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| + | |image= The Color Yellow promo 2.png | ||
| + | |number= 454 | ||
| + | |season=21 | ||
| + | |snumber=13 | ||
| + | |prodcode= MABF06 | ||
| + | |airdate= February 21, [[2010]] | ||
| + | |couchgag= The Simpsons compete in an Olympic swimming race, and all of the family gets to the couch, except for Homer, who drowns. | ||
| + | |titlescreen= The "Miss Gulch/Wicked Witch of the West" theme from the 1939 film ''The Wizard of Oz'' is heard, but unlike "[[Thursdays with Abie]]", "The Simpsons" choir is heard as well as [[Agnes Skinner]] rides her bicycle across the title. | ||
| + | |guests= [[Wren T. Brown]] as [[Virgil Simpson]] | ||
| + | |showrunner1= Al Jean | ||
| + | |writer= [[Billy Kimball]]<br>[[Ian Maxtone-Graham]] | ||
| + | |director= [[Raymond S. Persi]] | ||
| + | }} | ||
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| + | "'''The Color Yellow'''" is the thirteenth episode of [[season 21]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the four-hundred and fifty-fourth episode overall. It originally aired on February 21, [[2010]]. The episode was written by [[Billy Kimball]] and [[Ian Maxtone-Graham]] and directed by [[Raymond S. Persi]]. It guest stars [[Wren T. Brown]] as [[Virgil Simpson]]. | ||
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| + | == Synopsis == | ||
| + | {{Desc|When researching her family tree for someone who isn't a total boob or criminal, [[Lisa]] finds the 1860 diary of [[Eliza Simpson]], a young girl who was in the Underground Railroad and tried to help a slave escape to Canada, but a diary by one of [[Milhouse]]'s ancestors casts doubt on just what Eliza accomplished.}} | ||
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| + | == Plot == | ||
| + | At [[Springfield Elementary School|school]], [[Groundskeeper Willie]] is trying to get rid of a stump in the ground. After unsuccessfully dragging it out with his [[Willy|tractor]], he settles on using TNT. The stump explodes but crushes [[Principal Skinner]]'s car. In [[Lisa]]'s class, [[Miss Hoover]] is too lazy to come up with a lesson for her class. After looking out the window, she sees Skinner struggling with the tree stump and settles on family trees. She tells her class to find out about their family trees over the weekend. Later, Lisa is frustrated because she can't find any Simpson relative who isn't horrible. Both [[Homer]] and [[Grampa]] tell her that there are no good Simpson relatives, but Lisa refuses to give up. She goes into the attic and finds the diary of [[Eliza Simpson]], one of her ancestors. She takes the diary back downstairs and begins to read it, and is horrified to find that Eliza wrote about how she was going to get her first slave. [[Marge]] reads a bit further on and tells Lisa to keep reading, and Lisa finds out that Eliza was part of the Underground Railroad, rescuing slaves. Homer then takes the diary away from Lisa, telling her to quit while she's ahead. He then puts the diary in one of the house's vents. | ||
| − | + | That night, Lisa uses her fan to blow the diary out of the vent and continues reading it the next day. Eliza went to [[Colonel Burns' Mansion]] to rescue a slave from him. After [[Colonel Burns]] had the conductor speed up a waltz, it caused chaos, which allowed Eliza to slip out to the shed and find [[Virgil]], the slave she was supposed to rescue. The two of them run away but are chased down by patrollers on horses. However, the story gets interrupted as the diary had crumbled to dust from old age. Lisa and Marge go to the [[Springfield Library]], where they find a cookbook by [[Mabel Simpson]], the mother of Eliza, called ''[[Mabel's Table: A Cookbook]]''. In the footnotes of one of the recipes, Mabel told more of the story after Eliza had told her about it. | |
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| − | ''' | + | Eliza and Virgil realized they couldn't outrun the patrollers, so they hid in a traveling circus, with Virgil becoming a clown and Eliza becoming a bearded lady. Eventually, they made it back to Eliza's house. [[Hiram Simpson]] was initially against helping an escaped slave but was won over by Virgil baking him "wheel cakes." Hiram then swears that he will help Virgil. After reading all this, Lisa turns it into a presentation for Black History Month at school. Lisa gives her presentation to the school, and it is well received by everyone except [[Milhouse]], who tells Lisa that Eliza wasn't a good person. He then shows Lisa the diary of [[Milford Van Houten]], who wrote that he saw Colonel Burns go to the Simpson house and demand they give Virgil over to him. Hiram got bribed with a "pleasant surprise," which turned out to be new shoes, and Eliza stood by doing nothing as Hiram told Colonel Burns where Virgil was—in the turnip shed. |
| + | Finding this out leaves Lisa feeling more depressed, but she goes to the library once more to see if they have anything else. {{ap|Martha|librarian}} tells Lisa about the film vault, and Lisa finds a film of Eliza at age 100, where she talks about her only regret being standing idly by as Hiram went to get Virgil. She goes home again, where Grampa lets on that he knows a bit more of the story than he was willing to reveal. Homer then convinces him to tell the rest of the story. When Colonel Burns went to the shed, Mabel refused to let him near Virgil, threatening Burns with a shotgun. Mabel and Virgil then fled towards [[Canada]]. However, wanted posters for them were up, and with Mabel's hair being very distinctive, they were likely to be found. [[Abraham Lincoln]] then happened to find them and gave Mabel his hat to hide her hair. The two of them then fled to Canada, where Virgil proposed to Mabel. Mabel got divorced from Hiram, and she and Virgil lived in a cabin together, where they had [[Abraham Simpson I|a son]]. | ||
| + | Grampa then tells them that that son was his great-great-grandfather. Lisa realizes that this means that she is 1/64th Black. Bart says that this is why he's so cool, Lisa says that this is why her jazz is so smooth, and Homer says that it is why he earns less than his White co-workers. Lisa then asks Grampa why he didn't tell them about it, and he confirms that he didn't because his generation is racist. | ||
| + | == Promotional images == | ||
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| + | File:The Color Yellow promo 1.png | ||
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Episode Information
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"The Color Yellow" is the thirteenth episode of season 21 of The Simpsons and the four-hundred and fifty-fourth episode overall. It originally aired on February 21, 2010. The episode was written by Billy Kimball and Ian Maxtone-Graham and directed by Raymond S. Persi. It guest stars Wren T. Brown as Virgil Simpson.
