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The Simpsons: Season 17, Episode 2The Girl Who Slept Too Little (18 Sep. 2005)A new cemetery right outside the window of Lisa's room makes Lisa suffer from many sleepless nights. Director:Raymond S. Persi |
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Homer Simpson
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| Julie Kavner | ... |
Marge Simpson
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| Nancy Cartwright | ... |
Bart Simpson
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| Yeardley Smith | ... |
Lisa Simpson
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| Harry Shearer | ... |
Montgomery Burns /
Waylon Smithers /
Ned Flanders /
Kent Brockman /
Rev. Lovejoy /
Principal Skinner /
Dr. Hibbert /
Rainer Wolfcastle /
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| Pamela Hayden | ... |
Milhouse Van Houten /
Rod Flanders /
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| Tress MacNeille | ... |
Jimbo Jones /
Agnes Skinner /
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Karl Wiedergott | ... |
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A cemetery is built at the back of the Simpson house and Lisa's room looks directly onto it. As a consequence she becomes very worried about death and so,to conquer her fears,slips out of the house to spend a night among the grave stones. Having hit her head on a tombstone she has a dream in which she meets friendly Wild Things so that,when her parents find her next day,her fears have been allayed. Written by don @ minifie-1
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Homer Simpson: They killed each other. Ya know, one of those murder-suicides.
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In her dream, Lisa meets the Wild Things from Maurice Sendak's book "Where the Wild Things are" See more »Quotes
Marge: What ever happened to 'please' and 'thank you'?Homer Simpson: They killed each other. Ya know, one of those murder-suicides.
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This episode seemed to pitch from good to mediocre, but it's still one of this season's better episodes.
The first act begins with a stamp museum being constructed behind the Simpson home. Their attempts to drive the unwanted construction away are successful - then they discover that the stamp museum will be built on the site of the cemetery and that, consequently, the cemetery will be literally built in the Simpsons' backyard. The entire setup for the main storyline is weak, and the family's visit to the stamp museum later on in the episode is fairly pointless as well.
Lisa's bedroom, somehow, is the only one that faces the cemetery. It could be merely my love of the macabre, but the scenes featuring the graveyard were exceptionally well done, with some good music to create ambiance. Lisa is afraid of the cemetery and begins sleeping in her parents' bed. After trying and failing to spend a night in Lisa's room themselves, Homer and Marge go to a child psychiatrist to try and help her. Meanwhile, Lisa goes to spend a night in the graveyard to face her fear, although she regrets it immediately. When trying to escape, she hits her head on a gravestone and falls unconscious, where she goes into a series of dreams, ending in one very similar to the book "Where The Wild Things Are" - parodied here as "The Land of the Wild Beasts". (Somehow a mention of the book was slipped in earlier in the episode.) Marge and Homer find Lisa the next morning; she has overcome her fear.
Basically, an up-and-down episode. The graveyard scenes, such as the ones with Gravedigger Billy, were well done, and there's a funny bit with Bart's poorly constructed racecar bed, but the psychiatrist visit was flimsy and there were a few awkward jokes. I wish I could vote 7.5/10.