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"Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish"

Written by: Sam Simon, & John Swartzwelder
Directed by: Wesley Archer
First aired: November 1, 1990
S02E04
(7F01)

Episode Background

Episode Background:

"Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish"

"Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish"

Written by: Sam Simon, & John Swartzwelder
Directed by: Wesley Archer
First aired: November 1, 1990
S02E04
7F01

Episode Background

Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish was part of the fall lineup of the 1990-1991 US TV schedule. It first aired November 1, 1990 at 8pm on Fox following “local/syndicated programming” and was followed by “Babes”, both of which remain top notch examples of quality television, well worth clearing your Thursday nights to watch on the family TV. Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish was seen by over 26 million people when it first aired according to Nielsen ratings.

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Plot

In the episode, Bart catches a three-eyed fish in a river downstream of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. This prompts an inspection of the plant, and in order to prevent it from being shut down, Mr. Burns decides to run for governor. After a hard campaign that sees Burns rise from being universally despised to running neck and neck with popular incumbent Mary Bailey, it is decided that Burns will have dinner with a random employee the night before the election. Homer is chosen, much to Marge’s chagrin.
“Leave it to good ol’ Mary Bailey to finally step in and do something.”

Top Quotable Lines

    1. Bart: “TV sucks”. Homer: “I know you′re upset right now, so I′ll pretend you didn′t say that”.
    2. Homer: “To alcohol! The cause of and solution to all of life′s problems!”
    3. Homer: “Hello? You′ll have to speak up. I′m wearing a towel”
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Top Ranking Term

Professor Frink has ran advanced ranking algorithms and processed every spoken line of this episode and found that…

“Mary Bailey”

… is the top ranking unique term in Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish.

“We’re going to send a message to those bureaucrats down there in the state capital!”

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