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The Simpsons.

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The Simpsons.

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They were the first
family of American laughter...

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surfing a tidal wave of hilarity...

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Look at her vacuum.

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...onto the sands of Superstar Bay.

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But behind the chortles,

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this funny fivesome was trapped

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in a private hell.

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Everybody wanted a piece of us.

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They told us what to wear, how to dress,

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which clothes we should put on.

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The cops found me driving on the sidewalk.

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I had no business hosting the Oscars.

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After the show, Meryl Streep spit on me.

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Tonight, the Simpsons
as you've never seen them before

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on Behind The Laughter.

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The Simpsons'
amazing journey began here

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in the bustling heartland town
of Springfield.

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On this unassuming street, two nobodies

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named Homer and Marge Simpson
settled down to raise a family.

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First came baby Bart...

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then Lisa Simpson...

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And finally, Maggie.

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Nobody told us how tough
it is to raise kids.

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They almost drove me to fortified wine.

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Then we figured out we could
park them in front of the TV.

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That's how I was raised,
and I turned out TV.

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I'd see them sitting on that
couch all day long,

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just staring at that Hollywood Hogwash.

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Our favorite show was Hollywood Hogwash.

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But we also loved The Dreck Squad.

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The Malarkeys, Dumbin' it Down.

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Sheriff Lowbrow.

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Home Improvement.

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But we never saw people like us on TV.

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TV families were always hugging
and tackling issues.

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Homer kept saying he could do
a more realistic family show.

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Finally, I said, "So, do it."

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Either or get off the pot.

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And he did.

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Using his home as the studio

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and his family as the cast,

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this penniless peckinpah

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shot a crude five-minute video.

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My Funny Family, take one.

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And... action!

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Honey, I'm home.

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The boss is coming to dinner

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and I need a clean shirt.

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I haven't done the laundry yet.

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Mama Mia! Now I'll have to do it.

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Dad, that's too much detergent...

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Not now.

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I'm busy turning on

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this washing machine.

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Simpson!

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Where's my dinner?

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Mama Mia!

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It was amazing how fast.

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Dad betrayed his vision

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of a realistic show.

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OK, the material was a little corny

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but Homer and I
had real chemistry onscreen.

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Every day, I thought about firing Marge...

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You know, just to shake things up.

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Homer didn't fire Marge,

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but he did shake things up...

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show business things.

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He tried to show his demo tape
to the major networks...

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But couldn't get past the guards.

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Fortunately, I had a network connection.

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The man who cut my hair
was also President of Fox.

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The Simpsons had
their foot in the door.

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Fox ordered 13 episodes.

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But would the public respond?

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M, E, R.

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- OK.
- R, U, P...

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- You're almost there. Good!
- ...E, R, T.

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Shake it up, baby.

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- Twist and shout.
- Twist and shout.

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I first knew the show was a hit
when I walked

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into school and a kid was wearing

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a Bart Simpson t-shirt.

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Fox had an endless supply
of clever slogans, man.

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Suddenly, I was invited
to every birthday party.

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Sometimes, I'd have to read the cake

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just to know who I was singing to.

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The Simpsons was a smash.

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Viewers couldn't get enough
of the show's fractured take

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on the modern family.

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The funniest stuff
came right out of real life.

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Son, let's go out for frosty
chocolate milkshakes.

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Cowabunga, dude.

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And... Cut.

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Dad, I've never said
"cowabunga" in my life.

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Your script sucks.

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Why, you little...

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Hey, that's funny.

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And that horrible act of child abuse

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became one of our most
beloved running gags.

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With Simpson
merchandise selling like crazy

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and Simpson Gin
wetting whistles worldwide,

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the money was pouring in.

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We were using $50 bills as toilet paper

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and toilet paper as dog toilet paper.

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Convinced that the good times

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would never stop rolling,

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the Simpsons moved out

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of their trademark house

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and into M.C. Hammer's.

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We found a secret room that
was filled to the ceiling

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with parachute pants.

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I'm wearing some now.

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But pants or no pants,
the Simpsons were flying high.

