Bobby, It's Cold Outside - Revision history

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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|Someone has been stealing the packages off the porches of people's homes before [[Christmas]]. While [[Sideshow Bob]] is [[Bart]]'s prime suspect, he insists he's innocent and helps the [[Simpson family|Simpsons]] find the real culprit.}}
+{{Synopsis|Someone has been stealing the packages off the porches of people's homes before [[Christmas]]. While [[Sideshow Bob]] is [[Bart]]'s prime suspect, he insists he's innocent and helps the [[Simpson family|Simpsons]] find the real culprit.}}
 == Plot ==

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-'''"Bobby, It's Cold Outside"''' is the tenth episode of [[season 31]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six hundred seventy-second episode overall. It originally aired on December 15, [[2019]]. The episode was written by [[Jeff Westbrook]] and [[John Frink]] and directed by [[Steven Dean Moore]]. It guest stars [[Scott Bakula]] as {{Ch|Scott Bakula|himself}}, [[Steve Ballmer]] as {{Ch|Steve Ballmer|himself}}, and [[Kelsey Grammer]] as [[Sideshow Bob]]. [[Donna Reed]] as [[Mary Hatch Bailey]] and [[James Stewart]] as [[George Bailey]] also appear via uncredited archive footage.
+'''"Bobby, It's Cold Outside"''' is the tenth episode of [[Season 31|broadcast season 31]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six hundred seventy-second episode overall. It originally aired on December 15, [[2019]]. The episode was written by [[Jeff Westbrook]] and [[John Frink]] and directed by [[Steven Dean Moore]]. It guest stars [[Scott Bakula]] as {{Ch|Scott Bakula|himself}}, [[Steve Ballmer]] as {{Ch|Steve Ballmer|himself}}, and [[Kelsey Grammer]] as [[Sideshow Bob]]. [[Donna Reed]] as [[Mary Hatch Bailey]] and [[James Stewart]] as [[George Bailey]] also appear via uncredited archive footage.
 == Synopsis ==

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-'''"Bobby, It's Cold Outside"''' is the tenth episode of [[season 31]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six hundred seventy-second episode overall. It originally aired on December 15, [[2019]]. The episode was written by [[Jeff Westbrook]] and [[John Frink]] and directed by [[Steven Dean Moore]]. It guest stars [[Scott Bakula]] as {{Ch|Scott Bakula|himself}}, [[Steve Ballmer]] as {{Ch|Steve Ballmer|himself}} and [[Kelsey Grammer]] as [[Sideshow Bob]].
+'''"Bobby, It's Cold Outside"''' is the tenth episode of [[season 31]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six hundred seventy-second episode overall. It originally aired on December 15, [[2019]]. The episode was written by [[Jeff Westbrook]] and [[John Frink]] and directed by [[Steven Dean Moore]]. It guest stars [[Scott Bakula]] as {{Ch|Scott Bakula|himself}}, [[Steve Ballmer]] as {{Ch|Steve Ballmer|himself}}, and [[Kelsey Grammer]] as [[Sideshow Bob]]. [[Donna Reed]] as [[Mary Hatch Bailey]] and [[James Stewart]] as [[George Bailey]] also appear via uncredited archive footage.
 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|[[Sideshow Bob]] gets contracted as this year's [[Springfield Mall|mall]] [[Santa Claus|Santa]]. Meanwhile, someone is stealing all the [[Christmas]] packages off people's front porches.}}
+{{Desc|Someone has been stealing the packages off the porches of people's homes before [[Christmas]]. While [[Sideshow Bob]] is [[Bart]]'s prime suspect, he insists he's innocent and helps the [[Simpson family|Simpsons]] find the real culprit.}}
 == Plot ==
-Five weeks before [[Christmas]], [[Lenny]] orders his Christmas gift online, and two days later [[United Parcel Service]], UPS, carefully delivers it, but someone stole it before he could grab it.
+Five weeks before [[Christmas]], [[Lenny]] orders his Christmas gift online, and two days later [[United Parcel Service]], UPS, carefully delivers it, but someone steals it before he can grab it.
-At the [[Abandoned Lighthouse|lighthouse]], [[Sideshow Bob]] is decorating his tree with decorations of dead [[Bart]]s. He's visited by [[Cassandra Patterson]], a woman who lives in the nearby lighthouse, bringing him muffins and flirting with him, asking for any dark secret and if he ever thought about children.
+At the [[Abandoned Lighthouse|lighthouse]], [[Sideshow Bob]] decorates his tree with decorations of dead [[Bart]]s. He's visited by [[Cassandra Patterson]], a woman who lives in a nearby lighthouse, bringing him muffins and flirting with him, asking for any dark secrets and if he ever thinks about children.
