* Lisa Simpson is delighted at the sight of a rack with Tintin and Asterix comics in a comic book store, depicted in The Simpsons episode " Husbands and Knives ".

* In a segment of The Simpsons episode " Margical History Tour ", Salieri is represented by Lisa Simpson, to Bart's Mozart.

* In The Simpsons episode " Homer at the Bat ", Homer Simpson is hit in the head by a pitch while playing for the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant softball team, rendering him unconscious, but forcing in the winning run.

Another example is an episode of The Simpsons entitled " Homer at the Bat " which takes its title from the poem.

* " Homer's Enemy ", an episode of The Simpsons

He also voiced himself on a 2005 episode of The Simpsons, narrating an informational video about restraining orders.

* The Simpsons ( On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister, season 16, episode 11 ) ( 2005 ) ( as himself )

* A fictional name for Jesus originally used by Homer Simpson in the Simpsons episode " Missionary: Impossible "

He has provided the voice of Sideshow Bob on The Simpsons, winning an Emmy Award for his work in the episode " The Italian Bob ", his fifth Emmy win.

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The Lindy Hop was performed by Homer Simpson while dressed up as a panda in The Simpsons episode " Homer vs.

Albert also appeared as a special guest on The Simpsons ' Season 20 episode The Burns and the Bees in 2008.

It is also revealed on a Simpsons DVD commentary that he was to appear in the episode " Bart Star " but, due to the scandal, was replaced by Roy Firestone.

In 1995 he guest starred in The Simpsons in the episode " Lisa's Wedding " as Hugh Parkfield, Lisa's future English groom.

* In the Simpsons episode Bart the Murderer, Bart Simpson makes Manhattans for Springfield's mobsters.

This is often the subject of parody, for example in the Simpsons episode " Radioactive Man " where the onomatopoeic words are replaced with snuh !, newt!

As a testament to his national visibility during this time, Smith appeared in a 1992 episode of The Simpsons titled " Homer at the Bat ".

( This scene was later parodied in The Simpsons episode " Marge Gets a Job ".

In a 2005 episode of The Simpsons, Mr. Burns brags that he once outraced Nurmi in his antique motorcar.

Perhaps best known was his appearance in the season three episode of The Simpsons (" Homer at the Bat ") where he is hypnotized into thinking he is a chicken ( he did his own clucking ).

The series has also been parodied on The Simpsons and notably in the Futurama episode " Where No Fan Has Gone Before ", which was described by Wired magazine as a " touchstone " for fans.

*" MoneyBART ", the third episode of The Simpsons ' 22nd season, in which Lisa utilizes sabermetrics to coach Bart's Little League Baseball team.

Super Bowl XXVI was featured in the episode of The Simpsons entitled " Lisa the Greek ", which aired three days prior to the game and correctly predicted that Washington would win.

After the game, Fox aired The Simpsons episode " Sunday, Cruddy Sunday ", followed by the pilot episode of Family Guy, " Death Has a Shadow ".

Its programming includes some of the classic Canadian comedy series noted above, repeats of several hit American and British series such as The Simpsons, South Park and Absolutely Fabulous, and original series such as Kevin Spencer, Odd Job Jack, The Devil's Advocates, Improv Heaven and Hell and Puppets Who Kill.

" Kill the Alligator and Run " is the nineteenth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated television sitcom The Simpsons.

" Kill the Alligator and Run " was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Jen Kamerman as part of the eleventh season of The Simpsons ( 1999 – 2000 ).

On October 7, 2008, " Kill the Alligator and Run " was released on DVD as part of the box set The Simpsons – The Complete Eleventh Season.

According to Scully, " Kill the Alligator and Run " is often cited by fans of The Simpsons as one of the worst episodes of the show because of its structure and outlandish nature.

" Annie Alleman of The Herald News, on the other hand, named " Kill the Alligator and Run " her eighth favorite Simpsons episode.

*" Kill the Alligator and Run " at The Simpsons. com

* Captain Jack, an alligator in The Simpsons episode " Kill the Alligator and Run "

Homer Simpson sings a version of it in The Simpsons episode " Kill the Alligator and Run.

