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Season 3

Season Information

Original run:	September 19, 1991 – August 27, 1992
No. of episodes:	24
Previous season:	2
Next season:	4
DVD boxset:	The Complete Third Season

The third season of the Simpsons began on 19th September 1991 with "Stark Raving Dad" and ended on 27th August 1992 with "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?". The show runners for the season were Al Jean and Mike Reiss.

While "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish" was the first episode produced for the season, "Bart Gets an F" became the season premiere as Bart was the series' breakout character at the time and the producers wanted to debut with an episode centring on him.

The season had two nominations which were only for "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" . It won an Emmy award for Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour) and was nominated for "Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special", which it did not win.

All of the 22 episodes of Season 2 including extras such as optional commentaries of all the episodes were released on DVD on 6th August 2002 in Region 1, 8th July 2001 in Region 2 and September 2002 in Region 4.

Episodes

#	Title	Original airdate	Directed by	Written by	Prod. code
Summary
36 - 1	"Stark Raving Dad"	September 19, 1991	Rich Moore	Al Jean & Mike Reiss	7F24
Homer is sentenced to a mental hospital after mistaken as insane by having to wear a pink shirt to work. He meets a man who sounds and sings like Michael Jackson as well as thinks he is him there. Meanwhile, Lisa is depressed as everyone she knows has forgotten her birthday.
37 - 2	"Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington"	September 26, 1991	Wes Archer	George Meyer	8F01
Lisa wins an essay contest, which prompts her and the family to go to Washington, DC where the finals are to be scheduled.
38 - 3	"When Flanders Failed"	October 3, 1991	Jim Reardon	Jon Vitti	7F23
Homer wishes for Ned Flanders' proposed left handed store,The Leftorium, to shut down after gaining a bigger bone by pulling a wishbone along with Ned. His wish becomes true as the store is suffering financially and the Flanders family as well, much to Homer's glee. Meanwhile, Bart takes Karate lessons although soon becomes bored of it and secretly does not take part afterwards.
39- 4	"Bart the Murderer"	October 10, 1991	Rich Moore	John Swartzwelder	8F03
Bart is hired as a bartender for a mafia bar run by Fat Tony. During which, Principal Skinner has been missing for nearly a week and Bart is blamed of murdering him, which has him court martialed.
40 - 5	"Homer Defined"	October 17, 1991	Mark Kirkland	Howard Gewirtz	8F04
Homer prevents a meltdown almost too late by pressing the correct button in his control panel randomly as he is unaware how to stop a meltdown. Although he is hailed a hero, he feels ashamed as it was only luck that had him prevent the meltdown. Meanwhile, Milhouse's mother forbids Bart to spend time with her son as she thinks he is a bad influence to Milhouse, much to Bart's depression.
41 - 6	"Like Father, Like Clown"	October 24, 1991	Brad Bird & Jeffrey Lynch	Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky	8F05
Krusty reveals that he has a Jewish heritage and that his father, who is a rabbi, has been estranged from him when he was younger aiming to be a clown than to follow his father's footsteps as intended, which had resulted in him alienated from Krusty after performing as a clown. He soon becomes more and more depressed by his estranged father which Bart and Lisa then try to convince him to forgive and reconcile with his son.
42 - 7	"Treehouse of Horror II"	October 31, 1991	Jim Reardon	Al Jean, Mike Reiss Jeff Martin, George Meyer Sam Simon, John Swartzwelder	8F02
Opening - Marge warns viewers again like the previous year that the following episode is unsuitable for young viewers by its scary nature, more so although is aware that she will be ignored again as she had last year. Prologue - Lisa, Bart and Homer eat a lot of candy from trick-or-treating, which they are warned by Marge that they will get nightmares if they have too many but they ignore her. This warning would prove true as each have nightmares respectively; Lisa's Nightmare - The Simpsons purchase a hand from Morroco that grants wishes per finger. Maggie wishes for another pacifier, Bart wishes The Simpsons were rich and famous,Lisa wishes for world peace and Homer specifically wishing for a sandwich, with unexpected results. Bart's Nightmare - Bart has an ability to manipulate people, which prompts people to do what he orders them to do, from smiling to altering history. Homer's Nightmare - Mr. Burns transplants Homer's brain to a similar looking robot to create a more sufficient employee.
43 - 8	"Lisa's Pony"	November 7, 1991	Carlos Baeza	Al Jean & Mike Reiss	8F06
Homer buys Lisa a pony named Princess to gain her appreciation for him. While she is happy with Princess and now loves Homer, it also prompts him to take a second job at the Kwik-E-Mart to cover the expensive costs for Princess's food, shelter etc and becomes increasingly tired with lack of sleep having to work in the graveyard shift.
44 - 9	"Saturdays of Thunder"	November 14,1990	Jim Readon	Ken Levine & David Isaacs	8F07
Homer decides to help Bart produce a racer for an upcoming soapbox derby he is to compete in order to be a better father. The soapbox racer does not go well in the race by its poor structure and below average speed. Martin Prince offers Bart his soapbox racer which was the fastest in the derby, which Bart accepts in order to win the derby. However, the decision would have him lose support of Homer as it was not assosciated with his father.
45 - 10	"Flaming Moe's"	November 21,1991	Alan Smart & Rich Moore	Robert Cohen	8F08
