American History X-cellent (11 Apr. 2010)

Mr Burns is sent to prison for art theft, where a scary inmate introduces him to religion. Meanwhile Smithers becomes the boss at the plant, and Bart and Lisa try to share an ant farm.

Director:

Bob Anderson

Writers:

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

Stars:

Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Dan Castellaneta	...	Homer Simpson / Capt. Lance Murdock / Rottweilers / Warden / Guard #2 / Grampa Simpson / Dream Grampa / Santa's Little Helper (voice)
Julie Kavner	...	Marge Simpson / Patty Bouvier / Selma Bouvier (voice)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Bart Simpson (voice)
Yeardley Smith	...	Lisa Simpson (voice)
Hank Azaria	...	Carl Carlson / Chief Wiggum / Lou / Moe Szyslak / Kirk Van Houten / Guard #1 (voice)
Harry Shearer	...	Montgomery Burns / Lenny Leonard / Waylon Smithers (voice)
Joe Mantegna	...	Fat Tony (voice)
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Burns' Cellmate (voice)
Pamela Hayden	...	Milhouse Van Houten (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Various (voice) (credit only)
Karl Wiedergott	...	Prisoners / Burns' First Cellmate / Two-Hook Handed Man (voice)

Storyline

When the police are called to diffuse a rowdy crowd at Mr. Burns' estate, one of the officers recognizes priceless stolen paintings on the walls, and the maniacal billionaire is taken downtown for questioning. With Mr. Burns gone, Smithers takes charge of the power plant. But when employees take advantage of his good nature, he exacts revenge by forcing the employees to work night and day. These unfair working conditions prompt Homer and his crew to devise a plan to bust out Mr. Burns.

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Plot Keywords:

ant farm | spiritual conversion | rotten food | jack o'lantern | disgruntled worker | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 April 2010 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gracie Films, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Mr. Burns: The plant's first annual Fourth of July company picnic is this upcoming weekend.
Homer Simpson: Woo-hoo!
Mr. Burns: No, you misunderstand. The picnic is for me. You will all be spending our Day of Independence slaving away at my mansion under the hot summer sun, without pay, water, or gratitude.
Homer Simpson: D'oh!
Mr. Burns: Yes, duh-oh indeed.

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Connections

Spoofs The Green Mile (1999)

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Soundtracks

"Monty Burns' Blues"
Music by Alf Clausen
Lyrics by Michael Price
Performed by Harry Shearer (uncredited)

User Reviews

Mr Burns turns to the religious side,

American History X-cellent is a great Simpson's episode,which shows a lot of stuff in the show that you knew where gonna eventually happen.

After Chief Wiggum discovers a painting in that was stolen from an art museum many years ago in Mr Burns mansion,Chief Wiggum sends him off to prison.Mr Burns get smithers to run the plant,but Homer,Lenny and Carl eventually agree that Smithers is much worse than Mr Burns and try to bust him out.

Meanwhile,Mr Burns cell mate bring Mr Burns to the religious side,by sucking out all his evil,making Mr Burns a much nicer person.

Also meanwhile,Bart and Lisa make an ant farm,but Santas Little Helper ends up eating them all,apart from one of them,so Bart and Lisa have some sibling rivalry trying to take care of it.