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NABF is the twenty-third production season of The Simpsons. Al Jean served as the showrunner for most of the season while Matt Selman served as the showrunner for NABF20 and NABF22. The episodes mostly aired in broadcast season 22 on Fox, with seven rollover episodes from the production season airing in broadcast season 23. The episodes aired from November 21, 2010 with "The Fool Monty", to December 11, 2011 with "Holidays of Future Passed".
Episodes[edit]
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NABF01
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"The Fool Monty"
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November 21, 2010
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Steven Dean Moore
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Michael Price
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S22 E6
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| After finding out he only has weeks left to live, Mr. Burns tries to go out on his own terms. Surviving the attempt, a now amnesiac Burns is found by Bart, who reveals him to the townspeople to enact revenge on. But when Burns gets his memories back, he wants payback. Meanwhile, Smithers gets a job working for former vice president Dick Cheney.
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NABF02
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"How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window?"
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November 28, 2010
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Michael Polcino
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Kevin Curran
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S22 E7
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| After a pigeon breaks its wing flying into the Simpson house, Bart looks after him until he recovers. However, Santa's Little Helper eats his new pet. Bart is taken to therapy where the Simpsons are told they need to get rid of the family dog.
Guest starring: Danica Patrick as herself and Rachel Weisz as Dr. Thurston.
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NABF03
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"Moms I'd Like to Forget"
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January 9, 2011
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Chris Clements
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Brian Kelley
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S22 E10
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| When Bart discovers that a fifth grader has a scar identical to one Bart has, Marge tells him about a club of mothers she was in once where they set playdates for their kids. When she tries to bring the club back, things turn out better for Marge than they do for Bart.
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NABF04
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"Flaming Moe"
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January 16, 2011
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Chuck Sheetz
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Matt Selman
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S22 E11
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| Moe and Smithers turn Moe's into "Mo's", a trendy gay bar. However, Moe struggles with the new customers thinking that he is gay. Meanwhile, Principal Skinner uses Bart to get closer to dating a substitute music teacher after finding out that he is dating her daughter.
Guest starring: Alyson Hannigan as Melody Juniper, Scott Thompson as Grady Little, and Kristen Wiig as Calliope Juniper.
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NABF05
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"Homer the Father"
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January 23, 2011
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Mark Kirkland
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Joel H. Cohen
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S22 E12
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| Homer becomes obsessed with a 1980s family sitcom and starts acting like the show's father so he does not give Bart a dirt bike he wants. Bart then realizes that he can sell secrets about the nuclear power plant to other countries, so he agrees to sell them to China in exchange for a dirt bike.
Guest starring: Michael Paul Chan as Chinese spies, James Lipton as himself, David Mamet as himself, and Garry Marshall as Sheldon Leavitt.
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NABF06
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"The Blue and the Gray"
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February 13, 2011
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Bob Anderson
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Rob LaZebnik
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S22 E13
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| Moe asks Homer to become his wingman in the hopes of finding a girlfriend. However, he is distraught when women are drawn to Homer instead of him. Meanwhile, Marge discovers her first gray hairs and surprises everyone by fully embracing the new hair color.
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NABF07
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"Angry Dad: The Movie"
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February 20, 2011
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Matthew Nastuk
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John Frink
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S22 E14
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| Bart's cartoon Angry Dad gets turned into a movie starring Homer as the voice of Angry Dad, which becomes a huge critical success. But when it starts to win awards, Homer claims them instead of Bart, leading to Bart figuring out a way to shut Homer out.
Guest starring: Halle Berry as herself, Russell Brand as himself, Ricky Gervais as himself, Maurice LaMarche as Anthony Hopkins, Nick Park as himself, and J. B. Smoove as DJ Kwanzaa.
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NABF08
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"The Scorpion's Tale"
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March 6, 2011
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Matthew Schofield
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Billy Kimball and Ian Maxtone-Graham
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S22 E15
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| During a field trip to the Springfield Desert State Park, Lisa finds a flower that can cause animals to become docile. When she synthesizes a drug out of this, the drug gets picked up by a major pharmaceuticals company and distributed to the population. However, it has a major negative side effect.
