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| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Stark Raving Dad]]'''"
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| style="text-align: left; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]'''"
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[Rich Moore]]
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[Al Jean]] & [[Mike Reiss]]
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"'''The Simpsons Christmas Special'''"
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|September 19, 1991
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[David Silverman]]
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|7F24
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|December 17, 1989
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Through a series of misunderstandings, Homer is put into a mental hospital and his roommate is a man who talks and sings like Michael Jackson. Everything is cleared up and Homer is released. However, in all the confusion, everyone has forgotten about Lisa's birthday—including Bart, who didn't even remember to buy a present. To make it up to her, Bart and Michael write and perform a song for Lisa. She enjoys the song and says it's the best present she ever got.<br/>'''Guest Stars''': [[Michael Jackson]] (credited as "John Jay Smith"), [[Kipp Lennon]].
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Christmas is coming, and it's going to be a difficult one due to the family's financial woes: Homer's expected Christmas bonus at work doesn't come through, and the family is forced to spend money previously set aside for shopping on an expensive tattoo removal procedure for Bart. Homer tries to earn money by other means such as being a department store Santa Claus, and the family does their best to have a good holiday in spite of the circumstances. ''This episode introduces Santa's Little Helper as the family dog.''
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[File:Simpsons 8FO1.png|100px]]
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[File:Bart the Genius.jpg|100px]]
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| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington]]'''"
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| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Bart the Genius]]'''"
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[Wes Archer]]
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|David Silverman
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[George Meyer]]
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|September 26, 1991
 
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Lisa wins the local competition of an essay contest, earning the family a trip to Washington, D.C. for the finals. Lisa sees Bob Arnold (her own representative) taking a bribe. Disgusted, she changes her previous uplifting essay into a cynical one denouncing corruption in government in general and Bob Arnold in particular. Her faith in the system is restored when Arnold is arrested and expelled from Congress.
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|38 - 3
 
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| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[When Flanders Failed]]'''"
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[Jim Reardon]]
 
 
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[Jon Vitti]]
 
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[Jon Vitti]]
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|October 3, 1991
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|January 14, 1990
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|7F23
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|7G02
 
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Ned Flanders opens the Leftorium, a store specializing in merchandise for left-handed people. Homer thinks it's a stupid idea and secretly wishes for the store to fail and Ned to be humiliated. Homer's wish comes true when business is very slow, and Ned is facing financial ruin and the loss of his house. Homer goes through a change of heart, tells Ned to open the store one more time, and calls every left-handed person he knows to tell them about the Leftorium. They all come to the store the next morning and buy all kinds of left-handed items, and Ned's store is saved.
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Springfield Elementary School has an intelligence test, and Bart cheats by switching his name with that of class brain Martin Prince on their test papers. With his name associated with Martin's test score, Bart is considered to be a genius. Bart is then enrolled at the Enriched Learning Center for Gifted Children, but struggles both academically and socially at his new school. With no one aware that Bart cheated, Homer and Bart develop a close father/son relationship. Everything goes back to normal, however, when Bart confesses to the switch.<br/>'''Guest star''': [[Marcia Wallace]].
 
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| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Bart the Murderer]]'''"
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| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Homer's Odyssey]]'''"
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Rich Moore
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|October 10, 1991
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|January 21, 1990
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|8F03
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Bart is hired to work in a Mafia bar run by Fat Tony (making his first appearance). Bart is late for work due to having been put in detention by Principal Skinner. Fat Tony announces that he and his men will "meet and greet" Skinner, and shortly after that, Skinner disappears. Both Bart and Fat Tony are accused of Skinner's murder, and at trial Fat Tony tries to pin the murder (and all of his other illegal activities) on Bart. Skinner then re-appears, telling the court that he had an accident at home and was trapped under a pile of newspapers for a week. The case is dismissed and Bart quits his job at Fat Tony's bar.
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Homer is fired after he causes an accident due to being distracted by greeting Bart and his class on their field trip to the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Depressed and unemployed, Homer considers suicide until he notices the dangers around town and becomes a safety crusader. When Homer targets the nuclear power plant, Mr. Burns re-hires him and promotes him to safety inspector. ''Waylon Smithers, Chief Wiggum, and Otto Mann the school bus driver make their first appearances.'' <br/>'''Guest star''': [[Marcia Wallace]].
 
