| "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" | |
|---|---|
| The Simpsons episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 19 Episode 4 |
| Directed by | Bob Anderson |
| Written by | Dana Gould |
| Production code | JABF19 |
| Original air date | October 14, 2007 |
| Guest appearances | |
| Steve Buscemi as Dwight Ted Nugent as himself Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Gloria | |
| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | "I am not an FDIC-insured bank"[1] |
| Couch gag | Homer, Marge, Bart and Lisa sit on the couch, then the scene expands and shows Maggie playing with a doll house. She picks up Homer and replaces him as her pacifier.[1] |
| Commentary | Al Jean Dana Gould Ian Maxtone-Graham Matt Selman Tom Gammill Max Pross David Silverman |
"I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"[1] is the fourth 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 October 14, 2007. For the second time in the series, Marge helps a prison assailant.[2] Marge meets Dwight (Steve Buscemi), a man who attempts to rob the bank the two are in. Marge promises that she would visit him in prison, should he turn himself in, but too frightened to go into the prison, she breaks her promise.[1] It was written by Dana Gould and directed by Bob Anderson.[1] Steve Buscemi makes his second guest appearance on the show, (originally appearing as himself in "Brake My Wife, Please")[3] though this time he voiced a character, Dwight. Ted Nugent has a voice cameo. Julia Louis-Dreyfus makes a surprise guest return as Snake's girlfriend Gloria, who originally appeared in "A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love".[1] During its first airing, the episode originally garnered 8.8 million viewers, higher than the previous episode.[4]