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Yeah, I've seen all
the overnight sensations...

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Brad Hall, Rich Hall,
Rich Little, Little Richard...

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But the Simpsons blew them all away.

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They even had a hit record.

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Meanwhile, "Krustophenia"
sits on the shelf.

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None of us had ever sung before

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but Mr. Geffen believed in us.

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We're gonna groove tonight.

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We'll make you feel all right.

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Simpsons Boogie.

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"Simpsons Boogie."

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"Lovely to love your lovin',"

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and "Simpsons Christmas Boogie"
went mega-platinum

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and swept the Grammys.

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Right,

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and the award for.

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"Best Hardcore Thrash Metal" goes to...

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"Simpsons Christmas Boogie"?

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Simpsons Christmas Boogie.

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For America's favorite family,

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everything was coming up roses

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but those roses contained
ready-to-sting bees.

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When we come back...

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I want to set the record straight.

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I thought the cop was a prostitute.

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When Behind The Laughter
continues.

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By the end
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the Simpsons were burning up.

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Nielsen Boxes in the U.S.

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and creating a sensation overseas.

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Hello, Mr. Lobster.

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Oh, dear...

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Bathtubs of money,

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wheelbarrows of awards,

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fire hoses of respect...

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The Simpsons had it all.

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But behind the streamers and confetti,

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storm clouds were gathering.

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Figurative storm clouds.

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Oh, Homer was spending money
like a teenage Arab, heh.

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He bought me a Rolex and Cashmere jeans.

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I felt kind of guilty

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'cause I was always trying

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to score with his wife.

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So, when do we start filming?

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Even Bart was throwing dough around.

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He paid me and Carl a 1000 bucks

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to kiss each other.

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Hey, did we ever get that money?

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But reckless spending
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were just volume one

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of The Encyclopedia Self-Destructica.

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Even more harrowing were the events

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of one April afternoon.

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The script originally called
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but I'd been up all night
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so Dad volunteered to do the stunt.

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Everything was going great at first.

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I felt like I was king of the world.

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I'm king of the world! Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo!

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Right about here
I realize something's wrong.

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Yup, there I go.

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Then came the rocks...

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Jagged rocks...

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Hitting me with their jags.

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The sequence became
an instant comedy classic

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but what the audience didn't see

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was the unfunny aftermath.

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Somehow, Homer became

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addicted to painkillers.

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It was the only way he could perform

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- the bone-cracking physical comedy...
- Ow! My leg!

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...that made him a star.

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This is the worst pain ever.

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Stop pummeling me!

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It's really painful!

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Why did I take such punishment?

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Let's just say that fame was like a drug.

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But, what was even more
like a drug was the drugs.

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But despite
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the Simpsons' star continued to rise

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like a plastic bag caught in an updraft.

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It was such an honor

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to be on the Walk of Fame.

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I mean, there we were

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with Hollywood royalty

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like Milton Berle

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and Nelson Mandela...

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And just a few stars down
from the Cheerios Honey Bee.

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Awards and honors are great,

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but they don't pay the pickle man.

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We were earning millions,

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but we were always strapped for cash.

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One time, Lisa bought a first edition

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of Susan B. Anthony Man.

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Her check bounced higher than Rubber Girl.

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Where did the money go?

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Marge lost much of the family fortune

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investing in birth control products.

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I learned something.

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When people reach for their diaphragm,

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they don't want to see my picture.

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As the Simpsons'
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their expenses soared.

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From the original group of five,

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the cast ballooned to dozens...

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then hundreds.

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I'd never acted before in my life

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but, uh, if the sea captain
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why not me?

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I've even got a catch phrase.

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Nyah...

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No. I lost it.

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Then another bombshell.

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An anonymous tipster alerted Uncle Sam

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that the Simpsons were evading
their income taxes.

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Yes, I finked on Homer, but,
you know, he deserved it.

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Never have I seen such abuse

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of the "take a penny, leave a penny" tray.

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The tax men were merciless.

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Hey! What the...

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Hey, they can't take our house.

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My potbellied pig is in there.

