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| episode_name = Moe'n'a Lisa| | |||
| ⚫ | | image = Moe'n'aLisa.png | ||
| episode_no = 384| | |||
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| prod_code = HABF19| | |||
| | caption = The episode's promotional image featuring ], ], ] and ]. | |||
| airdate = ], ]| | |||
| ⚫ | | season = 18 | ||
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| | episode = 6 | |||
| | director = ] | |||
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| couch_gag = On a computer, pictures of the family are dragged onto the couch, and then deleted.| | |||
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| guest_star = ] as ]<br>] as himself<br>] as himself<br>] as himself<br>] as himself| | |||
| | airdate = {{Start date|2006|11|19}} | |||
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| | couch_gag = The family is dragged and dropped onto the couch like in a computer window, but eventually all of them, including the couch, are dropped into the Recycle Bin, which eventually gets emptied. | |||
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| * Mark Kirkland | |||
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| "'''Moe'N'a Lisa'''"<ref name="IGN">{{cite web|first=Dan|last=Iverson|date=November 20, 2006|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/746/746823p1.html|title=The Simpsons: "Moe'N'A Lisa" Review|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071211020823/http://tv.ign.com/articles/746/746823p1.html |website=]|archive-date=December 11, 2007 |access-date=November 22, 2024}}</ref> is the sixth episode of the ] of the American animated television series '']''. It first aired on the ] in the United States on November 19, 2006. ] aids ] in discovering his inner-poet and he gains swift popularity and recognition from a group of successful American authors, when Lisa helps to get his poetry published. However, Lisa is crushed when Moe enjoys his newfound success with famous writers and deliberately refuses to credit Lisa for her assistance in his poetry.<ref name="IGN"/> It was written by ] and directed by ].<ref name="IGN"/> ] reprises his role as the voice of ] from ]'s '']'', while ], ], ], and ] make cameos as themselves.<ref name="IGN"/> | |||
| ==Plot== | |||
| The Simpson family go to see Grampa perform at the Senior Olympics. After they leave, Moe calls Homer to remind him about a fishing trip to celebrate his birthday. When the family returns, Homer realizes he forgot Moe's birthday when he sees Moe sitting outside on their front steps. That night, Moe writes an angry letter to the family, and the dramatic writing inspires Lisa to choose Moe for her "interesting person" report at school. | |||
| At Moe's residence, a run-down hotel, Lisa finds his notes on the wall and arranges them to form a poem. She submits this to ''American Poetry Perspectives'', and the poem is approved, with author ] inviting Moe and the Simpson family to ] to attend a literary conference. After Moe sees another poet ridiculed and exiled for admitting he had help with writing, he falsely claims that he wrote and titled his poem all by himself, devastating Lisa. | |||
| Moe is featured on a writing panel. Lisa attends and encourages him to share his inspirations, although he insists that he does not have any. However, without Lisa's help, Moe struggles to write a poem in time for a dinner in his honor; when he sees Lisa enter, he improvises a poem about her, thanking her for helping him write poetry. Lisa forgives Moe and they walk out of the dining hall together. | |||
| '''Moe'N'a Lisa''' is an episode from the ] of ]. It was written by ] and directed by ]. | |||
| Meanwhile, the publisher of ''American Poetry Perspectives,'' ], watches the panel on television and turns it off in disgust. He then demands photos of ], but after being reminded that he works at a poetry journal, demands poems about Spider-Man. | |||
| ==Synopsis== | |||
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| ==Production== | |||
| The episode starts off with Homer waking up with a remember string. He also has "DON'T FORGET" written in mirror writing on his chest, and there are various other "DON'T FORGET" messages, including Maggie's cereal, which spelled out "DON'T FORGE" until she coughed up the "T." Trying to remember what it is he's supposed to remember, he ends up going to the Senior Olympics with his family. Grandpa reminisces about his encounter with Hitler at the 1936 Olympics (where he accidentally saved Hitler's life), and he actually manages to win a medal at the Senior Olympics. Shortly after Homer leaves his house the scene changes to Moe's tavern where the proprietor is calling the Simpson household to remind Homer about the former's birthday fishing trip. At the Olympics, it is revealed that Lisa cannot find anyone interesting enough on whom to do a report. | |||
