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|name = Season 18
 
|name = Season 18
 
|image = [[File:The Complete Eighteenth Season.png|250px]]
 
|image = [[File:The Complete Eighteenth Season.png|250px]]
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|original run = September 10, 2006 - May 20th, 2007
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|original run = September 10, [[2006]] - May 20th, [[2007]]
 
|episodes = 22
 
|episodes = 22
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|showrunners = [[Al Jean]]
 
|previous = [[Season 17]]
 
|previous = [[Season 17]]
 
|next = [[Season 19]]  
 
|next = [[Season 19]]  
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|boxset = [[The Complete Eighteenth Season]]
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|boxset = ''[[The Complete Eighteenth Season]]''
 
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'''Season 18''' was the eighteenth season of [[The Simpsons]]. It originally aired from September 10, 2006, with [[The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer]], to May 20, 2007 with [[You Kent Always Say What You Want]]. You Kent Always Say What You Want was also the 400th episode as well as celebrating the 20th anniversary of the show. Al Jean served as the Showrunner, a position he has held since the [[Season 13|thirteenth season]].
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'''Season 18''' is the eighteenth broadcast season of ''[[The Simpsons]]''. It originally ran on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] from September 10, [[2006]], with "[[The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer]]", to May 20th, [[2007]], with "[[You Kent Always Say What You Want]]". The season was mostly made up of [[production season JABF]] episodes, with seven [[rollover episodes]] from [[production season HABF]] also airing. [[Al Jean]] served as the [[List of showrunners|showrunner]] for the season.
  
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This season had guest appearances from [[Metallica]], [[Tom Wolfe]], [[Gore Vidal]], [[Michael Chabon]], [[Jonathan Franzen]], [[Fran Drescher]], [[The White Stripes]], [[Kiefer Sutherland]], [[Natalie Portman]], [[Betty White]], [[Eric Idle]], [[Stephen Sondheim]], {{ap|Ronaldo|guest star}}, [[Meg Ryan]].
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== Awards ==
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{{TBT|{{W|British Comedy Awards|British Comedy Award}} for Best International Comedy Show<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/nov/07/television6 The Guardian - "British Comedy Awards nominations"]</ref>}}
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{{TRs|N/A|3}}
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{{TRs|N/A|3}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|{{W|People's Choice Awards|People's Choice Award}} for Favorite Animated Comedy<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071111214454/http://www.pcavote.com/pca/history.jsp?year=2007 People's Choice - "2007"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>}}
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{{TRs|'''Won'''|2}}
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{{TBT|{{W|Teen Choice Awards|Teen Choice Award}} for Choice TV: Animated Show<ref>[http://awardsandwinners.com/category/teen-choice-awards/2007/ Awards & Winners - "2007 Teen Choice Awards"]</ref>}}
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{{TBT|{{W|59th Primetime Emmy Awards|59th Primetime Emmy Award}} for {{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program|Outstanding Animated Program}}<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2007/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2007"]</ref>}}
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{{TRs|"[[The Haw-Hawed Couple]]"|2}}
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{{TB|{{small|[[James L. Brooks]], [[Matt Groening]], [[Al Jean]], [[Ian Maxtone-Graham]], [[Tim Long]], [[John Frink]], [[Don Payne]], [[Dana Gould]], [[Kevin Curran]], [[J. Stewart Burns]], [[Michael Price]], [[Bill Odenkirk]], [[Marc Wilmore]], [[Joel H. Cohen]], [[Laurie Biernacki]], [[Rick Polizzi]], [[Mark Kirkland]], [[Matthew Faughnan]], [[Scott Brutz]], [[Chris Clements]], [[Matt Selman]]}}}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|2}}
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{{TRsT|{{W|60th Writers Guild of America Awards|60th Writers Guild of America Award}} for {{W|Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation|Television: Animation}}<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000710/2008/1/ IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2008 Awards"]</ref>|3}}
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{{TB|[[Matt Selman]]}}
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{{TBT|"[[Kill Gil, Volumes I & II]]"}}
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{{TB|[[Jeff Westbrook]]}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|"[[Stop, or My Dog Will Shoot!]]"}}
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{{TB|[[John Frink]]}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|2}}
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{{TBT|{{W|Environmental Media Awards|Environmental Media Award}} for Best Television Episodic Comedy<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20071016041813/http://www.ema-online.org/awards_17th_annual.php Environmental Media Association - "17th Annual Environmental Media Awards"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[The Wife Aquatic]]"}}
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{{TB|}}
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{{TBT|{{W|35th Annie Awards|35th Annie Award}} for {{W|Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production|Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production}}<ref name="Annie2007">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120208102916/http://annieawards.org/35thwinners.html The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 35th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2007)"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Yokel Chords]]"}}
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{{TB|[[Alf Clausen]] and [[Michael Price]]}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|{{W|35th Annie Awards|35th Annie Award}} for {{W|Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production|Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production}}<ref name="Annie2007">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120208102916/http://annieawards.org/35thwinners.html The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 35th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2007)"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[24 Minutes]]"}}
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{{TB|[[Ian Maxtone-Graham]] and [[Billy Kimball]]}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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== Episodes ==
 
