The Front (The Simpsons)

"The Front"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.Season 4
Episode 19
Directed byRich Moore
Written byAdam I. Lapidus
Production code9F16
Original air dateApril 15, 1993 (1993-04-15)
Guest appearance
Episode features
Chalkboard gag"I will not sell miracle cures"
Couch gagThe Simpsons, and a thousand circus performers, form a kickline. The theme song briefly interpolates "Entry of the Gladiators" by Julius Fučík.[1]
CommentaryMatt Groening
Al Jean
Mike Reiss
Adam I. Lapidus
Rich Moore
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"The Front" is the nineteenth episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired in the United States on Fox on April 15, 1993.[2] In the episode, Bart and Lisa decide to write an episode of The Itchy & Scratchy Show; after their script is rejected, they resubmit it under the name of their grandfather Abraham Simpson, resulting in Grampa being hired as a staff writer. Meanwhile, Homer returns to high school to retake a failed science course.

The episode was written by Adam I. Lapidus and directed by Rich Moore. Actress Brooke Shields guest starred as herself.[3] It is the only Simpsons episode written by Lapidus.[4]

  1. ^ "The Front". www.simpsonsarchive.com. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  2. ^ Groening, Matt (2004). The Simpsons, The Complete Fourth Season audio commentary for the episode "The Front" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
  3. ^ Groening, Matt; Lapidus, Adam; Moore, Rich (2004). The Simpsons, The Complete Fourth Season audio commentary for the episode "The Front" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.
  4. ^ Lapidus, Adam (2004). The Simpsons, The Complete Fourth Season audio commentary for the episode "The Front" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.