on her new hobby, recycling. Mr. Burns comes to talk to the school, and Lisa asks about him about his recycling program. He brags about how much money he has, but Lisa and Smithers reveal to him that he has...
Marge takes the family to church; afterwards she notices how little of an effect it has on them. She goes to talk to Reverend Lovejoy about it and she becomes a volunteer. Homer brings to the kids to the dump and there they find a box with Homer's...
Kent Brockman does a human interest story about Frank Grimes. Frank Grimes is a man who has had a VERY difficult life and Burns sees the report and tells Smithers to hire him. When Grimes comes to work at the plant, he meets Lenny, Carl, and...
The Simpsons: Episode 24 -
Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase
Troy McClure introduces three possible spin-offs from the series. a)."Chief Wiggum, P.I." Chief Wiggum is a detective in New Orleans and Principal Skinner is his assistant. Their first case pits them against Big Daddy, an operator in New Orleans...
The Simpsons: Episode 25 -
The Secret War Of Lisa Simpson
Bart's class goes to the police station on a field trip and while he is there, he just can't resist pulling a prank; meanwhile, Lisa's class is not challenging for her at all. Chief Wiggum meets with the Homer and Marge and recommends military...
The Simpsons: Episode 1 -
The City Of New York vs. Homer Simpson
Homer, Carl, and Lenny get drunk at Moe' and Moe picks Barney as the designated driver. Barney drives them home in Homer's car but the next day Homer realizes that Barney did not return his car. Weeks later, Barney reappears after a drunken binge....
The Simpsons: Episode 2 -
The Principal And The Pauper
The big surprise at the party honoring Seymour Skinner's 20 years as principal is that the real Seymour Skinner shows up. He has just returned to the US after being held as a POW for 26 years. Our Skinner's real name is Armin Tanzarian, who used...
The house is hot and sticky, and the Simpsons do not have air conditioning. Lisa has no place to practice her saxophone and it ends up being destroyed. Lisa asks the family to tell about how she originally got the instrument. In a flash back to...
The Simpsons: Episode 4 -
Treehouse Of Horror VIII
a)."The Homega Man" Quimby insults the French government who launch a neutron bomb in retaliation at Springfield. Homer escapes the blast and begins enjoying himself in seemingly deserted Springfield. b)."Fly vs. Fly" The family visits Prof....
Homer brings the family to see a soccer game, which is so unbelievably lame, the crowd begins to riot. It continues out into the streets. Homer listens to home security companies, but opts instead to buy a gun, which he can't have for five days,...
The kids of Springfield are getting fat so the parents put their children in pee-wee football. The team is undefeated until the taunts of Homer cause winning coach Flanders to quit, leaving Homer in charge. To make up for the discouragement he...
The Simpsons: Episode 7 -
The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons
Springfield has a bachelor auction, but none of Springfield's bachelors are the least bit attractive. Five women pool their money together and bid on Apu. They share him and he becomes quite the ladies' man. He is discussing his new life with...
Lisa protests the building of a shopping mall on sacred ground. Her protest gets the school the ability to conduct an archaeological dig. Lisa's digging reveals a human skeleton that has wings. All Springfield is convinced it is an angel and Homer...
Marge is bored and Homer is just laying around one Saturday afternoon, when they decide to go to the police auction. Homer buys a muscle car that had previously belonged to Snake. He takes Marge for a wild ride and she demands to get out. She...
The Simpsons: Episode 10 -
Miracle On Evergreen Terrace
We open with Homer and Marge doing the Christmas shopping. Back at home Marge tells the family that she has all the alarm clocks, so no one can wake up early and open the presents. Bart drinks a bunch of water so he can wake up and do just that....
The Simpsons: Episode 11 -
All Singing, All Dancing
Homer rents "Paint Your Wagon" and is put off by all the singing and dancing, especially by tough guys Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin. The rest of the family reminds him via clips about the many times he and other members of the family and town...
Bart and Lisa are trying to get out of yard work. When Colonel Tex's carnival comes to town, Homer takes the family. He keeps talking about how much he admires carnies even though they are sleazy and rat-like. He meets a father (Cooder) and son...
