45-404: " Bart After Dark " is the fifth episode of the eighth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons . It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 24, 1996. After accidentally breaking a stone gargoyle at a local house, Bart is forced to work there as punishment. He assumes it will be boring work, but is surprised when he learns that it is actually
90-627: A burlesque house . Marge is horrified when she learns of the burlesque house, and resolves to have it shut down. The episode was directed by Dominic Polcino and written by Richard Appel . It won an Emmy Award for " Outstanding Music and Lyrics " for the song "We Put the Spring in Springfield". An oil tanker runs aground, spilling millions of gallons of oil on Baby Seal Beach. Lisa begs Marge to help celebrities scrub oil tar from shorebirds and sea mammals. Marge, Lisa and Maggie drive to
135-635: A TV Production, and the WAC Winner Best Director for Primetime Series at the 1998 World Animation Celebration. Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation awarded the episode the GLAAD Media Award for "Outstanding TV – Individual Episode". On Rotten Tomatoes, the eighth season of The Simpsons has a 100% approval rating based on 7 critical reviews. Homer walks home one night from Moe's Tavern . On his way he sees an eerie glowing creature. The next day Homer's story
180-430: A confession written by town founder Jebediah Springfield revealing that he was a murderous pirate named Hans Sprungfeld who tried to attack George Washington and never cared about the people of Springfield. Homer decides to help Lisa get the message out, but they are arrested by the town council. Lisa claims Sprungfeld had a silver tongue so the council decides to exhume Jebediah to prove Lisa wrong. It turns out that there
225-553: A dedication to her. After that, Lunchlady Doris had speaking parts in the season nine episode " Lisa's Sax ", which Grau had recorded before her death. From season nine until season eighteen , she appeared only as a background character but had a speaking role in " The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer " where she was voiced by Tress MacNeille . The season started off with the heavily publicized "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)", which
270-489: A fan favourite. On Rotten Tomatoes, the seventh season of The Simpsons has a 100% approval rating based on 6 critical reviews. In 1996, " Treehouse of Horror VI " was submitted for the Primetime Emmy Award in the " Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming less than One Hour) " category. They had submitted it because it had a 3D animation sequence, which the producers felt gave them an edge. However,
315-428: A natural talent for golf and is challenged to a game by Mr. Burns. Meanwhile, Marge accidentally destroys her Chanel suit on the night of a gala ball where she will become a member of the club and buys a new one for thousands of dollars. She demands that her family behave themselves, but realizes that she is becoming too snobby and decides she doesn't want to join the club. While doing research for an essay, Lisa finds
360-529: A standard rectangular cardboard box featuring Maggie looking through a photo album while the rest of the Simpsons family are taking a picture. The menus continue the same format from the previous three seasons, and the overall theme is various characters posing for photographs. The Simpsons season 7 The seventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons originally aired on
405-456: A story about a background character that was not tied into the Simpson family at all. The idea never came to anything, as Groening realized that the staff did not have the manpower to produce another show as well as The Simpsons . The season saw the introduction of two new recurring characters: Disco Stu , and Brandine Spuckler . The seventh season was acclaimed by critics, and remains
450-427: A surefire way to get former Beatle Paul McCartney to guest star as he was the only living member of the group who had not done so. McCartney agreed, but only on the condition that Lisa stay a vegetarian and not revert. "22 Short Films About Springfield" has twelve credited writers, the most of any episode of the series. The episode features multiple stories about different characters. To decide who would write each of
495-737: Is a reference to the Exxon Valdez oil spill . The Sea Captain is shown to be drunk at the helm, a reference to Joseph Hazelwood , the captain of the Exxon Valdez who was accused of being intoxicated. Reverend Lovejoy 's line, "This house is a very, very, very fine house", is a reference to the Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young song " Our House ". Homer responds to a " Do you know where your children are? " public service announcement by saying, "I told you last night — no!" In its original broadcast, "Bart After Dark" finished 57th in ratings for
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#1732783678460540-526: Is no silver tongue but Lisa later discovers that it had been stolen from the grave by Hollis Hurlbut, the local historian. The two rush to reveal the truth about Jebediah, but Lisa realizes that the myth had inspired the entire town and decides to keep it a secret. Guest star: Donald Sutherland Note: Channel 4 in the United Kingdom has removed this episode from its syndication in July 2024, in
