The Heartbroke Kid

"The Heartbroke Kid"
The Simpsons episode
Promotional image
Episode no.Season 16
Episode 17
Directed bySteven Dean Moore
Written byIan Maxtone-Graham
Production codeGABF11[1]
Original air dateMay 1, 2005 (2005-05-01)
Guest appearances
Albert Brooks as Tab Spangler and Jacques
Episode features
Chalkboard gagAn obese Bart buys a chocolate bar from a vending machine instead of doing a chalkboard gag during this episode.
Couch gag(first) The family, along with the couch, are launched by a catapult. / (second) Everyone makes it to the couch normally, except for the now-obese Bart, who walks in a few seconds later and suffers a heart attack.
CommentaryAl Jean
Ian Maxtone-Graham
Dana Gould
Michael Price
Matt Selman
Lance Kramer
Max Pross
David Silverman
Steven Dean Moore
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"The Heartbroke Kid" is the seventeenth episode[1] of the sixteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons.[2] It was written by Ian Maxtone-Graham and directed by Steven Dean Moore. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 1, 2005.[3] Albert Brooks guest stars in the episode, playing the character Tab Spangler, as well as briefly reprising Jacques from "Life on the Fast Lane".

"The Heartbroke Kid" is the 352nd episode in the program's history and was broadcast straight after the 351st episode, "Don't Fear the Roofer", on the Fox network in the United States.[4]

  1. ^ a b "The Simpsons Season 16". IGN. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  2. ^ "The Heartbroke Kid". thesimpsons.com. 20th Century Fox. Archived from the original on July 27, 2009. Retrieved August 3, 2009.
  3. ^ "The Simpsons' Celebrates Epic 350th Episode Sunday, May 1, on FOX". The Futon Critic. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
  4. ^ "Simpsons celebrates 350th episode". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. April 29, 2005. Retrieved August 3, 2009.