Homer gets a brochure from a religious group at the airport and being highly gullible, he goes to their retreat. Because of Homer's intelligence quotient they have more trouble brainwashing him than the rest of Springfield most of who are all...
Bart and Lisa are in a United Nations club, with each kid representing a country. The kids go on a field trip, but there is an accident and Otto drives the bus off a bridge into the water. The bus drifts out to sea, and Otto abandons ship. Chinese...
The Simpsons: Episode 15 -
The Last Temptation Of Krusty
The Simpsons go to a mall to buy shoes and a guy tries to get them to come to a stand-up comedy charity event. Bart notices Krusty will not be there, so he pleads with Jay Leno to make him part of it. Krusty agrees and does his typical routine,...
Homer sneaks off to a bar to hide from Marge, but while he is at the bar, Homer sings Marge praises. He notices how bitter Moe is and realizes that Moe has not had a girlfriend in a long time. He takes Moe out to another bar to meet chicks. He has...
After having trouble trying to solve a brainteaser and other mounting evidence, Lisa fears that the Simpson gene, Grampa has told her about, is afflicting her. Meanwhile, Grampa's friend Jasper places himself in suspended animation in Apu's...
The Simpsons go to a wonderful new museum. While there, Marge notices what a nice boy Ralph Wiggum is. Marge forces Bart to have a play date with Ralph. Ralph is so stupid and annoying that Bart wants to strangle him. Marge makes him go outside...
Homer gets fired from the nuclear plant and decides to join the Naval Reserve. Other reservists include Moe, Barney, and Apu. Meanwhile, Bart gets an earring to look cool, but Homer makes him quit wearing it and ends up taking it with him to sea....
The Simpsons: Episode 20 -
The Trouble With Trillions
Homer realizes too late that taxes are due, so he cheats on his taxes and files them just in the nick of time. When the IRS subjects Homer to an audit, they agree to let Homer off if he will agree to help the FBI and become a tool of government...
Bart pulls a prank on Willie, leaving him homeless. Lisa becomes anchor for a new news program for kids, with help from Bart, Nelson and Milhouse. Bart's on camera presence gets him upgraded to co-anchor. After he overhears his sister calling him...
The greeting card industry cooks up a new holiday called "Love Day". The Simpsons celebrate, creating a lot of garbage. When Homer takes it out, he gets into a confrontation with the garbage men and they refuse to pick up his trash anymore. Soon...
The Simpsons watch a Rainier Wolfcastle movie and later at the church picnic, the kids play "capture the flag." Homer joins Bart's team to compete with Flanders, but Homer fails miserably, because he is horribly out of shape. When this really...
With the day off from school, Bart uses some industrial adhesive to glue novelty items to his face. As a result Marge must take him to the doctor to have the items removed, preventing Lisa from attending an exhibit at the museum. Lisa asks her if...
When their anniversary dinner is a flop and their love life seems to lack luster, they try to spice it up. Homer and Marge seek to spice up their love life by traveling to a bed & breakfast. Meanwhile, Lisa and Bart use Grampa's mine detector to...
After talking to Apu, Homer decides to try to make money off selling used grease. He goes in search of it, but finds that others have had the same plan. Lisa meets a new girl at school; one who is cool and becomes very popular. Lisa feels jealous...
The Simpsons: Episode 2 -
The Wizard Of Evergreen Terrace
Homer listens to the radio in his car, only to realize that he has lived half his life. In the ensuing days, he falls into a deep depression. The family throws a party to cheer him up, and Lisa mentions Thomas Edison. Fascinated by Edison, Homer...
Marge takes the family to the Family Fun Center. She notices Nelson, who is acting like quite a jerk. Bart tries to befriend Nelson after he wins a BB gun, but Marge forbids any interaction with Nelson. Bart defies her and begins hanging out with...
a)."Hell Toupée" It's his third strike, Snake is sent to the electric chair. He vows revenge on all on those who were there when he was caught, Apu, Moe & Bart. Snake is electrocuted and his organs are saved for transplant. The beneficiary of his...
