Bart Star

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Not to be confused with Bart's Comet.

"Bart Star"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.Season 9
Episode 6
Directed byDominic Polcino
Written byDonick Cary
Production code5F03
Original air dateNovember 9, 1997 (1997-11-09)
Guest appearances
Episode features
Chalkboard gag"I did not invent Irish dancing"
Couch gagEveryone sits on the couch and is crushed into a cuboid block by a compactor.[1]
CommentaryMike Scully
George Meyer
Donick Cary
Nancy Cartwright
Dan Castellaneta
Dominic Polcino
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"Bart Star" is the sixth episode of the ninth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on November 9, 1997.[2] Written by Donick Cary and directed by Dominic Polcino, the episode guest starred Joe Namath, Roy Firestone, and Mike Judge as Hank Hill in a crossover cameo appearance alongside other characters from the animated sitcom, King of the Hill.[2] In the episode, Homer becomes the coach of a pee-wee football team and makes Bart the quarterback, to the displeasure of the rest of the team.

The episode was critically well received.

  1. ^ Martyn, Warren; Wood, Adrian (2000). "Bart Star". BBC. Retrieved November 11, 2007.
  2. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference book was invoked but never defined (see the help page).