Springfield: Worst school in the country?
Once they get inside, the house is bombed and explodes in a ball of fire.
Strange, but its a new couch gag, so Im not going to complain.
Its one of my favorite parts of the show.
Mr. Burns announces his annual rate hike for electricity, releasing his hounds onto a group of economists.
Marge starts throwing all unnecessary appliances away, including the shrimp peeler and shrimp deveiner.
Lights go out all over town and Mole Mans family decides to take him off life support.
Hes kind of like Kenny fromSouth Park, though…he dies but never really goes away.
To torment a beetle.
So, the schools entire future hangs on Bart doing well on the standardized test.
He admits this to Principal Skinner, convincing him to pull the fire alarm to stall the testing.
Vanilla just grew some chocolate chips, Bart proudly tells him.
When he gets caught by Wiggum, he flees but breaks the meter.
Later, Marge catches him dragging a pillowcase full of change upstairs and confronts him.
I guess they could have gone to CoinStar, but maybe that doesnt exist in Springfield.
Final review:
This was a pretty neutral episode.
Best quotes:
Driving you crazy instead of picking off your legs… Ive really matured.
Bart to his little beetle friend, the reason he missed the test.
Youve been in public education a long time, havent you?
This episode was also dedicated to the late Huell Howser, friend ofThe Simpsons.