-She tells him she mentioned him in town, and Bob knows he let his guard down around her when two men come visiting, but they offer him a job at the [[Springfield Mall]] as [[Santa Claus|Santa]]. Meanwhile more people are getting robbed of their delivered gifts.
+She tells him she mentions him in town, and Bob knows he lets his guard down around her when two men come visiting, but they offer him a job as a costumed [[Santa Claus|Santa]]. Meanwhile, more people get robbed of their delivered gifts.
-In the garden, [[Homer]] is blowing his Santa inflatable but to do it quicker he used the car's gas and blows it away in flames, burning the tree too, with [[Ned]] extinguishing it. Afterwards, [[Marge]] informs him they're going to [[Santa's Village]] with the kids and Homer tries to fly away like his balloon but Marge stops him.
+In the garden, [[Homer]] blows up his Santa inflatable, but to do it quicker he uses the car's gas and blows it away in flames, burning the tree too, with [[Ned]] extinguishing it. Afterwards, [[Marge]] informs him they're going to [[Santa's Village]] with the kids, and Homer tries to fly away like his balloon, but Marge stops him.
 The kids don't really have a great time at the start, especially [[Maggie]] having to ride her [[The Nightmare After Krustmas|feared]] [[Gnome in Your Home]] ride, the [[Gnome-in-the-Home Dome]], where [[Gerald Samson|Gerald]] gets kidnapped too.
-[[Bart]] skips the line to see Santa thanks to [[Milhouse]] and finds out the bad way who he really is. Bob tries to strangle him but he can't cause he can't step out of character, so Bart hits him with a fan and tries to show security who he's but fails and the [[Simpson family|family]] runs away when Homer finds out as an old Krings Kringle Union member, he has to pose to photos as Santa too.
+[[Bart]] skips the line to see Santa thanks to [[Milhouse]] and finds out the hard way who he really is. Bob tries to strangle him, but he can't because he can't step out of character, so Bart hits him with a fan and tries to show security who he is, but fails, and the [[Simpson family|family]] runs away when Homer finds out, as an old Kris Kringle Union member, he has to pose for photos as Santa too.
-When a plan to trick the robbers with gun powder fails for Lenny, he says to [[Carl]] who the culprit is, writing with his blood the letters SB. When the news gets on TV, Homer calls the cops to reveal that SB means [[Selma Bouvier]] and she gets arrested, freeing the held {{Ch|Scott Bakula|Scott Bakula}}, {{Ch|Steve Ballmer|Steve Ballmer}} and [[Sandra Bullock]].
+When a plan to trick the robbers with gunpowder fails for Lenny, he tells [[Carl]] who the culprit is, writing with his blood the letters SB. When the news gets on TV, Homer calls the cops to reveal that SB means [[Selma Bouvier]], and she gets arrested, freeing the held {{Ch|Scott Bakula|Scott Bakula}}, {{Ch|Steve Ballmer|Steve Ballmer}}, and [[Sandra Bullock]].
-But Bart knows better, so he takes the bus back to the Village and finds the plan, but it's just his life goals. When Bob finds him reading it, to prove to Bart that he's not going to kill him, Bob agrees to help Bart find the culprit, by conceiling himself in a box and is placed on the porch.
+But Bart knows better, so he takes the bus back to the Village and finds the plan, but it's just Bob's life goals. When Bob finds him reading it, to prove to Bart that he's not going to kill him, Bob agrees to help Bart find the culprit by concealing himself in a box and being placed on the porch.
-The thief arrives and the family follows the van to a hangar, finding out [[Smithers]] and [[Mr. Burns]] were the culprit, and [[Lisa]] catches on why he did it, because he's depressed.
+The thief arrives and the family follows the van to a hangar, finding out [[Smithers]] and [[Mr. Burns]] are the culprits, and [[Lisa]] catches on why he does it—because he's depressed.
-Mr. Burns tells the story of how he got heartbroken on Christmas, when he asked Santa just a hug and a smile from his parents and they never delivered, taking him to boarding school instead, and the next time they met they died (though his mother is seen alive in present time).
+Mr. Burns tells the story of how he gets heartbroken on Christmas, when he asks Santa for just a hug and a smile from his parents and they never deliver, taking him to boarding school instead, and the next time they meet they die (though his mother is seen alive in the present time).
-Bob reaches into his heart, reminding him how they made him strong as the biggest present. Burns and Smithers then give presents back to the people in town on a sled.
+Bob reaches into his heart, reminding Burns how they make him strong as the biggest present. Burns and Smithers then give presents back to the people in town on a sled.
