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width:100%;"> <tr> <td align="center"> <b>Season 8</b> </td></tr></table> </td> <td width="33%" style="background: #f0e3a2; border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -moz-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 0px; -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; -khtml-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -o-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px;"> <table align="right" style="background: #f0e3a2; width:100%; border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -moz-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 0px; -webkit-border-top-right-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; -khtml-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px; -o-border-radius: 0px 10px 10px 0px;"> <tr> <td align="left"> <a href="/wiki/Season_9" title="Season 9">Season 9</a> </td> <td align="left"> <a href="/wiki/Season_9" title="Season 9">→</a> </td></tr></table> </td></tr></table> <table align="right" style="background: #f0e3a2; 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-webkit-border-radius: 10px; -khtml-border-radius: 10px; -icab-border-radius: 10px; -o-border-radius: 10px;"> <tr> <th align="right" width="80px"> Original run: </th> <td> October 27, 1996 – May 18, 1997 </td></tr> <tr> <th align="right" width="80px" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> No. of episodes: </th> <td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> 25 </td></tr> <tr> <th align="right" width="80px" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> Previous season: </th> <td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/Season_7" title="Season 7">Season 7</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th align="right" width="80px" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> Next season: </th> <td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/Season_9" title="Season 9">Season 9</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th align="right" width="80px" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> DVD boxset: </th> <td style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/The_Complete_Eighth_Season" title="The Complete Eighth Season">The Complete Eighth Season</a> </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table><div style="position:absolute; z-index:100; right:38px; top:17%;" class="metadata" id="featured-star"><img alt="This article is written in a real-world perspective." src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/7/71/Real-world.png/37px-Real-world.png" title="This article is written in a real-world perspective." width="37" height="37" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/7/71/Real-world.png 1.5x" /></div> <p><b>Season 8</b> originally aired between October 27, 1996 and May 18, 1997. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Highlights">Highlights</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Season_8&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Highlights">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The Simpsons' eighth season originally aired between October 27, 1996 and May 18, 1997, beginning with "<a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_VII" title="Treehouse of Horror VII">Treehouse of Horror VII</a>" and concluding with "<a href="/wiki/The_Secret_War_of_Lisa_Simpson" title="The Secret War of Lisa Simpson">The Secret War of Lisa Simpson</a>". The show runners for the eighth production season were <a href="/wiki/Bill_Oakley" title="Bill Oakley">Bill Oakley</a> and <a href="/wiki/Josh_Weinstein" title="Josh Weinstein">Josh Weinstein</a>. The aired season contained two episodes which were hold-over episodes from season seven, which Oakley and Weinstein also ran. It also contained two episodes for which <a href="/wiki/Al_Jean" title="Al Jean">Al Jean</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Reiss" title="Mike Reiss">Mike Reiss</a> were the show runners. </p><p>Season eight won multiple awards, including two Emmy Awards: "<a href="/wiki/Homer%27s_Phobia" title="Homer's Phobia">Homer's Phobia</a>" won for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) in 1997, and <a href="/wiki/Alf_Clausen" title="Alf Clausen">Alf Clausen</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ken_Keeler" title="Ken Keeler">Ken Keeler</a> won for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics" with the song "We Put The Spring In Springfield" from the episode "<a href="/wiki/Bart_After_Dark" title="Bart After Dark">Bart After Dark</a>". Clausen also received an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Music Direction" for "<a href="/wiki/Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed_Grunt)cious" title="Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious">Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious</a>". "<a href="/wiki/Brother_from_Another_Series" title="Brother from Another Series">Brother from Another Series</a>" was nominated for the Emmy for "Sound Mixing For a Comedy Series or a Special". For "Homer's Phobia", Mike Anderson won the Annie Award for Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a TV Production, and the WAC Winner Best Director for Primetime Series at the 1998 World Animation Celebration. Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation awarded the episode the GLAAD Media Award for "Outstanding TV – Individual Episode". </p><p>The DVD box set was released in Region 1 on August 15, 2006, Region 2 on September 2, 2006, and Region 4 on October 2, 2006. The set was released in two different forms: a <a href="/wiki/Maggie" class="mw-redirect" title="Maggie">Maggie</a>-shaped head to match the <a href="/wiki/Homer" class="mw-redirect" title="Homer">Homer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Marge" class="mw-redirect" title="Marge">Marge</a> shaped heads of the previous two sets and also a standard rectangular shaped box. Like the seventh season box set, both versions are available for sale separately. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Episodes">Episodes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Season_8&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Episodes">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <table align="center" width="100%" style="background: #e9d677; -moz-border-radius-topleft: 5px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-top-left-radius: 5px; -icab-border-top-left-radius: 5px; -o-border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -icab-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -o-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -icab-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -o-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomright: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -icab-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; -o-border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;; border-radius: 10px; -moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; -khtml-border-radius: 10px; -icab-border-radius: 10px; -o-border-radius: 10px;; 1em; border: 5px solid #f0e3a2;"> <tr> <td align="center"> <table border="1" width="100%" align="center" style="background: #e9d677; border:1px solid #e9d677; border-collapse:collapse;"> <tr style="background: #f0e3a2"> <th width="200px" style="background-color: #e9d677; border: 1px solid #b0a266">Picture </th> <th style="background-color: #e9d677; border: 1px solid #b0a266"># </th> <th style="background-color: #e9d677; border: 1px solid #b0a266">Original title </th> <th style="background-color: #e9d677; border: 1px solid #b0a266">Original airdate </th> <th style="background-color: #e9d677; border: 1px solid #b0a266">Directed by </th> <th style="background-color: #e9d677; border: 1px solid #b0a266">Written by </th> <th style="background-color: #e9d677; border: 1px solid #b0a266">Prod. code </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:Treehouse_of_Horror_VII_-_Title_Card.png" class="image"><img alt="Treehouse of Horror VII - Title Card.