No Loan Again, Naturally

"No Loan Again, Naturally"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.Season 20
Episode 12
Directed byMark Kirkland
Written byJeff Westbrook
Production codeLABF03
Original air dateMarch 8, 2009 (2009-03-08)
Guest appearance
Maurice LaMarche as Additional Voices
Episode features
Chalkboard gag"I will not have fun with educational toys"
Couch gagThe Simpsons bury their couch after they find it beaten up and torn, then go to a ranch to get a new one. After the new couch bucks Homer off its back, Homer is seen in a full-body cast.
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"No Loan Again, Naturally" is the twelfth episode of the twentieth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on March 8, 2009. "No Loan Again, Naturally" was written by Jeff Westbrook and directed by Mark Kirkland.

Maurice LaMarche guest starred in the episode. It was seen by 5.99 million viewers.[1]

Since airing, the episode has received generally positive reviews from television critics. The name of the episode references a 1970s song "Alone Again (Naturally)"; the song had previously been referenced in the title of the fourteenth episode of The Simpsons' eleventh season, "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily", which also centered largely around interactions between Homer and Ned.

  1. ^ "Ratings: No Loan Again, Naturally". Simpsons Channel. March 9, 2009. Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. Retrieved November 7, 2012.