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Matt Groening (creator)
James L. Brooks (developer) ...
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Original Air Date:
14 January 1990 (Season 1, Episode 2)
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Bart ends up at a school for gifted children after cheating on an IQ test. full summary | full synopsis
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Bart The Genius, good but still not what we know today. more (6 total)
Cast
(Episode Credited cast) | Dan Castellaneta | ... | Homer Simpson / Conductor (voice) |
 | Julie Kavner | ... | Marge Simpson (voice) |
 | Nancy Cartwright | ... | Bart Simpson / Skinner's secretary (voice) |
 | Yeardley Smith | ... | Lisa Simpson / Cecile Shapiro (voice) |
 | Harry Shearer | ... | Principal Seymour Skinner / Dr. J. Loren Pryor / Mr. Prince (voice) |
 | Marcia Wallace | ... | Edna Krabappel (voice) (as Marsha Wallace) |
| Jo Ann Harris | ... | Ms. Melon / Richard / Lewis (voice) |
| Pamela Hayden | ... | Milhouse van Houten / Ethan Foley / Boy (voice) |
| Russi Taylor | ... | Martin Prince / Sidney Swift / Ian (voice) |
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Argentina:30 min
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On the Season 1 DVD commentary for this episode, we learn that Dr. J. Loren Pryor was the original drawing for Principal Skinner. The current look of Skinner is based around several teachers and a principal Groening knew, as well as the principal from the "Life In Hell" comics. more
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Continuity: The whole family goes to the opera to see "Carmen". They have balcony seats and the stage is to their left, yet later on you can see them looking to their right. more
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[after Bart turned himself green in a science accident]
Homer:
Don't be discouraged, son. I bet Einstein turned himself all sorts of colors before he invented the light bulb.
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Featured in "The Simpsons: So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show (#4.18)" (1993) more
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Overture from Carmen more
FAQ
Is Flagstaff a real or fictional city?Is Tucson a real or fictional city?
How much dammage did Bart Simpson do to the side of "Springfield Elementary School" when he did the spray painting of Principle Skinner?
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The Simpsons of course started off with Christmas special "Simpson's Roasting On An Open Fire" which had basic drawings and not laugh out loud jokes, but this episode has probably the first laugh out loud joke in it and from here the show just gets better and better. This episode centers around Bart who in this episode swaps on a test from Martin and gets into a school for the highly gifted, this leading to Bart mending his friendship with his Dad and losing all of his mates. The Episode is very humorous and shows what was to become the greatest show ever to come out. Overall fans of the show will love this episode as it features the character's exactly as they became 20 years later. So watch this episode in a pack of Season 1 and enjoy early Simpson's doing what it was meant to, Making people laugh. I rate this episode 73%.