585-435: Is printed in the local newspaper. FBI agents Mulder and Scully read the story and go to Springfield to investigate this X-file . After talking with Homer they find his credibility shaky and quickly leave again. Bart and Homer then set up a camp to videotape the creature. When the creature appears, Lisa reveals that the creature is actually Mr. Burns after a medical treatment by Dr. Riviera . The DVD box set for season eight
630-403: Is promptly removed by the bouncer, Bart. The episode was written by Richard Appel and directed by Dominic Polcino . Appel was looking for new locales to put Bart and thought it would be funny to have him work at a burlesque house. The problem was to find a way to put such a house in Springfield, which was solved with the bit with the toy airplane. There were a dozen different possible names for
675-561: The Fox network between September 17, 1995, and May 19, 1996. The show runners for the seventh production season were Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein who would executive produce 21 episodes this season. David Mirkin executive produced the remaining four, including two hold overs that were produced for the previous season . The season was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards , including Outstanding Animated Program and won an Annie Award for Best Animated Television Program. The DVD box set
720-554: The Maison Derrière , which the boy soon learns is a burlesque house . Bart does his job with enthusiasm and becomes indispensable to Belle. Marge and Lisa arrive at the beach, but discover that cleaning beach tar from animals is a task reserved only for celebrities. Instead, they are put to work scrubbing rocks, a job they soon abandon to return home. After Homer learns the truth about the burlesque house, he does nothing to stop Bart from working there. Principal Skinner visits
765-546: The Emmy, the "Homer³" segment was awarded the Ottawa International Animation Festival grand prize. In 1996, The Simpsons became the first animated series to win a Peabody Award , and won it "for providing exceptional animation and stinging social satire, both commodities which are in extremely short supply in television today." At the 12th annual Television Critics Association Awards,
810-448: The attention Bush had been receiving, is outraged and launches a prank war. Bush eventually decides to leave Springfield and is replaced with Gerald Ford . Marge finds a fancy Chanel suit at a discount outlet store, and is invited to start spending time at the local country club. Marge immediately fits in but is forced to alter her suit every day so it appears that she is always wearing a new outfit. Meanwhile, Homer discovers that he has
855-625: The beach, leaving Bart and Homer home alone. Soon the house becomes a filthy mess, so Bart goes outside to play with his friends. Milhouse 's toy airplane crashes atop the roof of a Gothic house. While Bart is retrieving it, he accidentally falls, destroying a stone gargoyle . Belle, the owner of the house, grabs Bart by the ear and takes him home, much to his friends' horror. At the Simpson home, Belle demands that Homer punish Bart for trespassing on her property. Homer balks until Belle threatens to come back and speak with Marge if he won't discipline Bart. Homer forces Bart to perform chores for Belle at
900-600: The burlesque house, some of which were raunchy. This episode marks one of the four times Lisa has a minor role in a Season 8 episode (like she had a minor role in the Season 7 episode " Two Bad Neighbors "), the others being " Grade School Confidential ", " Homer's Enemy ", and " The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase ", although she has major/supporting roles in the season's other episodes. Josh Weinstein has said that there are so many sleazy characters in The Simpsons that it
945-460: The criticism of the Season 6 set only being sold in a plastic packaging molded to look like Homer's head, which did not match the plain rectangular cardboard packagings of the first five seasons, Season 7 was offered in two packagings: A plastic packaging molded to look like Marge's head, and a standard rectangular cardboard box featuring Marge posing for a photo at a movie premiere. The menus continue
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#1732783678460990-575: The episode lost to Pinky and the Brain that year, and Bill Oakley later regretted submitting the episode because he felt that a more emotional episode like " Mother Simpson ", " Lisa the Vegetarian " or " Bart Sells His Soul " would have had a better chance of winning. Alf Clausen , Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein were also nominated for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics" for
1035-407: The following season . The episode "22 Short Films About Springfield" was originally written for being the pilot episode of a potential spin-off series entitled Springfield Stories or simply Springfield . The proposed show was planned to be focused on the town in general, rather than the Simpson family. Every week would be a different scenario: three short stories, an adventure with young Homer or