Guest starring: Werner Herzog as Walther Hotenhoffer and Kevin Michael Richardson as the Retirement Castle orderly.
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NABF09
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"A Midsummer's Nice Dreams"
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March 13, 2011
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Steven Dean Moore
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Dan Castellaneta and Deb Lacusta
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S22 E16
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| Cheech and Chong arrive in Springfield for their reunion tour, but when Chong refuses to perform a joke, Homer steps in and becomes the new "Chong", going on tour as "Cheech and Chunk". Meanwhile, Chong recruits Seymour Skinner to form "Teach and Chong". Meanwhile, Marge helps the Crazy Cat Lady change her hoarder ways, but in the process turns into a hoarder herself.
Guest starring: Tommy Chong as himself and Cheech Marin as himself.
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NABF10
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"Love Is a Many-Strangled Thing"
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March 27, 2011
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Michael Polcino
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Bill Odenkirk
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S22 E17
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| When Homer tickles Bart until he wets his pants, Marge makes Homer take part in a fathering enrichment class. Over the course of the lessons, Homer becomes scared of Bart. Marge tries to track down the now-missing Dr. Zander to get him to put things right again.
Guest starring: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as himself, Kevin Michael Richardson as the retired lineman masseur, and Paul Rudd as Dr. Zander.
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NABF11
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"The Great Simpsina"
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April 10, 2011
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Chris Clements
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Matt Warburton
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S22 E18
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| Lisa becomes an apprentice magician when she meets The Great Raymondo, who teaches her all his secrets. One of these is for "The Great Milk Can Escape," which Lisa accidentally reveals to Cregg Demon, a rival magician. But when other rival magicians attempt to take out Cregg, Lisa comes to his rescue.
Guest starring: David Copperfield as himself, Ricky Jay as himself, Penn Jillette as himself, Martin Landau as The Great Raymondo, Jack McBrayer as Ewell Freestone, and Teller as himself.
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NABF12
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"The Real Housewives of Fat Tony"
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May 1, 2011
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Lance Kramer
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Dick Blasucci
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S22 E19
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| Fat Tony and Selma fall in love and get married after a whirlwind courtship. Marge has her reservations about the couple's marriage, so Fat Tony invites Homer and Marge to a weekend getaway at his summer home. Meanwhile, Bart discovers a special talent that allows him to detect the location of truffles by smell, so he and Lisa team up to collect them.
Guest starring: Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony.
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NABF13
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"Homer Scissorhands"
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May 8, 2011
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Mark Kirkland
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Peter Gaffney and Steve Viksten
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S22 E20
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| After Homer discovers a talent for styling hair, he becomes Springfield's most in-demand hair stylist. But having to listen to women's problems and gossip all day long leads Homer to believe his gift may actually be a curse. Meanwhile, Milhouse professes his love for Lisa, only to have his heart broken. Milhouse then catches the eye of popular fifth-grader Taffy, causing Lisa to become jealous.
Guest starring: Kristen Schaal as Taffy.
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NABF14
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"500 Keys"
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May 15, 2011
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Bob Anderson
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John Frink
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S22 E21
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| Lisa tries to return a key to Springfield Elementary, but she stumbles upon an abandoned classroom in the basement. Trying to investigate this leads to more questions arising around the mystery of Bus 23, a school bus that never returned from a school trip. Lisa, Homer, and Bart team up to solve the mystery. Meanwhile, Marge is on a continuous search for her noisy anniversary present.
Guest starring: Albert Brooks as Hank Scorpio.
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NABF15
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"The Ned-liest Catch"
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May 22, 2011
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Chuck Sheetz
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Jeff Westbrook
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S22 E22
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| Feeling guilty for getting Mrs. Krabappel suspended after one of his school pranks, Bart helps her escape detention, and Ned Flanders winds up saving her life in the process. When Edna and Ned start dating, he is surprised to learn she's been with many of Springfield's men, including Homer and Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer.
