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Black-Eyed, Please

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"Black-Eyed, Please"
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Episode Information
Episode number: 523
Season number: S24 E15
Production code: RABF09
Original airdate: March 10, 2013
Title screen: King Homer climbs the Empire State Building and grabs the three-eyed crow as it flies by
Billboard gag: Cletus' Road Kill Diner: It's Fender-pickin' Good!
Chalkboard gag: I'm sorry I broke the blackboard. (Bart is writing with a black marker on a whiteboard)
Couch gag: Noir
Guest star(s): Richard Dawkins as himself
Tina Fey as Ms. Cantwell
Showrunner: Al Jean
Written by: John Frink
Directed by: Matthew Schofield

"Black-Eyed, Please" is the fifteenth episode of broadcast season 24 of The Simpsons and the five hundred twenty-third episode overall. It originally aired on March 10, 2013. The episode was written by John Frink and directed by Matthew Schofield. It guest stars Richard Dawkins as himself and Tina Fey as Ms. Cantwell.

Synopsis

"Ned becomes jealous when his laid-back parents start to prefer Homer's company over his, and he faces unbearable guilt after punching Homer in the eye as he desperately tries to reconcile with him. Meanwhile, Ms. Cantwell becomes Lisa's substitute teacher and starts bullying her, making Lisa feel distressed."


International airdates

Country Date Channel Note
Hispanic America.gif Latin America June 30, 2013 Fox Latin America
800px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png United Kingdom November 17, 2013; 7pm Sky1 Gathered 570,000 viewers
Spain flag.png Spain January 6, 2015 Antena 3

Promotional images

Reception

This episode gathered 4.87 million viewers and 2.2 million 18-49s.[1]

References

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Season 24 Episodes
Moonshine River Treehouse of Horror XXIII Adventures in Baby-Getting Gone Abie Gone Penny-Wiseguys A Tree Grows in Springfield The Day the Earth Stood Cool To Cur, with Love Homer Goes to Prep School A Test Before Trying The Changing of the Guardian Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing Hardly Kirk-ing Gorgeous Grampa Black-Eyed, Please Dark Knight Court What Animated Women Want Pulpit Friction Whiskey Business The Fabulous Faker Boy The Saga of Carl Dangers on a Train
Production season RABF Episodes
To Cur, with Love Homer Goes to Prep School A Test Before Trying The Changing of the Guardian Hardly Kirk-ing Gorgeous Grampa Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing What Animated Women Want Black-Eyed, Please Dark Knight Court Pulpit Friction The Fabulous Faker Boy Whiskey Business The Saga of Carl The Man Who Came to Be Dinner Treehouse of Horror XXIV Dangers on a Train Four Regrettings and a Funeral Labor Pains Homerland Brick Like Me YOLO