"The Good, the Sad and the Drugly" | |
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The Simpsons episode | |
Episode no. | Season 20 Episode 17 |
Directed by | Rob Oliver |
Written by | Marc Wilmore |
Production code | LABF07 |
Original air date | April 19, 2009 |
Guest appearance | |
Anne Hathaway as Jenny | |
Episode features | |
Chalkboard gag | "I will not mock teacher's outdated cell phone" |
Couch gag | The Simpsons slash their way through the jungle to get to their couch, only to find monkey versions of themselves already sitting on it. |
"The Good, the Sad and the Drugly" is the seventeenth episode of the twentieth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 437th episode overall. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 19, 2009. In the episode, Bart sets up Milhouse to take the fall for a prank the two of them pulled, and the duo's friendship becomes strained when Bart falls for a charitable girl named Jenny. He starts making her think he is actually good and not bad. Meanwhile, Lisa becomes depressed when she finds articles on the Internet predicting that Springfield will suffer from catastrophic events in fifty years.
The episode was written by Marc Wilmore and directed by Rob Oliver. It features actress Anne Hathaway as Jenny.
"The Good, the Sad and the Drugly" received generally mixed reviews from critics for its similarities with other episodes. According to the Nielsen ratings, the episode was watched by 6.50 million households in its original airing.