== Episodes ==
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{{TBT|[[File:The Mook The Chef the Wife and Her Homer.png|200px]]}}
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{{TBT|[[File:The Mook The Chef the Wife and Her Homer.png|250px]]}}
 
{{TB|379 - 1}}
 
{{TB|379 - 1}}
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{{TB|"'''[[The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer]]'''"|align=}}
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{{TB|'''"[[The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|September 10, 2006}}
 
{{TB|September 10, 2006}}
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{{TB|[[Michael Marcantel]]}}
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{{TB|[[Bill Odenkirk]]}}
 
{{TB|HABF15}}
 
{{TB|HABF15}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|At school, Lisa befriends a boy, who happens to be the son of mob boss. Fat Tony is put out of commission by a rival family, and Homer and Bart get involved with the mob, when Michael, who is nothing like his father, is not interested in the "family business".|7}}
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{{TCsT|When [[Lisa]] befriends [[Fat Tony]]'s son [[Michael D'Amico|Michael]], Fat Tony and the Simpsons have dinner together. But when Fat Tony is shot by [[Calabresi family|a rival gang]], [[Homer]] and [[Bart]] help Michael fill in for his father while he recovers.
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{{TBT|[[File:Jazzy & The Pussycats.jpg|200px]]}}
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Michael Imperioli]] as [[Dante Calabresi, Jr.]], [[Joe Mantegna]] as [[Fat Tony]], [[Metallica]] as {{Chs|Metallica|themselves}}, and [[Joe Pantoliano]] as [[Dante Calabresi, Sr.]].|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Jazzy and the Pussycats promo.png|200px]]}}
 
{{TB|380 - 2}}
 
{{TB|380 - 2}}
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{{TB|"'''[[Jazzy and the Pussycats]]'''"|align=}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Jazzy and the Pussycats]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|September 17, 2006}}
 
{{TB|September 17, 2006}}
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{{TB|[[Steven Dean Moore]]}}
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{{TB|[[Daniel Chun]]}}
 
{{TB|HABF18}}
 
{{TB|HABF18}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|Bart starts to play drums following a psychiatrist's suggestion. He is pretty good at it, so a jazz group asks him to join their band, something that has been Lisa's dream for a long time.|7}}
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{{TCsT|[[Bart]] starts playing the drums after a [[Dr. Brentano|psychiatrist]] suggests it as a treatment method. But [[Lisa]] gets jealous of him when he plays with jazz musicians. Meanwhile, Lisa adopts a large number of animals to get over her feelings.
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{{TBT|[[File:Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em.png|200px]]}}
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Jack White]] as {{Ch|Jack White|himself}} and [[Meg White]] as {{Ch|Meg White|herself}}.|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em.png|250px]]}}
 
{{TB|381 - 3}}
 
{{TB|381 - 3}}
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{{TB|"'''[[Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em]]'''"|align=}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|September 24, 2006}}
 
{{TB|September 24, 2006}}
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{{TB|[[Mike B. Anderson]]<br>'''Co-director:''' [[Ralph Sosa]]}}
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{{TB|[[Matt Warburton]]}}
 
{{TB|HABF20}}
 
{{TB|HABF20}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|Marge gets a job as carpenter, but every man thinks she is going to ruin everything she fixes because she is a woman, so Homer pretends to be the carpenter while Marge does all the work, until he starts receiving too much credit for doing nothing.|7}}
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{{TCsT|When [[Marge]] takes up carpentry, she decides to become a professional carpenter, but she's not taken seriously as she's a woman. So, [[Homer]] pretends to be the one doing the work, but when he starts receiving all the credit, Marge becomes annoyed and lets him do the work himself. Meanwhile, [[Bart]] and [[Principal Skinner]] feud when they find out each other's allergies.|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Treehouse of Horror XVII.jpg|200px]]}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Treehouse of Horror XVII poster.png|200px]]}}
 
{{TB|382 - 4}}
 
{{TB|382 - 4}}
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{{TB|"'''[[Treehouse of Horror XVII]]'''"|align=}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Treehouse of Horror XVII]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|November 5, 2006}}
 
{{TB|November 5, 2006}}
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{{TB|[[David Silverman]] and [[Matthew Faughnan]]}}
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{{TB|[[Peter Gaffney]]}}
 
