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Bart's Inner ChildEpisode Number: 88 Season Num: 5 First Aired: Thursday November 11, 1993 Prod Code: 1F05 |
Homer sees an ad in the paper for a trampoline and he goes to Krusty's and picks it up. The kids love it and he charges the neighbors to use it. When all the children get injured on it, Marge makes him get rid of it. He pushes it off a cliff, a la Wile E. Coyote. Homer and Marge have an argument in which he says that Marge is no fun.
With this realization, she gets very angry and goes to her sisters' house. Patty and Selma show her a self-help video. When Marge starts looking at the self-help information starring Brad Goodman with Homer their relationship improves. They go to a seminar with the kids. Bart acts out while there and the lecturer brings him on stage.
The guru tells the town that Bart is the "inner child" that they should all strive to be. Lisa of course is skeptical, thinking that the guru is just selling easy answers, but the town is buying it. So much so, they hold a "do what you feel" festival. It breaks out into a riot when everybody starts to act irresponsibly and the "be like Bart" era comes to an end. We end with the Simpsons watching the newest episode of "MacArnagle" together.
With this realization, she gets very angry and goes to her sisters' house. Patty and Selma show her a self-help video. When Marge starts looking at the self-help information starring Brad Goodman with Homer their relationship improves. They go to a seminar with the kids. Bart acts out while there and the lecturer brings him on stage.
The guru tells the town that Bart is the "inner child" that they should all strive to be. Lisa of course is skeptical, thinking that the guru is just selling easy answers, but the town is buying it. So much so, they hold a "do what you feel" festival. It breaks out into a riot when everybody starts to act irresponsibly and the "be like Bart" era comes to an end. We end with the Simpsons watching the newest episode of "MacArnagle" together.
| Writer: | George Meyer |
| Director: | Bob Anderson |
| Star: | Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson), Hank Azaria (Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Comic Book Guy, Lou, and others), Harry Shearer (Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner, Waylon Smithers, Kent Brockman, and others), Julie Kavner (Marge Simpson, Patty Bouvier, and Selma Bouvier), Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, and others), Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson, Grampa Simpson, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, and others) |
| Recurring Role: | Phil Hartman (Lionel Hutz, Troy McClure and Additional Voices), Albert Brooks (Brad Goodman), Pamela Hayden (Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders, Jimbo Jones, and others), Russi Taylor (Martin Prince, Sherri, Terri and others), Marcia Wallace (Edna Krabappel) |
| Guest Star: | James Brown (Himself) |
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James Brown's line, "This bandstand wasn't double-bolted," quickly became a phrase around the writers' office when things would spill. An example, from the DVD commentary, was, "This sandwich wasn't double-bolted."
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Albert Brooks' name is billed as "A. Brooks".
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Blackboard Joke: None.
Couch Gag: A fat man is taking up all the space on the couch, so the family has to squeeze in. (edit)
Couch Gag: A fat man is taking up all the space on the couch, so the family has to squeeze in. (edit)
Groundskeeper Willie: (Speaking into a microphone) If elected mayor, my first act will be to kill the lot of ya, and burn yer town to cinders!
(A man whispers something into his ear.)
Groundskeeper Willie: I know it's on! (edit) Troy McClure: You may remember me from such self-help videos as "Smoke Yourself Thin" and "Get Confident, Stupid." (edit) (The Simpsons are watching TV)
Chief: You busted up that crack house pretty bad, McGonigle. Did you really have to break so much furniture?
McGonigle: You tell me, Chief. You had a pretty good view from behind your desk.
Homer: Ah, McGonigle: eases the pain.
Chief: You're off the case, McGonigle!
McGonigle: You're off your case, Chief!
Chief: What does that mean exactly?
Homer: (yelling) It means he gets results, you stupid chief!
Lisa: Dad, sit down.
Homer: Oh, I'm sorry. (edit) Lisa: Ever since that self-help guy came to town, you've lost your identity. You've fallen through the cracks of our quick-fix, one-hour photo, instant oatmeal society.
Bart: What's the answer?
Lisa: Well, this is your chance to develop a new and better identity. May I suggest… good-natured doormat?
Bart: Sounds good, sis. Just tell me what to do. (edit) Edna: The wireless was an invention by Guglielmo Marconi. Who can tell me what his first message was?
Bart: Uh…
Milhouse: I want-a change-a my name!
(Everyone laughs)
Edna: (chuckling) Oh, good one, Milhouse. Anyone else? The first message by wireless?
Bart: It was…
Martin: Our tenth caller will receive tickets to Supertramp!
