So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show
18th episode of the 4th season of The Simpsons / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show" is the eighteenth episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April Fools' Day, 1993. In the episode, Homer plays a series of practical jokes on Bart, and to get even, Bart shakes up a can of Homer's beer with a paint shaker. Homer opens the can, resulting in a huge explosion that lands him in the hospital, where he goes into a coma. At Homer's bedside, the Simpson family reminisce, mainly about moments relevant to Homer's life.
"So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show" | |||
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The Simpsons episode | |||
Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 18 | ||
Directed by | Carlos Baeza | ||
Written by | Jon Vitti | ||
Production code | 9F17 | ||
Original air date | April 1, 1993 (1993-04-01) | ||
Episode features | |||
Chalkboard gag | "No one is interested in my underpants"[1] | ||
Couch gag | The family members' heads are on the wrong bodies.[2] | ||
Commentary | Matt Groening Al Jean Mike Reiss Jon Vitti Jeffrey Lynch | ||
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The Simpsons season 4 | |||
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The episode was written by Jon Vitti, and directed by Carlos Baeza. This is The Simpsons' first clip show, and it features clips from the first three seasons of the series. It was created to relieve the long hours put in by all of the show's overworked staff. The episode features cultural references to films such as One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Fantastic Voyage.
The episode received positive reviews from critics. It was called "as good as a clip show ever gets"[2] and acquired a Nielsen rating of 14.9.