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| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Homer Defined]]'''"
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| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[There's No Disgrace Like Home]]'''"
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[Mark Kirkland]]
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|October 17, 1991
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|January 28, 1990
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|8F04
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At the nuclear power plant, Homer prevents a meltdown through sheer luck. He is hailed as a hero, but fears being found out as being only lucky rather than brave or clever. When the truth comes out, the phrase "to pull a Homer" becomes a widely used term meaning "to succeed despite idiocy," and Homer's picture ends up in the dictionary, illustrating the definition. Meanwhile, Bart's and Milhouse's friendship is strained when Milhouse's mother considers Bart to be a bad influence and wants her son to stay away from him.
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The Simpson family attends the company picnic at the Burns manor. After seeing the other families at the picnic, Homer notices his own family's shortcomings and dysfunctions and decides to improve everyone's behavior, pawning the family's television set to pay for a family therapy session at Dr. Marvin Monroe's clinic. The session is a flop, but when Homer forces Monroe to honor his "double your money back" guarantee, the family ends up with enough money to buy a much better TV. ''The episode introduces Springfield police officers Eddie and Lou, as well as Dr. Marvin Monroe, and marks the first series appearance of Itchy and Scratchy.''
 
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| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Like Father, Like Clown]]'''"
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| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Bart the General]]'''"
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[Jeffrey Lynch]] & [[Brad Bird]]
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|David Silverman
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|8F05
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Krusty the Clown has dinner with the Simpsons, and reveals that he is Jewish, his real name is Herschel Krustofski, and he is estranged from his rabbi father. They parted ways over Krusty's becoming a clown instead of following his father and becoming a rabbi. Bart and Lisa see Krusty becoming depressed, and they take it upon themselves to reunite him with his father. They find Rabbi Krustofski, and after several attempts convince him to meet Krusty on the set of his show, where they reconcile their differences. Krusty introduces his father to the audience, and together they sing a song.
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Lisa is bullied at school by Nelson Muntz and Bart stands up for her, only to find himself the target of constant bullying by Nelson and his two Weasels. With Grampa's help, Bart then organizes many other students at school into an army to fight back against Nelson. They succeed, and with their victory they force Nelson to sign a treaty which curtails his bullying. ''Nelson Muntz and Herman the military antiques dealer make their first appearances.''
 
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| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Treehouse of Horror II]]'''"
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| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Moaning Lisa]]'''"
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Jim Reardon
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'''Opening:''' Marge warns viewers that this year's Halloween episode will be even scarier for young viewers than last year's was. However, because her warning about the previous Halloween special was ignored, she resigns herself to being ignored again.
 
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'''Prologue:''' Lisa, Bart, and Homer eat excessive amounts of candy, and Marge warns them that they will get nightmares from it. They ignore her warning, and each of the three has a nightmare.
 
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'''Lisa's Nightmare: '''The Simpsons buy a severed monkey paw from Morocco, which can grant a limited amount of wishes for a particular set of users depending on the number of fingers that are extended. Maggie, Bart, Lisa and Homer each make a wish from it, and most of the wishes result in unexpected consequences.
 
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'''Bart's Nightmare: '''Bart has an ability to manipulate things with his mind. Everyone is compelled to carry out his orders, agree with his opinions, etc., in order to prevent him from using his ability on them.
 
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'''Homer's Nightmare:''' In an effort to create the ultimate worker, Mr. Burns transplants Homer's brain into a robot.
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[Carlos Baeza]]
 
 
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Al Jean & Mike Reiss
 
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Homer loses much of Lisa's respect for him after he botches the task of getting her a saxophone reed she needs for a talent show. Homer realizes that he's been ignoring Lisa since she was a baby and thinks that's what's causing problems now, so he buys Lisa a pony to change her opinion of him. While Lisa loves the pony and now has more respect for Homer, he is required to take a second job (as a Kwik-E-Mart cashier on graveyard shift) to afford the upkeep on the pony. He becomes more and more tired from working two jobs, never getting enough sleep. Lisa has to decide whether to give up the pony or see her father constantly exhausted.
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Lisa is continually unhappy, and it begins to affect her performance at school. Nothing that Marge and Homer try seems to help. Lisa then meets jazz musician and fellow saxophone player Bleeding Gums Murphy, who helps Lisa to express her depression by playing the blues on her sax. They write a blues number together, and the family visits a jazz club to hear Bleeding Gums sing and play it.<br/>'''Guest star''': [[Ron Taylor]].
 
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| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Saturdays of Thunder]]'''"
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| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[The Call of the Simpsons]]'''"
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Jim Reardon
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Wes Archer
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[Ken Levine]] & [[David Isaacs]]
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|John Swartzwelder
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|November 14, 1991
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Trying to be a better father, Homer helps Bart build a soapbox racer. Bart's racer is a flop, but Martin Prince's is the fastest and wins the race. When Martin is hurt, he asks Bart to fill in as driver so that at least one of them can beat Nelson Muntz in the race. This angers Homer, as Bart won't be driving the racer that they built. Homer, however, does some thinking and realizes the experience has brought him closer to Bart and made him a better father, and Bart needs his support regardless of which racer he's driving. Homer goes to the race, wishes Bart luck, and he wins. Bart and Homer then celebrate the victory.
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The Simpsons go camping in their dilapidated RV, and problems arise when the RV is destroyed by falling off a cliff. The family are separated in the woods, where Maggie is cared for by bears and Homer (who has lost his clothes and is wearing a heavy coating of mud instead) is mistaken for a hideous Bigfoot-like monster. Homer is captured and taken to a lab, and not allowed to return home until the scientists are convinced that he really is a human being.<br/>'''Guest star''': [[Albert Brooks]].
 
