18:28. Also, I honestly think the movie marks an important turning point in the series, as the quality of Simpsons episode began gradually improving from this point forward, recovering from their season 13-18 (or whatever) dip. [2] Also a nod to American Graffiti, The Beach Boys song "All Summer Long" plays during the credits. Day 8: Catch ‘Em If You Can – S15E18 (Thurs, 8/28 @ 7:00am ET). Yes, it’s another camp one, and yes, it’s a play on “How I Spent My Summer Vacation,” but fantasy camp isn’t quite the same thing, and there’s no indication of the actual time of year. [2][4] The Mystery Date board game that the family is forced to play is an actual Milton Bradley Company board game from the 1960s. It was intended to be the season premiere, but "Treehouse of Horror XIII" was moved ahead for Halloween.This episode was heavily promoted due to its list of high-profile guest stars, and is the last episode written by Mike Scully. So I’ll totally admit this is a bit of a cop-out. Bart tries to sabotage his sister's newfound acceptance, but fails. Bart vs. Australia; Kamp Krusty; Summer of 4 Ft. 2; Brush with Greatness; The Call of the Simpsons; The Boys of Bummer; ... Simpsons Wiki is a FANDOM TV Community. (So if you end up watching the entire marathon, don’t turn it off one episode shy of the finale because of what I said.). Now that it’s been on the air for 30 seasons, with the 31st currently airing, The Simpsons has officially become the longest-running primetime series in the history of American television. ... A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas December 13, 2020. In the episode, Bart breaks his leg and becomes increasingly isolated in his room. This Citizen Kane homage gets into the backstory of Mr. Burns, recalling his beloved childhood teddy bear, Bobo, that he discarded in exchange for ascension to a life of wealth — and his lifelong quest to recover the treasured object. There are extensive historical references as Bobo’s journey is traced from Mr. Burns through the hands of Adolf Hitler and an expedit… The episode was the second highest-rated show on the Fox network that week (tied with Melrose Place and Married... with Children), following The X-Files. For the rest of us, it’s just that time of year in which we get sweaty on the way to work. "[8], Jennifer Malkowski of DVD Verdict considered the best parts of the episode to be the scenes that feature Milhouse, particularly his yearbook message to Lisa and the scene with the Mystery Date board game. Apologies to: “Saturdays of Thunder” – S3E9 (@ 7:30am ET), Day 3: “Bart of Darkness” – S6E1 (Sat, 8/23 @ 1:30pm ET), Another episode on the Top 25 List, this one could easily give “Kamp Krusty” a run for its money if this were a ranked list. After realizing how unpopular she is, a disillusioned Lisa sees the vacation to Ned Flanders' beach house as an opportunity to reinvent herself. Watch them poke some gentle fun as the scenes are shot during blazing summer weather, and tune it for the entire episode on December 13. "[5], Dave Foster of DVD Times praised the episode and said: "The episode is quite simply my favourite Lisa episode regardless of season. That’s a Canadian holiday which falls in July, as Springfield passes for Canada passing for small-town America in The Simpsons season 32, episode 10. Episodes The Simpsons: A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas (S32EP10 FOX Sun 13 Dec 2020) Published. Gonzo Green has 884 posts and counting. Stream full episodes online & watch live Sundays at 8/7c! First of Three All-New Holiday-Themed Episodes Airing Tonight on FOX! In the episode, the Simpson family stay in Ned Flanders' beach house. Category page. Marge: Come on, Homer. “Summer of 4 Ft. 2” The last episode of the seventh season, the story here involves a family trek to the beach. Apologies to: “Bart Carny” – S9E12 (@ 8:30am ET), “Wild Barts Can’t Be Broken” – S10E11 (@ 8:30pm ET), Day 6: “E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)” – S11E5 (Tues, 8/26 @ 5:00am ET). ADVERTISEMENT. 01-04-21 • TV-14 DLSV • 22m • • • S32 E10 A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas. The Simpsons stars Dan Castellaneta as Homer J. Simpson, Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson and Dan Castellaneta (delete) as Homer Simpson. ... "A Springfield Summer … They played several board games when they were there, which gave them the idea to have to the Simpson family play the Mystery Date board game in the episode. (Okay, maybe there are a few left.). But it is what it is. What better way to celebrate nice weather & fresh air than an episode that takes place on ol’ Rural Route 9? The Simpsons have touched on a countless number of subjects throughout their many glorious years, with different types of episodes for different likes, moods, and times of year. There’s also a Fourth of July theme as well, so if you don’t think this episode belongs on the list, you’re un-American. Check your local listings, and don’t send me angry emails and tweets if you miss an episode because