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"Homer's Barbershop Quartet"
In a parallel to the Beatles story, Homer recounts the tale about how in 1985 he, Principal Skinner, Apu & Barney rose to fame and fell apart as the barbershop quartet "The Be Sharps." Police Chief Wiggum makes a cameo as Pete Best. b: 30 Sep 93 pc: 9F21 w: Jeff Martin d: Matt Kirkland NOTE: The Be Sharps vocals were sung by the Dapper Dans who are: James Campbell, George Economou, Shelby Grimm & Dan Jordan. 083 "Cape Feare"
Side Show Bob gets paroled and seeks out Bart to get his revenge. b: 7 Oct 93 pc: 9F22 w: Jon Vitti d: Rich Moore 084 "Homer Goes to College" Homer fails a competency test and must go back to college to keep his job. b: 14 Oct 93 pc: 1F02 w: Conan O'Brien d: Jim Reardon 085 "Rosebud"
Mr. Burns birthday is a somber occasion as he longs for a toy from his childhood. Through a bizarre series of events the toy winds up in the hands of Maggie and she doesn't want to give it up. Mr. Burns stops it nothing to get the bear back. b: 21 Oct 93 pc: 1F01 w: John Swartzwelder d: Wes Archer 086 "Tree House of Horror IV: The Simpson's Halloween Special IV" With a Night Gallery style opening, Bart introduces three tales.
b: 28 Oct 93 pc: 1F04 w: Conan O'Brien (Watch) and Bill Oakley (The Late) & Josh Weinstein (The Estate of) and Greg Daniels ("It's Alive!") & Dan McGrath (Disfigured) and Bill Canterbury (Bilious) d: David Silverman ("Dry Bones") 087 "Marge on the Lam"
Marge and the divorced woman from next door have a "girls' night out" in the style of Thelma & Louise. b: 4 Nov 93 pc: 1F03 w: Bill Canterbury d: Matt Kirkland 088 "Bart's Inner Child"
A self-help guru comes to Springfield and when he meets Bart he announces that he is the "inner child" that we should all strive to be. Lisa is less than convinced as she thinks he is selling easy answers, but Springfield buys it bigtime. b: 11 Nov 93 pc: 1F05 w: George Meyer d: Bob Anderson 089 "Boy Scoutz N the Hood"
After an extreme sugar high, Bart finds himself a member of the Camping Scouts. Then on a father and son rafting trip Homer and Bart are lost at sea with Ned Flanders and son. b: 18 Nov 93 pc: 1F06 w: Dan McGrath d: Jeffrey Lynch 090 "The Last Temptation of Homer"
A new female co-worker whose beer guzzling & doughnut eating abilities rival his own and his faith to Marge is tested when they attend a convention together. Bart gets glasses, corrective shoes and becomes a nerd for a couple of weeks. b: 9 Dec 93 pc: 1F07 w: Frank Mula d: Carlos Baeza 091 "$pringfield (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)"
Springfield legalizes gambling; Mr. Burns opens a casino and becomes Howard Hughes-like, Bart opens a casino in his tree house and gambling fever hits Marge causing her to break a promise to Lisa. b: 16 Dec 93 pc: 1F08 w: Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein d: Wes Archer 092 "Homer the Vigilante"
When the police can't save the citizens of Springfield from a cat burglar, Homer forms a vigilante group, but whose going to save the citizens from them? b: 6 Jan 94 pc: 1F09 w: John Swartzwelder d: Jim Reardon 093 "Bart Gets Famous"
A crashing appearance on Krusty's show, gains Bart instant fame which leads to a guest spot on Late Night With Conan O'Brien. b: 3 Feb 94 pc: 1F11 w: John Swartzwelder d: Susie Dietter 094 "Homer and Apu"
Apu is fired after an investigation shows he was responsible for making Homer sick. Apu repays his debt by working for the family, but he isn't happy. So Homer accompanies him on a trip to India, to get his job back. b: 10 Feb 94 pc: 1F10 w: Greg Daniels d: Mark Kirkland 095 "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy"
Lisa is outraged at the things the new talking Malibu Stacy is saying and seeks out the creator. Grandpa decides to get a job to get back to his youth. b: 17 Feb 94 pc: 1F12 w: Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein d: Jeffrey Lynch 096 "Deep Space Homer"
Homer and Barney compete against each other in NASA's search of higher ratings when they seek out a "blue-collar slob" to send to space. b: 24 Feb 94 pc: 1F13 w: David Mirkin d: Carlos Baeza 097 "Homer Loves Flanders" Homer, for this story anyway, becomes friends with Flanders, much to Ned's dismay as even he can't stand Homer's continual presence. b: 17 Mar 94 pc: 1F14 w: David Richardson d: Wes Archer 098 "Bart Gets an Elephant" Bart wins his choice of a prize in a radio contest, $10,000 or an elephant. He chooses the elephant, which the radio station is not to quick to deliver but when it finally does... b: 31 Mar 94 pc: 1F15 w: John Swartzwelder d: Jim Reardon 099 "Burns' Heir" After a harrowing near-death experience, Mr. Burns decides to hold open auditions for an heir to his fortune. Bart becomes the heir and Burns tries to totally separate him from his real family. b: 14 Apr 94 pc: 1F16 w: Jace Richdale d: Mark Kirkland 100 "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" Bart's latest stunt gets Principal Skinner fired and Ned Flanders is hired as his replacement. Ned's loose rules make school unchallenging so he and Skinner scheme to get his job back. b: 28 Apr 94 pc: 1F18 w: Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein d: Bob Anderson 101 "The Boy Who Knew Too Much" Bart must choose between saving his own skin or that of an innocent man from jail. b: 5 May 94 pc: 1F19 w: John Swartzwelder d: Jeffrey Lynch 102 "Lady Bouvier's Lover" Marge gets her mother and Homer's father together for companionship, they fall in love, but then she is swept of her feet by Montgomery Burns. b: 12 May 94 pc: 1F21 w: Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein d: Wes Archer 103 "Secrets of a Successful Marriage" Homer begins teaching a course on marriage, but finds the only way to keep his students interested is to let out secrets about his relationship with Marge, which doesn't please her. b: 19 May 94 pc: 1F20 w: Greg Daniels d: Carlos Baeza |
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