Another Simpsons Clip Show

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"Another Simpsons Clip Show"
Episode no.	106
Prod. code	2F33
Orig. Airdate	September 25, 1994
Show Runner(s)	David Mirkin
Writer(s)	Penny Wise
Director	David Silverman
Chalkboard	"I will not use abbrev."
Couch gag	The family runs in and sits on the couch, where they get crushed by a Terry Gilliam-esque Monty Python bare foot.
Guest star(s)	Albert Brooks as Jacques; Sara Gilbert as Laura Powers; Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob; Jon Lovitz as Artie Ziff; Michelle Pfeiffer as Mindy Simmons
SNPP capsule
Season 6 September 4, 1994 – May 21, 1995
Bart of Darkness Lisa's Rival Another Simpsons Clip Show Itchy & Scratchy Land Sideshow Bob Roberts Treehouse of Horror V Bart's Girlfriend Lisa on Ice Homer: Bad Man Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy Fear of Flying Homer the Great And Maggie Makes Three Bart's Comet Homie the Clown Bart vs. Australia Homer vs. Patty & Selma A Star is Burns Lisa's Wedding Two Dozen and One Greyhounds The PTA Disbands! 'Round Springfield The Springfield Connection Lemon of Troy Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)
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"Another Simpsons Clip Show" is the third episode of The Simpsons' sixth season.

1 Synopsis
2 Trivia
3 Clips
4 Other clip shows
5 Quotes
6 External links

[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Marge is reading The Bridges of Madison County one night and wakes up Homer to ask if he thinks the romance has gone out of their marriage. He grumbles and throws the book into a fireplace which has appeared in the bedroom (actually the fireplace in the living room that has been seen in a few episodes). Marge grumbles and goes back to sleep.

In the morning, Marge gets the family together to discuss romance, but they can only come up with vignettes from their failed relationships (and in the parents' case, near-extramarital paramours). However, Homer saves the day when he brings up how he and Marge got together (in clips from the second season episode "The Way We Was"). Ultimately, the kids don't care and end up watching Itchy & Scratchy.

[edit] Trivia

The episode was generally forced to be produced by 20th Century Fox who wanted another episode; the credited writer Penny Wise (who was actually Jon Vitti) pokes fun at this (from the phrase "Penny wise, pound foolish"). "Mrs. Wise" would be credited as writing a future clip show, "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular", would credit the director as "Pound Foolish", implying a poke at FOX.
This is the second Simpsons clip show.
Many members of the staff have said that this episode only has 1/3 of new animation.
The blackboard and couch gags are from another episode, and there is a lot of recycled animation instead of new animation throughout the episode, all taking the idea of being a clip show to the extreme.
The magazine that Lisa holds up at the end of the episode is called Non-Threatening Boys (from Radio Bart).
This episode is referenced in Arab Strap's song 'The First Big Weekend', described as "a really good episode about love always ending in tragedy, except of course for Marge and Homer"

[edit] Clips

The clips and the episodes they appeared in, in order of appearance in the clip show:

"New Kid on the Block": Homer searches for his hot dog while lounging in the kiddie pool
"Dog of Death": The book falling into the fireplace is directly lifted from this episode; in the original episode, the book that landed in the fireplace was The Lottery
"Homer the Heretic": The Itchy and Scratchy cartoon "Flay Me to the Moon"
"Bart's Friend Falls in Love": "Fuzzy Bunny's Guide to You-Know-What"
"I Love Lisa": Ned serenading Maude with his reworked version of Rod Stewart's "Do You Think I'm Sexy?"
"Marge Gets a Job": Smithers dreams about Mr. Burns flying in through the window
Montage of prank calls to Moe: Al Coholic ("Some Enchanted Evening"), Jacques Strap ("Moaning Lisa"), I.P. Freeley ("Homer's Odyssey"), Seymour Butts ("One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish"), Homer Sexual ("Principal Charming"), Mike Rotch ("Blood Feud"), Amanda Huggenkiss ("New Kid on the Block"), Hugh Jass ("Flaming Moe's"), Ivana Tinkle ("New Kid on the Block"), I'm a Stupid Moron With an Ugly Face and a Big Butt and My Butt Smells and I Like to Kiss My Own Butt ("Treehouse of Horror II")
Montage of Homer's "mmm..." lines: mmm... chocolate ("So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show"); mmm... invisible cola ("Marge on the Lam"); mmm... forbidden donut ("Treehouse of Horror IV"); mmm... sacrilicious ("Homer Loves Flanders"), mmm... snouts ("Dog of Death"); mmm... free goo ("Boy-Scoutz N the Hood"); mmm... something (new).
"Homer Loves Flanders": Homer kissing Ned repeatedly at the Springfield Atoms football game
"Life on the Fast Lane": Marge explains her near-affair with Jacques
"The Last Temptation of Homer": Homer explains his near-affair with Mindy Simmons
"I Love Lisa": Lisa explains Ralph Wiggum's crush on her
"New Kid on the Block": Bart explains his crush on Laura Powers
"Black Widower": Sideshow Bob rubbing Selma's feet, muttering, "Soon I will kill you."
"Lady Bouvier's Lover": Grampa runs in on Mrs. Bouvier's and Mr. Burns' wedding
"The Way We Was": Homer finally finds a story about love that doesn't end in heartbreak: how he began his relationship with Marge
Montage of Homer and Marge kissing: "Homer's Night Out", "Bart Gets Hit by a Car", "Simpson and Delilah", "I Married Marge" (two clips from this episode), "A Streetcar Named Marge"
One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish- many of the scenes of the Simpsons eating are taken from the episode's dinner table scene with new dialouge added in.
Krusty Gets Busted-The scene of the Simpson kids watching Itchy and Scratchy at the beginning is taken from that show.

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[edit] Quotes

Bart and Lisa are watching Itchy and Scratchy. Marge enters. (reused footage from earlier episode)
Marge: How many times can you laugh at that cat getting hit by the moon?
Bart: It's a new episode.
Lisa: Not exactly. They pieced it together from old shows, but it seems new to the trusting eyes of impressionable youth.
Bart: (switches to new footage) Really?
Lisa: Ren and Stimpy do it all the time.
Marge: Yes, they do, and when was the last time you heard anyone talk about Ren and Stimpy?
Lisa: Mom, romance is dead. It was acquired by Hallmark and Disney in a hostile takeover, homogenized, and sold off piece by piece.