'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky - Revision history

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	"'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky" was nominated for a [[2003]] {{W\|Environmental Media Award}} in Best Television Episodic Comedy, but it lost to "I Never Promised You an Organic Garden" from ''{{ap\|King of the Hill\|real world show}}''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071014120621/http://ema-online.org/awards_13th_annual.php Environmental Media Association - "13th Annual Environmental Media Awards"] (archived on {{W\|Wayback Machine}})</ref>		"'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky" was nominated for a [[2003]] {{W\|Environmental Media Award}} in Best Television Episodic Comedy, but it lost to "I Never Promised You an Organic Garden" from ''{{ap\|King of the Hill\|real world show}}''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071014120621/http://ema-online.org/awards_13th_annual.php Environmental Media Association - "13th Annual Environmental Media Awards"] (archived on {{W\|Wayback Machine}})</ref>
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		+	== In other languages ==
		+	{{LanguageBox
		+	\|de=yes
		+	\|deName=Nacht über Springfield
		+	\|deTrans=Night over Springfield
		+	\|es=yes
		+	\|esName=Perdonad si añoro el cielo
		+	\|esTrans=Forgive me if I long for heaven
		+	\|la=yes
		+	\|laName=Reencuentro con el firmamento
		+	\|laTrans=Reunion with the firmament
		+	\|fr=yes
		+	\|frName=La Guerre pour les étoiles
		+	\|frTrans=Star Wars (same as French, in reference to media franchise space opera of the same name)
		+	\|qu=yes
		+	\|quName=La Guéguerre des étoiles
		+	\|quTrans=Star Wars (same as Quebec French, in reference to media franchise space opera of the same name)
		+	\|it=yes
		+	\|itName=E le stelle stanno a guardare
		+	\|itTrans=And the stars are watching
		+	\|jp=yes
		+	\|jpName=暗い夜を返して!
		+	\|jpTrans=Give me back the dark nights!
		+	}}

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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|When [[Lisa]] is told that she has no future, she decides to focus on astronomy, and her first aim is to get the city to turn off the lights to watch the comets rain at night. Meanwhile, the school bullies try to convince [[Bart]] to steal a car hood ornament.}}
+{{Synopsis|When [[Lisa]] is told that she has no future, she decides to focus on astronomy, and her first aim is to get the city to turn off the lights to watch the comets rain at night. Meanwhile, the school bullies try to convince [[Bart]] to steal a car hood ornament.}}
 == Plot ==

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-"'''Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky'''" is the sixteenth episode of [[season 14]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the three hundred seventh episode overall. It originally aired March 30, [[2003]]. The episode was written by [[Dan Greaney]] and [[Allen Glazier]] and directed by [[Steven Dean Moore]]. It guest stars [[Eric Idle]] as [[Declan Desmond]].
+"'''Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky'''" is the sixteenth episode of [[Season 14|broadcast season 14]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the three hundred seventh episode overall. It originally aired March 30, [[2003]]. The episode was written by [[Dan Greaney]] and [[Allen Glazier]] and directed by [[Steven Dean Moore]]. It guest stars [[Eric Idle]] as [[Declan Desmond]].
 == Synopsis ==