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| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Flaming Moe's]]'''"
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| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[The Telltale Head]]'''"
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Rich Moore & [[Alan Smart]]
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| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; text-align: center; "|[[Rich Moore]]
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[Robert Cohen]]
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| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; text-align: center; "|Al Jean, Mike Reiss,
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|November 21, 1991
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Sam Simon & Matt Groening
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|8F08
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| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; text-align: center; "|February 25, 1990
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Homer tells Moe the story of how he created a drink by combining several liquids (including cough syrup) and setting it on fire, which he called the "Flaming Homer." Moe serves the drink in his bar and quickly renames it the "Flaming Moe," insisting that he is the inventor rather than Homer. The beverage sells very well and Moe's Tavern becomes an overnight success, attracting much extra business, important patrons, and bands such as Aerosmith playing at the bar. Homer, however, is angry at Moe for taking all of the credit for the drink and vows revenge.
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The episode opens with Bart and Homer being chased and cornered by an angry mob, and Bart has the severed head of Jebediah Springfield's statue. Bart explains his actions: He cut off the head to impress a trio of troublemakers he was trying to make friends with, but the stunt backfired as the act of vandalism outraged the whole town, including Bart's three would-be friends. Bart then confessed to his family what he had done, and Homer, feeling responsible, agreed to help him put the head back. Finishing his story, Bart says the incident made him realize he was taking the town's heritage for granted, of which they were all guilty. Touched by the story, the crowd forgives Bart, and he puts the head back. ''This episode marks the first appearances of Sideshow Bob, Jimbo, Dolph, Kearney, Rev. Lovejoy, and Apu; as well as the first series appearance of Krusty the Clown.''
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[File:Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk.gif|100px]]
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[File:Life on the Fast Lane.jpg|100px]]
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|46 - 11
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|9 - 9
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|
+
| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Life on the Fast Lane]]'''"
−
<div align="left">"'''[[Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk]]'''"</div>
+
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|David Silverman
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Mark Kirkland
+
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|John Swartzwelder
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Jon Vitti
+
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|March 18, 1990
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|December 5, 1991
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|7G11
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|8F09
 
 
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Wishing to retire and pursue other interests, Mr. Burns sells the nuclear power plant to two German businessmen. The new owners evaluate the plant and its employees with the goal of making it more efficient and decide to lay off Homer. Meanwhile, Mr. Burns finds retirement to be unsatisfying. When he goes to Moe's, the bar's patrons treat him scornfully and Homer takes the opportunity to tell him off. The experience makes Burns realize that owning the plant gave him power over people and he misses that power. Burns then buys the plant back and re-hires Homer, to keep a closer eye on him.
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Marge becomes unhappy when her birthday present from Homer is a bowling ball (which he clearly intended for himself) as she does not even bowl. To spite Homer, Marge sets out to learn to bowl, and ends up taking lessons from an instructor named Jacques, who pursues an affair with her. Marge nearly gives in, but at the last minute chooses to stay with Homer, surprising him by showing up at the nuclear power plant.<br/>'''Guest star''': [[Albert Brooks]].
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''The episode's title is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_language| German] for "Burns Sells the Power Plant".''
 
 
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|-
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[File:I married.png|100px]]
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| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; text-align: center; "|[[File:SimpsonsMPG 7G10.jpg|100px]]
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|47 - 12
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| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; text-align: center; "|10 - 10
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|<div align="left">"'''[[I Married Marge]]'''"</div>
+
| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Homer's Night Out]]'''"
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Jeffrey Lynch
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Jeff Martin
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|December 26, 1991
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|8F10
 
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Marge is concerned that she may be pregnant again when a home pregnancy test gives inconclusive results. While she sees Dr. Hibbert, Homer tells the kids the story of Homer's and Marge's wedding, Bart's birth, and Homer's applying for a job at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. When Marge returns from the doctor and announces that she's not pregnant, she and Homer exchange high-fives.
 
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|-
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[File:Singcelebs.jpg|100px]]
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|48 - 13
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|<div align="left">"'''[[Radio Bart]]'''"</div>
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Carlos Baeza
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Jon Vitti
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|January 9, 1992
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|8F11
 
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Bart celebrates his birthday and is disappointed with his presents, but later appreciates Homer's present to him (a microphone which can send voices over a radio) when he uses it to play pranks on people. Bart deceives the whole town when he pretends to be an orphan boy named Timmy O'Toole trapped in a well. The prank backfires when Bart falls into the well for real and is forced to admit to the prank, and the townspeople are angry about having been fooled. When public officials refuse to do anything for Bart, Homer leads a citizens' effort to dig a tunnel to get Bart out of the well.
 
