"Bart Carny"
Written by: John Swartzwelder
Directed by: Mark Kirkland
First aired: January 11, 1998
S09E12
(5F08)
Episode Background
Episode Background:
"Bart Carny"
"Bart Carny"
Written by: John Swartzwelder
Directed by: Mark Kirkland
First aired: January 11, 1998
S09E12
5F08
Episode Background
Bart Carny was part of the winter lineup of the 1997-1998 US TV schedule. It first aired January 11, 1998 at 8pm on Fox following “The World’s Funniest!” and was followed by “King of the Hill”, both of which remain top notch examples of quality television, well worth clearing your Sunday nights to watch on the family TV. Bart Carny was seen by over 11 million people when it first aired according to Nielsen ratings.
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Plot
Homer and Bart start working at a carnival and befriend a father and son duo named Cooder and Spud. Cooder asks Homer to run his fixed game, but Homer fails to bribe Chief Wiggum, and Cooder’s game is shut down. Feeling guilty, Homer invites Cooder and Spud to stay at the Simpson residence, much to Marge’s dismay. To express their gratitude, the Cooders give the Simpsons tickets on a glass-bottom boat ride. When the Simpsons return, they find that the locks have been changed, the windows are all boarded up, and the Simpsons’ name is crossed off the mailbox and replaced by “The Cooders”. The family is forced to take up residence in Bart’s treehouse.
“That’s our sister ship, The Athena. Went down with 88 souls just last week.”
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…
“ding ding”
… is the top ranking unique term in Bart Carny.
“Throw another one of them photo albums on the fire.”