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 |season=14
 |snumber=16
-|prodcode=EABF11
+|prodcode= [[Production season EABF|EABF11]]
 |airdate=March 30, [[2003]]
 |couchgag= Homer is on water skis, with the others on him, as he ski-jumps over sharks; everybody lands on the couch, but Homer is without his legs, which are in the sharks' mouths (a reference to the term "jumped the shark", describing a TV show that has reached its peak and is now declining in quality or has done something to cause it to decline prematurely)."
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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|When [[Lisa]] realizes she has no future, she decides to focus on astronomy, and her first aim is to make the city to turn off the lights to watch the comets rain at night.}}
+{{Desc|When [[Lisa]] is told that she has no future, she decides to focus on astronomy, and her first aim is to get the city to turn off the lights to watch the comets rain at night. Meanwhile, the school bullies try to convince [[Bart]] to steal a car hood ornament.}}
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 == Plot ==
-[[Declan Desmond]] visits [[Springfield Elementary School]] and interviews the kids for a documentary. However when interviewing [[Lisa]], he says that she has no future due to having interests in different careers. To prove him wrong, Lisa visits the [[Science Museum|Springfield Science Museum]] to find a topic that interests her. After rejecting several topics, she decides to take up astronomy. She convinces [[Homer]] to buy her a telescope. Lisa goes to a hill to watch the sky, but the town's light is making it difficult to observe the stars and planets, something [[Professor Frink]] describes as light pollution. At a town meeting, Lisa proposes that during the night, all lights are to be turned off so that everyone can enjoy the night sky and the meteor rain. The town agrees and lights are turned off. First, people enjoy the stars and the peculiar constellations, but this results in increased crime, so in another town meeting, [[Mayor Quimby]] turns on all city lights so that they are as bright as the sun.
+[[Declan Desmond]] visits [[Springfield Elementary School]] and interviews the kids for a documentary. However, when interviewing [[Lisa]], he says that she has no future due to her varied career interests. To prove him wrong, Lisa visits the [[Science Museum|Springfield Science Museum]] to find a topic that interests her. After rejecting several topics, she decides to take up astronomy. She convinces [[Homer]] to buy her a telescope. Lisa goes to a hill to watch the sky, but the town's light makes it difficult to observe the stars and planets, something [[Professor Frink]] describes as light pollution.
-Meanwhile, when [[Bart]] is being interviewed by Declan, he notices [[Nelson]] is popular because he stole a hood ornament from a car. Bart then decides that the only way to redeem himself is to steal one to be as popular as Nelson, [[Jimbo]], [[Kearney]] and [[Dolph]]. He tries by painting gold [[Maggie]]'s pacifier, but the bullies soon realize it's fake. He has trouble finding one since many were already taken during the time the street lights were turned off, but focuses on trying to steal the ornament from [[Fat Tony]]'s car, which proves to be a challenge now that all street lights are turned on during the night and he is very hostile when people touch his ornament. But Bart isn't the only one suffering from the lights, they're so bright during the night that the entire town can't get to sleep. Lisa is frustrated because she will miss the meteor rain. Seeing that both Bart and Lisa are looking for the same thing, they work together to get a very drowsy Homer to give them access into the [[Nuclear Power Plant]] to override the main circuit. Homer is so tired he is easily fooled by making him think he will play with the hands with Maggie to activate the gate's hand control. They enter and pull the main lever to its maximum. The lights start to explode everywhere, leading to a mass blackout. The town gathers into a mob which immediately turns peaceful after they look at the meteors. Professor Frink discovers a meteor that fell behind the observatory that contains some matter would prove the existence of live out of Earth, but an alien inside goes away. Bart steals the long-awaited hood ornament from Fat Tony's car. Later, Declan plays his documentary, in which some kids talk about their desires, one of which is [[Milhouse]] wanting to become a baseball player (though he couldn't hit any of the tee-balls).
+At a town meeting, Lisa proposes that during the night, all lights should be turned off so everyone can enjoy the night sky and the meteor rain. The town agrees, and the lights are turned off. Initially, people enjoy the stars and peculiar constellations, but this leads to increased crime. In another town meeting, [[Mayor Quimby]] decides to turn on all city lights so that they are as bright as the sun.
 == Production ==

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 |couchgag= Homer is on water skis, with the others on him, as he ski-jumps over sharks; everybody lands on the couch, but Homer is without his legs, which are in the sharks' mouths (a reference to the term "jumped the shark", describing a TV show that has reached its peak and is now declining in quality or has done something to cause it to decline prematurely)."
 |guests=[[Eric Idle]] as [[Declan Desmond]]
-|showrunner=[[Al Jean]]
+|showrunner1= Al Jean
 |writer=[[Dan Greaney]]<br>[[Allen Glazier]]
 |director=[[Steven Dean Moore]]

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 Director [[Steven Dean Moore]] won a [[2003]] {{W|Annie Award}} in Directing in an Animated Television Production for the episode.<ref name="Annie2003">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120313093552/http://annieawards.org/31stwinners.html The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 31st Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2003)"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>
-"'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky" was nominated for a [[2003]] {{W|Environmental Media Award}} in Best Television Episodic Comedy.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071014120621/http://ema-online.org/awards_13th_annual.php Environmental Media Association - "13th Annual Environmental Media Awards"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>
+"'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky" was nominated for a [[2003]] {{W|Environmental Media Award}} in Best Television Episodic Comedy, but it lost to "I Never Promised You an Organic Garden" from ''{{ap|King of the Hill|real world show}}''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071014120621/http://ema-online.org/awards_13th_annual.php Environmental Media Association - "13th Annual Environmental Media Awards"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>
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 [[Category:12-rated episodes]]
 [[Category:Annie Award winning episodes]]
 [[Category:Episodes written by Dan Greaney]]
 [[Category:Episodes written by Allen Glazier]]