"Itchy & Scratchy Land"
Written by: John Swartzwelder
Directed by: Wes Archer
First aired: October 2, 1994
S06E04
(2F01)
Episode Background
Episode Background:
"Itchy & Scratchy Land"
"Itchy & Scratchy Land"
Written by: John Swartzwelder
Directed by: Wes Archer
First aired: October 2, 1994
S06E04
2F01
Episode Background
Itchy & Scratchy Land was part of the fall lineup of the 1994-1995 US TV schedule. It first aired October 2, 1994 at 8pm on Fox following “Fortune Hunter” and was followed by “Hardball”, both of which remain top notch examples of quality television, well worth clearing your Sunday nights to watch on the family TV. Itchy & Scratchy Land was seen by over 14 million people when it first aired according to Nielsen ratings.
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Plot
Bart and Lisa want to visit Itchy & Scratchy Land, an amusement park, but Marge has already booked a family vacation to a bird sanctuary. Bart and Lisa persuade their parents to visit the theme park by revealing it has areas for adults, including bars, bowling alleys and even a rehab center. Despite a park employee assuring the Simpsons that the violent park robots are programmed to only attack each other, the Itchy and Scratchy robots go rogue and start attacking humans.
“Now remember, we’re in the Itchy lot.”
Top Quotable Lines
- Bart: “TV sucks”. Homer: “I know you′re upset right now, so I′ll pretend you didn′t say that”.
- Homer: “To alcohol! The cause of and solution to all of life′s problems!”
- Homer: “Hello? You′ll have to speak up. I′m wearing a towel”
Top Ranking Term
Professor Frink has ran advanced ranking algorithms and processed every spoken line of this episode and found that…
“Scratchy Land”
… is the top ranking unique term in Itchy & Scratchy Land.
“You know, you’re right. This truly was the best vacation ever. Now let us never speak of it again.”