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HABF is the eighteenth production season of The Simpsons. Al Jean served as the showrunner for the season. The episodes mostly aired in broadcast season 17 on Fox, with seven rollover episodes from the production season airing in broadcast season 18. The episodes aired from December 11, 2005 with "The Italian Bob", to November 26, 2006 with "Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)".
Episodes[edit]
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HABF01
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"Simpsons Christmas Stories"
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December 18, 2005
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Steven Dean Moore
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Don Payne
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S17 E9
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| When Homer takes charge of the Christmas service at the First Church of Springfield, he tells the story of the birth of Jesus Christ. Back at home, Grampa tells the story of how he lost his brother, Cyrus, and met Santa Claus after Mr. Burns shot his sleigh down. Finally, after a performance of "The Nutcracker" at Springfield Elementary, the people of Springfield sing along to the music.
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HABF02
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"The Italian Bob"
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December 11, 2005
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Mark Kirkland
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John Frink
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S17 E8
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| When The Simpsons go to Italy to pick up a new Italian sports car for Mr. Burns, they end up in a village called Salsiccia where the residents aren't aware of the criminal past of their new mayor, Sideshow Bob, who is now married and has a son. When the Simpsons reveal who Bob is to his family, he declares a "vendetta" against them.
Guest starring: Maria Grazia Cucinotta as Francesca Terwilliger and Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob.
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HABF03
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"Homer's Paternity Coot"
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January 8, 2006
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Mike B. Anderson
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Joel H. Cohen
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S17 E10
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| After a frozen mailman from the 60s is discovered, all the letters he was carrying are delivered to their destinations, including one for Mona Simpson from a man telling her about their son, which suggests Grampa might not be Homer's father. Homer seeks out Mason Fairbanks, who may be his biological father.
Guest starring: Joe Frazier as himself, William H. Macy as himself, and Michael York as Mason Fairbanks.
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HABF04
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"We're on the Road to D'ohwhere"
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January 29, 2006
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Nancy Kruse
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Kevin Curran
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S17 E11
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| After a prank goes wrong and ruins the school, Bart is sent to Upward Bound behavioral camp, with Homer being made to take him before he can go to Las Vegas to meet up with his friends. Meanwhile, Marge sells expired prescription drugs in a yard sale.
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HABF05
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"My Fair Laddy"
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February 26, 2006
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Bob Anderson
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Michael Price
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S17 E12
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| When Bart enacts revenge against new gym teacher Coach Krupt, Willie's shack gets destroyed in the crossfire. The Simpson family take him in and Lisa decides to turn Willie into a proper gentleman for a school project. Meanwhile, Homer rips his favorite blue pants and starts an ambitious advertising campaign to bring the brand back.
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HABF06
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"The Seemingly Never-Ending Story"
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March 12, 2006
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Raymond Persi
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Ian Maxtone-Graham
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S17 E13
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| When the Simpson family gets trapped in a cave, Lisa tells a story of how Mr. Burns told her a story about how he came to work at Moe's Tavern and how Moe told him a story about hidden treasure. In the present, a standoff between the Simpsons, Burns, Snake, and The Rich Texan over the treasure takes place.
Guest starring: Maurice LaMarche as Commander McBragg.
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HABF07
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"Bart Has Two Mommies"
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March 19, 2006
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Michael Marcantel
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Dana Gould
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S17 E14
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| When Marge babysits Rod and Todd, she allows them to actually have fun. But when Rod gets a minor injury, Ned is not happy with Marge going against his wishes. Meanwhile, Homer takes the kids to an animal shelter, where Bart is kidnapped by a monkey.
Guest starring: Antonio Fargas as Huggy Bear, Randy Johnson as himself, Susan Sarandon as herself, and Dave Thomas as Bob Hope.
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HABF08
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"Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife"
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March 26, 2006
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Matthew Nastuk
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Ricky Gervais
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S17 E15
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| Homer signs the family up to take part in the TV series Mother Flippers so they can win enough money to buy a new plasma screen television. While Homer goes to live with a very strict woman called Verity, Marge ends up living with Charles, who develops a crush on her.
