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In 2019, Time ranked the episode third in its list of 10 best Simpsons episodes picked by Simpsons experts. [19] "The Shinning" is particularly highly praised. IGN voted it first on their list of the best segments in the Treehouse of Horror series, with "Time and Punishment" coming fourth. [20]
Tony Sokol of Den of Geek gave the episode a 3.5 out of 5 stars stating, "The Simpsons benefit from turning Bart and the secondary characters into a troupe. Each gets time to shine, the interactions become layered. With limited scenarios and no lords of these flies, the story is a mishmash of sources all with soft landings.
Just as the mob is about to converge on them, the boys use the watch to freeze time once again. The watch then breaks, leaving the two in a frozen world. For a time, they have some fun with the entire world (such as giving the Pope a wedgie and punching Oscar De La Hoya in the stomach), but soon become bored. They find an 8-hour-long watch ...
Treehouse of Horror episodes typically consist of four parts: an opening and Halloween-themed version of the credits, followed by three segments.These segments usually have a horror, science fiction or fantasy theme and quite often are parodies of films, novels, plays, television shows, Twilight Zone episodes, or old issues of EC Comics.
In the 12th episode of the show's 20th season, Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie got into mortgage trouble after Homer financed a Mardi Gras party with an adjustable rate home equity loan. Homer ...
"Bart After Dark" is the fifth episode of the eighth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 24, 1996. [1] After accidentally breaking a stone gargoyle at a local house, Bart is forced to work there as punishment.
The episode was selected for release in a 1997 video collection of selected episodes titled: The Simpsons: Crime and Punishment. [8] Other episodes included in the set were "Homer the Vigilante", "Bart the Fink", and "You Only Move Twice". [8] It was included again in the 2005 DVD release of the Crime and Punishment set. [9] "
Dan started his television career as a writer at Saturday Night Live, where he was a frequent collaborator with Adam Sandler and Chris Farley.He then joined the writing staff of The Simpsons, contributing things like "The Devil and Homer Simpson" and "Time and Punishment" (both co-written with Greg Daniels) and "Bart of Darkness".