| "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" | |
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| The Simpsons episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 19 Episode 9 |
| Directed by | Chuck Sheetz |
| Written by | J. Stewart Burns |
| Production code | KABF02 |
| Original air date | December 16, 2007 |
| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | "The Capital of Montana is not Hannah." |
| Couch gag | Repeat of the Powers of Ten parody couch gag from "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner" and "On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister", only this time, Homer says "Weird!" at the end. |
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"Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" is the ninth 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 December 16, 2007.[1]
The episode averaged 10.15 million viewers, winning in its time slot[2] and receiving a 12 percent audience share.[3] The episode follows Homer's attempts to recall a deliberately forgotten memory from the previous night. Maggie Simpson doesn't appear in the episode.
At the 2008 Primetime Emmy Awards, the episode won the award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour). The episode received positive reviews from critics, who often cited it as the best of the season. In 2014, showrunner Al Jean selected it as one of five essential episodes in the show's history.[4]
- ^ "Homer wakes up with no recollection of the past 24 hours and discovers that Marge and the kids are nowhere to be found on "The Simpsons" Sunday, 16 December, on FOX". The Futon Critic. Retrieved December 4, 2007.
- ^ "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind". Simpsons Channel. 2008. Archived from the original on December 20, 2007. Retrieved January 28, 2008.
- ^ Ratings[dead link], The Hollywood Reporter
- ^ Ayers, Mike (August 20, 2014). "5 Things: Essential Simpsons Episodes". Wall Street Journal.