(everyone laughs) (edit)
(A man whispers something into his ear.)
Groundskeeper Willie: I know it's on! (edit) Troy McClure: You may remember me from such self-help videos as "Smoke Yourself Thin" and "Get Confident, Stupid." (edit) (The Simpsons are watching TV)
Chief: You busted up that crack house pretty bad, McGonigle. Did you really have to break so much furniture?
McGonigle: You tell me, Chief. You had a pretty good view from behind your desk.
Homer: Ah, McGonigle: eases the pain.
Chief: You're off the case, McGonigle!
McGonigle: You're off your case, Chief!
Chief: What does that mean exactly?
Homer: (yelling) It means he gets results, you stupid chief!
Lisa: Dad, sit down.
Homer: Oh, I'm sorry. (edit) Lisa: Ever since that self-help guy came to town, you've lost your identity. You've fallen through the cracks of our quick-fix, one-hour photo, instant oatmeal society.
Bart: What's the answer?
Lisa: Well, this is your chance to develop a new and better identity. May I suggest… good-natured doormat?
Bart: Sounds good, sis. Just tell me what to do. (edit) Edna: The wireless was an invention by Guglielmo Marconi. Who can tell me what his first message was?
Bart: Uh…
Milhouse: I want-a change-a my name!
(Everyone laughs)
Edna: (chuckling) Oh, good one, Milhouse. Anyone else? The first message by wireless?
Bart: It was…
Martin: Our tenth caller will receive tickets to Supertramp!
(everyone laughs) (edit)
The diseases in the Feel Bad Rainbow include ''Motor Mouth'' and ''Uncontrollable Falling Down.''
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Admission to ''Homerland'' is $50.
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Homer reads ''Owning Your Okayness.''
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Krusty lives at 534 Center Street.
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1941
The run away ferris wheel is a reference to Stephen Spielberg's 1979 film 1941. (edit) Gone With The Wind
The kids lying on the ground, after being injured on the trampoline, reference 1939's Gone With The Wind, where at one point the camera shows wounded Confederate soldiers lying in a field. (edit) Groundskeeper Willie: If elected mayor, my first act will be to kill the whole lot of you and burn your town to cinders.
Workman: (Whispering) The mic's on.
Groundskeeper Willie: I know it's on!
During his presidency, Ronald Reagan once said, "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you I have just signed legislation that outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes." Apparently Reagan didn't know the microphone was on when he made this offensive "joke." Willie seems to have committed a similar error at first, but actually he doesn't care if the microphone is on. (edit) The Road Runner Show
Homer pushes the trampoline off a cliff in a desert modeled after the ones seen in Chuck Jones's Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote cartoons. (edit)
The run away ferris wheel is a reference to Stephen Spielberg's 1979 film 1941. (edit) Gone With The Wind
The kids lying on the ground, after being injured on the trampoline, reference 1939's Gone With The Wind, where at one point the camera shows wounded Confederate soldiers lying in a field. (edit) Groundskeeper Willie: If elected mayor, my first act will be to kill the whole lot of you and burn your town to cinders.
Workman: (Whispering) The mic's on.
Groundskeeper Willie: I know it's on!
During his presidency, Ronald Reagan once said, "My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you I have just signed legislation that outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes." Apparently Reagan didn't know the microphone was on when he made this offensive "joke." Willie seems to have committed a similar error at first, but actually he doesn't care if the microphone is on. (edit) The Road Runner Show
Homer pushes the trampoline off a cliff in a desert modeled after the ones seen in Chuck Jones's Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote cartoons. (edit)
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Bart's Inner ChildGreat "Silly" Good episode, but not what we have come to expect from this amazing season... Continue » Posted Jan 22, 2008 5:21 pm PST |
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Bart's Inner ChildSuperb "Above average" another great simpsons episode Continue » Posted Dec 11, 2007 4:35 pm PST |
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Bart's Inner ChildSuperb "A very special episode" Trampampoline!!!! Continue » Posted Feb 3, 2006 4:48 am PST |
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Bart's Inner ChildSuperb "Another great installment" only the simpsons could connect getting a free trampoline to everyone needing to be exactly like you. Continue » Posted Nov 12, 2005 10:32 pm PST |
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Bart's Inner ChildGreat "Exactly why I watch this series" In a world where Bart Simpson is everyone's role model, one little girl will stand up. It's Lisa-- Bart's sister. She thinks it's a bad idea. She's right. Continue » Posted Jul 22, 2005 1:39 pm PST |
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