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/e/e4/Treehouse_of_Horror_VII_-_Title_Card.png/200px-Treehouse_of_Horror_VII_-_Title_Card.png" width="200" height="151" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/e/e4/Treehouse_of_Horror_VII_-_Title_Card.png/300px-Treehouse_of_Horror_VII_-_Title_Card.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/e/e4/Treehouse_of_Horror_VII_-_Title_Card.png/400px-Treehouse_of_Horror_VII_-_Title_Card.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">154 - 1 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/Treehouse_of_Horror_VII" title="Treehouse of Horror VII">Treehouse of Horror VII</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">October 27, 1996 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Mike_B._Anderson" title="Mike B. Anderson">Mike B. Anderson</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Keeler" title="Ken Keeler">Ken Keeler</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dan_Greaney" title="Dan Greaney">Dan Greaney</a> & <a href="/wiki/David_S._Cohen" class="mw-redirect" title="David S. Cohen">David S. Cohen</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">4F02 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">In the seventh annual "Treehouse of Horror" episode, <a href="/wiki/Bart" class="mw-redirect" title="Bart">Bart</a> discovers his long-lost twin, <a href="/wiki/Lisa" class="mw-redirect" title="Lisa">Lisa</a> grows a colony of small beings, and <a href="/wiki/Kang" class="mw-redirect" title="Kang">Kang</a> & <a href="/wiki/Kodos" class="mw-redirect" title="Kodos">Kodos</a> impersonate <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bob_Dole" title="Bob Dole">Bob Dole</a> in order to win the 1996 Presidential election. <p><b>Guest starring:</b> <a href="/wiki/Phil_Hartman" title="Phil Hartman">Phil Hartman</a> as <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:You_Only_Move_Twice_promo.png" class="image"><img alt="You Only Move Twice promo.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/3/3e/You_Only_Move_Twice_promo.png/200px-You_Only_Move_Twice_promo.png" width="200" height="257" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/3/3e/You_Only_Move_Twice_promo.png/300px-You_Only_Move_Twice_promo.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/3/3e/You_Only_Move_Twice_promo.png/400px-You_Only_Move_Twice_promo.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">155 - 2 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/You_Only_Move_Twice" title="You Only Move Twice">You Only Move Twice</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">November 3, 1996 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Mike_B._Anderson" title="Mike B. Anderson">Mike B. Anderson</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/John_Swartzwelder" title="John Swartzwelder">John Swartzwelder</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">3F23 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">When Homer accepts a new job at the <a href="/wiki/Globex_Corporation" title="Globex Corporation">Globex Corporation</a> the Simpson family moves to <a href="/wiki/Cypress_Creek" title="Cypress Creek">Cypress Creek</a>. Homer enjoys his new work and his easy-going boss, but is completely unaware that his boss is an evil genius and that the company is a vehicle for international extortion. The rest of the family have trouble settling in Cypress Creek and Homer must make a choice between Cypress Creek and <a href="/wiki/Springfield" title="Springfield">Springfield</a>. <p><b>Guest starring:</b> <a href="/wiki/Albert_Brooks" title="Albert Brooks">Albert Brooks</a> as <a href="/wiki/Hank_Scorpio" title="Hank Scorpio">Hank Scorpio</a>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:4F03.PNG" class="image"><img alt="4F03.PNG" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/e/e4/4F03.PNG/200px-4F03.PNG" width="200" height="181" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/e/e4/4F03.PNG 1.5x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">156 - 3 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/The_Homer_They_Fall" title="The Homer They Fall">The Homer They Fall</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">November 10, 1996 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Kirkland" title="Mark Kirkland">Mark Kirkland</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Collier" title="Jonathan Collier">Jonathan Collier</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">4F03 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">When Bart is beaten up by school bullies, Homer takes matters into his own hands. Although Homer is unable to make his point, <a href="/wiki/Moe" class="mw-redirect" title="Moe">Moe</a> is impressed by his ability to withstand a beating. Moe talks Homer into becoming a boxer with Moe as his manager. His sole strategy is to let opponents knock themselves out while pounding on Homer. Promoter <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Sweet" title="Lucius Sweet">Lucius Sweet</a> becomes aware of Homer's rise as a boxer and wants him to fight <a href="/wiki/Drederick_Tatum" title="Drederick Tatum">Drederick Tatum</a>, the heavyweight champion. <p><b>Guest starring:</b> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Buffer" title="Michael Buffer">Michael Buffer</a> as <a href="/wiki/Michael_Buffer_(character)" title="Michael Buffer (character)">himself</a> and <a href="/wiki/Paul_Winfield" title="Paul Winfield">Paul Winfield</a> as <a href="/wiki/Lucius_Sweet" title="Lucius Sweet">Lucius Sweet</a>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:Burns,_Baby_Burns.png" class="image"><img alt="Burns, Baby Burns.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/1/18/Burns%2C_Baby_Burns.png/200px-Burns%2C_Baby_Burns.png" width="200" height="152" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/1/18/Burns%2C_Baby_Burns.png/300px-Burns%2C_Baby_Burns.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/1/18/Burns%2C_Baby_Burns.png/400px-Burns%2C_Baby_Burns.