The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase - Revision history

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‎The Simpson Family Smile Time Variety Hour

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 === The Simpson Family Smile Time Variety Hour ===
 [[File:The Simpson Family Smile Time Variety Hour.png|thumb|Homer and Marge presenting "The Simpson Family Style Time Variety Hour"]]
-The Simpsons host their own show in {{W|Radio City Music Hall}}. The whole family is there, along with many favorites such as [[Waylon Smithers]], [[Captain McCallister]], [[Hans Moleman]] and many-low children guests, especially [[Milhouse Van Houten]]. The show features various skits including an wildlife-themed short named "What if The Simpsons Were Beavers", a sweets-based, kooky-looking karaoke clip named "[[I Want Candy]]", and a poem narrated by Hans, named "Fainting Flower". {{Ch|Tim Conway}} guest stars and at the end the whole family gets into a pillow fight.
+The Simpsons host their own show in {{W|Radio City Music Hall}}. The whole family is there (save for [[Lisa]], who refused to participate and had to be recast), along with many favorites such as [[Waylon Smithers]], [[Captain McCallister]], [[Hans Moleman]] and many-low children guests, especially [[Milhouse Van Houten]]. The show features various skits including an wildlife-themed short named "What if The Simpsons Were Beavers", a sweets-based, kooky-looking karaoke clip named "[[I Want Candy]]", and a poem narrated by Hans, named "Fainting Flower". {{Ch|Tim Conway}} guest stars and at the end the whole family gets into a pillow fight.
 === Epilogue ===

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 === The Love-Matic Grampa ===
 [[File:The Love-Matic Grampa.png|right|thumb|"The Love-Matic Grampa"]]
-While at [[Moe's Tavern]], [[Moe Szyslak]] becomes lonely, until he realizes that [[Abraham Simpson|Grampa's]] spirit is inside his love tester. When he was going to heaven, he got lost along the way. He helps Moe get a date with a beautiful lady. But Moe doesn't know what to do on the date so he brings Grampa along on the date and puts him in the hoodlums's bathroom. When Moe needs advice, he runs to the bathroom, only to see the machine being smashed by school bullies [[Jimbo Jones]], [[Kearney Zzyzwicz]] and [[Dolph Shapiro]], with Kearney complaining that the machine called him gay. The machine starts malfunctioning and what he says Moe takes as advice. He comes back to the bathroom wearing his dinner. His date comes in and sees what Moe did just for her and is touched.
+While at [[Moe's Tavern]], [[Moe Szyslak]] becomes lonely, until he realizes that [[Abraham Simpson|Grampa's]] spirit is inside his love tester. When he was going to heaven after getting crushed to death by a grocery store shelf (per the [[The Love-Matic Grampa|theme song]]), he got lost along the way. He helps Moe get a date with a beautiful lady. But Moe doesn't know what to do on the date so he brings Grampa along on the date and puts him in the hoodlums's bathroom. When Moe needs advice, he runs to the bathroom, only to see the machine being smashed by school bullies [[Jimbo Jones]], [[Kearney Zzyzwicz]] and [[Dolph Shapiro]], with Kearney complaining that the machine called him gay. The machine starts malfunctioning and what he says Moe takes as advice. He comes back to the bathroom wearing his dinner. His date comes in and sees what Moe did just for her and is touched.
 === The Simpson Family Smile Time Variety Hour ===

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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|[[Troy McClure]] presents three Simpsons spin-off spoofs: In "Chief Wiggum, P.I.", [[Clancy Wiggum]] becomes a detective and moves to New Orleans with [[Seymour Skinner]] as his assistant. Next, [[Grampa]]'s soul is trapped inside [[Moe]]'s [[Love Tester]] machine in "The Love-Matic Grampa". Finally, the Simpson family host a '70s-style variety show in "[[The Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour]]".}}
+{{Synopsis|[[Troy McClure]] presents three Simpsons spin-off spoofs: In "Chief Wiggum, P.I.", [[Clancy Wiggum]] becomes a detective and moves to New Orleans with [[Seymour Skinner]] as his assistant. Next, [[Grampa]]'s soul is trapped inside [[Moe]]'s [[Love Tester]] machine in "The Love-Matic Grampa". Finally, the Simpson family host a '70s-style variety show in "[[The Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour]]".}}
 == Plot ==

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 [[Category:Episodes written by David X. Cohen]]