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Oh, Mr. Porky.

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Inevitably,
the behind-the-scenes turmoil

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took its toll on their TV series.

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And... action!

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Hold on. Cut.

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- For crying out loud.
- Oh, man.

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Bart, if it's not
too much trouble...

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Fine. I'll do Teen Wolf III.

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I've got fair-weather friends to feed.

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Dad, I want to go to bed.

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Aren't there child labor laws?

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Who told you about those laws?

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Was it Marge?

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Hey, you've been riding me all day.

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Why don't you poop in your hat?

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Are you going to need us tonight?

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I have ballet tickets.

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Not that they'll do much good now.

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With the family in disarray,

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episodes increasingly resorted

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to gimmicky premises

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and nonsensical plots.

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I'm... An impostor.

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That man is the real Seymour Skinner.

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Trendy guest stars

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were shamelessly trotted out

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to grab ratings...

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If you are looking for trouble,

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you found it.

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Just try me, you... Oh!

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But there were
bigger problems offscreen.

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After judging a Miss Hawaiian
Tropic Beauty Contest

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at The Sheraton Haleakalualea,

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00:14:00,714 --> 00:14:03,259
Bart created a ruckus
on a Hawaiian airline jet,

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00:14:04,134 --> 00:14:05,845
attacking several flight attendants.

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00:14:06,345 --> 00:14:09,348
While he was in rehab,
the part of Bart Simpson was played

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by his good friend, Richie Rich.

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Bart, what do you mean you have jury duty?

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Don't have a cow, Mother.

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00:14:16,438 --> 00:14:18,858
Fans reacted
to these slapdash episodes

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with yawns...

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Angry yawns.

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00:14:21,944 --> 00:14:23,737
Desperate to polish their tarnished image,

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00:14:23,821 --> 00:14:25,906
the family agreed to a live appearance

283
00:14:26,240 --> 00:14:27,741
at the Iowa State Fair.

284
00:14:27,825 --> 00:14:31,036
Right from the start, I had
a bad feeling about that gig.

285
00:14:31,412 --> 00:14:34,164
It was an evening
none of them would ever forget.

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00:14:34,623 --> 00:14:35,708
Or would they?

287
00:14:36,125 --> 00:14:37,167
No.

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Hello, Iowa!

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00:14:41,797 --> 00:14:43,632
Does anyone have a donut?

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00:14:46,719 --> 00:14:48,470
Now, Homer, this is no time

291
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to be thinking about food.

292
00:14:50,306 --> 00:14:52,099
Yeah, forget the donuts.

293
00:14:52,182 --> 00:14:53,934
We're here to go nuts...

294
00:14:54,393 --> 00:14:55,477
Musically, that is.

295
00:14:55,561 --> 00:14:57,313
What kind of songs should we play?

296
00:14:57,396 --> 00:15:01,066
Something that swings
with the beat of New Orleans.

297
00:15:01,150 --> 00:15:02,818
No. Something that rocks.

298
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That's the sound of today.

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- Swings.
- Rocks.

300
00:15:06,030 --> 00:15:07,406
- Swings.
- Rocks.

301
00:15:07,740 --> 00:15:08,991
Sadly, this argument

302
00:15:09,074 --> 00:15:10,409
was not part of the act.

303
00:15:10,492 --> 00:15:11,744
I'll kill you!

304
00:15:11,827 --> 00:15:14,038
You don't have
the guts, little man.

305
00:15:14,580 --> 00:15:16,665
Folks, we're just having
a little family tiff.

306
00:15:16,749 --> 00:15:17,958
If you'll just bear with us...

307
00:15:18,042 --> 00:15:19,293
Oh, shut up.

308
00:15:19,376 --> 00:15:20,836
Always trying to act so mature.

309
00:15:20,920 --> 00:15:22,230
I'm glad you make the least money.

310
00:15:22,254 --> 00:15:23,254
Oh, that's it.

311
00:15:24,131 --> 00:15:26,091
- Hey! Hey, stop it!
- Stop it!