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">157 - 4 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/Burns,_Baby_Burns" title="Burns, Baby Burns">Burns, Baby Burns</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">November 17, 1996 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Reardon" title="Jim Reardon">Jim Reardon</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Ian_Maxtone-Graham" title="Ian Maxtone-Graham">Ian Maxtone-Graham</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">4F05 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">A man named Larry's jaw drops when he sees his father <a href="/wiki/Mr._Burns" class="mw-redirect" title="Mr. Burns">Mr. Burns</a> on a train from Yale to Springfield and <a href="/wiki/Larry" class="mw-redirect" title="Larry">Larry</a> immediately follows the train. When he arrives at Mr Burns's mansion he identifies himself as Mr. Burns's long lost son. Burns admits that Larry is the result of a one-night stand and accepts him as his own. Soon, however, Larry proves to be an incurable oaf and Burns gets tired of him. Homer befriends Larry because they share similar interests. Together they fake Larry's kidnapping to win back Burns's love. But when Burns is told that Homer has kidnapped his son Homer and Larry are chased by reporters and the police. When told of the fake kidnapping Burns cannot continue as Larry's father and Larry leaves Springfield to return to his family. <p><b>Guest starring:</b> <a href="/wiki/Rodney_Dangerfield" title="Rodney Dangerfield">Rodney Dangerfield</a> as <a href="/wiki/Larry_Burns" title="Larry Burns">Larry Burns</a>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:Bart_After_Dark_promo.png" class="image"><img alt="Bart After Dark promo.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/1/10/Bart_After_Dark_promo.png/200px-Bart_After_Dark_promo.png" width="200" height="240" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/1/10/Bart_After_Dark_promo.png/300px-Bart_After_Dark_promo.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/1/10/Bart_After_Dark_promo.png/400px-Bart_After_Dark_promo.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">158 - 5 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/Bart_After_Dark" title="Bart After Dark">Bart After Dark</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">November 24, 1996 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Polcino" title="Dominic Polcino">Dominic Polcino</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Appel" title="Richard Appel">Richard Appel</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">4F06 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">Bart does property damage to a house and Homer makes him do chores to pay for his misdeed. The house turns out to be a burlesque saloon and a group of concerned citizens confront Homer on Bart's work. <a href="/wiki/Marge" class="mw-redirect" title="Marge">Marge</a> agrees with the group and joins them in their attempt to oust the saloon from Springfield. In a town hall meeting, Marge convinces the townspeople to demolish the old house, but when the destruction team begins, Homer sings a song that changes everybody's mind. The demolition stops, but Marge's bulldozer accidentally slips out of gear and damages the house. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:A_Milhouse_Divided.png" class="image"><img alt="A Milhouse Divided.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/a/ae/A_Milhouse_Divided.png/200px-A_Milhouse_Divided.png" width="200" height="151" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/a/ae/A_Milhouse_Divided.png/300px-A_Milhouse_Divided.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/a/ae/A_Milhouse_Divided.png/400px-A_Milhouse_Divided.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">159 - 6 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/A_Milhouse_Divided" title="A Milhouse Divided">A Milhouse Divided</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">December 1, 1996 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Steven_Dean_Moore" title="Steven Dean Moore">Steven Dean Moore</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Tompkins" title="Steve Tompkins">Steve Tompkins</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">4F04 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;"><a href="/wiki/Kirk" class="mw-redirect" title="Kirk">Kirk</a> and <a href="/wiki/Luann_Van_Houten" title="Luann Van Houten">Luann Van Houten</a>'s marriage is in trouble and at a dinner party at the Simpson house Luann announces that she wants a divorce. Homer is confident that it will never happen to him, but Kirk tells him how quickly things can change. He realizes that he has taken his marriage for granted and overcompensates by smothering Marge. Deciding that their marriage is finished, Homer secretly files for a divorce from Marge. Homer then surprises her by asking her for her hand in marriage again and Marge accepts. Kirk tries the same strategy with Luann, but she refuses. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:Lisa%27s_Date_with_Density.png" class="image"><img alt="Lisa's Date with Density.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/f/fa/Lisa%27s_Date_with_Density.png/200px-Lisa%27s_Date_with_Density.png" width="200" height="152" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/f/fa/Lisa%27s_Date_with_Density.png/300px-Lisa%27s_Date_with_Density.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/f/fa/Lisa%27s_Date_with_Density.png/400px-Lisa%27s_Date_with_Density.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">160 - 7 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/Lisa%27s_Date_with_Density" title="Lisa's Date with Density">Lisa's Date with Density</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">December 15, 1996 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Susie_Dietter" title="Susie Dietter">Susie Dietter</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Scully" title="Mike Scully">Mike Scully</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">4F01 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">Homer finds an autodialer and starts a telemarketing scam. Meanwhile, <a href="/wiki/Nelson" class="mw-redirect" title="Nelson">Nelson</a> is punished for vandalizing <a href="/wiki/Superintendent_Chalmers" class="mw-redirect" title="Superintendent Chalmers">Superintendent Chalmers</a>' car and has to help Willie around the schoolyard. When Lisa watches Nelson torment <a href="/wiki/Willie" class="mw-redirect" title="Willie">Willie</a>, she finds herself attracted to him and decides to try to change Nelson into a better person. Lisa goes on a date with him and they kiss, but when he is later revealed to be lying about vandalizing <a href="/wiki/Principal_Skinner" class="mw-redirect" title="Principal Skinner">Principal Skinner</a>'s house, she loses the attraction. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:Hurricane_neddy.png" class="image"><img alt="Hurricane neddy.