Moe steals the recipe for a beverage created by Homer, which is made from several liquids including cough syrup and that fire improves its taste, for the fledging Moe's Tavern to gain more profits. Initially called "Flaming Homer" by Homer, Moe renames it "Flaming Moe" under his control of it. stating that he created it without Homer and subsequently sells it. Although the drink is a success and has elevated Moe's Tavern by business and patronage, Homer is angered by Moe for not mentioning his association to the drink and vows revenge.
46 - 11	"Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk" "Burns Sells the Power Plant"*	December 5,1991	Mark Kirkland	Jon Vitti	8F09
Rumours of a takeover of a successor to take over the power plant as Mr.Burns wishes to resign to pursue other interests. All but Homer each have received $5,200 for the rise of stocks. Homer, however, sold his stocking for 25¢ and earns $25 dollars, spending it on a beer which he was unaware of the skyrocketed stock. The takeover then unfolds as German Businessmen had paid Burns $100,000,000 for the plant, which worries employees to possibly being fired by Germany's stricter and hard working ethic.
47 - 12	"I Married Marge"	December 26, 1991	Jeffrey Lynch	Jeff Martin	8F10
Marge worries that she may be again pregnant. While she is going to contact Dr.Hibbert, Homer tells Bart, Lisa and Maggie how he and Marge got married and the conception and birth of Bart as well as Homer applying for a job at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.
48 - 13	"Radio Bart"	January 9, 1992	Carlos Baeza	Jon Vitti	8F11
Bart has a disapointing birthday and presents although later, he then appreciates Homer's present to him, a microphone able to have a user's voice from the microphone to a nearby radio. He uses it for mainly pranks, which he sets up a particular one where he impersonates a fictitious boy named Timmy O'Toole trapped in a local well, gaining public attention, as he put a radio in the well.
49 - 14	"Lisa the Greek"	January 23, 1992	Rich Moore	Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky	8F12
Homer and Lisa begin to bond as they watch American football which Lisa can accurately predict which team will win. An ability that Homer wagers on people for matches which Lisa thinks Homer is using her as a tool for this and loses much appeciation for him.
50 - 15	"Homer Alone"	February 6, 1992	Mark Kirkland	David M. Stern	8F14
Marge decides to take a vacation to calm down. Homer cares for Maggie while Lisa and Bart are under Patty and Selma's
29 - 16	"Bart's Dog Gets an F"	March 7, 1991	Jim Reardon	Jon Vitti	7F14
The Simpsons enroll Santa's Little Helper to an obedience school after he had bothered the family by destroying some of their possessions as well as noting his destruction and lack of obedience because of this. Santa's Little Helper is warned that if he fails to pass the final exam in the school, he would not stay with the Simpsons anymore, much to Bart's unhappiness.
30 - 17	"Old Money"	March 28, 1991	David Silverman	Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky	7F17
Grampa falls for a fellow resident of the Springfield Retirement Castle called Bea Simmons. Their romance is short lived when she dies on her birthday, of which Grampa was unable to attend to. He receives her savings and then decides what is worth spending it for.
31 - 18	"Brush with Greatness"	April 11, 1991	Jim Reardon	Brian K. Roberts	7F18
Marge decides to take art lessons after a rekindled interest in art, finding paintings of Ringo Starr. Meanwhile, Homer sets out to lose weight, after being humiliated by his own weight and by an incident in a water park which had him stuck in a water ride.
32 - 19	"Lisa's Substitute"	April 25, 1991	Rich Moore	Jon Vitti	7F19
A substitute teacher takes an ill Ms. Hoover's place to teach her class, of whom Lisa develops a crush with. Meanwhile, Bart runs for class president, competing against Martin.
33 - 20	"The War of the Simpsons"	May 2, 1991	Mark Kirkland	John Swartzwelder	7F20
Marge signs up for a marriage counselling retreat for her and Homer after he was drunk in a party the night before. The retreat is to be held at a lake which Homer packs his fishing equipment. Although Marge forbids him to go fishing as they would be only resolving their marriage there. Back at home, Grampa babysits the children, of which they take advantage of him due to his lack of alertness partly by his old age.
34 - 21	"Three Men and a Comic Book"	May 9,1991	Wes Archer	Jeff Martin	7F21
Bart, Milhouse and Martin combine their money together to purchase the first Radioactive Man comic from The Android's Dungeon. They are forced to share it as both of them want it and struggle whilst doing so.
35 - 22	"Blood Feud"	July 11, 1991	David Silverman	George Meyer	7F22
After Bart transfuse his blood to Mr.Burn, which he is ill and Bart having the only blood type known, Homer had demanded him to donate so as he thinks the Simpsons will be rewarded greatly. However, Burns only rewards them with a card of gratitude. Furious by its general insignificance, Homer plans on an insulting letter for him and sending it. Although he later decides not to send it after being convinced by Marge, Bart unknowingly does so, much to Homer's fret. He and Bart try to retrieve it before Burns receives it.

DVD Release

Set Details			Special Features
The Complete Third Season Boxset
24 episodes 4-disc set 1.33:1 aspect ratio Languages: English (Dolby Digital 5.1, with subtitles) French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround) Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround,with subtitles)			Optional commentaries for all 24 episodes, plus four easter egg commentaries featuring either Al Jean or Mike Reiss Trivia tracks for "Colonel Homer" Storyboards Commercials Easter egg audio outtakes Multi Language Featurette Clip from the 1991 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade featuring a balloon of Bart Jukebox Feature (11 songs) Previously unseen promo footage of Colonel Homer
Release Dates
Region 1	Region 2	Region 4
26th August 2003	6th October 2003	22nd October 2002

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