"Another Simpsons Clip Show" | |
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The Simpsons episode | |
Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 3 |
Directed by | David Silverman |
Written by | Penny Wise |
Production code | 2F33 |
Original air date | September 25, 1994 |
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Episode features | |
Chalkboard gag | "I will not use abbrev"[1] |
Couch gag | The Simpsons sit on the couch and get crushed by the paper cut-out foot from Monty Python's Flying Circus.[2] |
Commentary | Matt Groening David Mirkin David Silverman |
"Another Simpsons Clip Show" is the third episode of the sixth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on September 25, 1994. In the episode, Marge reads a romance novel in bed, and it prompts her to have a family meeting, where the Simpson family recall their past loves in form of clips from previous episodes.
The episode was written by Jon Vitti (credited as "Penny Wise") and directed by David Silverman. It is the second The Simpsons episode featuring a clip show format and uses clips from all the previous five seasons. The episode features cultural references to the 1992 book The Bridges of Madison County. The episode has received generally negative reviews even compared to other Simpsons clip shows.[3] It acquired a Nielsen rating of 8.7 and was the fourth highest rated show on the Fox network that week.