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/6/66/Hurricane_neddy.png/200px-Hurricane_neddy.png" width="200" height="150" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/6/66/Hurricane_neddy.png/300px-Hurricane_neddy.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/6/66/Hurricane_neddy.png/400px-Hurricane_neddy.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">161 - 8 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Neddy" title="Hurricane Neddy">Hurricane Neddy</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">December 29, 1996 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Anderson" title="Bob Anderson">Bob Anderson</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Steve_Young" title="Steve Young">Steve Young</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">4F07 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">A hurricane strikes through Springfield and spares the Simpsons, but only destroys the <a href="/wiki/Flanders" class="mw-redirect" title="Flanders">Flanders</a>' home and they have to move into the church basement. The people of Springfield gather to rebuild their house, but when <a href="/wiki/Ned" class="mw-redirect" title="Ned">Ned</a> sees the poor workmanship and their failure of rebuilding his house after inspecting their workmanship, he has a complete breakdown, releasing out all of his long-awaited pent-up rage in front of everybody. Ned commits himself to a mental institution and his psychiatrist discovers that Ned's past has taught him to suppress his anger. The psychiatrist then teaches Ned to express his anger with Homer as a role model and Ned gets cured before he reunites with the people of Springfield, including the rest of the Simpsons and his family and tells everybody if there's something that he does not like, they will hear about it. <p><b>Guest starring:</b> <a href="/wiki/Jon_Lovitz" title="Jon Lovitz">Jon Lovitz</a> as <a href="/wiki/Jay_Sherman" title="Jay Sherman">Jay Sherman</a>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:Mysterious_voyage.png" class="image"><img alt="Mysterious voyage.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/0/0d/Mysterious_voyage.png/200px-Mysterious_voyage.png" width="200" height="150" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/0/0d/Mysterious_voyage.png/300px-Mysterious_voyage.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/0/0d/Mysterious_voyage.png/400px-Mysterious_voyage.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">162 - 9 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/El_Viaje_Misterioso_de_Nuestro_Jomer" title="El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer">El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">January 5, 1997 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Reardon" title="Jim Reardon">Jim Reardon</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Keeler" title="Ken Keeler">Ken Keeler</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">3F24 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">Homer begins to hallucinate after eating a dish laced with potent <a href="/wiki/Guatemalan_Insanity_Pepper" title="Guatemalan Insanity Pepper">Guatemalan peppers</a> at the chili cook-off. In this hallucination he meets a mystical <a href="/wiki/Space_Coyote" title="Space Coyote">coyote</a>, which tells him to find his soul mate. After a fight with Marge, he is concerned that she is not really his soul mate. Homer leaves the house and seeks solitude in a lighthouse. Marge arrives at the lighthouse and apologizes and then Homer realizes that Marge is his soul mate after all. <p><b>Guest starring:</b> <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Cash" title="Johnny Cash">Johnny Cash</a> as <a href="/wiki/Space_Coyote" title="Space Coyote">Space Coyote</a>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Springfield_Files_promo_2.png" class="image"><img alt="The Springfield Files promo 2.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/9/9c/The_Springfield_Files_promo_2.png/200px-The_Springfield_Files_promo_2.png" width="200" height="257" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/9/9c/The_Springfield_Files_promo_2.png/300px-The_Springfield_Files_promo_2.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/9/9c/The_Springfield_Files_promo_2.png/400px-The_Springfield_Files_promo_2.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">163 - 10 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/The_Springfield_Files" title="The Springfield Files">The Springfield Files</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">January 12, 1997 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Steven_Dean_Moore" title="Steven Dean Moore">Steven Dean Moore</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Reid_Harrison" title="Reid Harrison">Reid Harrison</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">3G01 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">Homer walks home one night from Moe's Tavern. On his way he sees an eerie glowing creature. The next day Homer's story is printed in the local newspaper. FBI agents <a href="/wiki/Mulder" class="mw-redirect" title="Mulder">Mulder</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dana_Scully" title="Dana Scully">Scully</a> read the story and go to Springfield to investigate this X-file. After talking with Homer they find his credibility shaky and quickly leave again. Bart and Homer then set up a camp to videotape the creature. When the creature appears, Lisa reveals that the creature is actually Mr. Burns after a medical treatment by <a href="/wiki/Dr._Nick" class="mw-redirect" title="Dr. Nick">Dr. Nick</a>. <p><b>Guest starring:</b> <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Nimoy" title="Leonard Nimoy">Leonard Nimoy</a> as <a href="/wiki/Leonard_Nimoy_(character)" title="Leonard Nimoy (character)">himself</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_Duchovny" title="David Duchovny">David Duchovny</a> as <a href="/wiki/Fox_Mulder" title="Fox Mulder">Fox Mulder</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gillian_Anderson" title="Gillian Anderson">Gillian Anderson</a> as <a href="/wiki/Dana_Scully" title="Dana Scully">Dana Scully</a>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:Pretzel_wagon.png" class="image"><img alt="Pretzel wagon.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/4/42/Pretzel_wagon.png/200px-Pretzel_wagon.png" width="200" height="152" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/4/42/Pretzel_wagon.png/300px-Pretzel_wagon.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/4/42/Pretzel_wagon.png/400px-Pretzel_wagon.