−
|-
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[File:Greek.png|100px]]
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|49 - 14
 
−
| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Lisa the Greek]]'''"
 
 
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Rich Moore
 
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Rich Moore
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|January 23, 1992
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|8F12
 
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Homer and Lisa begin to bond over watching football games on TV, and Homer discovers that Lisa has a skill for accurately predicting the winners. Homer takes advantage of Lisa's ability, placing and winning wagers on the games. When Lisa finds out about Homer's betting, she becomes angry and accuses Homer of being more interested in exploiting her talent than in spending time with her. Lisa then makes one last prediction, on the Super Bowl, and says that the outcome will determine whether or not she still loves Homer.
 
−
|-
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[File:Lone.jpg|100px]]
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|50 - 15
 
−
| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Homer Alone]]'''"
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Mark Kirkland
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[David M. Stern]]
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|February 6, 1992
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|8F14
 
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Marge has been under a lot of stress at home and finally snaps, lashing out by causing a traffic jam on a bridge. She decides to take a vacation—by herself—to calm down and relax. Bart and Lisa stay with Aunts Patty and Selma, while Homer stays home to take care of Maggie. Marge enjoys her vacation, but the family struggles in her absence: Homer loses Maggie, and Bart and Lisa dislike staying with their aunts. The police find Maggie just before Marge returns, and Homer and the kids eagerly welcome Marge home and promise to be more helpful around the house.
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[File:Love4.png|100px]]
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|51 - 16
 
−
| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Bart the Lover]]'''"
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Carlos Baeza
 
 
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Jon Vitti
 
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Jon Vitti
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|February 13, 1992
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|March 25, 1990
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|8F16
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|7G10
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While serving detention, Bart discovers that Mrs. Krabappel has placed a personal ad in the newspaper. For a prank, he answers her ad, creating an alter-ego for himself by using the first name of former President Woodrow Wilson, a photo of hockey player Gordie Howe, and his parents' old love letters. He carries on a long chain of romantic correspondence with Mrs. Krabappel, but later needs the family's help to end it without beaking her heart. Meanwhile, Ned Flanders is concerned that his son Todd has learned profanity by overhearing Homer, and convinces Homer to control his swearing.
 
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[File:Hmoe.jpg|100px]]
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|52 - 17
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Bart takes a picture of Homer dancing with Princess Kashmir, a belly dancer. The photo is then copied all over Springfield, and when Marge sees it she at first thinks that Homer is having an affair. Homer explains the photo, but a still-angry Marge kicks him out of the house and demands that Homer introduce Bart to Princess Kashmir in person to show him that women are not sex objects.
−
| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Homer at the Bat]]'''"
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7"|Jim Reardon
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7"|John Swartzwelder
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7"|February 20, 1992
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7"|8F13
 
 
|-
 
|-
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[File:SimpsonsMPG 7G13.jpg|100px]]
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Springfield Nuclear Power Plant's softball team has an undefeated season, thanks in part to Homer's homemade yet efficient "Wonderbat" which has helped him become the team's leading hitter. Mr. Burns makes a million-dollar bet on the championship game, and then replaces the team members with Major League Baseball players to ensure a win. The employees are dismayed about being replaced, but various incidents keep all the major leaguers from playing (except for Darryl Strawberry, who takes Homer's spot). Homer ends up winning the game by pinch-hitting for Strawberry and being hit by a pitch.
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|11 - 11
 +
| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[The Crepes of Wrath]]'''"
 +
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[Wesley Archer]] &<br />[[Milton Gray]]
 +
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[George Meyer]], [[Sam Simon]],<br />John Swartzwelder & Jon Vitti
 +
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|April 15, 1990
 +
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|7G13
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7"|[[File:Shine.jpg|100px]]
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7"|53 - 18
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After Bart blows up [[Springfield Elementary]]'s toilets by flushing a cherry bomb, Principal Skinner decides to put Bart into a student exchange program. Bart ends up in France, where he is hosted by a pair of criminals and becomes a national hero when he exposes their plan to spike wine with antifreeze. Back in Springfield, the Simpsons host an Albanian student named Adil. Unbeknownst to the family, he is actually a spy in search of nuclear secrets. Touched by Adil's interest in his work, Homer ends up giving Adil the secrets he's after by showing him all over the nuclear plant.
−
| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Separate Vocations]]'''"
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7"|Jeffrey Lynch
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7"|George Meyer
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7"|February 27, 1992
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7"|8F15
 
 
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| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[File:Krustysbrobs.jpg|100px]]
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The students of Springfield Elementary School take an aptitude exam to see what careers would best suit them. Bart's results indicate that he would be a good police officer, and Lisa's indicate "homemaker." Bart improves his discipline and performance and becomes a hall monitor, while Lisa loses her motivation and becomes a troublemaker. When Lisa steals the teachers' answer keys and is about to be caught, Bart takes the blame and returns to his bad boy role, and Lisa returns to being an overachiever.
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| style="text-align: center; background-color:#FFF4A7; "|12 - 12
−
|-
+
| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Krusty Gets Busted]]'''"
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[File:Dog.jpg|100px]]
+
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[Brad Bird]]
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|54 - 19
 
