The Simpsons: Season 7 (1995-1996)
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Season 7 contains a number of fascinating, experimental episodes that find the creative staff trying to break new ground. "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" has fictional C-list actor Troy McClure (voice of Phil Hartman) giving viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the show. "Treehouse of Horror VI" contains a segment where Homer gets trapped in an alternate dimension, which is depicted via CG animation. And "22 Short Films About Springfield" is a series of vignettes focusing on the show's
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Who Shot Mr. Burns?
Waylon Smithers (voice of Harry Shearer) awakes with a brutal hangover, convinced that in a drunken haze he attempted to kill C. Montgomery Burns (also voiced by Shearer), his employer, mentor, and secret love. However, after being taken in by the police, it's discovered that Smithers actually shot elderly eccentric Jasper (also voiced by Shearer) in his wooden leg. So who did attempt to take Mr. Burns' life? Jazz great Tito Puente (who provides his own voice) is let off the hook after he reveals his own revenge against Burns in the form of a "slanderous mambo," and all eyes turn to the Simpson family when a test of the bullet reveals evidence of the family's DNA. The likely suspects appear to be Homer (voice of Dan Castellaneta), enraged that Burns could not remember his name; Lisa (voice of Yeardley Smith), angry that Puente lost his teaching position after Burns stole oil reserves from the local elementary school; and Bart (voice of Nancy Cartwright), who pledged to get revenge after Burns' oil put his dog in the animal hospital. Burns finally comes to his senses and reveals that a member of the Simpson family did indeed shoot him -- but not the one anyone expected. Answering the questions raised by the cliffhanging Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part One), which closed out the sixth season of The Simpsons, "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)" kicked off season seven when it first aired on September 17, 1995.
Radioactive Man
Hollywood moguls and comic book fans everywhere are abuzz over the news that Radioactive Man is to be adapted into a major motion picture, and observers are surprised by two bits of news concerning the project -- Teutonic action star Rainier Wolfcastle (voice of Harry Shearer) has been cast in the title role, and the producers have chosen to shoot the entire film on location in Springfield. Bart Simpson (voice of Nancy Cartwright), an ardent Radioactive Man fan, hears there will be an open call to find a young actor to play youthful sidekick "Fallout Boy," and considers himself a cinch to win the role. However, the part instead goes to Bart's close friend Milhouse (voice of Pamela Hayden), who isn't even certain he wants it. Milhouse's dissatisfaction with his new stardom grows, and one day he disappears; Bart sets out to find him and convince him not to pass up the chance of a lifetime. Meanwhile, Mayor Quimby (voice of Dan Castellaneta) busies himself by creating a wide variety of new taxes to levy against the film's production team. "Radioactive Man" also features a cameo by Mickey Rooney, who plays himself trying to convince Milhouse to finish the film; the episode first aired on September 24, 1995.
Home Sweet Home-Dum-Diddly-Doodly
Innocent mishaps draw the attention of investigators, who put the Simpson kids in a foster home---the Flanders'. Voices include Harry Shearer, Pamela Hayden, Maggie Roswell, Nancy Cartwright.
Bart Sells His Soul
After Bart (voice of Nancy Cartwright) is kept after Sunday school as punishment for tricking the congregation into singing "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida," and Milhouse (voice of Pamela Hayden) is also kept behind for squealing on his friend, the boys have a debate about the nature of the soul. Ever the skeptic, Bart offers to sell his soul to Milhouse for five bucks, and Milhouse takes him up on the offer. Before long, however, Bart gets the sinking feeling that he has made a big mistake, and he asks Milhouse for his soul back, only to discover that Milhouse has shrewdly raised the price to $50. Elsewhere, local barkeep Moe (voice of Hank Azaria) decides that running a "dank pit" isn't bringing in the business it once did, and decides to turn his tavern into a family style restaurant, Uncle Moe's Family Feedbag, which may not be a good business decision for a cranky guy with a short temper who loathes the sound of children's laughter. "Bart Sells His Soul" first aired on October 8, 1995.