The Simpsons: Episode 5 -
When You Dish Upon A Star
Homer dreams about being Yogi Bear, but instead of going to a national park in search of picnic baskets, the Simpson family goes to the beach. While there, Homer tries parasailing and given his size the rope breaks and he flies off into a forest....
Burns is looking for better employees, so he makes a recruitment film and Homer is one of the actors. He decides to apply to the Screen Actors Guild, but realizes that he does not know his middle name. He and his father travel to the hippie...
After church, the Simpsons go to the grocery store for free samples. Homer picks out a small lobster with plans to raise him until he is big. Homer stuffs Lisa into the freezer to find a better flavor of ice cream and it results in her getting...
The Simpsons: Episode 8 -
Homer Simpson In "Kidney Trouble"
The Simpsons, including Abe, visit a ghost town where Abe drinks a lot of sarsaparilla. On the way home, Abe really needs to go to the bathroom, but Homer is more interested in making good time. Abe visits the doctor soon afterward, finding out...
The Simpsons are watching a cheesy TV movie, when it is interrupted by a commercial for a sci-fi convention, Bi-Mon-Sci-Fi-Con. Mark Hamill, ALF, and the gay robots from "Star Wars" are scheduled to be there. The family goes to the convention, but...
Springfield implodes its casino. When Homer goes to the car wash, he sees that Flanders is getting a senior citizens' discount. He calls Flander's out in church and Flander's confesses that he is 60-years-old, his youthful appearance is due to...
The Simpsons: Episode 11 -
Wild Barts Can't Be Broken
Homer hates the Isotopes until they start winning. When they win the big game, he, Barney, Lenny, and Carl go on a drunken binge and wind up vandalizing the elementary school. With no suspects, Chief Wiggum assumes it was the children, so he...
Homer gets a coupon book in the mail and a tire dealer takes advantage of his gullibility. In the waiting room, he meets a travel agent. He cuts Homer a deal where Homer can go to the Super Bowl free of charge if he fills the bus with his friends...
A mid-season replacement series features a suave and debonair character named Detective Homer Simpson. Homer is delighted and begins to capitalize on his new namesake, until the second episode airs and his namesake is rewritten to be a stupid...
Homer and Marge go to Apu's for dinner. Apu and Manjula have a big fight, but Apu vows to win back her love in the seven days before Valentine's Day. His efforts are so romantic that the whole town notices. All the wives around Springfield are...
The Simpsons: Episode 15 -
Marge Simpson In 'Screaming Yellow Honkers'
After the Simpsons leave a school talent show, we discover that Marge is a very passive driver. Homer sees the Canyonero and decides to buy the SUV for himself. He soon discovers that it is an SUV designed for soccer moms. He quits driving it and...
Homer gets drunk and when he returns home, he realizes that he has to spend quality time with the kids. Upon Lisa's request, he brings them to a Smithsonian exhibit, sponsored by Omnitouch. While there, Homer ruins the Bill of Rights and he winds...
Lisa is going to protest a new restaurant; it is a steak house that allows you to kill your steak. The family, sans Lisa, goes there. Homer loses a challenge to eat "Sirloin A Lot", a 16-lb. steak. His competitor, the winner and a truck driver...
Reverend Lovejoy decides to give the congregation an extra dose of religion and the Simpsons begin falling asleep in church having religious dreams. Marge dreams that she and Homer are Adam and Eve. Lisa's dream is that she is an Israelite and...
Homer reluctantly agrees to do some yard work, but his trip to home improvement store results him buying a do-it-yourself barbecue pit. His feeble attempt results in something that an art enthusiast considers "outsider art." When Burns pays big...
The Simpsons: Episode 20 -
The Old Man And The C Student
Homer orders 1000 springs and tries to get rid of them in various schemes. The Olympics are coming to Springfield due to a letter written by Lisa (and Homer even designs a springy Olympic mascot), but Bart's comedy routine, that all the children...
The Simpsons: Episode 21 -
Monty Can't Buy Me Love
The family is sitting around watching television one afternoon when Marge makes them go for a walk. They end up at a new mega-store, owned by Arthur Fortune, who wins everyone's love by giving them $1 bills. Burns is there, and he envies the...
