Funeral for a Fiend - Revision history

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 == Reception ==
 Robert Canning of IGN gave the episode a 6.2/10, saying "there were some enjoyable scenes, but the half hour lacked in the number of laugh-out-loud moments, and Bob's ultimate scheme wasn't very surprising."<ref name="IGN">{{cite news | author = Robert Canning | title = The Simpsons: "Funeral for a Fiend" Review | publisher = {{W|IGN}} | date = [[2007-11-26]] | url = http://tv.ign.com/articles/837/837504p1.html| accessdate=2007-11-26}}</ref>
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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|When the [[Simpson family|Simpsons]] go to [[Wes Doobner's World Famous Family Style Rib Huts|Wes Doobner's]], they find it's a trap for them by [[Sideshow Bob]]. After Bob gets arrested, he's put on trial where [[Bart]] grabs vital medication for Bob and throws it away, causing Bob to pass away. With the townspeople supportive of Bob now he's gone, Bart and the Simpsons are made out to be the bad guys.}}
+{{Synopsis|When the [[Simpson family|Simpsons]] go to [[Wes Doobner's World Famous Family Style Rib Huts|Wes Doobner's]], they find it's a trap for them by [[Sideshow Bob]]. After Bob gets arrested, he's put on trial where [[Bart]] grabs vital medication for Bob and throws it away, causing Bob to pass away. With the townspeople supportive of Bob now he's gone, Bart and the Simpsons are made out to be the bad guys.}}
 == Plot ==

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-"'''Funeral for a Fiend'''" is the eighth episode of [[season 19]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the four hundred eighth episode overall. It originally aired on November 25, [[2007]]. The episode was written by [[Michael Price]] and directed by [[Rob Oliver]]. It guest stars [[Kelsey Grammer]] as [[Sideshow Bob]], [[John Mahoney]] as Dr. [[Robert Terwilliger Sr.]], [[Keith Olbermann]] as {{Ch|Keith Olbermann|himself}}, and [[David Hyde Pierce]] as [[Cecil Terwilliger]].
+"'''Funeral for a Fiend'''" is the eighth episode of [[Season 19|broadcast season 19]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the four hundred eighth episode overall. It originally aired on November 25, [[2007]]. The episode was written by [[Michael Price]] and directed by [[Rob Oliver]]. It guest stars [[Kelsey Grammer]] as [[Sideshow Bob]], [[John Mahoney]] as Dr. [[Robert Terwilliger Sr.]], [[Keith Olbermann]] as {{Ch|Keith Olbermann|himself}}, and [[David Hyde Pierce]] as [[Cecil Terwilliger]].
 == Synopsis ==