Guest starring: Ricky Gervais as Charles Heathbar.
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HABF09
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"Million-Dollar Abie"
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April 2, 2006
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Steven Dean Moore
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Tim Long
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S17 E16
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| After Grampa blows Springfield's chance to get an NFL franchise, he becomes hated by the town and goes to an assisted suicide center. But when the center is shut down before he is euthanized, Grampa gets a new lease on life and becomes a toreador. While he becomes loved by the townspeople, Lisa becomes disappointed in him.
Guest starring: Rob Reiner as himself.
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HABF10
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"Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore"
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April 9, 2006
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Mark Kirkland
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Dan Castellaneta
Deb Lacusta
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S17 E17
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| When the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant is moved to India, Homer becomes the only worker still employed and moves to India. When Homer gets placed in charge of the new plant, he is treated like a god by the Indian employees. Meanwhile, Patty and Selma kidnap Richard Dean Anderson of MacGyver.
Guest starring: Richard Dean Anderson as himself.
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HABF11
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"The Wettest Stories Ever Told"
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April 23, 2006
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Mike B. Anderson
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Jeff Westbrook
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S17 E18
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| While waiting for dinner at The Frying Dutchman, the family starts telling three stories about ships: one about the Mayflower, one about the Bounty, and one about the Neptune.
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HABF12
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"Girls Just Want to Have Sums"
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April 30, 2006
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Nancy Kruse
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Matt Selman
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S17 E19
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| After the women of Springfield criticize Principal Skinner because he thinks girls are bad at math, the school is segregated into a boys' side and a girls' side. When Lisa finds that the math class for girls doesn't teach real math, she disguises herself as a boy to infiltrate the boys' side of the school.
Guest starring: Frances McDormand as Melanie Upfoot.
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HABF13
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"Regarding Margie"
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May 7, 2006
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Michael Polcino
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Marc Wilmore
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S17 E20
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| When Marge falls and hits her head while cleaning, she gets amnesia. While she slowly begins to remember everyone else, she cannot remember Homer at all. So, Homer does his best to get her to remember him.
Guest starring: Sal Bando as himself and Gene Tenace as himself.
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HABF14
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"The Monkey Suit"
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May 14, 2006
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Raymond S. Persi
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J. Stewart Burns
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S17 E21
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| When the teaching of evolution is made illegal in Springfield, creationism is taught in schools instead. Angered by this, Lisa holds classes on evolution in secret but gets arrested. To prove that evolution is real, the court trial calls Homer Simpson to the witness stand.
Guest starring: Melanie Griffith as herself and Larry Hagman as Wallace Brady.
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HABF15
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"The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer"
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September 10, 2006
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Michael Marcantel
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Bill Odenkirk
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S18 E1
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| 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..
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HABF16
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"Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play"
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May 21, 2006
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Bob Anderson
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Joel H. Cohen
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S17 E22
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| After a passionate kiss between Marge and Homer airs on the Isotope Jumbotron, struggling baseball player Buck Mitchell turns to the couple for marital advice for him and his wife, singer Tabitha Vixx.
Guest starring: Stacy Keach as Howard K. Duff and Mandy Moore as Tabitha Vixx.
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HABF17
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"Treehouse of Horror XVII"
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November 5, 2006
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David Silverman and Matthew Faughnan
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Peter Gaffney
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S18 E4
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| 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.
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HABF18
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"Jazzy and the Pussycats"
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September 17, 2006
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Steven Dean Moore
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Daniel Chun
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S18 E2
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| 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.
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HABF19
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"Moe'N'a Lisa"
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November 19, 2006
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Mark Kirkland
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Matt Warburton
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S18 E6
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| 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.
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HABF20
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"Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em"
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September 24, 2006
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Mike B. Anderson
Co-director: Ralph Sosa
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Matt Warburton
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S18 E3
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| 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.
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HABF21
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"G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)"
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November 12, 2006
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Nancy Kruse
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Daniel Chun
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S18 E5
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| 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.
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HABF22
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"Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)"
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November 26, 2006
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Matthew Nastuk
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Carolyn Omine
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S18 E7
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| 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.
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