−
| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Dog of Death]]'''"
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Jim Reardon
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|John Swartzwelder
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|March 12, 1992
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|8F17
 
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−
Santa's Little Helper becomes severely ill and needs an expensive operation to survive, and the Simpsons are forced to make budget cuts to afford it. The operation is a success, but the family comes to resent the sacrfices they had to make. When they take it out on Santa's Little Helper, he runs away and ends up becoming one of Mr. Burns' hounds. Bart then goes to the Burns Manor to get Santa's Little Helper back, and is attacked by Santa's Little Helper and the other hounds. In the end, however, Santa's Little Helper remembers the good times he had with the Simpsons and returns home with Bart.
 
−
|-
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[File:ColonelHomerPromo.gif|100px]]
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|55 - 20
 
−
| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Colonel Homer]]'''"
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Mark Kirkland
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[Matt Groening]]
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|March 26, 1992
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|8F19
 
−
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−
Homer meets a barmaid named Lurleen Lumpkin, who turns out to be a talented singer and songwriter. Homer becomes her manager to help her launch her career in country music, but is unaware that she has fallen in love with him. Marge, however, is aware of Lurleen's attraction to Homer and suspects that the two of them are having an affair. When Lurleen makes a blatant pass at Homer, he finally realizes how Lurleen feels and must choose between Lurleen and Marge. Homer chooses Marge, and Lurleen writes a song where she says that Homer's quite a man, and she hopes that Marge knows how lucky she is.
 
−
|-
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[File:Lo.jpg|100px]]
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|56 - 21
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|<div align="left">"'''[[Black Widower]]'''"</div>
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[David Silverman]]
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Jon Vitti,[[Thomas Chastain]] and Sam Simon
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|April 9, 1992
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|8F20
 
−
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Aunt Selma has a new boyfriend—Sideshow Bob, who has just been released from prison. The two of them get married, but Bart remains suspicious of Bob, due to Bob's criminal past of robbing the Kwik-E-Mart and attempting to frame Krusty for it. Bart's suspicions are proven correct when he discovers that Bob is planning to kill Selma by means of a gas explosion during their honeymoon. Bart is able to stop the plan, saving Selma's life and resulting in Sideshow Bob being arrested and sent back to prison.
 
−
|-
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[File:8f21.gif|100px]]
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|57 - 22
 
−
| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[The Otto Show]]'''"
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Wes Archer
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Jeff Martin
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|April 23, 1992
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|8F21
 
−
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−
Otto wrecks the school bus and is fired when it's discovered that he never had a driver's license. Otto is unable to get his license or find another job, and the Simpsons (at Bart's urging) take Otto in until he can get back on his feet. The family and Otto get on each other's nerves. When Otto retakes the license test, he draws Aunt Patty as an examiner, and she eagerly passes Otto (to the point of helping him cheat) when he says he wants to get his license to staple it onto Homer's bald head. Otto gets his license (albeit under probationary status), and then gets his job back.
 
−
|-
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[File:Samant.jpg|100px]]
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|58 - 23
 
−
| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Bart's Friend Falls in Love]]'''"
 
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Jim Reardon
 
 
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky
 
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|May 7, 1992
+
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|April 29, 1990
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|8F22
+
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|7G12
 
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−
Milhouse falls in love with Samantha Stankey, a new student at Springfield Elementary, and the two of them begin dating, which puts a strain on Milhouse's and Bart's friendship. Bart tries to break the couple up and succeeds when he tells Samantha's father about their relationship. Mr. Stankey then has Samantha transferred to an all-girls convent school. When Milhouse learns what happened, he and Bart have a fight, but make up when they visit Samantha's new school and Milhouse has a chance to kiss her good-bye. Meanwhile, Homer gets subliminal weight-loss tapes which turn out to be vocabulary-builder tapes. When Homer listens to them and gains weight, he uses his enhanced vocabulary to fluently dismiss the tapes as useless and throws them away.
+
Krusty the Clown is accused, tried, and convicted of robbing the Kwik-E-Mart, and Sideshow Bob takes his place as TV show host. Bart, however, believes that Krusty was framed. He enlists Lisa's help, and together they uncover evidence showing that the robber was actually Sideshow Bob in disguise. Krusty is freed and Sideshow Bob goes to jail, thus beginning the long-standing enmity between Sideshow Bob and Bart.<br/>'''Guest star''': [[Kelsey Grammer]].
 