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">164 - 11 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/The_Twisted_World_of_Marge_Simpson" title="The Twisted World of Marge Simpson">The Twisted World of Marge Simpson</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">January 19, 1997 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Sheetz" title="Chuck Sheetz">Chuck Sheetz</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Jennifer_Crittenden" title="Jennifer Crittenden">Jennifer Crittenden</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">4F08 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">Marge starts a new pretzel franchise after being voted out of the Springfield Investorettes for being too conservative. The Investorettes see this and strike back by getting a falafel van. Homer helps Marge with her business by asking Fat Tony for assistance. Soon the orders pour while the falafel business mysteriously fails. Fat Tony attempts to collect all of Marge's profit, but she refuses. He then sends his goons to the Simpson house where he meets the Japanese mafia, who was sent by the Investorettes, and it ends in a showdown between the two mafias. <p><b>Guest starring:</b> <a href="/wiki/Joe_Mantegna" title="Joe Mantegna">Joe Mantegna</a> as <a href="/wiki/Fat_Tony" title="Fat Tony">Fat Tony</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jack_Lemmon" title="Jack Lemmon">Jack Lemmon</a> as <a href="/wiki/Frank_Ormand" title="Frank Ormand">Frank Ormand</a>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:Mountain_of_Madness.png" class="image"><img alt="Mountain of Madness.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/e/e2/Mountain_of_Madness.png/200px-Mountain_of_Madness.png" width="200" height="150" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/e/e2/Mountain_of_Madness.png/300px-Mountain_of_Madness.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/e/e2/Mountain_of_Madness.png/400px-Mountain_of_Madness.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">165 - 12 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/Mountain_of_Madness" title="Mountain of Madness">Mountain of Madness</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">February 2, 1997 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Kirkland" title="Mark Kirkland">Mark Kirkland</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/John_Swartzwelder" title="John Swartzwelder">John Swartzwelder</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">4F10 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">To encourage teamwork, Mr. Burns takes all of his employees to a corporate retreat in the mountains. The employees pair up and Homer becomes Burns's partner. The challenge is to find a cabin on the snowy mountainside. The pair to finish last will be fired. Burns and Homer cheat by using a snowmobile and make it the cabin before everybody else, but an avalanche buries the cabin. Homer and Burns go insane in the cold and get into a fight. In the fight they ignite a propane tank, which rockets the cabin to safety. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:Simpsoncalifragilistic.png" class="image"><img alt="Simpsoncalifragilistic.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/4/4f/Simpsoncalifragilistic.png/200px-Simpsoncalifragilistic.png" width="200" height="152" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/4/4f/Simpsoncalifragilistic.png/300px-Simpsoncalifragilistic.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/4/4f/Simpsoncalifragilistic.png/400px-Simpsoncalifragilistic.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">166 - 13 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed_Grunt)cious" title="Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious">Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">February 7, 1997 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Sheetz" title="Chuck Sheetz">Chuck Sheetz</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Al_Jean" title="Al Jean">Al Jean</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mike_Reiss" title="Mike Reiss">Mike Reiss</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">3G03 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">Marge is stressed by the demands of motherhood and the Simpsons get a magical British nanny, who floats down from the sky holding an umbrella. The nanny is a miracle worker, who teaches Bart and Lisa how to clean and charms everybody. However, the Simpsons cannot stop living their messy ways and the nanny's spirit gets crushed. She leaves the family realizing that she has taught them nothing. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Itchy_%26_Scratchy_%26_Poochie_Show_promo.png" class="image"><img alt="The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show promo.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/7/78/The_Itchy_%26_Scratchy_%26_Poochie_Show_promo.png/200px-The_Itchy_%26_Scratchy_%26_Poochie_Show_promo.png" width="200" height="246" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/7/78/The_Itchy_%26_Scratchy_%26_Poochie_Show_promo.png/300px-The_Itchy_%26_Scratchy_%26_Poochie_Show_promo.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/7/78/The_Itchy_%26_Scratchy_%26_Poochie_Show_promo.png/400px-The_Itchy_%26_Scratchy_%26_Poochie_Show_promo.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">167 - 14 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/The_Itchy_%26_Scratchy_%26_Poochie_Show" title="The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show">The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">February 9, 1997 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Steven_Dean_Moore" title="Steven Dean Moore">Steven Dean Moore</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/David_S._Cohen" class="mw-redirect" title="David S. Cohen">David S. Cohen</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">4F12 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">A new character, Poochie, is added to The Itchy & Scratchy Show as an attempt to boost failing ratings. Bart and Lisa convince Homer to audition for the voice of Poochie. He gets the part and makes public appearances with the voice actor behind Itchy and Scratchy. Poochie's debut is not well received and the producers decide to kill him off. Homer refuses to cooperate and records a different version of the death scene. Homer is convinced that he managed to keep Poochie, but when the episode airs, the character is edited out. <p><b>Guest starring:</b> <a href="/wiki/Alex_Rocco" title="Alex Rocco">Alex Rocco</a> as <a href="/wiki/Roger_Meyers,_Jr." title="Roger Meyers, Jr.">Roger Meyers, Jr.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phil_Hartman" title="Phil Hartman">Phil Hartman</a> as <a href="/wiki/Troy_McClure" title="Troy McClure">Troy McClure</a>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:Homer%27sPhobia2.png" class="image"><img alt="Homer'sPhobia2.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/b/b0/Homer%27sPhobia2.png/200px-Homer%27sPhobia2.png" width="200" height="151" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/b/b0/Homer%27sPhobia2.png/300px-Homer%27sPhobia2.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/b/b0/Homer%27sPhobia2.png/400px-Homer%27sPhobia2.