1080-543: The house and sees Bart is the door greeter. He reports it to the Lovejoys and the Flanderses , who confront Homer about Bart's workplace. As Homer crows that he has no problem with Bart working at a burlesque house, Marge returns home unexpectedly and is upset to learn this. Marge asks Belle to close the house and leave Springfield , but Belle refuses, saying it is a part of Springfield and that she has deeper ties to
1125-464: The house stay. However, Marge arrives with a bulldozer , having missed the song. As she starts a song about her stance on the house, she accidentally puts the bulldozer in drive and destroys a wing of the Maison . She apologizes profusely to Belle and the townsfolk for wrecking their beloved house. To pay for the damage, Marge performs a ventriloquist act at the house, where she is heckled by Homer — who
1170-424: The look of the show, left following this season. Dominic Polcino and Mike B. Anderson , who had previously worked on the show as part of the animation staff, both directed their first episodes. Doris Grau , script supervisor for the show and voice of Lunchlady Doris died on December 30, 1995. The episode "Team Homer", which aired eight days later, was one of the last episodes to feature her voice and featured
1215-403: The majority of the writing staff stayed on for the next season, both Greg Daniels and Brent Forrester received their last writing credits during season seven. Jon Vitti , who had left following the fourth season , returned to write " Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily " as well as " The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular ". Wes Archer , a long-time director for The Simpsons who helped define
1260-430: The previous two seasons, was credited as a consulting producer for the seventh season but also executive produced the episodes " Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two) ", " Radioactive Man ", " Lisa the Vegetarian " and " Team Homer ". Steve Tompkins , Dan Greaney , Richard Appel and Rachel Pulido received their first writing credits while Spike Feresten and Jack Barth received their only writing credits this season. Although
1305-406: The publicity of the episode too far. Several critics said the special tainted Walsh's credibility and was described as gimmicky, tacky and "blatant groveling for viewers". The episode "Lisa the Vegetarian" features one of the few permanent character changes in the series when Lisa officially becomes a vegetarian. The episode had been pitched by David S. Cohen and the producers felt it would be
1350-446: The season was produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television . The broadcast season contained two episodes with 3F-series production codes, indicating that were hold-over episodes from the seventh production season , and two episodes with 3G-series production codes, which have never been explicitly confirmed to be part of any specific production season (but are speculated to be relabeled 3F-series episodes) The DVD box set
1395-438: The segments, all of the writers chose their top three favorite characters and put them into a hat, the names were drawn out and the writers were assigned their parts and Greg Daniels put all of the segments together and ordered them. Two more episodes, " You Only Move Twice " and " El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer) " were produced as part of the season seven (3Fxx) production run, but both aired
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1440-503: The seventh season of the show was nominated for 'Outstanding Achievement in Comedy,' but lost to "Frasier." A Halloween special which is divided into three short stories: Homer assembles a bowling team consisting of Apu, Moe and Otto so he can play on league nights. He gets the team funding from Mr. Burns during one of his ether-induced hallucinations. The team does well until Mr. Burns discovers that he paid for them and decides to join
1485-839: The show since the third season and understood many of its dynamics. When they took over the series they wanted many of the episodes to be realistic ones that focused more on the five members of the Simpson family , exploring their feelings and emotions towards each other. They also wanted to produce a Treehouse of Horror episode, episodes about Sideshow Bob , Itchy & Scratchy and several "format-bending" episodes such as " 22 Short Films About Springfield ". Their preferred choice of guest stars were those with unique and interesting voices, and several of their guest stars were "old grizzled men with distinctive voices" such as R. Lee Ermey , Donald Sutherland , Kirk Douglas and Lawrence Tierney . David Mirkin , who had been executive producer for
1530-418: The song "Señor Burns" from " Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two) ". The series won several other awards for this season, including an Annie Award for "Best Animated Television Program". " Lisa the Vegetarian " won both an Environmental Media Award for "Best Television Episodic Comedy" and a Genesis Award for "Best Television Comedy Series, Ongoing Commitment". Although "Treehouse of Horror VI" failed to win
