Simpsons Tall Tales - Revision history

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 The hobo tells the tale of [[Paul Bunyan]], who was born to [[Abe Bunyan|Abe]] and [[Mrs. Bunyan]]. Paul Bunyan was extremely large, thanks to a hopped-up pituitary gland. As Paul gets older and larger, the townspeople find him more and more of a burden, due to the fact he ate so much and accidentally crushed everything around him. Eventually, the townspeople got sick of him and decided to get rid of him by giving him a drugged beer before dragging him out of town.
-Upon waking up, Paul realized that the town didn't want him any more. He got lonely and carved an ox out of a mountain. As he slept next to the ox, a bolt of lightning hit it, bringing it to life. Paul named his Ox {{ap|Babe|Simpsons Tall Tales}} and the two went on adventures together, including fighting [[Rodan]]. Later, Paul saw and fell in love with a woman who he started to date and eventually got married to. Shortly after this, Paul's home town noticed a meteor was coming towards them. They ask Paul for help as he's the only one who can save them. The meteor lands in Paul's butt crack and the pulls it out and throws it at [[Chicago]], causing the {{W|Great Chicago Fire}}, but saving the town.
+Upon waking up, Paul realized that the town didn't want him any more. He got lonely and carved an ox out of a mountain. As he slept next to the ox, a bolt of lightning hit it, bringing it to life. Paul named his Ox, [[Babe the Blue Ox|Babe]], and the two went on adventures together, including fighting [[Rodan]]. Later, Paul saw and fell in love with a woman who he started to date and eventually got married to. Shortly after this, Paul's home town noticed a meteor was coming towards them. They ask Paul for help as he's the only one who can save them. The meteor lands in Paul's butt crack and the pulls it out and throws it at [[Chicago]], causing the {{W|Great Chicago Fire}}, but saving the town.
 === Connie Appleseed ===

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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|The family wins a trip to [[Delaware]], but [[Homer]] refuses to pay the tax on the tickets, so they ride the rails and meet a [[Singing railroad hobo|hobo]] who sings and tells them some tall tales. The first story is the tale of [[Paul Bunyan]], with [[Homer]] as the lumberjack. The second story is [[Connie Appleseed]], with [[Lisa]] playing the role of Connie. The final story is of [[Tom Sawyer]] ([[Bart]]) and [[Huckleberry Finn]] ([[Nelson]]).}}
+{{Synopsis|The family wins a trip to [[Delaware]], but [[Homer]] refuses to pay the tax on the tickets, so they ride the rails and meet a [[Singing railroad hobo|hobo]] who sings and tells them some tall tales. The first story is the tale of [[Paul Bunyan]], with [[Homer]] as the lumberjack. The second story is [[Connie Appleseed]], with [[Lisa]] playing the role of Connie. The final story is of [[Tom Sawyer]] ([[Bart]]) and [[Huckleberry Finn]] ([[Nelson]]).}}
 == Plot ==