|-
 
|-
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[File:Homerandhishalfbrotherherb.png|100px]]
+
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[File:SimpsonsMPG 7G01.jpg|100px]]
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|
+
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|13 - 13
−
59 - 24
+
| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Some Enchanted Evening]]'''"
−
| style="background-color: #FFF4A7; "|"'''[[Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?]]'''"
+
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|David Silverman &<br />Kent Butterworth
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|Rich Moore
+
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|[[Matt Groening]] & Sam Simon
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|John Swartzwelder
+
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|May 13, 1990
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|August 27, 1992
+
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|7G01
−
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #FFF4A7; "|8F23
 
 
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−
A company physical exam reveals that radiation from the nuclear plant has made Homer sterile, and Mr. Burns awards Homer $2,000 in an attempt to keep him from suing. Meanwhile, Homer's half-brother Herb Powell has been living as a bum since the loss of his car company, Powell Motors, after [[Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?|Homer's designing an unsaleable car]] proved to be the company's undoing. Herb gets an idea for a baby translator, which could make him rich again. Herb is still bitter at Homer, but when he learns of Homer's award he goes to the Simpsons and asks for help. Homer reluctantly lets Herb have the money, Herb develops the translator, and it proves to be a runaway success. Now rich again, Herb pays Homer back the $2,000, gives gifts to the family, and reconciles with Homer, forgiving him and saying that Homer can call him "brother" again.<br/>'''Guest Star''': [[Danny DeVito]].
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Homer and Marge spend an evening out on the town, leaving the children with a babysitter named Ms. Botz. Bart and Lisa, however, learn from watching TV that Ms. Botz is actually a wanted fugitive named Lucille Botzkowski, better known as the "Babysitter Bandit". They succeed in capturing the sitter, but Homer, ignorant of her real identity, turns her loose.<br/>'''Guest stars''': [[Penny Marshall]], [[Paul Willson]].
 
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Season Information
Original run: December 17, 1989 – May 13, 1990
No. of episodes: 13
Previous season: Ullman shorts
Next season: 2
DVD boxset: The Complete First Season

The first season originally aired from December 17, 1989 with "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", to May 13, 1990 with "Some Enchanted Evening". Matt Groening, James L. Brooks and Sam Simon were the show runners of the season.[1]

The Simpsons and the season was intended to debut in Autumn of 1989 with "Some Enchanted Evening", which also includes much of the main characters' debut.[2] But, after the workprint of the episode was met unfavourably and being deemed as unusable, 70% of its animation had to be redone, thus delaying "Some Enchanted Evening" until having finally being aired as the season finale on May 13, 1990.[3] It was originally thought that subsequent episodes such as "Bart the Genius" would turn out just as bad as "Some Enchanted Evening" but there were only minor problems in production that were fortunately easy to fix and were suitable for airing.[4] As "Some Enchanted Evening" was being overhauled, the producers decided to replace it with the season's Christmas special, "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire", on December 17, 1989 as the season premiere.[2] The timing was very fortunate, as the episode would have had to be aired in the Christmas holidays of 1989 regardless of any other issues. "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" would also become The Simpsons' first ever episode broadcast.

The season won an Emmy award and had four other nominations. "Life on the Fast Lane" won "Outstanding Animated Program," for which "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" was also a nominee. "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" was nominated for "Outstanding Editing in a Miniseries or Special"; "The Call of the Simpsons" was nominated for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special"; and "The Simpsons Theme," composed by Danny Elfman, was nominated for "Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Theme Music".[5]

All 13 episodes of Season 1, including extras such as the "Some Enchanted Evening" workprint, were released on DVD on September 25, 2001 in Region 1 and September 24, 2001 in Regions 2 and 4. It is the first of the Complete Seasons of The Simpsons released in boxsets for home media.

History

"Some Enchanted Evening" was originally intended to be broadcast in the fall of 1989, which would have made it the first episode of the season and of the series.[2] However, the workprint was of such poor quality that the series premiere was delayed, as the episode had to be redone. 70 percent of "Some Enchanted Evening" had to be redone, so the episode remained in production until being broadcast at last on May 13, 1990, which made it the season's final episode. The FOX producers persuaded the Simpsons creative team to open the series "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" airing it just before Christmas the same year on December 17, 1989 as it had to be for it was a making it the season premiere and The Simpsons first episode. As the episode was a Christmas special, the producers were already locked into airing it on or near that date. The producers considered aborting The Simpsons completely if the second episode in production, "Bart the Genius", turned out as bad as "Some Enchanted Evening". Fortunately, only minor errors were present, which were easily fixed.[4]

Episodes

Key
  • In the # column;
    • The first number refers to the order it aired during the entire series.
    • The second number refers to the episode number within its season.
  • The production code refers to the code assigned to the episode by the production team. The first two characters refer to the season the episode was made for: 7F for season two, 8F for season three. The second number is the order the episode was produced, not the airing order.
Picture # Original title (top)
Alternate title (bottom) 		Directed by Written by Original airdate Prod. code
100px 1 - 1 "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"

"The Simpsons Christmas Special"

David Silverman Mimi Pond December 17, 1989 7G08

Christmas is coming, and it's going to be a difficult one due to the family's financial woes: Homer's expected Christmas bonus at work doesn't come through, and the family is forced to spend money previously set aside for shopping on an expensive tattoo removal procedure for Bart. Homer tries to earn money by other means such as being a department store Santa Claus, and the family does their best to have a good holiday in spite of the circumstances. This episode introduces Santa's Little Helper as the family dog.