The Simpsons: Episode 22 -
They Saved Lisa's Brain
There is a gross-out contest in Springfield and the citizen's profound lack of intelligence forces Lisa to try to change them. She joins MENSA after a letter she writes impresses the brainy Springfield population. They all go to Quimby to confront...
The Simpsons: Episode 23 -
Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo
The Simpsons go to a cyber-cafe to see a website with monkeys doing it. Snake cyber-robs Homer of his life savings. He and Marge had been saving up for a vacation. Homer goes to rob Flanders and instead Flanders tells him about living thrifty....
Homer test drives an electric car so that he can win a free gift. The free gift is being part of the test audience for Mel Gibson's new remake of "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." Everyone loves the film except Homer. Mel Gibson shows up after the...
Skinner introduces a fire safety skit to the students. When Flanders catches on fire, the fire department tries to extinguish him, but it doesn't work because Bart is pulling a prank with the fire hose. Skinner has Homer and Marge come to the...
The Simpsons: Episode 3 -
Guess Who's Coming To Criticize Dinner
Homer takes the kids to the zoo, and then they take a newspaper tour. Homer reveals his talent for identifying food and coincidentally, it is the food critic's last day at the newspaper. Homer writes a sample review on a typewriter. The typewriter...
a)."I Know What You Diddily-Iddly-Did" The family (with Marge driving) runs over and believes that they've killed Ned Flanders. After covering up their misdeed, the family is haunted by someone who knows what they diddily-iddly-did, Ned Flanders...
The Simpson family goes to see a Zorro movie. Snake is rude after the movie, so to protect Marge's honor Homer challenges him to a duel, but Snake runs away at the onset of conflict. Overfilled with confidence, Homer starts challenging everyone to...
The Simpsons: Episode 6 -
Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder
Homer shows up REALLY late for work and as a punishment he has to eat toxic waste. Instead he blows off his punishment and goes bowling with Lenny and Carl and he bowls a perfect 300 game. He gets on the news and becomes a local hero. He speaks to...
Apu decides it's time to have children. When he and Manjula don't have any luck conceiving, they get some advice from Homer. Nine months later, Manjula gives birth to octuplets. The free stuff donated to them helps them out, but them a couple from...
Homer and Marge win a Harley in a dance contest. Bart teaches Homer how to ride. Homer bonds with the bike and takes it everywhere, becoming a nuisance. Homer even takes his cycle to church. He forms a motorcycle gang called "Hell's Satans", over...
Bart and Milhouse jump on the bed in drag and Bart breaks his coccyx and he has to begin using a wheelchair. The school is not equipped for a handicapped student, so Skinner makes a deal with Fat Tony. The mob will build ramps. Soon after the...
Marge tries to get rid of the junk in the attic but Homer won't let her; especially the skis he hasn't used in years. The family goes skiing and Marge manages to break her leg while the rest of the family is out on the slopes. Marge has to stay in...
Remember "Homer Goes to College?" Well, Homer visits his college for old times' sake and reunites with the old nerds. He organizes a prank, but somehow ends up with a bucket stuck on his head. Nothing will get it off, so the Simpson family goes to...
Springfield is going to give an award to the town's oldest man, but when that guy dies, Mr. Burns gets the award instead. He decides to get a check-up at the Mayo Clinic with Smithers. When he leaves, he leaves the Simpson family as caretakers of...
Springfield Elementary sends its band to the state fair. When the Simpsons get there, Homer basks in the great sounds of Bachman Turner Overdrive. Lisa seeks justice from on high when their school band loses in competition to another band that...
The Simpsons: Episode 14 -
Alone Again Natura-Diddly
Lisa takes the family on a hike, and everyone sees a race car driver crash. So the family goes to races. Sitting behind the Simpson family are the Flanders. Homer asks why they are there, Maude replies she likes to look at the yokels. To get the...
Homer tries to anonymously pledge $10,000 to PBS to end the pledge break and get his favorite program back on the air. When PBS comes collecting, he goes on the run. Reverend Lovejoy helps Homer out by sticking him on a plane to do some missionary...