{{TB|HABF17}}
 
{{TB|HABF17}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|In "Married to the Blob", Homer eats green extraterrestrial goo and morphs into a rampaging blob with an insatiable appetite; in "You Gotta Know When to Golem", Bart uses a golem; and in "The Day the Earth Looked Stupid," the residents of early-1930s Springfield refuse to believe news of an actual alien invasion after being duped by Orson Welles' War of the Worlds radio broadcast.|7}}
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{{TCsT|In "Married to the Blob", [[Homer]] eats [[Space Marshmallow|green extraterrestrial goo]] and morphs into a rampaging blob with an insatiable appetite. In "You Gotta Know When to Golem", [[Bart]] uses [[Male Golem|a golem]] to enact revenge on anyone who has wronged him. In "The Day the Earth Looked Stupid," the residents of early-1930s [[Springfield]] refuse to believe news of an actual alien invasion after being duped by [[Orson Welles]]' [[The War of the Worlds]] radio broadcast.
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{{TBT|[[File:G.I.D'oh.png|200px]]}}
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Fran Drescher]] as the [[Female Golem]], [[Maurice LaMarche]] as [[Orson Welles]], [[Richard Lewis]] as the [[Male Golem]], [[Phil McGraw]] as {{Ch|Phil McGraw|himself}}, and [[Sir Mix-a-Lot]] as the "[[Baby Likes Fat]]" singer.|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:G.I. (Annoyed Grunt) promo.png|200px]]}}
 
{{TB|383 - 5}}
 
{{TB|383 - 5}}
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{{TB|"'''[[G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)]]'''"|align=}}
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{{TB|'''"[[G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|November 12, 2006}}
 
{{TB|November 12, 2006}}
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{{TB|[[Nancy Kruse]]}}
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{{TB|[[Daniel Chun]]}}
 
{{TB|HABF21}}
 
{{TB|HABF21}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|Bart joins the Army when some Army recruiters visit the school, so Homer takes his place. After he escapes with all the other soldiers, the colonel invades Springfield to find him.|7}}
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{{TCsT|[[Homer]] ends up enlisting in the army when trying to get [[Bart]]'s pre-enlistment contract made void. Homer and the other recruits deemed too unfit or stupid for the front line get involved in a war game in [[Springfield]], with live ammunition being used.
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{{TBT|[[File:Moe 'N' a Lisa.png|200px]]}}
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Maurice LaMarche]] as the [[army recruiter 2]] and [[Kiefer Sutherland]] as the [[army colonel]].|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Moe'N'a Lisa promo.png|250px]]}}
 
{{TB|384 - 6}}
 
{{TB|384 - 6}}
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{{TB|"'''[[Moe'N'a Lisa]]'''"|align=}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Moe'N'a Lisa]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|November 19, 2006}}
 
{{TB|November 19, 2006}}
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{{TB|[[Mark Kirkland]]}}
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{{TB|[[Matt Warburton]]}}
 
{{TB|HABF19}}
 
{{TB|HABF19}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|Lisa turns Moe's notes of an obscure world into a poem, so he is invited to a writer's convention by Tom Wolfe, but he says it is his own work, without any help, which breaks Lisa's heart.|7}}
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{{TCsT|After [[Homer]] forgets about [[Moe]]'s birthday, Moe writes an angry letter venting to Homer. When [[Lisa]] reads it, she becomes impressed by Moe's writing and helps him become a published poet. But when Moe takes all the credit, Lisa feels betrayed.
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{{TBT|[[File:Icecream of marge.png|200px]]}}
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Michael Chabon]] as {{Ch|Michael Chabon|himself}}, [[Jonathan Franzen]] as {{Ch|Jonathan Franzen|himself}}, [[J. K. Simmons]] as [[J. Jonah Jameson]], [[Tom Wolfe]] as {{Ch|Tom Wolfe|himself}}, and [[Gore Vidal]] as {{Ch|Gore Vidal|himself}}.|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair).png|250px]]}}
 
{{TB|385 - 7}}
 
{{TB|385 - 7}}
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{{TB|"'''[[Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)]]'''"|align=}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|November 26, 2006}}
 
{{TB|November 26, 2006}}
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{{TB|[[Matthew Nastuk]]}}
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{{TB|[[Carolyn Omine]]}}
 
{{TB|HABF22}}
 
{{TB|HABF22}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|Homer is given an ice-cream van in memory of a ice-cream man, and becomes a tyrant to the community. Meanwhile, Marge finds a useful use for leftover ice-cream sticks - building sculptures of people in Springfield. The relationship between them hits a bump in the road when Homer crashes into Marge's sculptures, and Marge won't forgive him, whatever he tries.|7}}
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{{TCsT|When [[Homer]] is left an ice cream truck after the owner passes away, he becomes an ice cream man. Meanwhile, Marge puts all the leftover popsicle sticks to use by making them into sculptures. But when Homer hits her sculptures with his new truck, their relationship goes down a rocky road.|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:The Haw-Hawed Couple.png|200px]]}}
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{{TBT|[[File:The Haw-Hawed Couple.png|250px]]}}
 
{{TB|386 - 8}}
 
{{TB|386 - 8}}
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{{TB|"'''[[The Haw-Hawed Couple]]'''"|align=}}
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{{TB|'''"[[The Haw-Hawed Couple]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|December 10, 2006}}
 
{{TB|December 10, 2006}}
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{{TB|[[Chris Clements]]}}
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{{TB|[[Matt Selman]]}}
 