Synopsis[edit]
- "When researching her family tree for someone who isn't a total boob or criminal, Lisa finds the 1860 diary of Eliza Simpson, a young girl who was in the Underground Railroad and tried to help a slave escape to Canada, but a diary by one of Milhouse's ancestors casts doubt on just what Eliza accomplished."
Plot[edit]
At school, Groundskeeper Willie is trying to get rid of a stump in the ground. After unsuccessfully dragging it out with his tractor, he settles on using TNT. The stump explodes but crushes Principal Skinner's car. In Lisa's class, Miss Hoover is too lazy to come up with a lesson for her class. After looking out the window, she sees Skinner struggling with the tree stump and settles on family trees. She tells her class to find out about their family trees over the weekend. Later, Lisa is frustrated because she can't find any Simpson relative who isn't horrible. Both Homer and Grampa tell her that there are no good Simpson relatives, but Lisa refuses to give up. She goes into the attic and finds the diary of Eliza Simpson, one of her ancestors. She takes the diary back downstairs and begins to read it, and is horrified to find that Eliza wrote about how she was going to get her first slave. Marge reads a bit further on and tells Lisa to keep reading, and Lisa finds out that Eliza was part of the Underground Railroad, rescuing slaves. Homer then takes the diary away from Lisa, telling her to quit while she's ahead. He then puts the diary in one of the house's vents.
That night, Lisa uses her fan to blow the diary out of the vent and continues reading it the next day. Eliza went to Colonel Burns' Mansion to rescue a slave from him. After Colonel Burns had the conductor speed up a waltz, it caused chaos, which allowed Eliza to slip out to the shed and find Virgil, the slave she was supposed to rescue. The two of them run away but are chased down by patrollers on horses. However, the story gets interrupted as the diary had crumbled to dust from old age. Lisa and Marge go to the Springfield Library, where they find a cookbook by Mabel Simpson, the mother of Eliza, called Mabel's Table: A Cookbook. In the footnotes of one of the recipes, Mabel told more of the story after Eliza had told her about it.
Eliza and Virgil realized they couldn't outrun the patrollers, so they hid in a traveling circus, with Virgil becoming a clown and Eliza becoming a bearded lady. Eventually, they made it back to Eliza's house. Hiram Simpson was initially against helping an escaped slave but was won over by Virgil baking him "wheel cakes." Hiram then swears that he will help Virgil. After reading all this, Lisa turns it into a presentation for Black History Month at school. Lisa gives her presentation to the school, and it is well received by everyone except Milhouse, who tells Lisa that Eliza wasn't a good person. He then shows Lisa the diary of Milford Van Houten, who wrote that he saw Colonel Burns go to the Simpson house and demand they give Virgil over to him. Hiram got bribed with a "pleasant surprise," which turned out to be new shoes, and Eliza stood by doing nothing as Hiram told Colonel Burns where Virgil was—in the turnip shed.
Finding this out leaves Lisa feeling more depressed, but she goes to the library once more to see if they have anything else. Martha tells Lisa about the film vault, and Lisa finds a film of Eliza at age 100, where she talks about her only regret being standing idly by as Hiram went to get Virgil. She goes home again, where Grampa lets on that he knows a bit more of the story than he was willing to reveal. Homer then convinces him to tell the rest of the story. When Colonel Burns went to the shed, Mabel refused to let him near Virgil, threatening Burns with a shotgun. Mabel and Virgil then fled towards Canada. However, wanted posters for them were up, and with Mabel's hair being very distinctive, they were likely to be found. Abraham Lincoln then happened to find them and gave Mabel his hat to hide her hair. The two of them then fled to Canada, where Virgil proposed to Mabel. Mabel got divorced from Hiram, and she and Virgil lived in a cabin together, where they had a son.
Grampa then tells them that that son was his great-great-grandfather. Lisa realizes that this means that she is 1/64th Black. Bart says that this is why he's so cool, Lisa says that this is why her jazz is so smooth, and Homer says that it is why he earns less than his White co-workers. Lisa then asks Grampa why he didn't tell them about it, and he confirms that he didn't because his generation is racist.
Promotional images[edit]
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