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"Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" is the nineteenth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 100th episode overall. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 28, 1994.
In 2006, Groundskeeper Willie was named the fourth-best peripheral character in the history of the show by IGN, [19] who said "high-points for the character were being trained to be civilized, wrestling a wolf that was let loose in the school and becoming a substitute for the French language teacher – 'Bon jourrr! You cheese-eating surrender ...
In this episode, Lisa makes a bet with Bart that she can turn Groundskeeper Willie into a proper gentleman while Homer creates an advertising campaign for blue pants so he can buy a new pair. The title and plot are based on the Broadway musical and film My Fair Lady. The episode received mixed reviews.
Groundskeeper Willie finally finds his lassie, and fans couldn't be happier for the bride and groom. Popular 'Simpsons' character finds love, gets a wedding — and viewers are pleased Skip to ...
They also performed the original song "Willie And The Dream Of Peat Bogs" over the end credits. [ 6 ] When the episode was rebroadcast in March 2024, the episode was dedicated to comedian Richard Lewis , who voiced the Male Golem in the eighteenth season episode " Treehouse of Horror XVII ."
The episode features numerous cultural references, including Carole King's song "Jazzman", the actor James Earl Jones and the Kimba the White Lion/The Lion King controversy. The episode also features the phrase "cheese-eating surrender monkeys", used by Groundskeeper Willie to describe the French. The phrase has since entered the public lexicon.
In the American TV series The Simpsons, Groundskeeper Willie whistles the melody in the episode "Lard of the Dance". In the Hal Roach short comedy film Tit for Tat, Stan Laurel sings a verse of this song after Oliver Hardy declares in a verbal altercation with his neighbor that he will take the "high road" and walk away.
Homer discovers he can make money by stealing and reselling grease, but eventually stops after negative encounters with Groundskeeper Willie and the Springfield Grease Company. Meanwhile, Lisa becomes jealous that new student Alex Whitney (voiced by Lisa Kudrow ) is distracting all her friends by using her fashionable personality.