{{TB|JABF02}}
 
{{TB|JABF02}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|Nelson invites the whole of Bart's class to his birthday, but Bart and Martin convince the others not to go. Bart is forced to go to Nelson's birthday by Marge, and ends up becoming friends with Nelson.|7}}
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{{TCsT|[[Nelson]] invites the whole of [[Bart]]'s class to his birthday, but Bart and [[Martin]] convince the others not to go. Bart is forced to go to Nelson's birthday by [[Marge]], and ends up becoming friends with his bully. Meanwhile, [[Homer]] and [[Lisa]] enjoy reading the ''{{ap|Angelica Button|series}}'' series together.|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Kill Gil, Volumes I & II promo.png|200px]]}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Kill Gil, Volumes I & II promo 1.png|250px]]}}
 
{{TB|387 - 9}}
 
{{TB|387 - 9}}
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{{TB|"'''[[Kill Gil, Volumes I & II]]'''"|align=}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Kill Gil, Volumes I & II]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|December 17, 2006}}
 
{{TB|December 17, 2006}}
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{{TB|[[Bob Anderson]]}}
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{{TB|[[Jeff Westbrook]]}}
 
{{TB|JABF01}}
 
{{TB|JABF01}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|The Simpsons let Gil stay with them during Christmas. However, he stays for 11 months because Marge can't tell him "no."|7}}
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{{TCsT|When [[Gil]], as [[Costington's]] [[Santa Claus]], gives [[Lisa]] the present that [[Mr. Costington|his boss]] intended to give to his daughter, Gil is fired. Taking pity on Gil, [[Marge]] invites him to stay with them over the holidays. However, Gil overstays his welcome by almost a year when Marge can't tell him "no."
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{{TBT|[[File:Jabf03.png|200px]]}}
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Elvis Stojko]] as {{Ch|Elvis Stojko|himself}}.|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Jabf03.png|250px]]}}
 
{{TB|388 - 10}}
 
{{TB|388 - 10}}
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{{TB|"'''[[The Wife Aquatic]]'''"|align=}}
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{{TB|'''"[[The Wife Aquatic]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|January 7, 2007}}
 
{{TB|January 7, 2007}}
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{{TB|[[Lance Kramer]]}}
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{{TB|[[Kevin Curran]]}}
 
{{TB|JABF03}}
 
{{TB|JABF03}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|During an outdoor movie event, Marge remembers when she went to Barnacle Bay, an island she used to go when she was a child. Homer takes her to the island, but when they arrive they discover it has become very poor.|7}}
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{{TCsT|[[Marge]] reminisces about the time in her childhood when she vacationed at [[Barnacle Bay]], but when the family visits, they find it has become a dump. After [[Homer]] accidentally burns down the town's pier, he is forced to repay his debts as a fisherman aboard [[The Rotting Pelican]].
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{{TBT|[[File:Bartman begins.png|200px]]}}
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Maurice LaMarche]] as the [[oceanographer]] and [[Sab Shimono]] as the [[gruff Japanese sailor]].|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Homerbast.png|250px]]}}
 
{{TB|389 - 11}}
 
{{TB|389 - 11}}
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{{TB|"'''[[Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times]]'''"|align=}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|January 28, 2007}}
 
{{TB|January 28, 2007}}
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{{TB|[[Michael Polcino]]}}
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{{TB|[[Joel H. Cohen]]}}
 
{{TB|JABF05}}
 
{{TB|JABF05}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|After the Simpsons' car is cut off by the Rich Texan, Homer's lust for revenge prompts his family to tell three stories of vengeance, hoping to convince Homer that pursuing revenge is not a good idea.
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{{TCsT|After being cut off while driving, [[Homer]] decides he wants revenge. The family then offers three stories about why revenge may not always be a good thing. [[Marge]] retells ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo]]'', [[Lisa]] tells a story about [[Milhouse]] getting revenge on the school bullies, and [[Bart]] tells a story about him becoming the superhero {{ap|Bartman|Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times}}.|7|color=white}}
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1.The Count of Monte Fatso
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Marge offers a cautionary tale of revenge from Nineteenth-Century France, based on Alexandre Dumas's The Count of Monte Cristo.
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{{TBT|[[File:Little Big Girl promo.png|250px]]}}
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2.Revenge of the Geeks
 
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Lisa's story revolves around Milhouse's campaign to fight back against the school bullies, and the consequences when he goes too far.
 
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3.Bartman Begins
 
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Bart recounts Bartman's "origin story", based on Batman's origin as revealed in the film Batman Begins.|7}}
 
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{{TBT|[[File:Little Big Girl.png|200px]]}}
 
 
{{TB|390 - 12}}
 
{{TB|390 - 12}}
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{{TB|"'''[[Little Big Girl]]'''"|align=}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Little Big Girl]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|February 11, 2007}}
 
{{TB|February 11, 2007}}
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{{TB|[[Raymond S. Persi]]}}
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{{TB|[[Don Payne]]}}
 
