"Bart's Comet"
Written by: John Swartzwelder
Directed by: Bob Anderson
First aired: February 5, 1995
S06E14
(2F11)
Episode Background
Episode Background:
"Bart's Comet"
"Bart's Comet"
Written by: John Swartzwelder
Directed by: Bob Anderson
First aired: February 5, 1995
S06E14
2F11
Episode Background
Bart’s Comet was part of the winter lineup of the 1994-1995 US TV schedule. It first aired February 5, 1995 at 8pm on Fox following “Get Smart” and was followed by “House of Buggin'”, both of which remain top notch examples of quality television, well worth clearing your Sunday nights to watch on the family TV. Bart’s Comet was seen by over 18 million people when it first aired according to Nielsen ratings.
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Plot
After Bart sabotages Principal Skinner’s weather balloon, Skinner punishes him by making him arrive in the schoolyard at 4:30 a.m. to be his amateur astronomy assistant. Bart accidentally locates a comet, which scientists soon discover is headed straight for Springfield.
“What did you do today, Bart?”
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…
“comet”
… is the top ranking unique term in Bart’s Comet.
“Hurrah for science? Whoo? Well I can’t say I approve of the whoo. But the hurrah was quite heartening.”