"Monty Can't Buy Me Love"
Written by: John Swartzwelder
Directed by: Mark Ervin
First aired: May 2, 1999
S10E21
(AABF17)
Episode Background
Episode Background:
"Monty Can't Buy Me Love"
"Monty Can't Buy Me Love"
Written by: John Swartzwelder
Directed by: Mark Ervin
First aired: May 2, 1999
S10E21
AABF17
Episode Background
Monty Can’t Buy Me Love was part of the spring lineup of the 1998-1999 US TV schedule. It first aired May 2, 1999 at 8pm on Fox following “The World’s Funniest!” and was followed by “Futurama”, both of which remain top notch examples of quality television, well worth clearing your Sunday nights to watch on the family TV. Monty Can’t Buy Me Love was seen by over 7 million people when it first aired according to Nielsen ratings.
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Plot
In the episode, Mr. Burns is jealous of megastore owner Arthur Fortune, who is beloved by the people of Springfield. In order to win the people’s love, Burns gathers the help of Homer Simpson, Professor Frink and Groundskeeper Willie to try and capture the Loch Ness monster.
“New music? Man, all these bands are just ripping off Judas Priest.”
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…
“Arthur Fortune”
… is the top ranking unique term in Monty Can’t Buy Me Love.
“The man has no idea how to act like a billionaire. Where’s the dignity? Where’s the contempt for the common man?”