| The writers of the episode first started with the idea of Moe as ] and then teamed him with Lisa. The episode guest stars authors ], who says ''The Simpsons'' "is the only show of any sort that I watch on television"; ] and ], who recorded their lines together; and ], who admitted that he was not a regular watcher of the show. In one version of the script, Wolfe, Chabon and Franzen were all killed by a giant boulder. Although the guest stars recorded lines for this part of the episode, the scene was cut from the final version.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-nov-30-et-simpsons30-story.html | title = The call of 'D'oh!' | access-date = 2008-08-30 | first= Steven |last=Barrie-Anthony | date = 2005-11-30 | work = ]}}</ref> The Wordloaf conference is based on the real life ] in Vermont. | |||
| ==Reception== | |||
| The Simpson family returns home at night to find Moe waiting for them outside their door. Sneaking into their own house, they receive a message from Moe saying that Homer had betrayed him. Impressed by the emotional depth of the letter, Lisa decides to do a report on Moe. At Moe's hotel room (where he lives) Lisa discovers random thoughts on post-it notes written by Moe. Combining them, she creates a poem and sends it to a poetry journal where it becomes a smash hit, and he is acclaimed as a ]-like poet. | |||
| ===Viewing figures=== | |||
| The episode earned a 3.3 rating and was watched by 9.27 million viewers, which was the 44th most-watched show that week.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=] Medianet|date=November 21, 2006|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=112106_06|title=Weekly Program Rankings Report (Nov. 13-19)|access-date=June 10, 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221172009/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=112106_06|archive-date=December 21, 2008}}</ref> | |||
| ===Critical response=== | |||
| Moe is invited to the Vermont festival by Tom Wolfe. While driving there, Homer avoids drinking and driving by driving only between sips of beer. Moe and the Simpsons finally arrive at the Wordloaf convention while being pursued by the police of every state in New England. At the convention, Moe mingles among noted authors ], ], ] and ]. After Gore Vidal is ejected from the gathering for having gotten inspiration for the titles of his novels (as opposed to creating the title himself "as any true author does"), Moe takes credit for the poem's name saying it was a solo effort. Lisa is deeply hurt by this. Meanwhile, Moe realizes he cannot arrange his fragments into poems without Lisa. Ultimately, he delivers a poem at the convention revealing Lisa's contribution. | |||
| Dan Iverson of '']'' rates it a 7.3, saying that this episode made up for the previous one.<ref name="IGN"/> He praises all the guest voices in their appearances, though mainly Tom Wolfe's.<ref name="IGN"/> | |||
| Adam Finley of '']'' thought the story with Lisa and Moe was somewhat forced but liked seeing Lisa's faith in other people. He also wanted to see more appearance by J. K. Simmons.<ref>{{cite web|first=Adam|last=Finley|date=November 20, 2006|title=The Simpsons: Moe 'N' a Lisa|url=http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/11/20/the-simpsons-moe-n-a-lisa/|website=]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070519012619/http://www.tvsquad.com:80/2006/11/20/the-simpsons-moe-n-a-lisa/|archive-date=May 19, 2007|access-date=November 22, 2024}}</ref> | |||
| ==Alternate Ending== | |||
| According to an article written while the episode was being recorded, Tom Wolfe, Michael Chabon and Jonathan Franzen were all supposed to be killed by a giant boulder. This ending was cut from the episode because none of the three are killed. As well, several lines were cut from the Chabon/Franzen fight, such as Franzen shouting "Ah, my trademark glasses!" | |||
| Colin Jacobson of ''DVD Movie Guide'' felt the plot was a repeat of "]" from earlier in the season in which a male character gets credit for a female character's work. He also did not like the guest stars apart from Simmons.<ref>{{cite web|first=Colin|last=Jacobson|date=December 19, 2017|title=The Simpsons: The Complete Eighteenth Season (2006-07)|url=http://www.dvdmg.com/simpsonss18.shtml|website=DVD Movie Guide|access-date=November 22, 2024|archive-date=September 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230930224657/http://www.dvdmg.com/simpsonss18.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ==Cultural References== | |||