After winning the chance for his photo to appear on a Duff beer calendar, but losing out when the calendar appears with stickers covering his face, Moe gets a facelift. The resulting surgery makes him handsome and then Moe takes revenge on those...
The Simpsons go to an Indian casino when their vacation plans fall apart. Bart encounters a wise Indian chief who tells him his future. Bart becomes a pot-smoking, unemployed slacker who has Ralph Wiggum as his roommate. He regularly begs a...
The Simpsons: Episode 18 -
Days Of Wine And D'Oh'ses
Homer and Bart search through people's garbage for treasure. When Homer goes to Moe's, Barney asks everyone why they didn't celebrate his birthday. It turns out that they did, but he doesn't remember. Moe bought him helicopter lessons as a gag...
The Simpsons: Episode 19 -
Kill The Alligator And Run
Homer gets a collection of magazine surveys. He gives everyone the various tests. After driving Marge crazy, he decides to take a test himself. He takes one that says he has three years to live. With that idea in his head, he develops a bad case...
The Simpsons: Episode 20 -
Last Tap Dance In Springfield
Marge notices that Homer's vision is slipping, so she takes him to the mall for laser surgery. While they wait for him, Marge and Lisa see a romantic movie with a tango dancing theme. With that inspiration, Lisa wants to take dance lessons. She...
The Simpsons: Episode 21 -
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge
Otto has a girlfriend who he plans to marry and Bart offers the Simpson house as a place to hold the nuptials. Becky, the would be bride, confesses to Marge that she doesn't like heavy metal, which is a problem when Otto hires "Cyanide," a Poison...
A la VH-1's Behind the Music, a behind the scenes look is taken at the Simpson family's rise to fame, their successful years together and then their feud which resulted in a breakup and solo careers for the family members. The history is as...
a). "G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad" Homer dies because he's eaten the deadliest plant on Earth, broccoli. When he arrives at the Pearly Gates of Heaven he finds he cannot get in because he hasn't done one good deed all his life. St. Peter gives him 24 hours...
The Simpsons: Episode 2 -
Tale Of Two Springfields
When the phone company gives Springfield a new area code, Homer revolts taking the part of Springfield with the new area code (the poor side of town) with him. Soon it's Olde Springfield versus New Springfield. As mayor of New Springfield Homer...
Homer and Bart fix things around the house using fireworks. They destroy Lisa's room on her birthday, so help make it up to her, the family goes to a book fair, where among other things Krusty is signing his new book. A little girl named Sophie is...
Bart wants the new Gamestation 256, so he tries to get a job to earn the money, but his job as a menu boy causes a great deal of paper litter to be strewn about the city making Lisa lament the plight of the trees. Then Lisa falls for a meat...
Bart gets an A in astronomy, so Homer takes the family out for a celebration dinner. Homer's credit card is declined. He and Marge realize that they are broke, so Homer asks Mr. Burns for a raise. With Smithers away in New Mexico mounting his play...
The Simpsons: Episode 6 -
The Computer Wore Menace Shoes
As Mr. X Homer starts his own web page where begins revealing Springfield's secrets. He ultimately wins the Pulitzer Prize for his work so he reveals himself to the public. When everyone knows that he is Mr. X his ability to obtain secrets...
Bart gets a magic set and with it he and Homer try street performing to make money. When it doesn't work out, Homer leaves Bart on his own, fending for himself. Being abandoned by his father makes Bart into a charity case and people just start...
The Simpson family goes to a French circus. While watching the show a huge snowstorm hits the circus tent. It's a relentless snowstorm; everything closes, except for Springfield Elementary. Principal Skinner doesn't want to ruin his "Cal Ripken...
The Simpson family goes to an animation convention. Homer falls in love with a new product there and invests the family's life savings in a company that soon declares super-duper bankruptcy. To gain their life savings back, he sells his body for...
The family attends a prison rodeo and Marge sees artistic potential in one of the inmates after she sees some of his work hanging in the prison infirmary. She volunteers to teach art at the prison and then vouches for her artistic inmate at his...
Despite being banned from life forever from the comic book store, Bart and Milhouse take over its management when the Comic Book Guy suffers from a cardiac episode, "the worst episode ever". Their management of the shop is fairly successful, until...
