"Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" | |
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The Simpsons episode | |
Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 14 |
Directed by | Jeff Lynch |
Written by | Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein |
Production code | 1F12 |
Original air date | February 17, 1994 |
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Episode features | |
Couch gag | The family gets crushed by the foot from Monty Python's Flying Circus. |
Commentary | Matt Groening David Mirkin Bill Oakley Josh Weinstein David Silverman |
"Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" is the fourteenth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 95th episode overall. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 17, 1994. Lisa challenges the Malibu Stacy dollmakers to make a less sexist doll. With Malibu Stacy's original creator, Stacy Lovell, Lisa creates the doll Lisa Lionheart to positively influence young girls.
The episode was written by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein, and directed by Jeffrey Lynch. Its plot was inspired by the Teen Talk Barbie doll, which "spoke" short phrases stereotypical of a middle-class American teenager. Kathleen Turner guest stars as Lovell.
The episode has received mostly positive critical reviews. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 11.6, and was the second-highest-rated show on the Fox network the week it aired.