Lisa the Vegetarian
During a visit to a petting zoo, Lisa Simpson (voice of Yeardley Smith) makes friends with a baby lamb, and suffers a crisis of conscience that evening when her mother, Marge (voice of Julie Kavner), serves lamb chops for dinner. Lisa decides she can no longer morally accept eating animals, and becomes a vegetarian, which doesn't go over especially well with her father, noted pork enthusiast Homer Simpson (voice of Dan Castellaneta). When Homer decides to throw a big barbecue to spite his neighbor Ned Flanders (voice of Harry Shearer), Lisa tries to convince him to make it a vegetarian cookout, but Homer isn't about to give up meat for his shindig. When Lisa liberates the roast pig that was to be the main course at the barbecue, Lisa and Homer have a major falling out, but she soon discovers another passionate vegetarian in Springfield -- convenience store magnate Apu (voice of Hank Azaria) -- who introduces Lisa to his longtime friends Paul and Linda McCartney (who provide their own voices) while passing along a lesson about tolerance. "Lisa the Vegetarian" also featured a guest appearance by Phil Hartman as Troy McClure, who narrates the educational film ''Meat and You: Partners in Freedom." Paul McCartney's appearance made him the last of the surviving Beatles to pop up on the show, appropriately in an episode which championed one of his favorite causes, vegetarianism. It first aired on October 15, 1995.
Treehouse of Horror VI
Halloween 1996: Homer tumbles into another dimension in a story spun off "The Twilight Zone"; Paul Anka helps combat the "Attack of the 50-Foot Eyesores"; and Groundskeeper Willie appears in a spoof of "A Nightmare on Elm Street."
King-Size Homer
Homer purposely gains weight to qualify for disability, disdaining Marge's complaints and the fact that she's losing interest in him physically. Voices: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Harry Shearer.
Mother Simpson
Rather than participate in a litter-cleanup program sponsored by the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, Homer Simpson (voice of Dan Castellaneta) decides to fake his own death so he can spend his weekend loafing in a hammock. Marge (voice of Julie Kavner), however, doesn't think much of Homer's little scam, and orders him to inform the authorities that they've issued a death certificate to a man who's still alive. However, while ironing out the paperwork, Homer learns his mother is still alive and wanted by the law, even though Grampa (also voiced by Castellaneta) told him years ago she'd passed on. Homer finds his Mother (voice of Glenn Close) visiting his grave, and discovers she's been a fugitive for close to 20 years. After being immediately radicalized by the sight of Joe Namath's sideburns, Mother went back to college and fell in with a group of revolutionary activists who destroyed a germ warfare lab sponsored by C. Montgomery Burns (voice of Harry Shearer) with powerful antibiotic gas. Mother soon discovers Burns hasn't forgotten what she did, and she quickly finds herself being hounded by the Springfield police once again. "Mother Simpson" first aired on November 19, 1995.
Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming
Children's entertainer turned criminal genius Sideshow Bob (voice of Kelsey Grammer) has come to the belated conclusion that television and its ruinous effect on our culture is to blame for his problems, and while cleaning up trash at an Air Force base in Springfield shortly before an air show is to begin, he decides to take dramatic action against the idiot box. After outwitting Col. Leslie "Hap" Hapablap (voice of R. Lee Ermey) and his underlings, Sideshow Bob is able to take over a hangar where a number of old nuclear warheads are being stored, and he holds Springfield at ransom, demanding that all television broadcasting be halted or he'll blow up the city. The Simpsons are on hand to attend the air show, and Bart (voice of Nancy Cartwright) and Lisa (voice of Yeardley Smith) are separated from Homer (voice of Dan Castellaneta) and Marge (voice of Julie Kavner) in the confusion, and as a result Bart and Lisa are soon attempting to foil Sideshow Bob's mad schemes. Meanwhile, Krusty the Clown (voice of Dan Castellaneta), realizing he'd have the airwaves all to himself, commandeers an Emergency Broadcasting System booth and beings offers round-the-clock minimalist comedy. "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" was first broadcast on November 26, 1995.
