"The Simpsons" So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show (1993)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Carlos Baeza

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"The Simpsons" (1989)

Original Air Date:

1 April 1993 (Season 4, Episode 18)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Plot:

Homer plays a series of (childish) practical jokes on Bart. To get even, Bart uses a paint mixer at a local hardware store to shake up a can of Homer's beer. Homer opens the can, resulting in a huge explosion that seriously injures the Simpsons patriarch. |

Plot Keywords:

Clip Show | April Fool's Day | Nuclear Power | Dysfunctional Family | Pacifier

Cast

Dan Castellaneta	...	Homer Simpson / Grampa / Barney Gumble / Krusty the Klown / Groundskeeper Willie / Mayor Quimby / Hans Moleman / Sideshow Mel / Others (voice)
Julie Kavner	...	Marge Simpson / Patty Bouvier / Selma Bouvier / Others (voice)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Bart Simpson / Nelson Muntz / Todd Flanders / Ralph Wiggum / Kearney / Others (voice)
Yeardley Smith	...	Lisa Simpson (voice)
Hank Azaria	...	Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum / Apu / Comic Book Guy / Cletus / Prof. Frink / Others (voice)
Harry Shearer	...	Montgomery Burns / Waylon Smithers / Ned Flanders / Kent Brockman / Rev. Lovejoy / Principal Skinner / Dr. Hibbert / Rainer Wolfcastle / Others (voice)
Maggie Roswell	...	Maude Flanders / Helen Lovejoy / Others (voice)

Runtime:

Argentina:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Quotes:

[Homer is undergoing major surgery. Grampa visits him in hospital]
Grampa: They say the greatest tragedy is when a father outlives his son. I've never understood why that is; frankly, I can see an upside to it. Ha ha.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

"Mrs. Simpson, I'm afraid your husband is dead…April Fools'"

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

A clip show, certainly this could have been one of the weakest shows of Season 4 however it is really good. Meanwhile we get to the clips of older episodes we have a fantastic part. Is April Fools' Day and Homer is simply enjoying the day, Bart is certainly Homer's victim and Bart will claim for vendetta! So the consequences of Bart's vengeance: beer coming out of the chimney (like a dream for Chief Wiggum!) and Homer almost dead. Once Homer's in the hospital the clip show really begins. Is about Homer, he has brain lesions (clips- Maggie hits Homer from episode Itchy & Scratchy & Marge stand out), his brain waves are erratic (clip from the sad episode There's No Disgrace Like Home), we have some other memories (great the stuff with the clip of a Itchy & Scratchy show - "it was an amusing episode, of our lives") while we all hope for the recovering of our Homer but won't be easy until Bart's confession about his joke on April Fools' Day, then Homer is back with less brain but he's back!

This one is a very entertaining episode, certainly not a really fantastic one but for what it offers as a clip show it is quite good. Did I mention that Barney Gumble acts for a moment just like the Chief from the terrific film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest?

"No one is interested in my underpants"