The Simpsons go to an old folks' talent show. Homer looks into getting a casket for Abe, but instead decides to build a tennis court. He doesn't really like tennis; he got it confused with foxy boxing. All the locals want to use the tennis court....
Krusty feels pressure from the network to change his show, so he decides to retire for the fifth and final time. Meanwhile, in prison Sideshow Bob becomes outraged when he finds out that Krusty has erased his past by taping over all his old...
Homer "runs" in the Springfield marathon, but when Bart crashes the end of the race an unruly mob is ready to lynch him. A passing stranger rescues him and offers Bart the opportunity to join a new boy band "Party Posse" as the bad boy. Other...
The Simpson family goes to "Blockoland". When Lisa gets ripped off, Homer sticks up for her and is successful. He vows to start helping the little guy. He helps Bart get a girlfriend and helps Marge get her hair streaked. He even tries to help...
A new kid comes to Springfield Elementary and Lisa attempts to make friends with this new girl, but for all her trouble she just winds up the victim of this female version of Nelson. Lisa discovers the cause; pheromones given off by nerds are what...
Maggie eats a magazine and Marge takes her to the hospital, leaving Homer to do the food shopping. Homer abuses a bag boy, which leads to the bag boys going out on strike. With them on strike, the family does not go grocery shopping. When their...
Homer's thumb is cut off following breakfast and the episode follows three different paths. Homer's day: as he and Marge race to get his thumb reattached. Lisa's day: as she misses the bus and tries to get to school so that she can win the science...
The Simpsons: Episode 19 -
I'm Goin' To Praiseland
When he can stop thinking of her and to help him stop living in the past, Ned gets the Simpson family to help remove all the reminders of Maude he has around the house. Only one item misses getting thrown into the chipper, a sketchbook that...
The Simpsons: Episode 20 -
Children Of A Lesser Clod
The Simpsons go to see if they would like to take any of the classes at the YMCA. Homer tries out the basketball class but he tears the ACL in his knee. He can't go to work while he recovers from surgery. He is bored at home. He tries...
The family wins a trip to Delaware, but Homer refuses to pay the tax on the ticket, so they ride the rails and meet a hobo who sings and tells them some tall tales. The first is the tale is about "Paul Bunyan" and here we are treated to Homer...
a). "hex and the city" The family sees a gypsy, but Homer's usual ineptitude causes the gypsy to seek her revenge by cursing him and his loved ones. In an effort to get the curse lifted, Homer catches a leprechaun and releases it upon the gypsy...
Abandoned by a prize seeking Homer, Milhouse and Bart go for an unintentional joyride in Chief Wiggum's squad car. In juvenile court, Milhouse gets his case dismissed; however, when Bart goes up before Judge Snyder he is just about to get out of...
We begin with Bart digging a hole in the backyard, which turns into Homer telling a story at Moe's. Moe himself is feeling depressed, he misses his bartending school alma mater, Swigmore University. The guys talk him into going back and Moe leaves...
The Simpsons: Episode 4 -
Hunka Hunka Burns In Love
Homer's foray into the fortune writing business leads to a romance for Mr. Burns. Then Burns seeks advice from Homer when he starts to romance, Gloria his new found love. Things look good for Monty who proposes marriage, just as Gloria's ex...
Marge falls for the image of the man on the package Burly paper towels. Homer and Bart scam Marge by making her think that Chad Sexington, the burly paper towel model, is coming to dinner. Who shows up in place of Chad? A shirtless Barney. To make...
The family is going through problems. A social worker sets out to fix them after a domestic violence charge. He is horrified at Homer when the vegas wives of Homer and Ned unexpectedly come to Springfield. Fed up with vegas, they want to replace...
The family goes to the library's used book sale; where Homer obtains a copy of Duff's Book of World Records. When he's gone through all the records, he decides to set one of his own. Duff tells him that all the personal records have been set. He...
The family watches the gay pride parade and then goes to the movies. Homer loudly protests the fact that the movie hasn't started, due to the length of ads and previews. When the ushers chase him out of the theatre, Homer runs straight into the...
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