The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular!
Troy McClure hosts a retrospective featuring Simpsons history and trivia, and series "outtakes," including an alternate ending to the "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" episode and a burping contest between Barney and baseball's Wade Boggs.
Marge Be Not Proud
Video game enthusiast Bart Simpson (voice of Nancy Cartwright) has heard the hype about Bonestorm, the newest and most violent video game on the market, but while seemingly everyone around him has a copy of the game, he hasn't been able to try it himself, and Homer (voice of Dan Castellaneta) and Marge (voice of Julie Kavner) are not favorably disposed toward buying him a copy. One day, Bart is looking at the video game software at the Try-N-Save discount store, and discovers someone has left the display case unlocked. Bart grabs a copy of Bonestorm and tries to sneak out with it, but the store's chief of security, Don Brodka (voice of Lawrence Tierney) catches him before he can leave the store. Brodka ends up letting Bart go, but under the condition that he never enter the store again. Bart thinks he's dodged a bullet until a couple days later, when the Simpsons get all dressed up for their annual Christmas portrait...and Bart learns they're going to the photo studio at Try-N-Save. Brodka spots Bart and kicks him out while their photos are being taken, and while he figures his folks will read him the riot act, Marge's reaction is much more troubling -- she seems to have given up on her son, and Bart thinks he may have finally crossed the line where his mom can no longer love him anymore. "Marge Be Not Proud" first aired on December 17, 1995
Team Homer
Homer Simpson (voice of Dan Castellaneta) is a man with a well-documented love of bowling, but he's never managed to score a place on a bowling league. Homer wants to start a team of his own, but discovers the fee to enter into league competition is 500 dollars, which is more than he can afford. One day, Homer works up his courage and asks his boss, aging energy tycoon C. Montgomery Burns (voice of Harry Shearer), to sponsor the team; Burns, doped up on ether to withstand the pain of having his nails trimmed, imagines that Homer is the Pillsbury Doughboy, and eagerly cuts him a check. Soon Homer has formed the "Pin Pals" with Apu (voice of Hank Azaria), Moe (also voiced by Azaria) and Otto (voice of Harry Shearer), and with friendship and teamwork as their watchwords, the team begins winning games and moving into the championships. However, a spanner is thrown into the works when Burns discovers he sponsored the bowling team while under the influence, and he gives Homer and ultimatum -- either give the money back, or let Burns play on the league instead of Otto. "Team Homer" first aired on January 6, 1996.
Two Bad Neighbors
Just as Homer Simpson (voice of Dan Castellaneta) has convinced himself he's the most popular guy in the neighborhood when he mans the microphone and moves much merchandise at a neighborhood garage sale, he discovers he has new competition as top dog in Springfield when former president George Bush (voice of Harry Shearer) moves in across the street. Homer and George don't quite hit it off, though Marge (voice of Julie Kavner) gets along just fine with one-time First Lady Barbara (voice of Maggie Roswell); the real trouble, though, comes when Bart (voice of Nancy Cartwright) starts showing up at the Bush household uninvited, usually causing trouble. One day, Bart accidentally destroys the manuscript to George's just-completed memoirs with an outboard motor, and George angrily gives the boy a spanking. Homer is outraged that Bush has taken away his "right to raise a disobedient, smart-aleky son," and soon it's all-out war between Homer and the former president. Meanwhile, Springfield Elementary School institutes a policy forcing the students to wear uniforms, and soon the kids are so mired in conformity that they begin blinking in unison. "Two Bad Neighbors" first aired on January 14, 1996; it also marked one of the very few times that a celebrity who was a significant character on the show did not provide his or her own voice (though given the numerous jokes at George Bush's expense, it's no great surprise he didn't participate in this episode).
