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== Production ==
 
== Production ==
The music for the [[couch gag]] for this episode was left extremely late in production. On Thursday, January 10 (only 3 days before the episode was set to air), music editor [[Chris Ledesma]] was asked to come up with a new soundtrack for a new couch gag, which was replacing the current couch gag. Chris Ledesma had to start to score the music and get it ready for dubbing in only a few hours.<ref>[http://simpsonsmusic500.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/its-a-poor-workman-who-blames-his-tools/ Simpsons Music 500 - "It’s a Poor Workman Who Blames His Tools"]</ref>
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The music for the [[couch gag]] for this episode was left extremely late in production. On Thursday, January 10 (only 3 days before the episode was set to air), music editor [[Chris Ledesma]] was asked to come up with a new soundtrack for a new couch gag, which was replacing the current couch gag. Chris Ledesma had to start to score the music and get it ready for dubbing in only a few hours.<ref>[http://simpsonsmusic500.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/its-a-poor-workman-who-blames-his-tools/ Simpsons Music 500 - "It's a Poor Workman Who Blames His Tools"]</ref>
  
 
== Reception ==
 
== Reception ==

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Season 24 Episode
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"A Test Before Trying"
"Changing of the Guardian"
"A Test Before Trying"
A Test Before Trying promo 3.jpg
Episode Information
Billboard gag: Krusty: Live from rehab! 8PM
Showrunner: [[{{{showrunner}}}]]



"A Test Before Trying" is the tenth episode of The Simpsons' 24th season. It first aired on January 13, 2013. This episode is dedicated to Huell Howser, who died on January 7, 2013 of prostate cancer. The episode won the Writers Guild Awards 2014 in the category of Animation.

Synopsis

"Mr. Burns hikes up electricity prices, leaving most of Springfield unable to afford to use it as much as before. Springfield's schools cannot afford to use it as much either, and they decide to test every single student, and whichever school has the lowest test scores will close. Springfield Elementary gets the lowest test scores, but Lisa discovers that one student did not take the test and the school's fate will rely on his test scores: Bart's to be precise. Meanwhile, Homer uses a parking meter he found at the dump to fleece unwitting parkers of their quarters."


Plot

Mr. Burns raise electricity prices by 17%. Several residents and businesses in Springfield needs to start saving their power. The Simpson family is one of those that throw some of their household electrical items. The Springfield Elementary School also have problems with their economy after the increase the electricity prices and it is decided that the students of Springfield's district must doing a test and the school with the worst results forced to close. Homer is in the dumpster containing the thrown out electrical items where he find an old parking meter that he brings Homer. The students at Springfield Elementary doing their test and after they the test was corrected was it concluded that school is the worst in the state. The students at Springfield Elementary are starting to sending to other schools in the area when Lisa finds out that Bart did not take the test. If he makes the test and pass it, he can raise the result and saved the school.

Homer begins to skim the residents of Springfield on money by placing his parking meter. Bart is studying for the test he will doing the next day but he fell asleep and has not learned anything, he tells Seymour Skinner who makes so he gets an extra study day. Homer watching the news where they report that the police are chasing a person who had did parking scams and Homer realizes that the police are after him. The evening sees Lisa noticing that Bart is not studying and she yells at him for being selfish. Bart falls asleep and dreams that the residents in Springfield are stupid and after he wakes up, he asks Lisa for help. Lisa tell him to answer what he thinks first, if he cannot think of something he should answer B. Marge visits the Kwik-E-Mart while Jennifer Clarkeson is there and she talks to her about how important the school is for the children. Homer continues walking the streets with their parking scheme but gets caught by the police and accidentally destroys his parking meter. He goes home where Marge discovers the coins which he amassed, and she gets him to throw the money into a wishing well. Bart does the test but does not have time to answer the last question but an insect sits on the right answer. When they check his test on the last question, Bart gets it correct, and passes the test, meaning the school does not have to close. Marge thanks the testing proctor for what she now did and she tell her that this was a test of her humanity.

Production

The music for the couch gag for this episode was left extremely late in production. On Thursday, January 10 (only 3 days before the episode was set to air), music editor Chris Ledesma was asked to come up with a new soundtrack for a new couch gag, which was replacing the current couch gag. Chris Ledesma had to start to score the music and get it ready for dubbing in only a few hours.[1]

Reception

The episode gathered 5.06 million viewers.[2]

"A Test Before Trying", along with "YOLO" and "Hardly Kirk-ing" was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award in Animation in the 2014 awards.[3]

International airdates

Country Date Channel Note
Hispanic America.gif Latin America May 26, 2013 Fox Latin America
800px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png United Kingdom May 19, 2013; 6pm Sky1 Gathered 756,000 viewers
Spain flag.png Spain December 31, 2014 Antena 3

Promotional images

References


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