Bart the Genius.jpg 2 - 2 "Bart the Genius" David Silverman Jon Vitti January 14, 1990 7G02

Springfield Elementary School has an intelligence test, and Bart cheats by switching his name with that of class brain Martin Prince on their test papers. With his name associated with Martin's test score, Bart is considered to be a genius. Bart is then enrolled at the Enriched Learning Center for Gifted Children, but struggles both academically and socially at his new school. With no one aware that Bart cheated, Homer and Bart develop a close father/son relationship. Everything goes back to normal, however, when Bart confesses to the switch.
Guest star: Marcia Wallace.

100px 3 - 3 "Homer's Odyssey" Wes Archer Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky January 21, 1990 7G03

Homer is fired after he causes an accident due to being distracted by greeting Bart and his class on their field trip to the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Depressed and unemployed, Homer considers suicide until he notices the dangers around town and becomes a safety crusader. When Homer targets the nuclear power plant, Mr. Burns re-hires him and promotes him to safety inspector. Waylon Smithers, Chief Wiggum, and Otto Mann the school bus driver make their first appearances.
Guest star: Marcia Wallace.

100px 4 - 4 "There's No Disgrace Like Home" Gregg Vanzo &
Kent Butterworth 		Al Jean & Mike Reiss January 28, 1990 7G04

The Simpson family attends the company picnic at the Burns manor. After seeing the other families at the picnic, Homer notices his own family's shortcomings and dysfunctions and decides to improve everyone's behavior, pawning the family's television set to pay for a family therapy session at Dr. Marvin Monroe's clinic. The session is a flop, but when Homer forces Monroe to honor his "double your money back" guarantee, the family ends up with enough money to buy a much better TV. The episode introduces Springfield police officers Eddie and Lou, as well as Dr. Marvin Monroe, and marks the first series appearance of Itchy and Scratchy.

100px 5 - 5 "Bart the General" David Silverman John Swartzwelder February 4, 1990 7G05

Lisa is bullied at school by Nelson Muntz and Bart stands up for her, only to find himself the target of constant bullying by Nelson and his two Weasels. With Grampa's help, Bart then organizes many other students at school into an army to fight back against Nelson. They succeed, and with their victory they force Nelson to sign a treaty which curtails his bullying. Nelson Muntz and Herman the military antiques dealer make their first appearances.

Moaning Lisa.jpg 6 - 6 "Moaning Lisa" Wes Archer Al Jean & Mike Reiss February 11, 1990 7G06

Lisa is continually unhappy, and it begins to affect her performance at school. Nothing that Marge and Homer try seems to help. Lisa then meets jazz musician and fellow saxophone player Bleeding Gums Murphy, who helps Lisa to express her depression by playing the blues on her sax. They write a blues number together, and the family visits a jazz club to hear Bleeding Gums sing and play it.
Guest star: Ron Taylor.

100px 7 - 7 "The Call of the Simpsons" Wes Archer John Swartzwelder February 18, 1990 7G09

The Simpsons go camping in their dilapidated RV, and problems arise when the RV is destroyed by falling off a cliff. The family are separated in the woods, where Maggie is cared for by bears and Homer (who has lost his clothes and is wearing a heavy coating of mud instead) is mistaken for a hideous Bigfoot-like monster. Homer is captured and taken to a lab, and not allowed to return home until the scientists are convinced that he really is a human being.
Guest star: Albert Brooks.

100px 8 - 8 "The Telltale Head" Rich Moore Al Jean, Mike Reiss,

Sam Simon & Matt Groening

February 25, 1990 7G07

The episode opens with Bart and Homer being chased and cornered by an angry mob, and Bart has the severed head of Jebediah Springfield's statue. Bart explains his actions: He cut off the head to impress a trio of troublemakers he was trying to make friends with, but the stunt backfired as the act of vandalism outraged the whole town, including Bart's three would-be friends. Bart then confessed to his family what he had done, and Homer, feeling responsible, agreed to help him put the head back. Finishing his story, Bart says the incident made him realize he was taking the town's heritage for granted, of which they were all guilty. Touched by the story, the crowd forgives Bart, and he puts the head back. This episode marks the first appearances of Sideshow Bob, Jimbo, Dolph, Kearney, Rev. Lovejoy, and Apu; as well as the first series appearance of Krusty the Clown.

