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Season 16
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Season 16 is the sixteenth broadcast season of The Simpsons. It originally ran on Fox from November 7, 2004, with "Treehouse of Horror XV", to May 15, 2005, with "The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star". The season was mostly made up of production season GABF episodes, with six rollover episodes from production season FABF also airing. Al Jean served as the showrunner for the season.
| Award
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Episode
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Crew
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Result
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| Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Comedy[1]
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N/A
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N/A
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Nominated
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| 57th Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series[2]
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"Treehouse of Horror XV"
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Alf Clausen
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| 58th Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation[3]
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"Mommie Beerest"
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Michael Price
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Won
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| "There's Something About Marrying"
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J. Stewart Burns
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Nominated
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| "Thank God It's Doomsday"
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Don Payne
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| "The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star"
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Matt Warburton
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| Environmental Media Award for Best Television Episodic Comedy[4]
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"On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister"
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| 57th Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program[5]
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"Future-Drama"
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Mike B. Anderson, Laurie Biernacki, James L. Brooks, J. Stewart Burns, Kevin Curran, John Frink, Dana Gould, Dan Greaney, Matt Groening, Robert Ingram, Al Jean, Tim Long, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Bill Odenkirk, Carolyn Omine, Don Payne, Rick Polizzi, Michael Price, Matt Selman, David Silverman, Ralph Sosa
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| 57th Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics[6]
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"A Star Is Torn"
for "Always My Dad"
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Alf Clausen and Carolyn Omine
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Episodes[edit]
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Title
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Original airdate
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Directed by
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Written by
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Prod. code
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336 - 1
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"Treehouse of Horror XV"
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November 7, 2004
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David Silverman
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Bill Odenkirk
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FABF23
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| In "The Ned Zone", Ned Flanders gains the power of foretelling people's deaths after suffering a head injury and is shocked to discover that he will be the one to kill Homer. In "Four Beheadings and a Funeral", set in Victorian London, Master Detective Eliza Simpson and her faithful sidekick, Dr. Bartley, attempt to catch the Mutton Chop Murderer. In "In the Belly of the Boss", Maggie is shrunken inside a vitamin capsule in a freak science accident and is swallowed by Mr. Burns, and the Simpsons go to save her.
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337 - 2
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"All's Fair in Oven War"
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November 14, 2004
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Mark Kirkland
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Matt Selman
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FABF20
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| Homer buys Marge a new kitchen, and her cooking gets such good reviews that she enters the Ovenfresh Bakeoff. Meanwhile, Bart and Milhouse find a stack of Playdude magazines.
Guest starring: James Caan as himself and Thomas Pynchon as himself.
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338 - 3
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"Sleeping with the Enemy"
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November 21, 2004
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Lauren MacMullan
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Jon Vitti
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FABF19
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| After Bart gets a 100 on a test without cheating, Marge throws him a party—a boring party. Thinking that none of her kids appreciates her, she finds Nelson in the park and gives him lunch, which leads to Marge looking after him. Meanwhile, Lisa becomes conscious about her weight after she is teased at school.
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339 - 4
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"She Used to Be My Girl"
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December 5, 2004
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Matthew Nastuk
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Tim Long
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FABF22
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| Marge runs into her former high school pal Chloe Talbot, who is now a famous news reporter. While Lisa has become enamored with Chloe's worldliness, Marge becomes jealous and wonders if she made the right decision by choosing family over a career.
Guest starring: Kim Cattrall as Chloe Talbot.
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340 - 5
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"Fat Man and Little Boy"
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December 12, 2004
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Mike B. Anderson
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Joel H. Cohen
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FABF21
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| When Bart writes slogans on t-shirts, he catches the attention of Goose Gladwell, a gag gift entrepreneur, and starts raking in the cash from t-shirt sales. With Bart now the breadwinner, Homer feels he no longer has a place in the family. But when Gladwell is revealed as a fraud, Homer steps in to defend his son.
Guest starring: Eric Idle as Declan Desmond.
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341 - 6
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"Midnight Rx"
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January 16, 2005
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Nancy Kruse
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Marc Wilmore
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FABF16
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| When Mr. Burns terminates the employee prescription drug program, the citizens of Springfield are no longer able to afford their very expensive but much-needed prescription drugs. In order to keep the town medicated, Homer, Grampa, Apu, and Flanders travel to Canada to buy the drugs with fake Canadian health care cards.
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342 - 7
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"Mommie Beerest"
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January 30, 2005
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Mark Kirkland
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Michael Price
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GABF01
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| Moe's Tavern is closed by a health inspector, so Homer takes out a mortgage on his house to reopen the bar. As a result, Marge becomes Moe's business partner and turns the bar into a British-style pub. This leads to Marge and Moe spending too much time together, which worries Homer.
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343 - 8
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"Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass"
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February 6, 2005
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Steven Dean Moore
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Tim Long
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GABF02
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| Homer starts to teach sports players his obnoxious celebration dances and gets placed in charge of the halftime show of the next Super Bowl. Meanwhile, Ned creates a violent film about Bible stories, which makes Marge angry, so she tries to put a stop to him.
Guest starring: Tom Brady as himself, LeBron James as himself, Michelle Kwan as herself, Yao Ming as himself, and Warren Sapp as himself.
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344 - 9
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"Pranksta Rap"
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February 13, 2005
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Mike B. Anderson
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Matt Selman
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GABF03
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| Homer and Marge don't let Bart go to a rap concert, so he sneaks out to attend anyway. When Bart is discovered to be missing, he tells his parents he was kidnapped. However, when Chief Wiggum believes the kidnapper is Kirk Van Houten, Bart wrestles with his guilty conscience about coming clean.