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">168 - 15 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/Homer%27s_Phobia" title="Homer's Phobia">Homer's Phobia</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">February 16, 1997 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Mike_B._Anderson" title="Mike B. Anderson">Mike B. Anderson</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Hauge" title="Ron Hauge">Ron Hauge</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">4F11 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">The family tries to sell an old heirloom at a collectibles store and strike up a relationship with John, the store owner. The Simpsons invite John over to their house to assess their other belongings and Homer takes a liking to him. Marge then informs Homer that John is gay and he refuses to see him again. Afterwards Homer notices changes in Bart's behavior and fears that John has turned him into a homosexual. Trying to make Bart manlier, they go on a hunting trip, but get attacked by a herd of aggressive reindeer. Suddenly, John arrives and saves the day. Homer then thanks John for saving his life and accepts him as a friend. <p><b>Guest starring:</b> <a href="/wiki/John_Waters" title="John Waters">John Waters</a> as <a href="/wiki/John_(Cockamamie%27s)" title="John (Cockamamie's)">John</a>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:4F14.PNG" class="image"><img alt="4F14.PNG" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/e/e3/4F14.PNG/200px-4F14.PNG" width="200" height="240" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/e/e3/4F14.PNG/300px-4F14.PNG 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/e/e3/4F14.PNG/400px-4F14.PNG 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">169 - 16 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/Brother_from_Another_Series" title="Brother from Another Series">Brother from Another Series</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">February 23, 1997 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Pete_Michels" title="Pete Michels">Pete Michels</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Keeler" title="Ken Keeler">Ken Keeler</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">4F14 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">Sideshow Bob is released from prison and his brother, Cecil, hires him to supervise the construction of a dam. Bart suspects that Bob is up to something and sneaks into his office along with Lisa. There he discovers a suitcase filled with money. Bob enters and explains his innocence, but Bart and Lisa do not believe him. Cecil now enters and holds them all at gunpoint. His plan is to blow up the dam and walk away with the $15 million he embezzled from the project. Bob would naturally be blamed allowing Cecil to get revenge for Bob stealing his part as Krusty's sidekick. Cecil now locks up Bob, Bart and Lisa, but they manage to escape and stop Cecil. <p><b>Guest starring:</b> <a href="/wiki/Kelsey_Grammer" title="Kelsey Grammer">Kelsey Grammer</a> as <a href="/wiki/Sideshow_Bob" title="Sideshow Bob">Sideshow Bob</a> and <a href="/wiki/David_Hyde_Pierce" title="David Hyde Pierce">David Hyde Pierce</a> as <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Terwilliger" title="Cecil Terwilliger">Cecil Terwilliger</a>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:My_Sister,_My_Sitter.png" class="image"><img alt="My Sister, My Sitter.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/0/0e/My_Sister%2C_My_Sitter.png/200px-My_Sister%2C_My_Sitter.png" width="200" height="152" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/0/0e/My_Sister%2C_My_Sitter.png/300px-My_Sister%2C_My_Sitter.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/0/0e/My_Sister%2C_My_Sitter.png/400px-My_Sister%2C_My_Sitter.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">170 - 17 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/My_Sister,_My_Sitter" title="My Sister, My Sitter">My Sister, My Sitter</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">March 2, 1997 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Reardon" title="Jim Reardon">Jim Reardon</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Greaney" title="Dan Greaney">Dan Greaney</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">4F13 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">Lisa wants to start babysitting, but Marge thinks she is too young. Flanders urgently needs a babysitter and Lisa gets her first job. When Flanders gives her a glowing review, she starts to get steady work. Then one evening, Lisa is put in charge of babysitting Bart and Maggie. Bart is outraged and embarks on a series of pranks. When Bart refuses to go to bed, Lisa accidentally knocks him down the stairs which dislocates his arm. Lisa tries to help him by transporting him in a wheelbarrow to Dr. Nick. Bart falls out of the wheelbarrow and rolls down a hill. The townspeople are mortified, but Lisa continues to get jobs the following day. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:Rex_Banner_Ep.png" class="image"><img alt="Rex Banner Ep.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/4/4d/Rex_Banner_Ep.png/200px-Rex_Banner_Ep.png" width="200" height="152" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/4/4d/Rex_Banner_Ep.png/300px-Rex_Banner_Ep.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/4/4d/Rex_Banner_Ep.png/400px-Rex_Banner_Ep.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">171 - 18 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/Homer_vs._the_Eighteenth_Amendment" title="Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment">Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">March 16, 1997 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Anderson" title="Bob Anderson">Bob Anderson</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/John_Swartzwelder" title="John Swartzwelder">John Swartzwelder</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">4F15 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">Alcohol is banned from Springfield after Bart accidentally gets drunk at a town parade. Rex Banner is appointed to replace Chief Wiggum as police chief to enforce the new laws and stop Fat Tony from smuggling. Rex is successful, but then Homer starts to smuggle alcohol. Eventually, Homer ends his bootlegging ends and approaches Wiggum with a plan to expose himself and restore Wiggum's good name. Homer is about to receive punishment by being catapulted, but he is saved by an impassioned speech by Marge. The liquor ban is then lifted and the town celebrates by getting drunk. <p><b>Guest starring:</b> <a href="/wiki/Dave_Thomas" title="Dave Thomas">Dave Thomas</a> as <a href="/wiki/Rex_Banner" title="Rex Banner">Rex Banner</a> and <a href="/wiki/Joe_Mantegna" title="Joe Mantegna">Joe Mantegna</a> as <a href="/wiki/Fat_Tony" title="Fat Tony">Fat Tony</a>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:Grade_School_Confidential.png" class="image"><img alt="Grade School Confidential.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/6/69/Grade_School_Confidential.png/200px-Grade_School_Confidential.png" width="200" height="150" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/6/69/Grade_School_Confidential.png/300px-Grade_School_Confidential.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/6/69/Grade_School_Confidential.png/400px-Grade_School_Confidential.