-On Christmas Day, Homer and Marge snuggle together just before the kids open the presents, and they go to the basement to enjoy some time together, just after [[Grampa]] takes a picture to bless everyone with "Merry Christmas from the Simpsons!".
+On Christmas Day, Homer and Marge snuggle together just before the kids open the presents, and they go to the basement to enjoy some time together, just after [[Grampa]] takes a picture to bless everyone with "Merry Christmas from the Simpsons!"
-Back at the lighthouse, Cassandra brings Bob a Christmas present, a rake, and tells Bob that she knows who he is. She tells Bob that she wants him to kiss her before the two of them start singing "Baby, It's Cold Outside" together. She and Bob then sign a "Snuggle Contract" saying that both of them knew what they were getting into, just after [[Horatio McCallister]] crashes into a rock because the lighthouse light wasn't lit.
+Back at the lighthouse, Cassandra brings Bob a Christmas present—a rake—and tells Bob that she knows who he is. She tells Bob that she wants him to kiss her before the two of them start singing "Baby, It's Cold Outside" together. They then sign a "Snuggle Contract" saying that both of them know what they're getting into, just after [[Horatio McCallister]] crashes into a rock because the lighthouse light isn't lit.
-At the [[Springfield International Airport]], Ballmer meets Mr. Burns. Burns asks him how he could be so positive about everything and asked if he could teach him how to do it. Ballmer then gives Burns a pep talk. When Burns tries to copy his motions, he hurts himself and has to be taken away in an ambulance, with Steve Ballmer going with him.
+At the [[Springfield International Airport]], Ballmer meets Mr. Burns. Burns asks him how he can be so positive about everything and if he can teach him how to do it. Ballmer then gives Burns a pep talk. When Burns tries to copy his motions, he hurts himself and has to be taken away in an ambulance, with Steve Ballmer going with him.
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-'''"Bobby, It's Cold Outside"''' is the tenth episode of [[season 31]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six-hundred and seventy-second episode overall. It originally aired on December 15, [[2019]]. The episode was written by [[Jeff Westbrook]] and [[John Frink]] and directed by [[Steven Dean Moore]]. It guest stars [[Scott Bakula]] as {{Ch|Scott Bakula|himself}}, [[Steve Ballmer]] as {{Ch|Steve Ballmer|himself}} and [[Kelsey Grammer]] as [[Sideshow Bob]].
+'''"Bobby, It's Cold Outside"''' is the tenth episode of [[season 31]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the six hundred seventy-second episode overall. It originally aired on December 15, [[2019]]. The episode was written by [[Jeff Westbrook]] and [[John Frink]] and directed by [[Steven Dean Moore]]. It guest stars [[Scott Bakula]] as {{Ch|Scott Bakula|himself}}, [[Steve Ballmer]] as {{Ch|Steve Ballmer|himself}} and [[Kelsey Grammer]] as [[Sideshow Bob]].
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 |titlescreen=[[Santa Claus]] flies by on a Self-Flying Sled and says "Ho! Ho! Ho!"
 |couchgag= The couch is placed as a [[Christmas]] tree ornament, and the [[Simpson family]] is placed on it, but when [[Homer]] is placed, the tree falls and Homer exclaims "D'oh ho! Ho!"
-|guests=[[Scott Bakula]] as {{Ch|Scott Bakula|himself}}<br>[[Steve Ballmer]] as {{Ch|Steve Ballmer|himself}}<br>[[Kelsey Grammer]] as [[Sideshow Bob]]
+|guests=[[Scott Bakula]] as {{Ch|Scott Bakula|himself}}<br>[[Steve Ballmer]] as {{Ch|Steve Ballmer|himself}}<br>[[Kelsey Grammer]] as [[Sideshow Bob]]<br>[[Donna Reed]] as [[Mary Hatch Bailey]] (archive footage)<br>[[James Stewart]] as [[George Bailey]] (archive footage)
 |showrunner1= Al Jean
 |writer= [[Jeff Westbrook]]<br>[[John Frink]]

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 == Promo videos ==
-*{{youtube|vcChklWrgQg|The Cops Arrest Selma Bouvier}}
+*{{Youtube|vcChklWrgQg|The Cops Arrest Selma Bouvier}}
-*{{youtube|EIRMgBdgG3g|Sideshow Bob & Cassandra Sing A Duet}}
+*{{Youtube|EIRMgBdgG3g|Sideshow Bob & Cassandra Sing A Duet}}
-*{{youtube|S8MFN7s3uFk|Full Episode (limited to US)}}
+*{{Youtube|S8MFN7s3uFk|Full Episode (limited to US)}}
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