Life on the Fast Lane.jpg 9 - 9 "Life on the Fast Lane" David Silverman John Swartzwelder March 18, 1990 7G11

Marge becomes unhappy when her birthday present from Homer is a bowling ball (which he clearly intended for himself) as she does not even bowl. To spite Homer, Marge sets out to learn to bowl, and ends up taking lessons from an instructor named Jacques, who pursues an affair with her. Marge nearly gives in, but at the last minute chooses to stay with Homer, surprising him by showing up at the nuclear power plant.
Guest star: Albert Brooks.

100px 10 - 10 "Homer's Night Out" Rich Moore Jon Vitti March 25, 1990 7G10

Bart takes a picture of Homer dancing with Princess Kashmir, a belly dancer. The photo is then copied all over Springfield, and when Marge sees it she at first thinks that Homer is having an affair. Homer explains the photo, but a still-angry Marge kicks him out of the house and demands that Homer introduce Bart to Princess Kashmir in person to show him that women are not sex objects.

100px 11 - 11 "The Crepes of Wrath" Wesley Archer &
Milton Gray 		George Meyer, Sam Simon,
John Swartzwelder & Jon Vitti 		April 15, 1990 7G13

After Bart blows up Springfield Elementary's toilets by flushing a cherry bomb, Principal Skinner decides to put Bart into a student exchange program. Bart ends up in France, where he is hosted by a pair of criminals and becomes a national hero when he exposes their plan to spike wine with antifreeze. Back in Springfield, the Simpsons host an Albanian student named Adil. Unbeknownst to the family, he is actually a spy in search of nuclear secrets. Touched by Adil's interest in his work, Homer ends up giving Adil the secrets he's after by showing him all over the nuclear plant.

100px 12 - 12 "Krusty Gets Busted" Brad Bird Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky April 29, 1990 7G12

Krusty the Clown is accused, tried, and convicted of robbing the Kwik-E-Mart, and Sideshow Bob takes his place as TV show host. Bart, however, believes that Krusty was framed. He enlists Lisa's help, and together they uncover evidence showing that the robber was actually Sideshow Bob in disguise. Krusty is freed and Sideshow Bob goes to jail, thus beginning the long-standing enmity between Sideshow Bob and Bart.
Guest star: Kelsey Grammer.

100px 13 - 13 "Some Enchanted Evening" David Silverman &
Kent Butterworth 		Matt Groening & Sam Simon May 13, 1990 7G01

Homer and Marge spend an evening out on the town, leaving the children with a babysitter named Ms. Botz. Bart and Lisa, however, learn from watching TV that Ms. Botz is actually a wanted fugitive named Lucille Botzkowski, better known as the "Babysitter Bandit". They succeed in capturing the sitter, but Homer, ignorant of her real identity, turns her loose.
Guest stars: Penny Marshall, Paul Willson.

DVD Release

Season 1 was released on DVD by 20th Century Fox in Region 2 and 4 on September 24, 2001, and on September 25, 2001 in Region 1. While primarily consisting of the original 13 episodes, the DVD release features bonus material including deleted scenes, Animatics, and commentaries for every episode. The set sold 1.9 million units, becoming the highest-selling television program on DVD—a record which it held until October 2004 when it was passed by the first season of Chappelle's Show.[6]

The Complete First Season
Set Details[7][8] Special Features[7][8]
Release Dates
Region 1 Region 2 Region 4
September 25, 2001 September 24, 2001

September 24, 2001

Awards

The season won an Emmy award and had four other nominations. "Life on the Fast Lane" won "Outstanding Animated Program," for which "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" was also a nominee. "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" was nominated for "Outstanding Editing in a Miniseries or Special"; "The Call of the Simpsons" was nominated for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special"; and "The Simpsons Theme," composed by Danny Elfman, was nominated for "Outstanding Achievement in Main Title Theme Music."[5]

References

  • Richmond, Ray; Antonia Coffman (1997). The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to our Favorite Family. Harper Collins Publishers. pp. 14–15. ISBN 0-00-638898-1.
  1. ↑ Richmond, pp. 16–17
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Groening, Matt. The Simpsons season 1 DVD commentary for the episode "Some Enchanted Evening" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
  3. ↑ Silverman, David. The Simpsons season 1 DVD commentary for the episode "Some Enchanted Evening" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 The Simpsons (season 1)- Wikipedia. wikipedia.org. Retrieved on December 29, 2010.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Emmy Awards official site "The Simpsons" "1989–1990" emmys.org. Retrieved on July 3, 2007
  6. ↑ Lambert, David (2004-09-19). Chapelle's Show — S1 DVD Passes The Simpsons As #1 All-Time TV-DVD; Celebrates by Announcing Season 2!.. TVshowsonDVD.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-03.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Simpsons, The — The Complete 1st Season. TV Shows on DVD.com. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 The Simpsons Season 1 DVD. The Simpsons Shop. Retrieved on 2008-03-08.


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