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"'''All About Lisa'''" is the twentieth episode and season finale of ''[[The Simpsons]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki> nineteenth season. It aired on May 18, 2008.<ref name="FF">{{cite news | title = Fox unleashes a May sweeps to remember | publisher = FoxFlash | date = 2008-04-15 | url =http://www.foxflash.com/div.php/main/page?aID=1z2z1z25z1z8&ID=4087 | accessdate =2008-04-15}}</ref> It will guest star Drew Carey as himself.<ref name="FF"/>
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"'''All About Lisa'''" is the twentieth and finale episode of [[season 19]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the four-hundred and twentieth episode overall. It originally aired on May 18, [[2008]]. The episode was written by [[John Frink]] and directed by [[Steven Dean Moore]]. It guest stars [[Drew Carey]] as {{Ch|Drew Carey|himself}}.
  
The episode has been followed by only 6.11 millions people.<ref>{{cite news|title=Ratings: All About Lisa|publisher=Simpsons Channel|date=2008-05-19|url=http://www.simpsonschannel.com/#newsitemEkEEkkkklZPqngJUsp|accessdate=2008-05-19}}</ref>
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{{Desc|[[Lisa]] becomes [[Krusty the Clown]]'s newest assistant and steals his spotlight. She wins the [[Springfield Entertainer of the Year Awards|Entertainer of the Year award]], but is warned that with her sudden fame comes a new attitude towards others and herself. Meanwhile, [[Homer]] and [[Bart]] bond over their newfound love of coin collecting.}}
  
 
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At the 38th Annual Springfield Entertainer of the Year Awards, [[Lisa]] wins the entertainer of the year award (which won the 2007 Awardie Awards). Later [[Sideshow Mel]] flashes back to Krusty's 4000th Episode to show how Lisa became an entertainer. Later [[Krusty]] shows a flashback clip of an earlier show with a group of singers called the Krustkateers (parodies of the Mousketeers) and is searching for new Krustkateers. At the tryouts [[Bart]] competes against [[Sherri]] and [[Terri]], [[Milhouse]], [[Ralph]] and [[Nelson]] but Bart unfairly loses to Nelson after Krusty was bribed by [[Mrs. Muntz|Nelson's Mother]] (though Krusty mistakingly calls Nelson "Wilber Mud").  
Lisa becomes [[Krusty the Clown]]'s new assistant and steals his spotlight. She soon gets her own show and wins Entertainer of the Year at the Springfield Media Awards, but realizes that she may not be cut out for showbusiness after all. Meanwhile, Bart and Homer start coin-collecting.<ref name="FF"/>
 
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Lisa then begins to tell Krusty that he was wrong to put Nelson on the show and suggests that he hires Bart as his intern however Lisa's plan backfires and Krusty hires her instead as his Intern, Nelson is later fired and then Krusty puts on a show but after [[Mr. Teeny]] can't make it to one of the shows Lisa takes the opportunity to fill in for him and eventually becomes so successful she runs Krusty's show off the air and begins her own television show named "The Lisa Show" and soon Lisa is nominated for the annual entertainer of the year award.
*The title is a reference to the film ''All About Eve''.
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Meanwhile Bart is upset that he was not chosen for the job of working alongside Krusty so [[Homer]] decides to sell all of Bart's Krusty products to the [[Comic Book Guy]] so Bart can buy the new ''{{ap|Radioactive Man|comic}}'' comic issue of ''[[Radioactive Man vs. Muhammad Ali]]'' with the money but instead he is offered a copy of ''[[Radioactive Man Meets The Kansas City Royals]]'' so Bart changes his mind towards a copy of ''[[Radioactive Man vs. Restless Leg Syndrome]]'' but then he is offered a coin collecting book. Bart and Homer start coin collecting and after finding what they thought to be every coin in the book they find an extra slot for the "[[Kissing Lincolns Coin]]". Homer and Bart then find try finding it in a penny pile but instead but instead after no luck go to an auction where the coin is being auctioned but they lose to [[Mr. Burns]] who wins the coin with a final bid of ten million dollars. Homer then manages to trick his boss into giving him four cents for a gumball, unknowingly handing over the Kissing Lincolns Coin in the process.
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Later the flashback catches up to the present time where The Simpsons are at the 38th Annual Springfield Entertainer of the year awards where Lisa is handed the award, later in her personal changing room Sideshow Mel brings Lisa into the hall of fame where most of the stars pictured in the hall have lost their fame due to their busy lives. It is revealed there that Sideshow Mel is one is in fact of them and Lisa soon finds out the that the same fate could happen to Krusty too so she indirectly gives all her fame to him and then goes home shortly after returning everything to normal.
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At the time, this episode had the second lowest rating in Simpsons history, with just 6.11 million viewers.<ref>[http://www.simpsonschannel.com/2008/05/ratings-all-about-lisa/ Simpsons Channel]</ref>
  
