Another Simpsons Clip Show

Infobox Simpsons episode
episode_name = Another Simpsons Clip Show


image_caption = Homer talking about love.
episode_no = 106
prod_code = 2F33
airdate = September 25, 1994
show runner = David Mirkin
writer =
Penny Wise
director =
David Silverman
blackboard = "I will not use abbrev."
couch_gag = The Simpsons sit on the couch and get crushed by the paper cut-out foot from "Monty Python’s Flying Circus"
guest_star =
Albert Brooks as Jacques
Sara Gilbert as Laura Powers
Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob
Jon Lovitz as Artie Ziff
Michelle Pfeiffer as Mindy Simmons, Phil Hartman as Troy McClure/Narrator (all in clips only)
commentary = Matt Groening
David Mirkin
David Silverman
season = 6

"Another Simpsons Clip Show" is the third episode of "The Simpsons"' sixth season, which originally aired September 25, 1994. It was written by Jon Vitti (who was credited as Penny Wise), and directed by David Silverman.

Plot

Marge is reading "The Bridges of Madison County" one night and wakes up Homer to ask if he thinks the romance has gone out of their marriage. He grumbles and throws the book into a fireplace which was built off-screen in the bedroom (but is actually a clip of Homer tossing a book into a fire from Dog of Death). Marge groans and falls asleep.

In the morning, Marge gets the family together to discuss romance, but they can only come up with vignettes from their failed relationships (and in the parents' case, near-extramarital paramours) in the form of clips from previous episodes. However, Homer saves the day when he brings up how he and Marge got together (in clips from the second season episode "The Way We Was"). Ultimately, the kids do not care and wind up watching "Itchy & Scratchy" while Homer and Marge share another special moment.

Clips

The clips and the episodes they appeared in, in order of appearance in the clip show:
*"New Kid on the Block": Homer searches for his hot dog while lounging in the kiddie pool.
*"Dog of Death": the book getting tossed into the fireplace is directly lifted from this episode; in the original episode, the book that landed in the fireplace was "The Lottery".
*"Homer the Heretic": The Itchy and Scratchy cartoon "Flay Me to the Moon".
*"Bart's Friend Falls in Love": the students in Bart's class watching "Fuzzy Bunny's Guide to You-Know-What".
*"I Love Lisa": Ned serenading Maude with his G-rated version of Rod Stewart's "Do You Think I'm Sexy?".
*"Marge Gets a Job": Smithers dreams about Mr. Burns flying in through the window.
*Montage of prank calls to Moe: Al Coholic ("Some Enchanted Evening"), Jacques Strap ("Moaning Lisa"), I.P. Freeley ("Homer's Odyssey"), Seymour Butts ("One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish"), Homer Sexual ("Principal Charming"), Mike Rotch ("Blood Feud"), Amanda Huggenkiss ("New Kid on the Block"), Hugh Jass ("Flaming Moe's"), Ivana Tinkle ("New Kid on the Block"), I'm a Stupid Moron With an Ugly Face and a Big Butt and My Butt Smells and I Like to Kiss My Own Butt ("Treehouse of Horror II").
*Montage of Homer's "mmm..." lines: mmm... chocolate (""); mmm... invisible cola ("Marge on the Lam"); mmm... forbidden donut ("Treehouse of Horror IV"); mmm... sacrilicious ("Homer Loves Flanders"), mmm... snouts ("Dog of Death"); mmm... free goo ("Boy-Scoutz N the Hood"); mmm... something (new).
*"Homer Loves Flanders": Homer kissing Ned repeatedly at the Springfield Atoms football game.
*"Life on the Fast Lane": Marge tells her story of how she almost fell in love with Jacques (the French bowler).
*"The Last Temptation of Homer": Homer tells the story of how he almost cheated on Marge for Mindy Simmons (with Homer adding at the end that after his near-affair with her, Mindy became an alcoholic and lost her job at the nuclear plant).Martyn, "Another Simpsons Clip Show"]
*"I Love Lisa": Lisa tells the story of Ralph Wiggum's crush on her, which ended with her yelling at him during the Krusty 29th Anniversary Show.
*"New Kid on the Block": Bart telling the story of how he fell for Laura Powers, until she broke his heart by revealing that she had a boyfriend.
*"Black Widower": Sideshow Bob rubbing Selma's feet, muttering, "Soon I will kill you."
*"Lady Bouvier's Lover": Grampa runs in on Mrs. Bouvier's and Mr. Burns' wedding.
*"The Way We Was": Homer finally finds a story about love that doesn't end in heartbreak: how he began his relationship with Marge.
*Montage of Homer and Marge kissing: "Homer's Night Out", "Bart Gets Hit by a Car", "Simpson and Delilah", "I Married Marge" (two clips from this episode), "A Streetcar Named Marge", "$pringfield"
*"One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish" - many of the scenes of the Simpsons eating are taken from the episode's dinner table scene with new dialogue added in.
*"Krusty Gets Busted" - The scene of the Simpson kids watching Itchy and Scratchy at the beginning is taken from this episode.