312
00:15:26,175 --> 00:15:27,676
You... Ah, let go of me!

313
00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:29,261
Before a riot could break out,

314
00:15:29,345 --> 00:15:30,846
Jimmy Carter came to the rescue

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00:15:30,930 --> 00:15:32,473
with his comedy break dancing.

316
00:15:32,556 --> 00:15:34,141
Got a brother named Billy.

317
00:15:34,224 --> 00:15:35,309
And my teeth look silly.

318
00:15:35,392 --> 00:15:36,727
Break it down, now.

319
00:15:42,358 --> 00:15:45,235
Oh, why you, I'll get ya... Oh!

320
00:15:51,700 --> 00:15:53,285
The dream was over.

321
00:15:55,746 --> 00:15:56,747
Coming up...

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00:15:56,830 --> 00:15:58,457
Was the dream really over?

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00:15:59,166 --> 00:16:00,668
Yes, it was.

324
00:16:00,751 --> 00:16:01,877
Or was it?

325
00:16:01,961 --> 00:16:03,921
And Homer finds a new passion...

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00:16:05,839 --> 00:16:08,342
Dusting and polishing mixing boards.

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00:16:09,718 --> 00:16:12,388
When Behind The Laughter continues.

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00:16:20,688 --> 00:16:22,356
The Simpsons'
TV show started out

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00:16:22,439 --> 00:16:23,899
on a wing and a prayer,

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00:16:24,316 --> 00:16:26,151
but now the wing was on fire

331
00:16:26,527 --> 00:16:28,112
and the prayer had been answered

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00:16:28,195 --> 00:16:29,195
by Satan.

333
00:16:30,239 --> 00:16:32,199
After the state fair fiasco,

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00:16:32,282 --> 00:16:34,368
none of the family
were speaking to each other.

335
00:16:34,827 --> 00:16:36,537
Fox put the show on hiatus

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00:16:36,620 --> 00:16:38,300
and replaced it with hidden camera footage

337
00:16:38,372 --> 00:16:40,457
from the dressing room at Ann Taylor.

338
00:16:40,958 --> 00:16:44,294
That slugfest at the state fair
was really a blessing.

339
00:16:44,378 --> 00:16:46,964
It gave us a chance
to pursue solo projects.

340
00:16:47,047 --> 00:16:50,342
I returned to my first love,
the legitimate theater.

341
00:16:51,677 --> 00:16:53,679
As a young female artist,

342
00:16:53,762 --> 00:16:56,515
I really love living
in this East Village loft.

343
00:16:58,058 --> 00:16:59,244
That must be our new landlord,

344
00:16:59,268 --> 00:17:01,103
Mr. Stingeley.

345
00:17:03,230 --> 00:17:04,898
Where is the rent

346
00:17:04,982 --> 00:17:06,859
I must have the rent.

347
00:17:07,192 --> 00:17:08,777
Dollars, dimes and nickels

348
00:17:08,861 --> 00:17:12,823
I need them all right now.

349
00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,159
I literally chewed the scenery.

350
00:17:15,492 --> 00:17:16,577
The other family members

351
00:17:16,660 --> 00:17:17,660
were also spreading

352
00:17:17,703 --> 00:17:19,163
their creative wings.

353
00:17:19,246 --> 00:17:20,956
Bart replaced Lorenzo Lamas

354
00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,792
in the syndicated action series, Renegade.

355
00:17:24,209 --> 00:17:27,129
If Esposito thinks he's
gonna muscle us, he's wrong!

356
00:17:27,504 --> 00:17:29,173
I hear that, Renegade.

357
00:17:29,256 --> 00:17:30,549
Let's do this thing.

358
00:17:33,427 --> 00:17:35,387
Marge put together
a nightclub act.

359
00:17:38,265 --> 00:17:40,642
I shot the sheriff.

360
00:17:41,268 --> 00:17:44,313
But I did not shoot the deputy.

361
00:17:44,688 --> 00:17:45,939
She didn't do it.

362
00:17:46,023 --> 00:17:47,316
She didn't do it.