{{TB|JABF04}}
 
{{TB|JABF04}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|After turning off a big fire, Bart is rewarded with a driving license. However, he gets tired of taking Homer everywhere, so he escapes and meets a teen girl that falls in love with Bart. Meanwhile, Lisa says she is a descendant from a fake Native American tribe for an school work.|7}}
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{{TCsT|After extinguishing a city-wide fire, [[Bart]] is rewarded with a driving license. However, he gets tired of taking [[Homer]] everywhere, so he escapes and meets [[Darcy|a teenage girl]] who falls in love with him. Meanwhile, [[Lisa]] claims she is a descendant of a fake Native American tribe for a school project.
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{{TBT|[[File:Springfield Up promo.jpg|200px]]}}
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Natalie Portman]] as [[Darcy]].|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Springfield Up promo.png|250px]]}}
 
{{TB|391 - 13}}
 
{{TB|391 - 13}}
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{{TB|"'''[[Springfield Up]]'''"|align=}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Springfield Up]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|February 18, 2007}}
 
{{TB|February 18, 2007}}
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{{TB|[[Chuck Sheetz]]}}
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{{TB|[[Matt Warburton]]}}
 
{{TB|JABF07}}
 
{{TB|JABF07}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|Declan Desmond films a documentary about the lives of people of Springfield and how they changed over the years. Homer makes him believe he is rich, but he actually took Burns' manor while Mr. Burns was out.|7}}
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{{TCsT|[[Declan Desmond]] films [[Growing Up Springfield|a documentary]] about the lives of people in [[Springfield]] and how they changed over the years. Due to looking bad in previous filming sessions, [[Homer]] makes Desmond believe he became rich and owns [[Burns' Summer Mansion|a mansion]].
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{{TBT|[[File:Yokel Chords.jpg|200px]]}}
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Eric Idle]] as [[Declan Desmond]].|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Yokel Chords promo.png|250px]]}}
 
{{TB|392 - 14}}
 
{{TB|392 - 14}}
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{{TB|"'''[[Yokel Chords]]'''"|align=}}
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{{TB|'''"[[Yokel Chords]]"'''}}
 
{{TB|March 4, 2007}}
 
{{TB|March 4, 2007}}
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{{TB|[[Susie Dietter]]}}
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{{TB|[[Michael Price]]}}
 
{{TB|JABF09}}
 
{{TB|JABF09}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|Lisa teaches the Spuckler children about culture, and soon Krusty hires them to act on his show. They become famous and earn a lot of money, but Cletus spends it on himself.|7}}
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{{TCsT|[[Lisa]] teaches the [[Spuckler children]] about culture, and soon [[Krusty]] hires them to act on {{Krusty show}}. They become famous and earn a lot of money, but [[Cletus]] spends it on himself. Meanwhile, [[Bart]] is forced to see [[Stacey Swanson|a psychologist]] after he traumatizes the kids at [[Springfield Elementary School|school]] with a scary story.
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{{TBT|[[File:Jabf08.png|200px]]}}
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'''Guest starring:''' [[Peter Bogdanovich]] as a [[psychologist]], [[Andy Dick]] as {{Ch|Andy Dick|himself}}, [[Meg Ryan]] as Dr. [[Stacey Swanson]], [[James Patterson]] as {{Ch|James Patterson|himself}}, and [[Stephen Sondheim]] as {{Ch|Stephen Sondheim|himself}}.|7|color=white}}
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{{TBT|[[File:Jabf08.png|250px]]}}
 
{{TB|393 - 15}}
 
{{TB|393 - 15}}
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{{TB|"'''[[Rome-Old and Juli-Eh]]'''"|align=}}
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{{TCsT|[[Marge]] discovers the Internet and gets hooked on an online fantasy role-playing game called [[Earthland Realms]], where she interacts with practically everyone in [[Springfield]]. But when she finds out that [[Bart]] is the fearsome [[Shadow Knight]], she starts to mother him in the game. Meanwhile, [[Homer]] becomes a soccer referee, which strains his and [[Lisa]]'s relationship when he calls fouls on her.
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{{TCsT|color=white|After Homer takes pills to help him sleep and crashes into the Springfield Fire Department, He, Apu, Principal Skinner and Moe Szyslak become voluntary firemen and begin to steal property from the homes of fire victims.|7}}
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{{TCsT|When [[Homer]] crashes into the [[Springfield Fire Department]] while under the influence of [[Nappien|sleeping pills]], the fire department get injured and end up in the hospital. The [[Springfield Volunteer Fire Department]] is created to replace them while they recover. However, the new volunteers begin stealing the property of the people they're supposed to be saving.|7|color=white}}
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{{TCsT|color=white|Homer unwittingly drags the family into a cornfield maze after attempting to leave a boring Harvest fest that Marge brought them to. When everyone except Homer escapes, Santa's Little Helper rescues him and becomes the town hero. So the Simpsons enroll him in Police Dog Academy where he's teamed with Lou.|7}}
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{{TCsT|When [[Santa's Little Helper]] saves [[Homer]] from [[The A-Maize-Ing Maize Maze|a corn maze]], he becomes a town hero and eventually becomes a police dog. But [[Bart]]'s excitement for his dog is destroyed after Santa's Little Helper bites him and goes to live with the police. Bart gets a new pet, a snake called [[Strangles]], as a replacement.
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{{TCsT|color=white|When Homer buys the 1,000,000th ice-cream cone at a local shop, he ends up on Kent Brockman's news program. When Brockman swears on live TV after coffee is spilled in his lap, Ned Flanders leads a crusade to clean up Springfield's airwaves, starting with getting Brockman fired. Then Homer once again saves the day.|7}}
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{{TCsT|When [[Homer]] ends up on [[Kent Brockman]]'s [[Smartline|news program]], he accidentally spills coffee on Brockman's lap, leading to him swearing on live television. [[Ned Flanders]] files a complaint that gets the news anchor fired. He then moves in with the [[Simpson family|Simpsons]] until they can figure out how to get his job back.
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Robert Canning of {{W|IGN}} gave the season a 6.6 saying it was "Passable" and that "Now in its eighteenth season, The Simpsons continues to supply America with a decent half-hour of comedy every Sunday night. However, most long-time fans of the show agree that the last several years have seen the program in constant decline. Looking back at this particular season, there's little evidence to prove them wrong. Though we were treated with at least a few hilarious gems this year, the mediocre heavily outweighed the great."<ref>http://tv.ign.com/articles/796/796072p1.html</ref>
 
