Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish

Episode aired Nov 1, 1990
TV-PGTV-PG
23min

8.1/10

S2.E4

After the power plant experiences bad publicity and is threatened with closure, Mr. Burns decides to run for Governor in order to have power over the law.After the power plant experiences bad publicity and is threatened with closure, Mr. Burns decides to run for Governor in order to have power over the law.After the power plant experiences bad publicity and is threatened with closure, Mr. Burns decides to run for Governor in order to have power over the law.

8.1/10

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Director
- Wesley Archer
Writers
Stars
- Dan Castellaneta(voice)
- Julie Kavner(voice)
- Nancy Cartwright(voice)

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Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer, and Yeardley Smith in The Simpsons (1989)

Bart catches a three-eyed fish in the river near Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. When the fish story is featured prominently in the local news, the plant is inspected and then fined millions of dollars for its many safety violations. Infuriated, Mr. Burns decides to run for governor so he can do away with the regulations that are costing him so much money.

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Trivia
While the idea of Blinky was completely fictional at the time, a three-eyed fish was caught in 2011 in Córdoba, Argentina near a local nuclear power plant. The fish was a seawolf and did not resemble Blinky besides the three eyes. The fishermen sent the fish to a radiation test, to determine whether the mutation came from being exposed to the water from the nuclear power plant.

Quotes
Dave Shutton: And, ah, what's your name, son?
Bart Simpson: I'm Bart Simpson. Who the hell are you?
Dave Shutton: I'm Dave Shutton. I'm an investigative reporter who's on the road a lot, and I must say that in my day, we didn't talk that way to our elders.
Bart Simpson: Well, this is my day, and we do, sir.

Connections
Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Simpsons Jokes That Came True (2017)

Soundtracks
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
(uncredited)
Music by Jay Gorney
Lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
Performed by Harry Shearer

Top review

2/10

Good, but not great

The Simpsons goes political again in this episode, and it's not my favourite route the show takes.

It's a decent political satire, in which Burns runs for Mayor, but one that never really gets going for me.

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