Scenes From the Class Struggle in Springfield
Marge's new designer suit nets her an invitation to the Springfield Country Club, where she finds it's a stress to dress to impress. Meanwhile, "natural" golfer Homer hits the links with Mr. Burns.
Bart the Fink
After a distant relative dies, the Simpsons discover they've each been bequeathed 100 dollars, and Bart (voice of Nancy Cartwright) and Lisa (voice of Yeardley Smith) open their first bank accounts. Lisa, ever the sensible one, opens an interest-bearing savings account, while Bart opts for a checking account, doubtless prompted by the offer of custom checks which form an animated flipbook of the crash of the Hindenburg . One day, as Bart and his friend Milhouse (voice of Pamela Hayden) wait in line to get an autograph from unscrupulous children's entertainer Krusty the Clown (voice of Dan Castellaneta), Bart gets a brainstorm -- he'll slip a check for 25 cents into Krusty's pocket, and when Krusty endorses it, he'll have his signature. However, when Bart gets his canceled checks, he discovers it was merely stamped for deposit into a holding company's account in the Cayman Islands. When Bart goes to his bank to complain, he inadvertently starts an investigation that leads to Krusty being arrested for tax fraud. After the IRS seizes Krusty's property, takes over his TV show, and even claims ownership of the Krusty Burger franchise, Krusty falls into a deep depression, and one evening he crashes his private plane into a mountain. Krusty's death comes as a tremendous blow to Bart, and his friends and family wonder if he might be starting to imagine things when he reports he's seen Krusty alive and well on the streets of Springfield. "Bart the Fink" also features a guest appearance by Bob Newhart, who is roped into giving a eulogy at Krusty's funeral; the episode first aired on February 11, 1996.
Lisa the Iconoclast
The City of Springfield is soon to celebrate its bicentennial, and nearly all of the citizens are embracing a newfound local patriotism. Homer Simpson (voice of Dan Castellaneta) puts his natural boisterousness to good use as the town crier in the town's historical pageant, and Lisa (voice of Yeardley Smith) has decided to write an essay for school on the town's founder, Jebediah Springfield. However, while doing research at the Springfield Historical Society Museum, Lisa discovers a document which proves Jebediah Springfield was actually a bloodthirsty pirate with an artificial tongue named Hans Sprungfeld. However, city officials do not eagerly embrace this news, and Hollis Hurlbut (voice of Donald Sutherland), president of the Historical Society, declares that Lisa is a fraud. Homer, however, believes that his daughter speaks the truth, and uses his new credibility as Town Crier to give her a chance to prove her story is true. "Lisa the Iconoclast" first aired on February 18, 1996.
Homer the Smithers
Waylon Smithers (voice of Harry Shearer) has always taken his career as a bootlicking toady to aging energy despot C. Montgomery Burns (also voiced by Shearer) very seriously indeed, but Burns is convinced Smithers is starting to fray under the pressure, and demands that his assistant take a well-earned vacation. Insecure Smithers wants to make sure he'll still have a job when he comes back, so he chooses Homer Simpson (voice of Dan Castellaneta) to take his place. Homer proves every bit as incompetent as Smithers expected, but when Homer punches Burns after one insult too many, Burns dismisses Homer and is forced to perform any number of mundane tasks by himself. Burns becomes quite enthusiastic about his new sense of independence, and when Smithers returns, Burns decides he no longer needs his help and fires him. Smithers' attempts to land a new job are little short of disastrous, and Homer tries to help him convince Burns that he truly needs his help, but their schemes keep backfiring, making Burns all the more certain he can take care of himself. "Homer the Smithers" first aired on February 25, 1996.
The Day the Violence Died
Bart wants justice done after learning that the animator (voice of Kirk Douglas) who created Itchy was ripped off. Lionel Hutz takes the animator's case. Other voices: William Hickey, Alex Rocco, Suzanne Somers.