 
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Season 19 Episode
419 "Mona Leaves-a"
420
"All About Lisa"
"Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes" 421
"Lisa's got school, career, posture . . . why'd she have to steal Krusty from me?"
Bart Simpson
"All About Lisa"
All About Lisa promo.png
Episode Information
Episode number: 420
Season number: S19 E20
Production code: KABF13
Original airdate: May 18, 2008
Guest star(s): Drew Carey as himself
Showrunner: Al Jean
Written by: John Frink
Directed by: Steven Dean Moore


"All About Lisa" is the twentieth and finale episode of season 19 of The Simpsons and the four-hundred and twentieth episode overall. It originally aired on May 18, 2008. The episode was written by John Frink and directed by Steven Dean Moore. It guest stars Drew Carey as himself.

Synopsis[edit]

"Lisa becomes Krusty the Clown's newest assistant and steals his spotlight. She wins the Entertainer of the Year award, but is warned that with her sudden fame comes a new attitude towards others and herself. Meanwhile, Homer and Bart bond over their newfound love of coin collecting."


Plot[edit]

At the 38th Annual Springfield Entertainer of the Year Awards, Lisa wins the entertainer of the year award (which won the 2007 Awardie Awards). Later Sideshow Mel flashes back to Krusty's 4000th Episode to show how Lisa became an entertainer. Later Krusty shows a flashback clip of an earlier show with a group of singers called the Krustkateers (parodies of the Mousketeers) and is searching for new Krustkateers. At the tryouts Bart competes against Sherri and Terri, Milhouse, Ralph and Nelson but Bart unfairly loses to Nelson after Krusty was bribed by Nelson's Mother (though Krusty mistakingly calls Nelson "Wilber Mud").

Lisa then begins to tell Krusty that he was wrong to put Nelson on the show and suggests that he hires Bart as his intern however Lisa's plan backfires and Krusty hires her instead as his Intern, Nelson is later fired and then Krusty puts on a show but after Mr. Teeny can't make it to one of the shows Lisa takes the opportunity to fill in for him and eventually becomes so successful she runs Krusty's show off the air and begins her own television show named "The Lisa Show" and soon Lisa is nominated for the annual entertainer of the year award.

Meanwhile Bart is upset that he was not chosen for the job of working alongside Krusty so Homer decides to sell all of Bart's Krusty products to the Comic Book Guy so Bart can buy the new Radioactive Man comic issue of Radioactive Man vs. Muhammad Ali with the money but instead he is offered a copy of Radioactive Man Meets The Kansas City Royals so Bart changes his mind towards a copy of Radioactive Man vs. Restless Leg Syndrome but then he is offered a coin collecting book. Bart and Homer start coin collecting and after finding what they thought to be every coin in the book they find an extra slot for the "Kissing Lincolns Coin". Homer and Bart then find try finding it in a penny pile but instead but instead after no luck go to an auction where the coin is being auctioned but they lose to Mr. Burns who wins the coin with a final bid of ten million dollars. Homer then manages to trick his boss into giving him four cents for a gumball, unknowingly handing over the Kissing Lincolns Coin in the process.

Later the flashback catches up to the present time where The Simpsons are at the 38th Annual Springfield Entertainer of the year awards where Lisa is handed the award, later in her personal changing room Sideshow Mel brings Lisa into the hall of fame where most of the stars pictured in the hall have lost their fame due to their busy lives. It is revealed there that Sideshow Mel is one is in fact of them and Lisa soon finds out the that the same fate could happen to Krusty too so she indirectly gives all her fame to him and then goes home shortly after returning everything to normal.

Reception[edit]

At the time, this episode had the second lowest rating in Simpsons history, with just 6.11 million viewers.[1]

References[edit]


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