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-"'''Simpsons Tall Tales'''" is the twenty-first and final episode of [[season 12]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the two hundred sixty-ninth episode overall. It originally aired on May 20, [[2001]]. The episode was written by [[John Frink]], [[Don Payne]], [[Bob Bendetson]] and [[Matt Selman]] and directed by [[Bob Anderson]].
+"'''Simpsons Tall Tales'''" is the twenty-first and final episode of [[Season 12|broadcast season 12]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the two hundred sixty-ninth episode overall. It originally aired on May 20, [[2001]]. The episode was written by [[John Frink]], [[Don Payne]], [[Bob Bendetson]] and [[Matt Selman]] and directed by [[Bob Anderson]].
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 == Production ==
-The opening of the episode and the wraparounds were written by [[Matt Selman]].<ref name="Selman">{{Com|Selman, Matt|Simpsons Tall Tales|Twelfth|(2009).}}</ref> The idea for making an episode based on tall tales was pitched by John Frink and Don Payne.<ref name="Graham">{{Com|Maxtone-Graham, Ian|Simpsons Tall Tales|Twelfth|(2009).}}</ref> The family going to Delaware is a callback to the [[season 11]] episode "[[Behind the Laughter]]". At the end of that episode, the family wins a trip to Delaware. The episode came around after "[[Simpsons Bible Stories]]" was fun to write, so they decided to write different anthology episodes. In the Paul Bunyan segment, the giant pill Moe had was originally supposed to read "Roofie", but it was removed.<ref name="Scully">{{Com|Scully, Mike|Simpsons Tall Tales|Twelfth|(2009).}}</ref> Another scene that changed was that after Paul puts Marge's hair on his ear, it was supposed to come out with earwax on, but they decided against it.<ref name="Anderson">{{Com|Anderson, Bob|Simpsons Tall Tales|Twelfth|(2009).}}</ref>
+The opening of the episode and the wraparounds were written by [[Matt Selman]].<ref name="Selman">{{Com|Selman, Matt|Simpsons Tall Tales|Twelfth|(2009).}}</ref> The idea for making an episode based on tall tales was pitched by John Frink and Don Payne.<ref name="Graham">{{Com|Maxtone-Graham, Ian|Simpsons Tall Tales|Twelfth|(2009).}}</ref> The family going to Delaware is a callback to the [[Season 11|broadcast season 11]] episode "[[Behind the Laughter]]". At the end of that episode, the family wins a trip to Delaware. The episode came around after "[[Simpsons Bible Stories]]" was fun to write, so they decided to write different anthology episodes. In the Paul Bunyan segment, the giant pill Moe had was originally supposed to read "Roofie", but it was removed.<ref name="Scully">{{Com|Scully, Mike|Simpsons Tall Tales|Twelfth|(2009).}}</ref> Another scene that changed was that after Paul puts Marge's hair on his ear, it was supposed to come out with earwax on, but they decided against it.<ref name="Anderson">{{Com|Anderson, Bob|Simpsons Tall Tales|Twelfth|(2009).}}</ref>
 [[Jim Carrey]] was originally to be the voice of the hobo. However, due to scheduling conflicts, this didn't happen, so [[Hank Azaria]] voiced him instead. A lot of the buffalo deaths were done off camera as the producers felt there were too many killed on camera.<ref name="Scully"/> Matt Selman wrote the Tom and Huck segment whilst listening to ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' on tape, to get all the linguo down accurately.<ref name="Selman"/> The ending dialogue of the episode was ad-libbed by [[Dan Castellaneta]] and Hank Azaria.<ref name="Scully"/>

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 |airdate= May 20, [[2001]]
 |blackboard= "I {{W|Floating timeline|should not be twenty-one by now}}"
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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|The family wins a trip to Delaware, but [[Homer]] refuses to pay the tax on the ticket, so they ride the rails and meet a [[Singing railroad hobo|hobo]] who sings and tells them some tall tales. First is the story of [[Paul Bunyan]], with Homer playing the role of Paul. Next is [[Lisa]] as "[[Connie Appleseed]]," who tries to convince the pioneers to eat apples instead of buffalo. The third story isn't really tall, but a Mark Twain-style tale about Tom Sawyer ([[Bart]]) and Huckleberry Finn ([[Nelson]]), who go on the run when Huck won't marry [[Becky Thatcher]] (Lisa).}}
+{{Desc|The family wins a trip to [[Delaware]], but [[Homer]] refuses to pay the tax on the tickets, so they ride the rails and meet a [[Singing railroad hobo|hobo]] who sings and tells them some tall tales. The first story is the tale of [[Paul Bunyan]], with [[Homer]] as the lumberjack. The second story is [[Connie Appleseed]], with [[Lisa]] playing the role of Connie. The final story is of [[Tom Sawyer]] ([[Bart]]) and [[Huckleberry Finn]] ([[Nelson]]).}}
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 == Reception ==
-As of January [[2020]], the episode has a 7.0 rating on {{W|IMDb}}<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0766139/ IMDb - "Simpsons Tall Tales"]</ref> and a 8.0 rating on {{W|TV.com}}.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/shows/the-simpsons/simpsons-tall-tales-41905/ TV.com - "Simpsons Tall Tales"]</ref>
+As of January [[2020]], the episode has a 7.0 rating on {{W|IMDb}}.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0766139/ IMDb - "Simpsons Tall Tales"]</ref>
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 |blackboard= "I {{W|Floating timeline|should not be twenty-one by now}}"
 |couchgag= The living room is a subway station: The family get on the next train that arrives.
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 |writer= [[John Frink]]<br>[[Don Payne]]<br>[[Bob Bendetson]]<br>[[Matt Selman]]
 |director= [[Bob Anderson]]