Bart After Dark

"Bart After Dark"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.Season 8
Episode 5
Directed byDominic Polcino
Written byRichard Appel
Production code4F06
Original air dateNovember 24, 1996 (1996-11-24)[1]
Episode features
Couch gagA parody of the Sgt. Pepper album cover.[2]
CommentaryMatt Groening
Josh Weinstein
Richard Appel
Dominic Polcino
David Silverman
Ken Keeler
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"Bart After Dark" is the fifth episode of the eighth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 24, 1996.[1] After accidentally breaking a stone gargoyle at a local house, Bart is forced to work there as punishment. He assumes it will be boring work, but is surprised when he learns that it is actually a burlesque house. Marge is horrified when she learns of the burlesque house, and resolves to have it shut down. The episode was directed by Dominic Polcino and written by Richard Appel.[2]

It won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Music and Lyrics" for the song "We Put the Spring in Springfield".[3]

  1. ^ a b "Bart After Dark". The Simpsons.com. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "Bart After Dark". BBC. Retrieved April 10, 2007.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Keeler was invoked but never defined (see the help page).