the scheduling is off. How I Spent My Strummer Vacation “My dream has been shattered into shards of a broken dream!” Homer Simpson "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" is the second episode of Season 14 (originally going to be the season finale episode for season 13). [6], Since airing, the episode has received positive reviews from television critics. Homer gets in trouble after a glove-slapping spree, has to flee from a southern colonel to avoid a duel, moves back into his family’s old farmhouse, and uses radioactive plutonium to grow crops that turn out to be a tomato-tobacco hybrid which he dubs ToMacco. She only got them by copying me.” Bart Simpson "Summer of 4 Ft. 2" is the twenty-fifth and final episode of Season 7. After the carnival, Lisa returns to the beach house to find her friends decorating the Simpsons' car with seashells in her honor. Luckily for “A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again,” the story had both humor and meaning. Summer of 4'2" (19 May 1996) TV Episode | TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy. Lisa succeeds in making friends by acting detached and hiding her intelligence. (And a spider pig.) I’ll be blunt here. 18:28. I think about it every time I swim, as well as every St. Swithins Day. The FXX cable channel wrapped up its airing of all 25 seasons of “The Simpsons” at midnight on Labor Day. The episode guest stars Christina Ricci, who recorded her lines over the phone instead of going into the studio. Her disappointment grows when she sees students lining up to get Bart's signature. The Simpsons Funniest Moments #best simpsons Es, tv 2017 & 2018. For some, that makes her something of a killjoy, a too-rational counterpoint to Springfield’s broader comic insanity. "Granted, it makes [Bart] a little too mean, but it's entertaining", he added. Lisa runs away from Bart and her new friends crying. Throw in a Flanders plotline (and one the show’s biggest mystery stories, save “Who Shot Mr. Burns”) and an ode to Rear Window (one of the best films by one of the best directors of all time) and you can’t lose. “That’s not a knife,” “Bart Vs. Australia” says … But the most recent seasons have still featured some fantastic episodes that are just as good as anything from the show's classic era. (Note: Not a guarantee. Funny, warm, and had a solid plot. The Simpsons, Sundays, 8/7c, Fox. This episode is about a Hallmark style company coming to Springfield during the summer to shoot a Christmas movie. The Simpsons stars Dan Castellaneta as Homer J. Simpson, Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson and Dan Castellaneta (delete) as Homer Simpson. They explain that she need not feign being "cool" because they like her for her true self. (Who knew I was so attached to a fictional cartoon girl’s saxophone?) Summer of 4 Ft. 2 “Let Lisa be alone with her new friends.” Marge Simpson “They're my friends rightfully. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on September 24, 1992. TVGuide has every full episode so you can stay-up-to-date and watch your favorite show The Simpsons anytime, anywhere. There are extensive historical references as Bobo’s journey is traced from Mr. Burns through the hands of Adolf Hitler and an expedit… Look, no one said picking the best episodes out of the more recent seasons would be easy, especially with the added qualification that they must be summer related. It had frequent laughs throughout, lots of retro reference jokes, and some real emotion. Entertainment & Entertainment. The Simpsons has been on the air for over thirty years, churning out some of the most iconic pieces of American television comedy ever. ... "A Springfield Summer … During summer vacation, the children of Springfield attend Kamp Krusty, a summer camp named after Krusty the Clown.The camp is extremely unpleasant, leading to the campers rebelling against the camp director. “Summer Of 4 Ft. 2” (season seven, episode 25; originally aired 5/19/1996) In which Lisa changes shells… Lisa’s role on The Simpsons is a natural fit for episodes where the writers want to ground the show in emotional reality. Also, the air times for each episode should be accurate, but its not a sure thing. [9], Voice actress Yeardley Smith has cited the episode as one of her favorite Simpsons episodes of all time. "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" is the second episode of The Simpsons' fourteenth season. The Simpsons Episodes (10) S32 E11 The Dad-Feelings Limited. There definitely hasn’t been one as good since. There’s nothing celebrity-like in the superstars’ roles, and no simple cameos either. Added to Watchlist. Maxx. Personally, I was always tricked by my parents into going a seemingly fun place that turned out to be some lame dog & pony act (much like Kamp Krusty) or a bible camp in disguise (paging Counselor Flanders…). 