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The Simpsons: Lisa's First Word

 

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9.2 Superb
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Air Date

Thursday December 3, 1992

Production Code

9F08

Episode Summary

As the family gathers around Maggie and tries to encourage her to say her first word, Marge reminisces and tells the story of Lisa's first word.

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    10 Perfect

    Daddy hide show

    The family tries to get Maggie to talk, so in flashbacks, we see Bart's first word was "Ay carumba!" when seeing Marge and Homer snuggling, and we are told in a long flashback that Lisa's first word was none other then Bart. Homer wanted it to be Daddy but it wasn't. After the flashbacks Homer puts Maggie to bed, saying how it is OK she doesn't talk yet. When he walks out she says "Daddy".

    A very good episode, full of hilarious scenes and the end is one of my all-time favorites, very emotional way to end the episode, it didn't feel tacked on emotion but genuine emotion

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    9.9 Superb

    Very emotional to be a Simpsons episode; all fathers and children should see this very touching and heart-warming episode... hide show

    While trying to get Maggie to say her first words, Marge tells Bart and Lisa about what they were like as babies. In flashback, we see that Bart's first words were "aye carumba." When Lisa was born, Homer hoped that her first word would be "daddy," but instead she said "Bart," which always secretly broke Homer's heart. Back in the present, as Homer puts Maggie to bed, he tells her that it's okay that she doesn't speak yet. Just then, she looks up at him and says the word he's been waiting to hear, "Daddy." A very touching episode to say the least all Father's and Children should see this very emotional Simpsons episode...

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    Love it! hide show

    I absolutely love this episode! In this episode they talk about what Lisa's first word was! (which was Bart by the way) Bart being a baby was hilarious! He was like storming through the house going "Everybody loves me!" and Barts first word was "aye carumba!" the reason he said it was funny. (if you watched this episode you would know!) funny, funny, funny. and it showed where bart watched his first itchy and scratchy cartoon! it was the one where scratchy was getting ready to run track and itchy nailed his tail to the ground! that was really funny. this episdoe was hilarious!

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    9.6 Superb

    Bart a baby! hide show

    This episode is about Homer and Marge trying to teach Maggie her first words. Then they start telling stories about their earlier years before Maggie was born and we see Homer with a full head of hair and lisa and Bart as babies and we figure out Bart had a bed he was afraid of , Bart hates lisa as a baby, Bart's first words were Hey curamba, Lisa's first words were Bart, and Maggie's first word was daddy. I thought was a very good episode because I like the Simpsons when they were young. I really liked this episode.

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    10 Perfect

    WOW! Lisa is a baby. hide show

    Lisa's First Word.

    I like this show. Bart is a toddler. Lisa is a baby. Lisa cried. Bart is one year. This episode centers around Lisa. She is so so so cute. Her skin is soft. She grew now. She is now 9. I can't wait to see it again. Do you want to see Baby Lisa?
    Watch it.

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  • Ned Flanders is spotted wearing a "I Love Webster" t-shirt. []
  • The headline in the newspaper from Lisa's birth ("Mondale to Hart: Where's the Beef?") indicates that she was born on March 12, 1984, the day after the infamous comment was made during a primary debate. []
  • Dr. Hibbert gave Bart a Rubella innoculation. []
More Trivia
  • Itchy & Scratchy: "100 Yard Gash"
    The scene is at an Olympic games. A fanfare is heard, and then the theme for Chariots of Fire begins playing. Scratchy is participating in the 100-Yard Dash event. Itchy nails Scratchy's skin to the floor. Scratchy takes off skinless and wins the race. Later, his skeleton is shown on a Wheaties box.
    []
  • Although Elizabeth Taylor does Maggie's voice in this episode, Nancy Cartwright usually does Maggie's voice in other episodes. []
  • When the Simpsons first appeared as a television series, Whoopi Goldberg. made it known that she wanted to do Maggie's voice when she got one; however that honor went to her friend Elizabeth Taylor. []
More Notes
  • Homer: Can you say Daddy?
    Baby Lisa: Homer.
    Homer: No sweetie, Daddy.
    (Pause)
    Baby Lisa: Homer.
    Homer: D'oh! []
  • Homer: Dad, I have a problem.
    Grampa: Why did you come to me? I don't know nothin'. I used to get by on my looks. Now they're gone... withered away like an old piece of fruit. (Sobs)
    Homer: Are you done?
    Grampa: No, not yet! I was voted the handsomest boy in Albany, New York!
    Homer: Dad, I don't need advice! I need 15,000 dollars to buy a home!
    Grampa: Oh, well. All I own is this house, that I built with my own two hands!
    Homer: You didn't build this house! You won it on a crooked 50's game show!
    Grampa: I ratted on everybody and got off scott free! []
  • Flanders: (holding baby Lisa) Hi-dee-ho, Simpson. Your son shoved this through our doggy door. And since we're returning your second-born, do you think you could see your way to returning my TV tr--
    (Homer takes Lisa and slams the door in Flanders' face) []
More Quotes
  • Where's the Beef: The newspaper from Lisa's birth references Walter Mondale's attack on Gary Hart during the 1984 presidential primary. The phrase was taken from a famous Wendy's commercial that featured an old lady screaming "Where's the beef?" when looking at the burgers made by rival fast food chains. []
  • Dr. Hibbert: (examining Lisa) She has the reflexes of a young Mary Lou Retton.
    American gymnast Mary Lou Retton won an Olympic gold medal in 1984 (the year this episode takes place). Although Dr. Hibbert couldn't have known this at the time, Lisa actually has a gift for gymnastics too, as we learn in the episode "Little Girl In The Big Ten." []
  • Kent Brockman: . . . Korean gymnast Kim Kwan, who made a perfect landing on what was later revealed to be a broken leg.
    In the 1976 Summer Olympics, Japanese gymnast Shun Fujimoto made a perfect dismount from the rings even though he had broken his knee during the earlier floor exercise. He didn't finish the rest of the events, but the rest of his team performed well and won the gold medal. []
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