Production

As the title of the episode suggests, it is second clip show episode of "The Simpsons" after , the 18th episode of the fourth season. It is written by Penny Wise, and it includes contributions from John Swartzwelder, Jon Vitti, Frank Mula, David Richardson, Jeff Martin, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Jay Kogen, Wallace Wolodarsky, Nell Scovell, David M. Stern, George Meyer, Conan O'Brien, Robert Cohen, Bill Canterbury, and Dan McGrath. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=n6vZJnxK1XYC&pg=PA316&dq=%22Another+Simpsons+Clip+Show%22&lr=&sig=ACfU3U25MmYgWYehPDw8PDndV-lJABg7tw#PPA309,M1] ]

At the beginning of the episode, Lisa explains to Bart that the "Itchy & Scratchy" episode they are watching is in fact a mishmash of clips from the older episodes. Later, it becomes clear to the viewer that the episode is a collection of clips from the past episodes, but not to Bart and Lisa. [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=cNLcbwmfFI4C&pg=PT424&dq=%22Another+Simpsons+Clip+Show%22&lr=&sig=ACfU3U2XoSpZRYWV8-vR0HOc-njGCpkC3w#PPT424,M1 ] ]

Cultural references

*When Bart, Lisa, and Maggie are watching "Itchy and Scratchy" near the start, Marge says they watch the same shows all the time while Lisa says that the Itchy and Scratchy cartoons are just pasted together from pieces of old episodes (and pointing out that "Ren and Stimpy" do it all the time). This is a sly joke about the construction of this episode, where the blackboard and couch gags are taken from other episodes, there are clips from past episodes, and the interstitials are actually clips from past episodes that feature the family members talking in the kitchen, all taking the idea of this episode being a clip show to the extreme.
*The episode was generally forced to be produced by 20th Century Fox who wanted another episode; the credited writer Penny Wise (who was actually Jon Vitti) pokes fun at this (from the phrase "Penny wise, pound foolish"). "Mrs. Wise" would be credited as writing a future clip show, "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular", which would credit the director as "Pound Foolish", implying a poke at FOX.
*The magazine that Lisa holds up at the end of the episode is called "Non-Threatening Boys" (from "Radio Bart").
*The episode is referenced in the 1996 song "The First Big Weekend" by the Scottish band, Arab Strap, describing it as "a really good episode about love always ending in tragedy, except of course for Marge and Homer".
*This episode was put together very quickly (note that the production code for this episode is 2F33, the last in the 2F series, yet it aired before any others in this series did), and it is rumoured that the production code in the end credits was originally erroneously listed. On the lone network airing of this episode, the first 3 looks somewhat out of place compared to the other characters; in syndication and the season 6 DVD boxset, the second 3 appears out of place.
*Also Starring Michael Carrington.

Reception

Notes

References

*cite book | last = Gimple | first = Scott M. | title = | publisher = HarperCollins| date = December 1, 1999| isbn = 978-0060987633 |pages=p. | oclc = 42857430
*cite book | last =Martyn | first =Warren | coauthors =Adrian Wood | title =I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide | publisher =Virgin Books | date =2000 | pages =Section: "Another Simpsons Clip Show: A loving look back at the Simpsons' romantic hightlights" | url =http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/simpsons/episodeguide/season6/page3.shtml | id = |
*cite book| last = Turner| first = Chris| title =| pages = | isbn = 0-679-31318-4| year = 2004| publisher = Random House Canada| location = Toronto| oclc = 55682258

External links

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*http://www.tv.com/episode/1391/summary.html
*http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/06/15/the-simpsons-another-simpsons-clip-show/