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">172 - 19 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/Grade_School_Confidential" title="Grade School Confidential">Grade School Confidential</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">April 6, 1997 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Susie_Dietter" title="Susie Dietter">Susie Dietter</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Rachel_Pulido" title="Rachel Pulido">Rachel Pulido</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">4F09 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">Seymour Skinner and Edna Krabappel strike up a conversation at a party and take a romantic interest in each other. They try to keep their affair a secret, but Bart sees them kiss. The following day the couple hears Bart telling his classmates about it and silences him by deleting his permanent records. Bart becomes their go-between for exchanging love notes, but he gets tired of that and exposes Skinner and Krabappel in the janitor's closet locked in a passionate embrace. The word spreads all over town and Superintendent Chalmers gives Skinner an ultimatum – either end the relationship or face dismissal. Skinner pretends that he is in fact a virgin and the matter is cleared up. </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Canine_Mutiny.png" class="image"><img alt="The Canine Mutiny.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/7/7d/The_Canine_Mutiny.png/200px-The_Canine_Mutiny.png" width="200" height="155" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/7/7d/The_Canine_Mutiny.png/300px-The_Canine_Mutiny.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/7/7d/The_Canine_Mutiny.png/400px-The_Canine_Mutiny.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">173 - 20 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/The_Canine_Mutiny" title="The Canine Mutiny">The Canine Mutiny</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">April 13, 1997 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Dominic_Polcino" title="Dominic Polcino">Dominic Polcino</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Hauge" title="Ron Hauge">Ron Hauge</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">4F16 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">Bart gets a credit card and buys a well trained new dog called Laddie. When Bart cannot pay the balance on the credit card the bank repossesses Laddie. Instead of giving them Laddie, Bart gives the repo men Santa's Little Helper. Feeling guilty Bart gives Laddie to the police and sets out to find Santa's Little Helper and finds him at a blind man's house. Bart tries to kidnap his dog, but instead the blind man alerts the police. When they arrive, Laddie, who is now a police dog, sniffs out a bag of marijuana and the blind man gets arrested. Bart can then leave with Santa's Little Helper. <p><b>Guest starring:</b> <a href="/wiki/Frank_Welker" title="Frank Welker">Frank Welker</a> as <a href="/wiki/Laddie" title="Laddie">Laddie</a>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:4F17.png" class="image"><img alt="4F17.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/b/b1/4F17.png/200px-4F17.png" width="200" height="152" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/b/b1/4F17.png/300px-4F17.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/b/b1/4F17.png/400px-4F17.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">174 - 21 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/The_Old_Man_and_the_Lisa" title="The Old Man and the Lisa">The Old Man and the Lisa</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">April 20, 1997 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Kirkland" title="Mark Kirkland">Mark Kirkland</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/John_Swartzwelder" title="John Swartzwelder">John Swartzwelder</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">4F17 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">Mr. Burns loses his fortune in a bad investment. He is not doing well alone and is committed to the Springfield Retirement Castle. Disgusted by his surroundings, he vows to get his fortune back. He then sees Lisa collecting recyclables and remembers her opposition towards him. He believes that the reason for losing his fortune was that he was surrounded by "yes men" and therefore asks Lisa to help him. Lisa introduces Burns to recycling and by collecting these he soon gets enough money to buy a recycling plant. In reality this recycling plant captures all aquatic life and grinds it into to all-purpose goo. Lisa is horrified, but Burns regains his fortune and buys back his power plant. <p><b>Guest starring:</b> <a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart" title="Bret Hart">Bret Hart</a> as <a href="/wiki/Bret_Hart_(character)" title="Bret Hart (character)">himself</a>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:Inmargewetrust.png" class="image"><img alt="Inmargewetrust.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/8/84/Inmargewetrust.png/200px-Inmargewetrust.png" width="200" height="152" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/8/84/Inmargewetrust.png/300px-Inmargewetrust.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/8/84/Inmargewetrust.png/400px-Inmargewetrust.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">175 - 22 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/In_Marge_We_Trust" title="In Marge We Trust">In Marge We Trust</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">April 27, 1997 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Steven_Dean_Moore" title="Steven Dean Moore">Steven Dean Moore</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Donick_Cary" title="Donick Cary">Donick Cary</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">4F18 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">Marge is concerned that Reverend Lovejoy does not meet the needs of his parishioners and becomes the new advice giver at the Church. When Marge gains a loyal following, Lovejoy gets concerned that he has become "shepherd without a flock". Meanwhile, Homer finds an old Japanese product, "Mr. Sparkle", a dish-washing detergent, with a logo that oddly resembles him. When he calls up the company behind the product, he finds Mr. Sparkle is a composite of two company logos. Marge is unable to help Ned Flanders in a crisis and calls up Lovejoy for help. Lovejoy solves the crisis and gets his congregants' interest in his next sermon telling the story. <p><b>Guest starring:</b> <a href="/wiki/Sab_Shimono" title="Sab Shimono">Sab Shimono</a> as <a href="/wiki/Mr._Sparkle" title="Mr. Sparkle">Mr. Sparkle</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gedde_Watanabe" title="Gedde Watanabe">Gedde Watanabe</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Factory_foreman" title="Factory foreman">Factory foreman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Frank_Welker" title="Frank Welker">Frank Welker</a> as the baboons. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:Homer%27s_Enemy.png" class="image"><img alt="Homer's Enemy.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/4/40/Homer%27s_Enemy.png/200px-Homer%27s_Enemy.png" width="200" height="152" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/4/40/Homer%27s_Enemy.png/300px-Homer%27s_Enemy.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/4/40/Homer%27s_Enemy.png/400px-Homer%27s_Enemy.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">176 - 23 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/Homer%27s_Enemy" title="Homer's Enemy">Homer's Enemy</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">May 4, 1997 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Jim_Reardon" title="Jim Reardon">Jim Reardon</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/John_Swartzwelder" title="John Swartzwelder">John Swartzwelder</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">4F19 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">Frank Grimes, a new employee at the Nuclear Power Plant, is a hard-working man who has never been given a break in his life. At work he meets Homer and takes an instant dislike to his poor job performance and attitude. Meanwhile, Bart steps into a tax auction and buys an abandoned factory for a dollar, which he uses to play factory with Milhouse. Homer tries to win Grimes approval by inviting him over for a family dinner, but when Grimes sees Homer's accomplishments and home, he becomes even more bitter. Imitating Homer's behavior at work, he runs amok and electrocutes himself. <p><b>Guest starring:</b> <a href="/wiki/Frank_Welker" title="Frank Welker">Frank Welker</a> as the <a href="/wiki/Executive_vice_president_dog" title="Executive vice president dog">executive vice president dog</a>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Simpsons_Spin-Off_Showcase.png" class="image"><img alt="The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/2/2d/The_Simpsons_Spin-Off_Showcase.png/200px-The_Simpsons_Spin-Off_Showcase.png" width="200" height="152" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/2/2d/The_Simpsons_Spin-Off_Showcase.png/300px-The_Simpsons_Spin-Off_Showcase.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/2/2d/The_Simpsons_Spin-Off_Showcase.png/400px-The_Simpsons_Spin-Off_Showcase.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">177 - 24 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_Spin-Off_Showcase" title="The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase">The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">May 11, 1997 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Neil_Affleck" title="Neil Affleck">Neil Affleck</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Ken_Keeler" title="Ken Keeler">Ken Keeler</a>, <a href="/wiki/David_S._Cohen" class="mw-redirect" title="David S. Cohen">David S. Cohen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dan_Greaney" title="Dan Greaney">Dan Greaney</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steve_Tompkins" title="Steve Tompkins">Steve Tompkins</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">4F20 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">Troy McClure hosts a show which features three ideas for spin-offs to The Simpsons: <p><b>Chief Wiggum, P.I.</b> – Chief Wiggum and Seymour Skinner are detectives in New Orleans. <b>The Love-Matic Grampa</b> – Grampa's soul is contained in Moe's Love Tester machine. <b>The Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour</b> – The Simpsons host a 70s variety show, with Lisa replaced by an adult bimbo </p><p><b>Guest starring:</b> <a href="/wiki/Phil_Hartman" title="Phil Hartman">Phil Hartman</a> as <a href="/wiki/Troy_McClure" title="Troy McClure">Troy McClure</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tim_Conway" title="Tim Conway">Tim Conway</a> as <a href="/wiki/Tim_Conway_(character)" title="Tim Conway (character)">himself</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gailard_Sartain" title="Gailard Sartain">Gailard Sartain</a> and <a href="/wiki/Big_Daddy" title="Big Daddy">Big Daddy</a>. </p> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Secret_War_of_Lisa_Simpson_promo.png" class="image"><img alt="The Secret War of Lisa Simpson promo.png" src="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/c/cf/The_Secret_War_of_Lisa_Simpson_promo.png/200px-The_Secret_War_of_Lisa_Simpson_promo.png" width="200" height="239" srcset="https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/c/cf/The_Secret_War_of_Lisa_Simpson_promo.png/300px-The_Secret_War_of_Lisa_Simpson_promo.png 1.5x, https://static.simpsonswiki.com/images/thumb/c/cf/The_Secret_War_of_Lisa_Simpson_promo.png/400px-The_Secret_War_of_Lisa_Simpson_promo.png 2x" /></a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">178 - 25 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><b>"<a href="/wiki/The_Secret_War_of_Lisa_Simpson" title="The Secret War of Lisa Simpson">The Secret War of Lisa Simpson</a>"</b> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">May 18, 1997 </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Mike_B._Anderson" title="Mike B. Anderson">Mike B. Anderson</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;"><a href="/wiki/Richard_Appel" title="Richard Appel">Richard Appel</a> </td> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: #f0e3a2; border: 1px solid #b0a266;">4F21 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align: center; background-color: white; border: 1px solid #b0a266;" colspan="7;">Bart is enrolled in a military school because of one big prank he played. After seeing the school Lisa decides she wants to join too. Lisa is the first female cadet and therefore gets to stay in her own private barrack. This move creates resentment among the boys at the facility and Bart refuses to speak to his sister. Later, Bart secretly apologizes and helps her train for a test. When Lisa has trouble completing the test Bart publicly encourages her at the expense of his own reputation, and she finally passes the test. <p><b>Guest starring:</b> <a href="/wiki/Willem_Dafoe" title="Willem Dafoe">Willem Dafoe</a> as <a href="/wiki/The_Commandant_(The_Secret_War_of_Lisa_Simpson)" title="The Commandant (The Secret War of Lisa Simpson)">The Commandant</a>. </p> </td></tr></table> </td></tr></table><br clear="all"> <table align="center" style="background: #; width: 99%; margin: 5px; border:2px solid #e9d677; border-top-left-radius: 5px; width: 100% -moz-border-radius-topleft: 5px; -webkit-border-top-left-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-top-left-radius: 5px; -icab-border-top-left-radius: 5px; -o-border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -moz-border-radius-bottomleft: 5px; -webkit-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -khtml-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -icab-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; -o-border-bottom-left-radius: 5px;; border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; 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