Lemmon's performance also inspired Gil Gunderson, a character on The Simpsons that is modeled on Lemmon's.

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* A recurring character on the animated TV series The Simpsons, Gil Gunderson

* Duffman, Gil, Groundskeeper Willie and Disco Stu from The Simpsons

Volumes on the philosophy underpinning such television shows as Seinfeld, The Simpsons and Buffy the Vampire Slayer propelled the series into the limelight, and have invited many imitators since, including The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series and The University Press of Kentucky's own Philosophy titles.

And I think The Simpsons has taken that spot in America ’ s heart.

I have nothing but gratitude for the amount of freedom The Simpsons has bought me in my life.

Some of the most popular TV series which premiered during the 1980s or carried over from the 1970s include: Alf, Airwolf, The A-Team, Dynasty, Dallas, Knight Rider, MacGyver, Magnum, P. I., Miami Vice, Diff ' rent Strokes, The Jeffersons, The Facts of Life, The Cosby Show, Murder, She Wrote, 21 Jump Street, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Night Court, Who's the Boss ?, Family Matters, Quantum Leap, Saved by the Bell, Roseanne, Full House, The Golden Girls, Cheers, Growing Pains, Family Ties, Seinfeld, The Simpsons and Married ... with Children.

In an homage to his Sopranos character, he also voiced the analyst of Bart Simpson's therapist in an episode of The Simpsons, and appeared as himself in the " Robots Versus Wrestlers " episode of How I Met Your Mother along with Arianna Huffington, and Will Shortz.

** "$ pringfield ( Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling )", a 1993 episode of The Simpsons

Lisa has been friendly with several boys, including Ralph Wiggum in " I Love Lisa " ( season 4, 1993 ), Nelson Muntz in " Lisa's Date with Density " ( season 8, 1996 ) and Colin in The Simpsons Movie ( 2007 ).

I have nothing but gratitude for the amount of freedom The Simpsons has bought me in my life.

As pointed out on The Simpsons Archive episode capsule for Sweets and Sour Marge, " When the people-ball is rolling toward Hans Moleman and Agnes Skinner, you can see another Moleman in the ball if you watch in slo-mo ( upper left corner of the screen, I believe ).

In one of The Simpsons ' spin-off ' programs featured in " The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase ", Wiggum stars in " Wiggum P. I.

Pinafore in " Cape Feare " was later included on the album Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons, and the song " The Very Reason That I Live " from " The Great Louse Detective " was included on The Simpsons: Testify.

Mount Holyoke also featured in " I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can ", an episode of The Simpsons: " The Seven Sisters were immortalized in popular culture in a 2003 episode of The Simpsons.

Louis-Dreyfus at the unveiling of her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, May 2010In 2007, Louis-Dreyfus reprised her role as Gloria on The Simpsons, which she had first originated in the 2001 episode " A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love ", in the episode " I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings ".

" Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, the authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, said of the episode: " pretty standard early fare, with the series not quite hitting its stride.

Colin Jacobson at DVD Movie Guide said in a review that the episode " is good but not great early Simpsons " and further commented: " For many years I thought of “ Roasting ” as a terrible episode, but it ’ s not.

In September 2002, Kravitz appeared alongside other rock stars in the episode " How I Spent My Strummer Vacation " of The Simpsons.

Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, the authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, strongly praised the episode calling it " superbly written and directed, often a literal child's-eye view of education, the first Simpsons episode proper is a classic.

Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, the authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide stated that " the story rather fizzles out at the end, but there are many good moments, especially in the power plant.

The authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, note: " It's very strange to see Homer pawning the TV set in an attempt to save the family ; if this episode had come later Marge would surely have taken this stance.

The authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, called it " A fun episode, with Rodney Dangerfield putting a lot of pathos into Larry – and Homer's impassioned speech atop the cinema at the climax is one of his funniest moments.

The song " I Could Love a Million Girls " is also featured in The Simpsons episode 7G10: " Homer's Night Out ".