0.0 / 5.0 1 [2] David Silverman, one of the show's animators, particularly liked the episode because he thought it captured the feeling of being on summer vacation. The Simpsons just intentionally released their most predictable and contrived episode ever. The Simpsons Season 32 Episode 10: A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas Summary: A cable channel films a Christmas movie in Springfield and Skinner falls in love. And oh yeah, Springfield goes through its worst heat wave since “four billion years ago when the Earth was just a ball of molten lava.” So yeah, it’s a summer episode. “Summer of 4 Ft 2” is the perfect Simpsons episode to watch on the Fourth of July. Watch them poke some gentle fun as the scenes are shot during blazing summer weather, and tune it for the entire episode on December 13. The Simpsons marathon kicks off Thursday, August 21 (today!) The episode features cultural references to the George Lucas film American Graffiti, Pippi Longstocking, The New Yorker character Eustace Tilley, and Alice and The Hatter from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. THE SIMPSONS The Simpsons cartoon for kids The Simpsons New Episode (part 3) Owendarwin. On The Simpsons Season 32 Episode 11, Comic book guy and his wife, Kumiko, debate whether or not to have a baby and we learn his awesome origin story. [4] The animators looked at Cape Cod photographs to get inspiration for the episode, and one of the show's background designers, Lance Wilder, grew up in that area. The episode was written by Dan Greaney and directed by Mark Kirkland. To clarify, these aren’t necessarily the best episodes to air each day, and they aren’t necessarily the most summer-y episode to air each day, but instead a combination of the two: the best of all the summer-related episodes. With Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith. Like any show that's gone on for decades, though, it's understandable if someone fell off the show after a point. From calm to cool and fiercely aggressive, we've rarely seen Lisa so enticing as we do here, and the episode's many elements including the side stories for the other family members culminate in one of the finest this season has to offer. (Even if it didn’t seem that way to Lisa.). It’s funny and it’s sweet and it has emotional depth to it. Bart exacts revenge by showing Lisa's yearbook to her new friends, exposing her as a smart overachiever. From the jokes about the features on Flanders’ well-equipped vehicle, to the sad state of Homer’s ride, the digs about his poor credit), some Bigfoot gags, and a solid acting performance by veteran comic Al Brooks, this episode had ample laughs, and ended up being one of the first legitimately funny installments from start to finish. It feels like summer vacation. Plus, we’ve covered summer camp & backyard swimming pools already, so what possible plots are left other than family vacations? Your source for the latest in adult animation news, reviews, previews, podcasts, fan culture, and features. I’d also be remiss not to mentioned Homer’s obvious lack of survival knowledge, including one of Chef Rich’s all-time favorite laughs on the show: the rabbit trap that launches the Simpson Family’s potential meal clear into the next county. Apologies to: “The Seemingly Never-Ending Story” – S17E13 (@ 2:00am ET), “The Boys of Bummer” – S18E18 (@ 3:30pm ET), Day 10: “Dangerous Curves” – S20E5 (Sat, 8/30 @ 8:00am ET). Besides, “Catch ‘Em If You Can” has one of the better animated sequences in the show’s history (that of the Catch Me If You Can chase segment spoof) and for a show that only vaguely alluded to sex in the past, it was actually blatant this time around, and totally pulled it off. Springfield is in its typical moderate climate, yet Ohio (Homer & Marge’s unfortunate destination for an elder relative’s birthday) is apparently both very cold and prone to tornadoes. You might as well just celebrate Bastille Day. Does all this make it more summer-y? In a 2010 episode of The Simpsons, a “secret conclave of America’s media empires” releases a deadly virus to “put Americans back where they belong: In dark rooms, glued to their televisions, too terrified to skip the commercials”. However, it starts on a Fourth of July trip to a cabin in the woods, and ties in a backstory to that same cabin, making it undoubtedly the most summer-y episode of both the season and the day in which it will air. Many of the writers of The Simpsons spent time on Cape Cod so they decided to model the new locations on it. This episode was not only loaded with jokes and hilarious lines (in fact, it made our Top 25 Episodes of All Time list) but it obviously featured plenty of Krusty, one of the show’s best characters, and had a couple songs as well. It makes for something unexpected from TV’s longest-running scripted series while making fun of everything that Hallmark holiday movies are about. By the way, this is also one of the first episodes that matched up Bart & Lisa with realistic, non-cartoony kids. Lisa decides to take the chance to reinvent herself for the local kids in the beach town, … It ends 12 days later, on September 1st, at midnight. 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