| "E Pluribus Wiggum" | |
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| The Simpsons episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 19 Episode 10 |
| Directed by | Mike Frank Polcino |
| Written by | Michael Price |
| Production code | KABF03 |
| Original air date | January 6, 2008 |
| Guest appearances | |
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| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | "Teacher did not pay too much for her condo" |
| Couch gag | A parody of the medieval Bayeux tapestry shows Ned Flanders and his family stealing the Simpsons' couch. The Simpsons then take it back and kill the Flanders. |
| Commentary | Matt Groening Al Jean Michael Price Carolyn Omine Tom Gammill Max Pross Mike Frank Polcino David Silverman |
"E Pluribus Wiggum" is the tenth episode of the nineteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 6, 2008. It was written by Michael Price and directed by Mike Frank Polcino, and it guest starred Jon Stewart and Dan Rather as themselves.[1]
In the episode, Homer Simpson's inadvertent destruction of Springfield's fast-food district leads to the town holding the first presidential primaries for 2008 to fund reconstruction, attracting politicians and political journalists from across the country. Having eventually grown weary of the influx, Springfieldians attempt to drive the newcomers out by electing the most ridiculous candidate possible, the general choice ultimately being local second-grader Ralph Wiggum.
The episode became controversial in Argentina for a joke made about the government of late former dictator Juan Perón. Nonetheless, U.S. reviews were generally positive, and Mike Frank Polcino was nominated for Writers Guild of America Award in the animation category for directing the episode.