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 [[Category:1997]]
 [[Category:Anthology episodes]]
 [[Category:Episodes written by David X. Cohen]]
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-"'''The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase'''" is the twenty-fourth episode of [[season 8]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the one hundred seventy-seventh episode overall. and aired on May 11, [[1997]]. The episode was written by [[David S. Cohen]], [[Dan Greaney]] and [[Steve Tompkins]] and the story was written by [[Ken Keeler]]. The episode was directed by [[Neil Affleck]]. It guest stars [[Tim Conway]] as {{Ch|Tim Conway|himself}}, [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Troy McClure]], and [[Gailard Sartain]] as [[Big Daddy]].
+"'''The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase'''" is the twenty-fourth episode of [[Season 8|broadcast season 8]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the one hundred seventy-seventh episode overall. and aired on May 11, [[1997]]. The episode was written by [[David S. Cohen]], [[Dan Greaney]] and [[Steve Tompkins]] and the story was written by [[Ken Keeler]]. The episode was directed by [[Neil Affleck]]. It guest stars [[Tim Conway]] as {{Ch|Tim Conway|himself}}, [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Troy McClure]], and [[Gailard Sartain]] as [[Big Daddy]].
 == Synopsis ==
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 === Epilogue ===
-Troy McClure ends the special by explaining upcoming 'storylines' for [[season 9]] including Lisa being turned into a frog by a wizardlike Homer,
+Troy McClure ends the special by explaining upcoming 'storylines' for [[Season 9|broadcast season 9]] including Lisa being turned into a frog by a wizardlike Homer,
 [[Selma]] marrying, [[Itchy]], [[Lenny]], and [[Bumblebee Man]], Bart discovering he has two long lost brothers, and Homer and Marge only being able to see a smart, but tiny alien named [[Ozmodiar|The Great Ozmodiar]]. However, only the character of The Great Ozmodiar appeared and even that was never major.

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 |season=8
 |snumber=24
-|prodcode=4F20
+|prodcode= [[Production season 4F|4F20]]
 |airdate=May 11, [[1997]]
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-|guests=[[Phil Hartman]] as [[Troy McClure]]<br>[[Tim Conway]] as {{Ch|Tim Conway|himself}}<br>[[Gailard Sartain]] as [[Big Daddy]]
+|guests= [[Tim Conway]] as {{Ch|Tim Conway|himself}}<br>[[Phil Hartman]] as [[Troy McClure]]<br>[[Gailard Sartain]] as [[Big Daddy]]
 |showrunner1= Bill Oakley
 |showrunner2= Josh Weinstein
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-"'''The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase'''" is the twenty-fourth episode of [[season 8]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the one hundred seventy-seventh episode overall. and aired on May 11, [[1997]]. The episode was written by [[David S. Cohen]], [[Dan Greaney]] and [[Steve Tompkins]] and the story was written by [[Ken Keeler]]. The episode was directed by [[Neil Affleck]]. It guest stars [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Troy McClure]], [[Tim Conway]] as {{Ch|Tim Conway|himself}} and [[Gailard Sartain]] as [[Big Daddy]].
+"'''The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase'''" is the twenty-fourth episode of [[season 8]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the one hundred seventy-seventh episode overall. and aired on May 11, [[1997]]. The episode was written by [[David S. Cohen]], [[Dan Greaney]] and [[Steve Tompkins]] and the story was written by [[Ken Keeler]]. The episode was directed by [[Neil Affleck]]. It guest stars [[Tim Conway]] as {{Ch|Tim Conway|himself}}, [[Phil Hartman]] as [[Troy McClure]], and [[Gailard Sartain]] as [[Big Daddy]].
 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|[[Troy McClure]] present three Simpsons spin-off spoofs: In "Chief Wiggum, P.I.", [[Clancy Wiggum]] becomes a detective and moves to New Orleans with [[Seymour Skinner]] as his assistant. Next, [[Grampa]]'s soul is trapped inside [[Moe]]'s Love tester machine in "The Love-Matic Grampa". Finally, the Simpson family host a '70ish variety show in "[[The Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour]]".}}
+{{Desc|[[Troy McClure]] presents three Simpsons spin-off spoofs: In "Chief Wiggum, P.I.", [[Clancy Wiggum]] becomes a detective and moves to New Orleans with [[Seymour Skinner]] as his assistant. Next, [[Grampa]]'s soul is trapped inside [[Moe]]'s [[Love Tester]] machine in "The Love-Matic Grampa". Finally, the Simpson family host a '70s-style variety show in "[[The Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour]]".}}
 == Plot ==
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 [[Category:Anthology episodes]]