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 |airdate= November 25, [[2007]]
 |couchgag= A magician walks in,with his cape makes the couch appear, then the family appears.
-|guests= [[Kelsey Grammer]] as [[Sideshow Bob]]<br>[[David Hyde Pierce]] as [[Cecil Terwilliger]]<br>[[John Mahoney]] as [[Dr. Robert Terwilliger Sr.]]<br>[[Keith Olbermann]] as {{Ch|Keith Olbermann|himself}}
+|guests= [[Kelsey Grammer]] as [[Sideshow Bob]]<br>[[John Mahoney]] as [[Dr. Robert Terwilliger Sr.]]<br>[[Keith Olbermann]] as {{Ch|Keith Olbermann|himself}}<br>[[David Hyde Pierce]] as [[Cecil Terwilliger]]
 |showrunner1= Al Jean
 |writer= [[Michael Price]]
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-"'''Funeral for a Fiend'''" is the eighth episode of [[season 19]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the four hundred eighth episode overall. It originally aired on November 25, [[2007]]. The episode was written by [[Michael Price]] and directed by [[Rob Oliver]]. It guest stars [[Kelsey Grammer]] as [[Sideshow Bob]], [[David Hyde Pierce]] as [[Cecil Terwilliger]], [[John Mahoney]] as [[Dr. Robert Terwilliger Sr.]] and [[Keith Olbermann]] as {{Ch|Keith Olbermann|himself}}.
+"'''Funeral for a Fiend'''" is the eighth episode of [[season 19]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the four hundred eighth episode overall. It originally aired on November 25, [[2007]]. The episode was written by [[Michael Price]] and directed by [[Rob Oliver]]. It guest stars [[Kelsey Grammer]] as [[Sideshow Bob]], [[John Mahoney]] as Dr. [[Robert Terwilliger Sr.]], [[Keith Olbermann]] as {{Ch|Keith Olbermann|himself}}, and [[David Hyde Pierce]] as [[Cecil Terwilliger]].
 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|Marge dreams that Keith Olbermann chides her for fast-forwarding through television commercials. Marge tries her to make restitution by watching hours of advertisements, and she and the Simpson family take particular interest in an ad for Wes Doobner's World-Famous Family-Style Rib Huts. They drive to the restaurant, only to find Sideshow Bob waiting for them, triumphant in his elaborate hoax to lure them to their doom. When Sideshow Bob's attempt to terminate the family is foiled, he is put on trial, where his father blames Sideshow Bob's psychosis on Bart. During the proceedings, Bart accidentally kills his old nemesis, and Bob's brother Cecil invites Bart to attend the memorial service for Sideshow Bob to bury the hatchet for good.}}
+{{Desc|When the [[Simpson family|Simpsons]] go to [[Wes Doobner's World Famous Family Style Rib Huts|Wes Doobner's]], they find it's a trap for them by [[Sideshow Bob]]. After Bob gets arrested, he's put on trial where [[Bart]] grabs vital medication for Bob and throws it away, causing Bob to pass away. With the townspeople supportive of Bob now he's gone, Bart and the Simpsons are made out to be the bad guys.}}
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 == Plot ==
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 Bart accompanies Homer to Circuit Circus to purchase a battery. The cashier who rings up Homer's purchase explains that if he signs up for a $200 TiVo and a two year subscription, he will receive his battery for free. Homer quickly complies and in almost a couple of hours, Lisa is busy installing the new TiVo system at home.
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 During a marathon commercial watching session, Marge catches an ad for "Wes Doobner's World Famous Family Rib Huts". With a menu that appeals to everyone in the family, they excitedly visit the new restaurant that night. The family begins to sense that something is amiss when they see an empty parking lot and a restaurant devoid of any tables or chairs or other patrons. Once inside. The doors and windows close and latch behind them and Wes Doobner himself steps in through another door and emits a maniacal laugh. Wes reveals himself to be Sideshow Bob and gloats about his ingenious plan to trap and then kill the Simpsons. "Wes Doobner's World Famous Family Rib Huts" is an anagram of "Sideshow Bob's World Famous Family Style Return". His commercials were subliminally designed to only attract the Simpsons.
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 With the Simpsons tied up, Sideshow Bob provides a slide show to explain what he's been up to since the last time the Simpsons saw him in The Italian Bob. Sideshow Bob then shows the family how he plans to kill them. He places a laptop computer with a defective battery on top of a pile of TNT so that when the battery overheats and explodes, it will ignite the TNT causing it to explode as well. Bob quotes some Shakespeare and then makes his exit, but Lisa calls out to Bob, teasing him for getting the Shakespeare quote wrong. Sideshow Bob, not wanting to be upstaged, quickly reenters and uses the laptop to check Wikipedia about the accuracy of his quote. But while waiting for the website to load, the defective battery explodes in his lap knocking him unconscious. Within minutes Kent Brockman is reporting on the scene and Sideshow Bob is taken down.
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 An outraged Bart snaps and in an outburst tries to convince the court that Bob is lying. Sideshow Bob then reaches into his jacket pocket and pulls out a small vial of nitroglycerin, but before he can do anything with it, Bart snatches the vial out of Bob's hand and flings it out the window. Bob screams, clutches his heart in horror and collapses. Dr. Terwilliger rushes from the witness stand to his son's side and Sideshow Bob's mother emerges from the gallery to explain that the nitroglycerin was actually for Bob's heart defect. Dr. Hibbert rushes forward to check Bob's pulse and then confirms everyone's fears, telling them that Sideshow Bob is dead, blaming Bart in the process.
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 Most of Springfield turns out to attend Bob's funeral (including Bob's parents, wife, son, and younger brother Cecil, whose been let out of prison to attend) and Kent Brockman covers the scene with live coverage. Krusty leads the funeral in song as well-wishers pay their last respects to Sideshow Bob, lying peacefully in a tailor made coffin that accommodates his tremendous feet. The Simpsons enters the church to hostility and Bart storms off, refusing to pay his respects to Bob.