Guest starring: 50 Cent as himself.
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345 - 10
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"There's Something About Marrying"
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February 20, 2005
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Nancy Kruse
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J. Stewart Burns
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GABF04
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| Due to a tourism slump in town, Springfield legalizes same-sex marriage. However, with Reverend Lovejoy refusing to officiate any ceremonies between people of the same gender, Homer steps up to officiate the weddings. The whole family is surprised when Patty reveals that she wants to get married to a woman.
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346 - 11
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"On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister"
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March 6, 2005
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Bob Anderson
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Jeff Westbrook
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GABF05
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| Lisa becomes fed up with Bart's teasing and takes out a restraining order against him. While both siblings enjoy this at first, it begins to take its toll on them. Meanwhile, Homer takes a job as a Sprawl-Mart greeter.
Guest starring: Gary Busey as himself and Jane Kaczmarek as Judge Constance Harm.
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347 - 12
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"Goo Goo Gai Pan"
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March 13, 2005
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Lance Kramer
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Dana Gould
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GABF06
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| When Selma starts to go through menopause, she decides to adopt a child so she doesn't grow old alone. She decides to adopt a baby from China, but they only allow married couples to adopt. After putting down Homer's name as her spouse, the Simpsons go to China, with Homer and Selma pretending to be a couple.
Guest starring: Lucy Liu as Madam Wu and Robert Wagner as himself.
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348 - 13
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"Mobile Homer"
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March 20, 2005
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Raymond S. Persi
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Tim Long
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GABF07
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| When Homer is rejected for life insurance, Marge becomes worried that he may die at any minute and starts to put money away. Angry that he can't spend his money, Homer spends what Marge has saved on an RV. Marge's anger at this decision is only made worse when Homer invites a convoy of RVers to live at his house.
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349 - 14
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"The Seven-Beer Snitch"
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April 3, 2005
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Matthew Nastuk
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Bill Odenkirk
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GABF08
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| After the town enforces new laws, Homer gets arrested for kicking the same beer can five times. He is sent to the new state prison, where he becomes a prison snitch. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa investigate why Snowball has been gaining weight.
Guest starring: Frank Gehry as himself, Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony, and Charles Napier as Officer Krackney.
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350 - 15
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"Future-Drama"
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April 17, 2005
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Mike B. Anderson
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Matt Selman
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GABF12
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| When Bart and Lisa stumble into Professor Frink's basement, he gives them a look into their future as teenagers as they get ready for their high school graduation. Bart is in a relationship with a girl named Jenda, Lisa is going to Yale, and Homer and Marge separate after Homer buys an underwater house.
Guest starring: John DiMaggio as Bender Rodríguez and Amy Poehler as Jenda.
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351 - 16
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"Don't Fear the Roofer"
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May 1, 2005
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Mark Kirkland
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Kevin Curran
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GABF10
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| After a storm hits Springfield, the roof of the Simpsons' house begins to leak. Homer then befriends roofer Ray Magini, who helps repair the roof and becomes good friends with Homer. However, when his friends and family don't recall ever seeing Homer with Ray, they start to think he's going crazy. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa take Santa's Little Helper to the Retirement Castle to make the residents happier.
Guest starring: Stephen Hawking as himself and Ray Romano as Ray Magini.
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352 - 17
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"The Heartbroke Kid"
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May 1, 2005
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Steven Dean Moore
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Ian Maxtone-Graham
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GABF11
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| Bart gets addicted to junk food when vending machines are added to Springfield Elementary, to the point where he's admitted to a fat camp to make him lose weight. Meanwhile, the rest of the family convert the house into a youth hostel to pay the bills for Bart's treatment.
Guest starring: Albert Brooks as Tab Spangler and Jacques.
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353 - 18
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"A Star Is Torn"
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May 8, 2005
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Nancy Kruse
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Carolyn Omine
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GABF13
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| After singing a song to her ill family, Lisa enters Krusty's Li'l Starmaker in the hopes of winning, with Homer as her songwriter. However, Homer's cutthroat attitude toward the competition puts a strain on their relationship.
Guest starring: Fantasia Barrino as Clarissa Wellington.
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354 - 19
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"Thank God It's Doomsday"
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May 8, 2005
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Michael Marcantel
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Don Payne
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GABF14
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| After hearing about the rapture, Homer calculates that the end of the world is coming in only one week. But when the townspeople see that he's wrong, they stop listening to him. When Homer realizes he made a mistake in his calculation, he can't get anybody to take him seriously the second time.
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355 - 20
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"Home Away from Homer"
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May 15, 2005
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Bob Anderson
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Joel H. Cohen
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GABF15
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| After Homer humiliates Ned Flanders, the Flanders family move to Humbleton, Pennsylvania, where Ned's favorite figurines are made. Meanwhile, a sports coach moves into Flanders' house and causes havoc for the Simpsons.
Guest starring: Jason Bateman as himself.
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356 - 21
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"The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star"
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May 15, 2005
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Michael Polcino
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Matt Warburton
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GABF09
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| When Bart is expelled from Springfield Elementary, Marge enrolls him in St. Jerome's Catholic School. However, when both Bart and Homer start to be swayed by the ways of Catholicism, Marge goes to Reverend Lovejoy and Ned Flanders for help.
Guest starring: Liam Neeson as Father Sean.
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