363
00:17:47,399 --> 00:17:49,485
So the next time you see a sheriff,

364
00:17:49,568 --> 00:17:51,361
shoot him...

365
00:17:51,445 --> 00:17:52,988
...a smile!

366
00:17:53,072 --> 00:17:54,823
Good night, Laughlin!

367
00:17:54,907 --> 00:17:55,908
She didn't do it.

368
00:17:55,991 --> 00:17:57,034
She didn't do it.

369
00:17:58,660 --> 00:18:00,245
Lisa "sang," too,

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00:18:00,662 --> 00:18:03,207
in a tell-all book blasting the family.

371
00:18:03,582 --> 00:18:05,584
To prolong the run of the series,

372
00:18:05,667 --> 00:18:08,754
I was secretly given anti-growth hormones.

373
00:18:11,590 --> 00:18:13,258
That's ridiculous.

374
00:18:13,342 --> 00:18:16,261
How could I even get
all five necessary drops

375
00:18:16,345 --> 00:18:17,763
into her cereal?

376
00:18:18,931 --> 00:18:20,057
What?

377
00:18:20,140 --> 00:18:24,061
In that family, nobody trusted nobody.

378
00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:27,940
They even brought their lawyers
to Thanksgiving dinner.

379
00:18:28,565 --> 00:18:29,608
So, uh...

380
00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:31,568
How's everybody doing?

381
00:18:31,652 --> 00:18:32,861
You don't have to answer that.

382
00:18:32,945 --> 00:18:34,905
Shut up, all of you, or I'll sue!

383
00:18:35,364 --> 00:18:37,991
Oh, save it for your next book,
you little snitch.

384
00:18:38,075 --> 00:18:40,327
That's assault! That is assault!

385
00:18:41,495 --> 00:18:43,664
It was the best Thanksgiving ever.

386
00:18:43,747 --> 00:18:45,624
I mean, emotionally, it was terrible.

387
00:18:45,707 --> 00:18:48,293
But the turkey was so moist.

388
00:18:48,377 --> 00:18:50,420
The carcass
of The Simpsons' empire

389
00:18:50,504 --> 00:18:51,880
had been picked clean.

390
00:18:52,339 --> 00:18:55,801
But then came help
from an unexpected source.

391
00:18:55,884 --> 00:18:58,470
I knew there was only one person

392
00:18:58,554 --> 00:19:00,472
who could reunite this troubled clan...

393
00:19:00,556 --> 00:19:02,432
My old fraternity brother, Willie Nelson.

394
00:19:05,269 --> 00:19:07,521
I'd do anything for Kegmeister Julius,

395
00:19:07,604 --> 00:19:09,606
so I cooked up a phony awards show.

396
00:19:11,775 --> 00:19:12,943
Not again!

397
00:19:13,277 --> 00:19:14,945
Time-saver, my ass!

398
00:19:15,028 --> 00:19:16,613
When Willie asked me to be a presenter

399
00:19:16,697 --> 00:19:18,198
at the New Awareness Awards,

400
00:19:18,282 --> 00:19:19,533
I had to think about it...

401
00:19:19,950 --> 00:19:21,493
for about a microsecond!

402
00:19:21,577 --> 00:19:24,580
You just don't say "no"
to the redheaded stranger.

403
00:19:24,663 --> 00:19:26,498
And when I heard it was for awareness,

404
00:19:26,582 --> 00:19:28,083
that sealed the deal.

405
00:19:28,167 --> 00:19:29,918
Would Willie's
fence-mending eggs

406
00:19:30,002 --> 00:19:31,211
bear fruit

407
00:19:31,295 --> 00:19:32,546
or would his olive branch

408
00:19:32,629 --> 00:19:33,755
be torn apart

409
00:19:33,839 --> 00:19:35,799
by woodpeckers of mistrust?

410
00:19:37,551 --> 00:19:39,094
That night, fate wore

411
00:19:39,178 --> 00:19:41,180
a cumberbund of suspense...

412
00:19:44,808 --> 00:19:47,519
Thank you, Taco, for that loving tribute
to Falco.

