| The Funeral
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Short Information
| Airdate:
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October 4, 1987
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| Short season:
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2
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| Short number:
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9
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| Production code:
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MG14
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| Writer:
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Matt Groening
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"The Funeral" is the ninth Simpsons short. It aired on The Tracey Ullman Show on October 4, 1987.
Plot
Bart, Lisa, and Maggie are playing when Homer and Marge tell them that there is some very sad news. The kids are informed that their Great Uncle Uncle Hubert has passed away. The family is sad at the funeral except Bart, who is excited to see a dead body. Bart faints at the sight of the dead body. The attendants of the funeral then carry Uncle Hubert's body up a hill and place it in a hole. Due to the kids' bad behavior, they are told that they are never going to a funeral again in which Bart and Lisa get furious about what they have been told.