A Fish Called Selma
Former second-string movie star and current demi-celebrity for hire Troy McClure (voice of Phil Hartman) is making his way home one night when he's pulled over for driving without his glasses. McClure needs to retake his vision test before his license will be restored, but since he's too vain to wear his specs in public, the results are not especially good. However, Selma Bouvier (voice of Julie Kavner) is charmed by McClure and agrees to give him a passing grade in exchange for a date. After dinner, a photographer spots McClure and snaps his picture with Selma; the picture is published in the "Springfield Shopper," and turns out to be one of the first bits of positive publicity Troy has received since widespread allegation of his bizarre sexual attraction to fish tarnished his career years before. McClure's agent, MacArthur Parker (voice of Jeff Goldblum), informs his client that he might be able to get him work again if he's seen with human females on a regular basis, and Troy soon asks for Selma's hand in marriage. However, the night before the wedding, Troy confesses to his soon-to-be brother-in-law, Homer Simpson (voice of Dan Castellaneta), that he's only marrying Selma to kick start his career. When word of this gets back to Selma's sisters, Marge and Patty (both voiced by Julie Kavner), they both urge her to get out of her sham marriage before it's too late. However, Selma has come to enjoy the life of semi-fame, and is willing to go along with the charade until Troy mentions his agent's latest advice for putting his career back on the fast track -- having a baby. "A Fish Called Selma" was first aired on March 24, 1996.
Bart on the Road
Rather than postpone his vacation to Hong Kong, where he can buy "custom made suits at slave labor prices," Principal Skinner (voice of Harry Shearer) starts Spring Vacation a day early at Springfield Elementary School by declaring Friday "Go To Work With Your Parents Day." While Lisa Simpson (voice of Yeardley Smith) spends the day with her father Homer (voice of Dan Castellaneta) at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, Bart (voice of Nancy Cartwright) ends up watching his aunts Patty and Selma (both voiced by Julie Kavner) torment patrons at the Department of Motor Vehicles. While no one is watching, Bart makes a driver's license for himself, and when he and his friends Milhouse (voice of Pamela Hayden) and Nelson (also voiced by Cartwright) discover easily intimidated class brain Martin Prince (voice of Russi Taylor) has made $500 investing in soy with his stockbroker father, the boys pool their resources and go on a road trip. Telling his parents he's attending the National Grammar Rodeo in Canada, Bart and his pals rent a car and head to Knoxville, Tennessee for the World's Fair, unaware that the fair ended fourteen years earlier. While Bart and his friends are stranded in Knoxville, Lisa unexpectedly enjoys bonding with her dad at the Power Plant, until she learns her suspicions that Bart is up to no good are well founded. "Bart On The Road" was first aired on May 31, 1996.
22 Short Films About Springfield
Interconnecting vignettes depict moments in the lives of Springfield residents, including Apu's partying activities; Smithers' allergic reaction to a bee sting; and Dr. Nick's appearance before a medical review board.
Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish'
Mr. Burns tries to kill Grampa Simpson to seize a treasure the two found during World War II as members of the "Flying Hellfish" battalion. Voices: Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer, Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Hank Azaria.
Much Apu About Nothing
Marge and Homer support a proposal to deport illegal immigrants from Springfield---until they learn it would affect Apu, who buys fraudulent identification documents from Fat Tony (voice of Joe Mantegna).
Homerpalooza
Homer goes on tour with Hullabalooza, a rock concert featuring sideshow acts. His talent: catching a cannonball with his belly. Cameos include Peter Frampton, Smashing Pumpkins, Cypress Hill and Sonic Youth.
Summer of 4 Ft. 2
On vacation, Lisa plays dumb to make friends with the "cool" kids, leaving a jealous Bart all burned up, with Milhouse as his only comrade. Voices: Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright, Pamela Hayden, Hank Azaria.
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