A Fish Called Selma

Season 7, Episode 19, Aired
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Selma, desperate for male companionship, falls for washed up actor Troy McClure, who uses his new relationship with Selma to drum up some publicity and put a boost into his struggling career.
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  • Great

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    By Southparkfa, Aug 19, 2010 Report Abuse
    In this episode, washed-up actor Troy McClure finds love in Selma Bouvior (sorry I can't spell it right) and his acting carrer takes a dramatic upstring. They then get married (but it's a sham marriage) and he stars in big-budget productions and movies, making him (once again) one of the greatest actors currently in Hollywood. This episode is very funny throughout with a good storyline, and some real laughs throughout. I liked the Planet of the Apes musical it was excellent. Overall, this episode was kinda flawed (Troy was annoying by the end) but was funny throughout, so it's easily fogivable. 8.5/10 B+moreless

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  • this was a good ep

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    By cube2k8, May 21, 2010 Report Abuse
    in this ep of the simpsons troy mcoy is having some problems and he cant get acting roles do to a rumor in hollwood about a sex fetish . and so to prove to the people of hollwood he starts to go on date and pretends to fall in love with selma marges sister. thing is she finds out he does not really love her and so she ends it before they are married. and it does not look good for him . this was a good ep i thought and it was very interesting involing a ep about marges sister selmamoreless

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  • A Fish Called Selma

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    By futuramarama, Jan 20, 2010 Report Abuse
    Selma starts dating movie actor Troy McClure, who is using her to get move famous roles in movies. Soon, they end up getting married. Then Troy realizes to get a big role, he and Selma need a baby. Selma realizes she does not want to put a baby in a loveless marriage, and Troy and Selma sadly separate.

    A decent episode, the Planet of the Apes song parody was one of the best things the show had done, musical wise. My overall grade would be an A or so, good laughs, good humor, and a pretty interesting plot, I thoughmoreless

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  • Selma gets her own episode.

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    By twilightboy, Apr 12, 2008 Report Abuse
    I think this is the first time I see Selma as the main character in a Simpsons episode. Well, there is nothing wrong with that. This gives the show some fresh air and new angles. This is another episode that didn't make me laugh a lot, but it was so much better than the last fourth episodes in this seventh season. I really enjoy movie references and this episode had a couple that gave me very good laughs.

    Poor Troy doing all kind of things to return to the top and this includes hurting other people's feelings. In the end Selma does what is right and this show us once again that not all the characters in the Simpsons' universe are not what they seem.moreless

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  • Why haven't I seen this before as far as I know?

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    By joeyissoweird, Apr 11, 2008 Report Abuse
    This episode was as hilarious as any Simpsons episode. But, there was something different. There was more character development for Troy McClure rather than the same, "Hi, I'm Troy McClure. You may remember me from such ? as". We get to see that he's a big film star that is getting a comeback after the infamous Fish fetish. He's going out with Selma. What? That's true!

    Troy McClure has to get his eyes checked after getting pulled over by a cop (Wiggims), and the person who's doing the test is Selma. Well, Selma likes him so much that Troy asks her on a date if she lets him pass the test. After a date, his agent tells him to keep on going out with Selma and even get married because that will get him more publicity, millionaire, and he will get more roles in films and plays.

    This episode was a hilarious episode. Mainly since I think this was the first time that I've seen this episode. There was so many funny things such as Troy spraying Selma's mouth with mint or something before kissing her rather than she doing it herself because she doesn't seem to realize that her breath stinks as far as I know.moreless

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    • As the newlywed McClures drive off, the message on the back of the Troy's DeLorean is ironically misspelled, "Just Marred." Edit
    • In the restaurant, The Pimento Grove, some of the celebrities' pictures on the wall include Krusty, Kent Brockman, McBain, Bette Midler, Leonard Nimoy, Adam West, Barry White, Sting, Tito Puente, James Woods, Dr. Demento, and Birch Barlow; all of which have starred in the series. Edit
    • Goof: McBain 4: Fatal Discharge would actually be the fifth McBain movie. The previous McBain movies appeared in "The Way We Was," "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou," "Saturdays of Thunder," and "Last Exit to Springfield". Edit

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    • Jeff Goldblum appears on the DVD commentary for this episode. Edit
    • Fat Tony was voiced by Phil Hartman in this episode where it is usually Joe Mantegna that does the voice. Edit
    • Blackboard Joke: None. Couch Gag: The family are broken wind-up dolls. Edit

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    • Selma: Is this a sham marriage!? Troy: Sure, baby, is that a problem-o? Edit
    • Selma: Er… why don't you come over here, and make yourself more comfortable? Troy: No… why don't you come over here and make yourself comfortable? … I'm sorry; this whole concept's foreign to me. Who knew a baby would be so much work? Selma: Having a baby isn't supposed to be work; it's supposed to be an expression of the feelings we're supposed to have for each other. Troy: Oh. Like how we built that snowman together in that Newport ad, remember how alive with pleasure they said we were? Edit
    • Troy: Sure, you'll be a sham wife, but you'll be the envy of every other sham wife in town! Edit

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    • Planet of the Apes The musical in this episode is an obvious take-off of the 1968 film Planet of the Apes. Edit
    • Troy's Movies: The movies Troy McClure claims to have starred in mock real titles: The Greatest Story Ever Told as "The Greatest Story Ever Hula'ed", Give My Regards to Broadway as "Give My Remains to Broadway", Meet John Doe becomes "Meet Joe Blow", The Verdict Was Guilty becomes "The Verdict Was Mail Fraud", Angels in the Outfield becomes "Leper in the Backfield", Stop the World, I Want to Get Off becomes "Stop the Planet of the Apes, I Want to Get Off", American Gigolo as "Electric Gigolo". The movie he is up for – "McBain IV: Fatal Discharge" references Fatal Attraction. Edit
    • MacArthur Park Troy's Agent is named MacArthur Parker, an oblique reference to this infamous song written by Jimmy Webb and sung by noted screen actor Richard Harris. While a hit at the time of release, it became so loathed it won humorist Dave Barry's Bad Song Contest. Edit

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