Guest starring: Ken Burns as himself and Joey Kramer as himself.
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NABF16
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"The Falcon and the D'ohman"
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September 25, 2011
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Matthew Nastuk
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Justin Hurwitz
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S23 E1
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| Homer discovers the Power Plant has a new security guard called Wayne. Homer tries to become friends with him, but discovers Wayne has a hidden past as a CIA agent. Wayne's past trauma from his CIA days causes him to struggle with his new ordinary life.
Guest starring: Tom Colicchio as himself, Kevin Michael Richardson as the SendEx employee, and Kiefer Sutherland as Wayne Slater.
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NABF17
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"Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts"
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October 2, 2011
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Steven Dean Moore
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Tim Long
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S23 E2
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| Superintendent Chalmers takes over Bart's education after another one of Bart's pranks causes trouble for the school. Chalmers' teaching sparks a fascination in Theodore Roosevelt for Bart. Encouraged by this, Chalmers takes Bart and his band of "Rough Riders" on an overnight excursion to Springfield Forest. A minor accident causes Chalmers to get fired, and Bart and his group try to get him reinstated.
Guest starring: Theodore Roosevelt as himself (via archive audio).
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NABF18
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"Holidays of Future Passed"
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December 11, 2011
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Rob Oliver
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J. Stewart Burns
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S23 E9
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| In a flash-forward to thirty years in the future, Bart and Lisa have children of their own and decide to spend Christmas as one big family at their parents' house. The two of them ask their parents for parenting advice. Meanwhile, a heavily pregnant Maggie tries to get home for the holidays.
Guest starring: Matt Groening as soccer announcer (uncredited).
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NABF19
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"Treehouse of Horror XXII"
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October 30, 2011
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Matthew Faughnan
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Carolyn Omine
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S23 E3
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| In the opening, Homer gets trapped in Candy Eating Peak and has to bite his own arm off to escape. In "The Diving Bell and Butterball", Homer becomes paralyzed after being bitten by a spider, but finds he can communicate by farting. In "Dial D for Diddily", Ned becomes a vigilante when Homer, pretending to be God, gets him to murder his enemies. Finally, in "In the Na'vi", Bart and Milhouse go on a mission at Rigel 7 and take on the form of Rigellians, where Bart finds an unlikely love in Kamala.
Guest starring: Jackie Mason as Hyman Krustofsky and Aron Ralston as the 911 dispatcher.
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NABF20
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"The Food Wife"
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November 13, 2011
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Timothy Bailey
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Matt Selman
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S23 E5
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| After the car breaks down in Little Ethiopia, Marge, Bart, and Lisa discover the joys of trying new foods, so they start a food blog where they review different restaurants together. However, Homer starts to get jealous at being left out.
Guest starring: Mario Batali as himself, Anthony Bourdain as himself, Tim Heidecker as Amuse Bruce, Gordon Ramsay as himself, and Eric Wareheim as Fois Garth.
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NABF21
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"Replaceable You"
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November 6, 2011
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Mark Kirkland
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Stephanie Gillis
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S23 E4
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| Bart's science fair project, a mechanical baby seal, outshines Lisa's brainy asteroid model and quickly becomes a popular pet among the retirement home patrons. However, a programming error causes them to have some dangerous issues. Meanwhile, Homer's new and eager assistant, Roz Davis, steals Homer's job, forcing him to team up with Ned Flanders to reveal her true colors.
Guest starring: Jane Lynch as Roz Davis.
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NABF22
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"The Book Job"
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November 20, 2011
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Bob Anderson
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Dan Vebber
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S23 E6
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| After Lisa finds out that author T. R. Francis is a fake, she decides to write her own book, and teams up with several other Springfielders and Neil Gaiman to write the book. However, when they get the book back from the publishers, they find that the whole concept has been changed. The team then work together to steal their book back.
Guest starring: Neil Gaiman as himself and Andy García as Slick.
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