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At the {{W|Annie Awards}}, [[Alf Clausen]] and [[Michael Price]] won the award for "Best Music in an Animated Television Production" for "[[Yokel Chords]]" while [[Ian Maxtone-Graham]] and [[Billy Kimball]] won "Best Writing in an Animated Television Production" for "[[24 Minutes]]"<ref name="Annies">http://annieawards.org/35thwinners.html</ref> [[Jeff Westbrook]] won a {{W|WGA Award}} for "[[Kill Gil, Volumes I & II]]"<ref>http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1517</ref> while [[Matt Selman]] was nominated for "[[The Haw-Hawed Couple]]" and [[John Frink]] received a nomination for "[[Stop or My Dog Will Shoot!]]".<ref>http://www.wga.org/subpage_newsevents.aspx?id=2653</ref>
 
  
 
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Season Information
No. of episodes: 22
Original run: September 10, 2006 - May 20th, 2007
Showrunner(s): Al Jean
DVD boxset: The Complete Eighteenth Season
Previous season: Next season:
Season 17 Season 19

Season 18 is the eighteenth broadcast season of The Simpsons. It originally ran on Fox from September 10, 2006, with "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer", to May 20th, 2007, with "You Kent Always Say What You Want". The season was mostly made up of production season JABF episodes, with seven rollover episodes from production season HABF also airing. Al Jean served as the showrunner for the season.

Awards[edit]

Award Episode Crew Result
British Comedy Award for Best International Comedy Show[1] N/A N/A Nominated
People's Choice Award for Favorite Animated Comedy[2] Won
Teen Choice Award for Choice TV: Animated Show[3]
59th Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program[4] "The Haw-Hawed Couple" James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Tim Long, John Frink, Don Payne, Dana Gould, Kevin Curran, J. Stewart Burns, Michael Price, Bill Odenkirk, Marc Wilmore, Joel H. Cohen, Laurie Biernacki, Rick Polizzi, Mark Kirkland, Matthew Faughnan, Scott Brutz, Chris Clements, Matt Selman Nominated
60th Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation[5] Matt Selman
"Kill Gil, Volumes I & II" Jeff Westbrook Won
"Stop, or My Dog Will Shoot!" John Frink Nominated
Environmental Media Award for Best Television Episodic Comedy[6] "The Wife Aquatic"
35th Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Music in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production[7] "Yokel Chords" Alf Clausen and Michael Price Won
35th Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production[7] "24 Minutes" Ian Maxtone-Graham and Billy Kimball Nominated

Episodes[edit]

Picture # Title Original airdate Directed by Written by Prod. code
The Mook The Chef the Wife and Her Homer.png 379 - 1 "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer" September 10, 2006 Michael Marcantel Bill Odenkirk HABF15
When Lisa befriends Fat Tony's son Michael, Fat Tony and the Simpsons have dinner together. But when Fat Tony is shot by a rival gang, Homer and Bart help Michael fill in for his father while he recovers.

Guest starring: Michael Imperioli as Dante Calabresi, Jr., Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony, Metallica as themselves, and Joe Pantoliano as Dante Calabresi, Sr..

Jazzy and the Pussycats promo.png 380 - 2 "Jazzy and the Pussycats" September 17, 2006 Steven Dean Moore Daniel Chun HABF18
Bart starts playing the drums after a psychiatrist suggests it as a treatment method. But Lisa gets jealous of him when he plays with jazz musicians. Meanwhile, Lisa adopts a large number of animals to get over her feelings.

Guest starring: Jack White as himself and Meg White as herself.

Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em.png 381 - 3 "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em" September 24, 2006 Mike B. Anderson
Co-director: Ralph Sosa 		Matt Warburton HABF20
When Marge takes up carpentry, she decides to become a professional carpenter, but she's not taken seriously as she's a woman. So, Homer pretends to be the one doing the work, but when he starts receiving all the credit, Marge becomes annoyed and lets him do the work himself. Meanwhile, Bart and Principal Skinner feud when they find out each other's allergies.
Treehouse of Horror XVII poster.png 382 - 4 "Treehouse of Horror XVII" November 5, 2006 David Silverman and Matthew Faughnan Peter Gaffney HABF17
In "Married to the Blob", Homer eats green extraterrestrial goo and morphs into a rampaging blob with an insatiable appetite. In "You Gotta Know When to Golem", Bart uses a golem to enact revenge on anyone who has wronged him. In "The Day the Earth Looked Stupid," the residents of early-1930s Springfield refuse to believe news of an actual alien invasion after being duped by Orson Welles' The War of the Worlds radio broadcast.

Guest starring: Fran Drescher as the Female Golem, Maurice LaMarche as Orson Welles, Richard Lewis as the Male Golem, Phil McGraw as himself, and Sir Mix-a-Lot as the "Baby Likes Fat" singer.

G.I. (Annoyed Grunt) promo.png 383 - 5 "G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)" November 12, 2006 Nancy Kruse Daniel Chun HABF21
Homer ends up enlisting in the army when trying to get Bart's pre-enlistment contract made void. Homer and the other recruits deemed too unfit or stupid for the front line get involved in a war game in Springfield, with live ammunition being used.

Guest starring: Maurice LaMarche as the army recruiter 2 and Kiefer Sutherland as the army colonel.

Moe'N'a Lisa promo.png 384 - 6 "Moe'N'a Lisa" November 19, 2006 Mark Kirkland Matt Warburton HABF19
After Homer forgets about Moe's birthday, Moe writes an angry letter venting to Homer. When Lisa reads it, she becomes impressed by Moe's writing and helps him become a published poet. But when Moe takes all the credit, Lisa feels betrayed.

Guest starring: Michael Chabon as himself, Jonathan Franzen as himself, J. K. Simmons as J. Jonah Jameson, Tom Wolfe as himself, and Gore Vidal as himself.

Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair).png 385 - 7 "Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)" November 26, 2006 Matthew Nastuk Carolyn Omine HABF22
When Homer is left an ice cream truck after the owner passes away, he becomes an ice cream man. Meanwhile, Marge puts all the leftover popsicle sticks to use by making them into sculptures. But when Homer hits her sculptures with his new truck, their relationship goes down a rocky road.
The Haw-Hawed Couple.png 386 - 8 "The Haw-Hawed Couple" December 10, 2006 Chris Clements Matt Selman JABF02
Nelson invites the whole of Bart's class to his birthday, but Bart and Martin convince the others not to go. Bart is forced to go to Nelson's birthday by Marge, and ends up becoming friends with his bully. Meanwhile, Homer and Lisa enjoy reading the Angelica Button series together.
Kill Gil, Volumes I & II promo 1.png 387 - 9 "Kill Gil, Volumes I & II" December 17, 2006 Bob Anderson Jeff Westbrook JABF01
When Gil, as Costington's Santa Claus, gives Lisa the present that his boss intended to give to his daughter, Gil is fired. Taking pity on Gil, Marge invites him to stay with them over the holidays. However, Gil overstays his welcome by almost a year when Marge can't tell him "no."

Guest starring: Elvis Stojko as himself.

Jabf03.png 388 - 10 "The Wife Aquatic" January 7, 2007 Lance Kramer Kevin Curran JABF03
Marge reminisces about the time in her childhood when she vacationed at Barnacle Bay, but when the family visits, they find it has become a dump. After Homer accidentally burns down the town's pier, he is forced to repay his debts as a fisherman aboard The Rotting Pelican.

Guest starring: Maurice LaMarche as the oceanographer and Sab Shimono as the gruff Japanese sailor.

Homerbast.png 389 - 11 "Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times" January 28, 2007 Michael Polcino Joel H. Cohen JABF05
After being cut off while driving, Homer decides he wants revenge. The family then offers three stories about why revenge may not always be a good thing. Marge retells The Count of Monte Cristo, Lisa tells a story about Milhouse getting revenge on the school bullies, and Bart tells a story about him becoming the superhero Bartman.
Little Big Girl promo.png 390 - 12 "Little Big Girl" February 11, 2007 Raymond S. Persi Don Payne JABF04
After extinguishing a city-wide fire, Bart is rewarded with a driving license. However, he gets tired of taking Homer everywhere, so he escapes and meets a teenage girl who falls in love with him. Meanwhile, Lisa claims she is a descendant of a fake Native American tribe for a school project.

Guest starring: Natalie Portman as Darcy.

Springfield Up promo.png 391 - 13 "Springfield Up" February 18, 2007 Chuck Sheetz Matt Warburton JABF07
Declan Desmond films a documentary about the lives of people in Springfield and how they changed over the years. Due to looking bad in previous filming sessions, Homer makes Desmond believe he became rich and owns a mansion.

Guest starring: Eric Idle as Declan Desmond.

Yokel Chords promo.png 392 - 14 "Yokel Chords" March 4, 2007 Susie Dietter Michael Price JABF09
Lisa teaches the Spuckler children about culture, and soon Krusty hires them to act on The Krusty the Clown Show. They become famous and earn a lot of money, but Cletus spends it on himself. Meanwhile, Bart is forced to see a psychologist after he traumatizes the kids at school with a scary story.

