"The Sweetest Apu"
Written by: John Swartzwelder
Directed by: Matthew Nastuk
First aired: May 5, 2002
S13E19
(DABF14)
Episode Background
Episode Background:
"The Sweetest Apu"
"The Sweetest Apu"
Written by: John Swartzwelder
Directed by: Matthew Nastuk
First aired: May 5, 2002
S13E19
DABF14
Episode Background
The Sweetest Apu was part of the spring lineup of the 2001-2002 US TV schedule. It first aired May 5, 2002 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 Sweetest Apu was seen by over 11 million people when it first aired according to Nielsen ratings.
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Plot
In the episode, Homer and Marge discover that convenience store owner Apu is having an affair with the Squishee delivery lady working in his store.
“Tonight, we invite both Manjula and Apu for dinner but we don’t tell them the other one’s coming.”
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…
“Manjula”
… is the top ranking unique term in The Sweetest Apu.
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