The Haw-Hawed Couple

"The Haw-Hawed Couple"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.Season 18
Episode 8
Directed byChris Clements
Written byMatt Selman
Featured music"A Horse with No Name" by America
Production codeJABF02
Original air dateDecember 10, 2006 (2006-12-10)
Episode features
Couch gagHomer (unseen, but implied to be him) cuts a piece of paper into the shape of him; he pulls it out to reveal the rest of the family holding hands. He then says "Woo-hoo!"[1]
Commentary
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"The Haw-Hawed Couple" is the eighth episode of the eighteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 10, 2006.[2] In the episode, Bart becomes Nelson's new best friend and under Nelson's protection, no one dares to mess with Bart. It was written by Matt Selman and directed by Chris Clements.[1] In its original run, the episode received 8.29 million viewers.[3] The episode's title is a pun on The Odd Couple, emphasizing Nelson's style of laughing.

A fictional character featured in this episode, Angelica Button, was later used in the season 19 episode "Smoke on the Daughter", and the revelation that the Angelica Button book series was ghost-written was the basis for the season 23 episode "The Book Job".

  1. ^ a b "Bart Gets a New Bodyguard on "The Simpsons", December 10, 2006, on the Fox Network". The Futon Critic. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
  2. ^ Air Dates for the Simpsons, tvguide.com. Retrieved on 2008-07-11
  3. ^ "Simpsons Channel' ratings for "The Haw-Hawed Couple"". Archived from the original on May 14, 2008.