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3G is the eighth production season of The Simpsons. Al Jean and Mike Reiss served as the showrunners for the season. This production season is the shortest, with only four episodes. Two of the episodes aired in broadcast season 8 while two aired in broadcast season 9. The episodes aired from January 12, 1997 with "The Springfield Files", to March 29, 1998 with "Simpson Tide".
Episodes[edit]
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3G01
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"The Springfield Files"
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January 12, 1997
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Steven Dean Moore
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Reid Harrison
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S8 E10
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| Homer witnesses something out of this world in the woods near Springfield, but no one believes him—not even FBI Agents Mulder and Scully, who come to investigate the incident.
Guest starring: Gillian Anderson as Dana Scully, David Duchovny as Fox Mulder, and Leonard Nimoy as himself.
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3G02
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"Lisa's Sax"
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October 19, 1997
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Dominic Polcino
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Al Jean
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S9 E3
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| When Lisa's saxophone is destroyed during a scuffle with Bart, the family recounts the story of how she got her instrument during the terrible heat wave of 1990.
Guest starring: Fyvush Finkel as himself.
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3G03
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"Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious"
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February 7, 1997
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Chuck Sheetz
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Al Jean and Mike Reiss
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S8 E13
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| Due to Marge losing her hair from stress, the Simpson family decide to hire a new magical nanny, Shary Bobbins, to look after the kids. But the Simpson kids may prove too tough a challenge for the minimum-wage nanny.
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3G04
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"Simpson Tide"
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March 29, 1998
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Milton Gray
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Joshua Sternin & Jennifer Ventimilia
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S9 E19
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| Bored as usual after another firing from the nuclear plant, Homer decides to take up a new career in the Navy, where he almost causes an international incident by charting a submarine into Russian waters. Meanwhile, Bart gets his ear pierced.
Guest starring: Bob Denver as himself and Rod Steiger as Captain Tenille.
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