1575-494: The song "We Put the Spring in Springfield" from the episode " Bart After Dark ". Clausen also received an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Music Direction" for " Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious ". " Brother from Another Series " was nominated for the Emmy for "Sound Mixing For a Comedy Series or a Special". For "Homer's Phobia", Mike Anderson won the Annie Award for Best Individual Achievement: Directing in
1620-651: The team. The team starts losing games but still manage to make it to the league championship where they manage to win. The team is overjoyed but Mr. Burns has a change of heart and takes the trophy for himself. Meanwhile, the students of Springfield Elementary School are forced to wear uniforms after Bart comes to school wearing a T-shirt with a shocking message on it. Former president George Bush moves to Springfield and Bart starts to annoy him. One day Bush loses control and spanks Bart after Bart accidentally destroys Bush's newly-typed memoirs and Bush becoming fed up with Bart bothering him too much. Homer, who had been jealous of
1665-448: The town than Marge does. Marge presses the matter at a town meeting and shows slides of several prominent citizens leaving the Maison Derrière . Marge's campaign convinces the town to form a mob to destroy the house. The mob arrives at the house and starts smashing property. Homer tries to stop the mob's rampage by singing a musical number, accompanied by Belle and her burlesque dancers. The townfolk join in singing and are persuaded to let
1710-614: The wake of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania . The DVD boxset for season seven was released by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment in the United States and Canada on December 13, 2005, nine years after it had completed broadcast on television. As well as every episode from the season, the DVD release features bonus material including deleted scenes , Animatics , and commentaries for every episode. After
1755-470: The week of November 18–24, 1996, with a Nielsen rating of 8.5, equivalent to approximately 8.2 million viewing households. It was the fourth-highest-rated show on the Fox network that week, following The X-Files , Melrose Place , and Beverly Hills, 90210 . Ken Keeler and Alf Clausen won a Primetime Emmy Award for " Outstanding Music and Lyrics " for "We Put the Spring in Springfield". The song
1800-400: Was also a part of the album Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons . The Simpsons season 8 The eighth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons originally aired on the Fox network between October 27, 1996, and May 18, 1997, beginning with " Treehouse of Horror VII ". The showrunners for the eighth production season were Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein , while
1845-482: Was easy to find people for the scenes in the burlesque house. A character modeled after John Swartzwelder can also be seen. Belle was not modeled after anyone in particular and she was redesigned several times. Belle was voiced by Tress MacNeille , but there had been previous efforts to cast a guest voice for the role. A lot of the episode's plot is based on the film The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas . The oil spill
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1890-464: Was released by 20th Century Fox in the United States and Canada on August 15, 2006, nine years after it had completed broadcast on television. As well as every episode from the season, the DVD release features bonus material including deleted scenes , Animatics , and commentaries for every episode. As with the previous season, the set was released in two different packagings: a "Collector's Edition" plastic packaging molded to look like Maggie's head, and
1935-506: Was released in Region 1 on December 13, 2005, Region 2 on January 30, 2006, and Region 4 on March 22, 2006. The set was released in two different forms: a Marge-shaped box and also a standard rectangular-shaped box in which the theme is a movie premiere. The season was the first season executively produced by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein , who had written episodes for previous seasons. They were chosen partly because they had been with
1980-729: Was released in Region 1 on August 15, 2006, Region 2 on October 2, 2006, and Region 4 on September 27, 2006. The set was released in two different forms: a Maggie-shaped head to match the Homer and Marge shaped heads of the previous two sets and also a standard rectangular shaped box. Like the seventh season box set, both versions are available for sale separately. Season eight received critical acclaim and won multiple awards, including two Emmy Awards : " Homer's Phobia " won for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) in 1997, and Alf Clausen and Ken Keeler won for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics" with
2025-414: Was the resolution to the first part , which had been a cliffhanger. It was preceded by "Springfield's Most Wanted", a TV special hosted by John Walsh , host of America's Most Wanted and was parody of Walsh's television series, this special was designed to help people find out who shot Mr. Burns, by laying out the potential clues and identifying the possible suspects. The special was criticized for taking
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