"The Mansion Family"
Written by: John Swartzwelder
Directed by: Michael Polcino
First aired: January 23, 2000
S11E12
(BABF08)
Episode Background
Episode Background:
"The Mansion Family"
"The Mansion Family"
Written by: John Swartzwelder
Directed by: Michael Polcino
First aired: January 23, 2000
S11E12
BABF08
Episode Background
The Mansion Family was part of the winter lineup of the 1999-2000 US TV schedule. It first aired January 23, 2000 at 8pm on Fox following “King of the Hill” and was followed by “Malcolm in the Middle”, both of which remain top notch examples of quality television, well worth clearing your Sunday nights to watch on the family TV. The Mansion Family was seen by over 11 million people when it first aired according to Nielsen ratings.
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Plot
At the annual Springfield Pride Awards hosted by Kent Brockman and Britney Spears, awards are given to prominent Springfield citizens for their achievements. They present the award for the oldest man in Springfield to Cornelius Chapman, who is 108 years old. Chapman comes up to accept his award, but when Spears gives him a congratulatory kiss on the cheek, he dies of a heart attack. The award is therefore given to the now oldest Springfieldian in the crowd, Mr. Burns. After Burns wins, he realizes he is not a young man anymore, so he and his assistant Smithers go to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota for a check-up. Burns decides to give the Simpson family an opportunity to house sit his private mansion while he is being tested for various diseases.
“I’ll need someone to watch my house. Who’s that fella who always screws up and creates havoc?”
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…
“naught naught”
… is the top ranking unique term in The Mansion Family.
“We made it son. International waters, the land that law forgot.”