Guest starring: Peter Bogdanovich as a psychologist, Andy Dick as himself, Meg Ryan as Dr. Stacey Swanson, James Patterson as himself, and Stephen Sondheim as himself.

Jabf08.png 393 - 15 "Rome-Old and Juli-Eh" March 11, 2007 Nancy Kruse Daniel Chun JABF08
When Grampa falls in love with Selma, they move in together. Homer and Patty team up to break up the odd couple. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa con a delivery man into giving them a large number of cardboard boxes, which they use to build a castle.

Guest starring: Jane Kaczmarek as Judge Constance Harm.

Homerazzi promo.png 394 - 16 "Homerazzi" March 25, 2007 Matthew Nastuk J. Stewart Burns JABF06
Homer becomes a paparazzo, taking embarrassing photographs of celebrities after he accidentally takes a photo of Duffman and Booberella together. However, when he angers Springfield's celebrities, they hire a paparazzo of their own and send him after Homer.

Guest starring: Jon Lovitz as Enrico Irritazio, J. K. Simmons as the tabloid editor, and Betty White as herself.

Bart marge online.png 395 - 17 "Marge Gamer" April 22, 2007 Bob Anderson J. Stewart Burns JABF10
Marge discovers the Internet and gets hooked on an online fantasy role-playing game called Earthland Realms, where she interacts with practically everyone in Springfield. But when she finds out that Bart is the fearsome Shadow Knight, she starts to mother him in the game. Meanwhile, Homer becomes a soccer referee, which strains his and Lisa's relationship when he calls fouls on her.

Guest starring: Ronaldo as himself.

Boys of bummer.png 396 - 18 "The Boys of Bummer" April 29, 2007 Rob Oliver Michael Price JABF11
After missing a catch that would have won the Springfield Isotots a championship game, Bart becomes a pariah who is mocked and terrorized by the townspeople. His guilt and shame over the incident begin to take their toll on him. Meanwhile, Homer trades his and Marge's mattress to the Lovejoys, which ruins his and Marge's sex life.
Crook and ladder.png 397 - 19 "Crook and Ladder" May 6, 2007 Lance Kramer Bill Odenkirk JABF13
When Homer crashes into the Springfield Fire Department while under the influence of sleeping pills, the fire department get injured and end up in the hospital. The Springfield Volunteer Fire Department is created to replace them while they recover. However, the new volunteers begin stealing the property of the people they're supposed to be saving.
Santaslittlehelperpolicecar.png 398 - 20 "Stop, or My Dog Will Shoot!" May 13, 2007 Matthew Faughnan John Frink JABF12
When Santa's Little Helper saves Homer from a corn maze, he becomes a town hero and eventually becomes a police dog. But Bart's excitement for his dog is destroyed after Santa's Little Helper bites him and goes to live with the police. Bart gets a new pet, a snake called Strangles, as a replacement.

Guest starring: Stephen Hawking as himself and Maurice LaMarche as the horn stuffer.

24 Minutes.png 399 - 21 "24 Minutes" May 20, 2007 Raymond S. Persi Ian Maxtone-Graham and Billy Kimball JABF14
In a parody of 24, Bart joins Lisa in the Counter Truancy Unit to sabotage the school bullies' plan to set off a stink bomb at the school bake sale. However, their plans are undermined when it turns out there is a mole within the organization.

Guest starring: Mary Lynn Rajskub as Chloe O'Brian and Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer.

You Kent Always Say What You Want promo 1.png 400 - 22 "You Kent Always Say What You Want" May 20, 2007 Matthew Nastuk Tim Long JABF15
When Homer ends up on Kent Brockman's news program, he accidentally spills coffee on Brockman's lap, leading to him swearing on live television. Ned Flanders files a complaint that gets the news anchor fired. He then moves in with the Simpsons until they can figure out how to get his job back.

Guest starring: Maurice LaMarche as the FOX voice-over and Ludacris as himself.


Script covers[edit]

  • HABF15 Script.jpg
  • HABF18 Script.jpg
  • HABF19 Script.jpg
  • HABF22 Script.jpg
  • JABF01 Script.jpg
  • JABF02 Script.jpg
  • JABF04 Script.jpg
  • JABF05 Script.jpg
  • JABF07 Script.jpg
  • JABF08 Script.jpg
  • JABF12 Script.jpg
  • JABF13 Script.jpg
  • JABF15 Script.jpg

References[edit]

  1. ↑ The Guardian - "British Comedy Awards nominations"
  2. ↑ People's Choice - "2007" (archived on Wayback Machine)
  3. ↑ Awards & Winners - "2007 Teen Choice Awards"
  4. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2007"
  5. ↑ IMDb - "Writers Guild of America, USA 2008 Awards"
  6. ↑ Environmental Media Association - "17th Annual Environmental Media Awards" (archived on Wayback Machine)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 35th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2007)" (archived on Wayback Machine)


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