413
00:19:47,895 --> 00:19:51,190
And now to present the award
for "Most Violent Rap Group,".

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00:19:51,732 --> 00:19:52,900
Homer Simpson!

415
00:19:52,983 --> 00:19:54,985
Hi.

416
00:19:55,068 --> 00:19:56,862
And Marge Simpson!

417
00:19:57,196 --> 00:19:58,238
What?

418
00:19:59,740 --> 00:20:01,033
What's she doing here?

419
00:20:01,116 --> 00:20:03,368
And Bart and Lisa Simpson.

420
00:20:05,120 --> 00:20:06,997
Hey, what's going on?

421
00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:08,207
Well, I'll be honest.

422
00:20:08,290 --> 00:20:09,499
The New Awareness Awards

423
00:20:09,583 --> 00:20:11,043
are all an elaborate sham.

424
00:20:11,585 --> 00:20:14,713
What? I knew it was too good
to be true.

425
00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:21,678
So this whole thing was just
a trick to get us back together.

426
00:20:21,762 --> 00:20:23,305
I'm also trying to patch things up

427
00:20:23,388 --> 00:20:25,265
between Van Halen and Sammy Hagar.

428
00:20:27,267 --> 00:20:28,578
But the main thing is for you folks

429
00:20:28,602 --> 00:20:30,062
to stop this silly feud.

430
00:20:30,145 --> 00:20:31,563
Isn't that right, people?

431
00:20:35,442 --> 00:20:37,861
Hug! Hug! Hug!

432
00:20:37,945 --> 00:20:40,739
Hug! Hug! Hug! Hug!

433
00:20:40,822 --> 00:20:43,533
Hug! Hug! Hug! Hug!

434
00:20:43,617 --> 00:20:46,745
Hug! Hug! Hug!

435
00:20:49,665 --> 00:20:51,917
The Simpsons'
bitter past was forgotten,

436
00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:54,294
and now the future
looks brighter than ever

437
00:20:54,378 --> 00:20:56,255
for this Northern Kentucky family.

438
00:20:56,338 --> 00:20:58,966
We put all the craziness behind us

439
00:20:59,049 --> 00:21:01,468
and now it's time to get back
to what matters,

440
00:21:01,551 --> 00:21:04,471
the show and the Sunday comic strip.

441
00:21:04,554 --> 00:21:06,056
Which Homer writes himself.

442
00:21:06,139 --> 00:21:07,641
So you know it's great.

443
00:21:07,724 --> 00:21:09,268
Why, you little...

444
00:21:09,601 --> 00:21:12,980
So whether choking
their son or poking some fun,

445
00:21:13,063 --> 00:21:16,149
the Simpsons will keep on
gagging for years to come.

446
00:21:18,151 --> 00:21:19,194
I can't believe it.

447
00:21:19,278 --> 00:21:21,113
We won another contest.

448
00:21:21,196 --> 00:21:23,740
The Simpsons are going to Delaware.

449
00:21:23,824 --> 00:21:25,617
I want to see Wilmington.

450
00:21:25,701 --> 00:21:27,619
I want to visit a screen door factory.

451
00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:29,329
This will be the last season.

452
00:21:30,622 --> 00:21:32,499
Next week on Behind the Laughter.

453
00:21:32,916 --> 00:21:34,126
Huckleberry Hound.

454
00:21:34,501 --> 00:21:38,380
I was so gay, but I couldn't tell anyone.

455
00:21:51,476 --> 00:21:55,397
We're gonna groove tonight,
we'll make you feel all right.

456
00:21:55,856 --> 00:21:58,066
Simpsons Christmas Boogie.

457
00:21:59,026 --> 00:22:03,113
We're dancing to the beat,
we'll make you move your feet.

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00:22:03,572 --> 00:22:05,574
Simpsons Christmas Boogie.

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00:22:11,038 --> 00:22:12,873
Simpsons Christmas Boogie.

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00:22:18,795 --> 00:22:20,630
Simpsons Christmas Boogie.

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00:22:29,556 --> 00:22:31,558
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