Another Simpsons Clip Show

"Another Simpsons Clip Show" is the third episode of The Simpsons sixth season. It was first broadcast on the Fox network on September 25, 1994. In the episode, the Simpson family talk about romance using episodes before this one. The episode was written by Jon Vitti. David Silverman is the director of the episode. It is the second clip show of The Simpsons.

 Story 

Marge reads The Bridges of Madison County and thinks that her marriage with Homer is not romantic anymore. Homer does not believe what she thinks. On the next day, she tries getting the family to talk about romance. They can only remember times their many relationships did not work out. These are shown as parts from episodes before this one. Homer then tells the family how he and Marge met. Their children do not want to listen and watch television while Homer and Marge kiss. 

 Production 

This is the second clip show episode of The Simpsons. The first clip show episode is "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show" from the 4th season. "Another Simpsons Clip Show" was written by Jon Vitti. He went with the name "Penny Wise" in the closing credits because he did not want to be known for writing the clip show. The episode was directed by David Silverman. The episodes that were shown in the clip show were made by John Swartzwelder, Frank Mula, David Richardson, Jeff Martin, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein, Matt Groening, Sam Simon, Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Jay Kogen, Wallace Wolodarsky, Nell Scovell, David M. Stern, George Meyer, Conan O'Brien, Robert Cohen, Bill Canterbury, and Dan McGrath. The Fox network wanted the producers of The Simpsons to make clip shows. This was because they needed less money to make than a normal episode. Producers thought four episodes in each season should be clip shows. This was so that they would not be stressed out on making a season with more episodes than normal. However, this was not done because they thought fans would not like the clip shows. The Fox network thought this could happen at first because it would cost less to make a clip show but they would still get just as much money as a regular episode in syndication.

+Episodes shown in "Another Simpsons Clip Show" Episode Season Description "New Kid on the Block" 4 Homer tries to find a hot dog he lost in a swimming pool. "Dog of Death" 3 Homer throws a book that Marge was reading in a fireplace. "Krusty Gets Busted" 1 Bart and Lisa watch The Itchy & Scratchy Show. "Homer the Heretic" 4 An episode of The Itchy & Scratchy Show where the Moon destroys Scratchy's house. "Bart's Friend Falls in Love" 3 Bart and the students from his class watch a movie for sex education. "I Love Lisa" 4 Ned Flanders sings to his wife Maude. "Marge Gets a Job" 4 Smithers dreams of Mr. Burns flying through a window.  Many different episodes 1 – 4 Moe Szyslak keeps getting prank phone calls. Many different episodes 3 – 5 Homer saying "Mmm..." when he is hungry. "Homer Loves Flanders" 5 Homer kissing Flanders many times at a football game. "Life on the Fast Lane" 1 Marge starts to love a bowling teacher. "The Last Temptation of Homer" 5 Homer almost cheats on Marge with a woman he met at his job. "New Kid on the Block" 4 Bart starts to love his new neighbor. "I Love Lisa" 4 Ralph Wiggum loves Lisa and becomes sad when Lisa does not like him back. "Black Widower" 3 Marge's sister Selma marries Sideshow Bob. "Lady Bouvier's Lover" 5 Grampa does not want Marge's mother to marry Mr. Burns. "The Way We Was" 2 Homer talks about how he met Marge in high school. Many different episodes 1 – 5 Homer and Marge kissing.

 Reception 

Many fans of The Simpsons think that clip shows are the worst episodes of the show. TV Squad thought that it was made in a way that was still "worth watching" and was similar to a slideshow, but "not quite as boring". Other critics said it was "not the worst" clip show and that "the episode title pretty much says it all". Colin Jacobson from DVD Movie Guide thought that the episodes shown were good but that the clip show was not necessary.

Lisa talks about how romance was taken in a "hostile takeover by Hallmark and Disney" and parts of it were later sold. This was used in studies on how organizations are shown in pop culture. The episode was talked about in Arab Strap's song "The First Big Weekend". One of the lyrics is "It was a really good episode about love always ending in tragedy except, of course, for Marge and Homer."

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Category:The Simpsons (season 6) episodes
Category:1994 television episodes