Who Shot Mr. Burns?: Part 1 (21 May 1995)

Mr. Burns steals oil from Springfield Elementary, and one day, he is shot, with no indication on who did it.

Director:

Jeffrey Lynch

Writers:

Matt Groening (creator), James L. Brooks (developer),

Stars:

Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Dan Castellaneta	...	Groundskeeper Willie / Package Forwarder #1 / Homer Simpson / Chemist / Kid From Springfield High School / Oil Worker / Grampa Simpson / Barney Gumble / Gate Guard / Mayor Quimby / Santa's Little Helper / Sideshow Mel / Krusty the Clown (voice)
Julie Kavner	...	Marge Simpson / Selma Bouvier (voice)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Bart Simpson / Nelson Muntz / Ralph Wiggum / Kearney (voice)
Yeardley Smith	...	Lisa Simpson (voice)
Hank Azaria	...	Package Forwarder #3 / Superintendent Chalmers / Guillermo / Veterinarian / Moe Szyslak / Male Scientist / Quimby's Aide / Crazy Old Man / Captain Mcallister / Apu Nahasapeemapetilon / Snake / Carl / Chief Wiggum (voice)
Harry Shearer	...	Principal Skinner / Montgomery Burns / Package Forwarder #2 / Waylon Smithers / 'Priority?' / Lenny / Otto / Ned Flanders / Fainting Man / Dr. Hibbert (voice)
Tito Puente	...	Himself (voice)
Doris Grau	...	Lunchlady Doris (voice)
Pamela Hayden	...	Milhouse Van Houten / Jimbo Jones (voice)
Maggie Roswell	...	Miss Hoover / Female Scientist (voice)

Storyline

After he stole the oil underneath Springfield Elementary and blocked out the sun, the people of Springfield become fed up with Mr. Burns. The wily old miser has taken to carrying around a gun with him. The other town residents also have guns and, one fateful night, Marge finds Mr. Burns shot. Who did it? Homer? Grandpa? Barney? Moe? Maggie? Smithers? Dr. Hibbert? Bumblebee Man?

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Plot Keywords:

oil well | oil drilling | cliffhanger | elizabethan collar | profanity | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 May 1995 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Gracie Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The television set in Moe's tavern is playing an episode of Pardon My Zinger, with an outline of the Mystery Science Theater 3000 cast in the foreground.

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Goofs

The Burns Slant Drilling Corporation sign changes every time the building is shown.

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Quotes

[the school has come into money and everyone's suggesting how to spend it]
Lunchlady Doris: The cafeteria staff is complaining about the mice in the kitchen. I want to hire a new staff.

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Connections

Spoofs Dallas: A House Divided (1980)

User Reviews

I cant possibly solve this mystery ,can you?

Who shot Mr Burns ? Who shot Mr Burns is the Simpson's team at there brilliant and dynamic best ,it opens on a lovely summer morn with Principal Skinner walking into the school only to find 'superdude' dead, the schools pet hamster,once handing it to Grounds keeper Willie to bury him he stumbles onto an Oil well making the school the richest custodian in all of Springfield .But the excellently evil Mr Burns who steals the show wont have any of it and taps the well and steals the Schools oil.

As the episode moves along more and more Springfield citizens gain a motive to kill Mr Burns with each of them losing something due to Mr Burns tapping the Oil well ,or in Homers case Mr Burns can never remember his name .Or with Bart his best friend Santa's little helper has his legs broken inadvertently by Burns .

It all comes to a crescendo at the town meeting ,which Burns crashes and reveals his fiendish plan ,to block out the sun and have Springfield glowing in 'Burns brand electricity all day long' .The Springfield citizens are horrified, but Mr Burns armed with a gun walks off and that is where the mystery takes hold we find Mr Burns shot laying over the town clock dial with seemingly everyone present and everyone a suspects ,we hear the memorable line from Dr Hibert 'i cant possibly solve this mystery, can you' ?