| *The title of the episode is a pun on the "]". | |||
| *The fast-talking editor who approves of Moe's poetry is a caricature of the '']'' editor-in-chief, ] from '']''. ], who plays Jameson in the ], voices this character. At the end of the episode, he demands photos (then poems) about Spider-Man. The ] he mentions is ], an Italian sonnet style dating back to the thirteenth century. | |||
| *When Groundskeeper Willie chases Grandpa in the Senior Olympics, he looks exactly like ] from '']''. | |||
| *] can be seen at the Wordloaf, still wearing the paper bag he wore in his last two appearances. ] is also present, siting next to Pynchon. This episode originally aired two days before the release of '']'', Pynchon's first work published in nine years. | |||
| *Wordloaf is a parody of the ]. | |||
| *When Moe is shooting at the geese, a building closely resembling ]'s McCardell Bicentennial Hall is visible in the background. (Middlebury is the host of the Bread Loaf conference.) | |||
| *Homer & Bart visit the ] Company where they have made bears that looked like Lisa and Moe. | |||
| *Grandpa Abe's visit to the ] makes mention of an assassination attempt on ]. | |||
| *The scene were The Crazy Old Man jumps off the high-dive board spoofs the intro to '']''. | |||
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==References== | ||
| {{reflist}} | |||
| *16 minutes into the episode, there is a shot of Lisa sitting next to a pond with ] swimming in the foreground. As two geese on the right side swim to the left, the one that is in the "background" overlaps the closer one and crosses in front. | |||
| == External links == | |||
| {{wikiquote|The_Simpsons/Season_18#Moe.27N.27a_Lisa|"Moe'N'a Lisa"}} | |||
| {{portal|The Simpsons}} | |||
| * {{IMDb episode|0888356}} | |||
| {{The Simpsons episodes|18}} | |||
| ==Broadcasting Information== | |||
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Latest revision as of 22:46, 26 December 2024
6th episode of the 18th season of The Simpsons
| "Moe'N'a Lisa" | |||
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| The Simpsons episode | |||
 The episode's promotional image featuring Michael Chabon, Jonathan Franzen, Tom Wolfe and Gore Vidal. | |||
| Episode no. | Season 18 Episode 6 | ||
| Directed by | Mark Kirkland | ||
| Written by | Matt Warburton | ||
| Production code | HABF19 | ||
| Original air date | November 19, 2006 (2006-11-19) | ||
| Guest appearances | |||
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| Episode features | |||
| Couch gag | The family is dragged and dropped onto the couch like in a computer window, but eventually all of them, including the couch, are dropped into the Recycle Bin, which eventually gets emptied. | ||
| Commentary |
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| Episode chronology | |||
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| The Simpsons season 18 | |||
| List of episodes | |||
"Moe'N'a Lisa" is the sixth episode of the eighteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 19, 2006. Lisa aids Moe in discovering his inner-poet and he gains swift popularity and recognition from a group of successful American authors, when Lisa helps to get his poetry published. However, Lisa is crushed when Moe enjoys his newfound success with famous writers and deliberately refuses to credit Lisa for her assistance in his poetry. It was written by Matt Warburton and directed by Mark Kirkland. J. K. Simmons reprises his role as the voice of J. Jonah Jameson from Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy, while Tom Wolfe, Gore Vidal, Michael Chabon, and Jonathan Franzen make cameos as themselves.
Plot
The Simpson family go to see Grampa perform at the Senior Olympics. After they leave, Moe calls Homer to remind him about a fishing trip to celebrate his birthday. When the family returns, Homer realizes he forgot Moe's birthday when he sees Moe sitting outside on their front steps. That night, Moe writes an angry letter to the family, and the dramatic writing inspires Lisa to choose Moe for her "interesting person" report at school.
At Moe's residence, a run-down hotel, Lisa finds his notes on the wall and arranges them to form a poem. She submits this to American Poetry Perspectives, and the poem is approved, with author Tom Wolfe inviting Moe and the Simpson family to Vermont to attend a literary conference. After Moe sees another poet ridiculed and exiled for admitting he had help with writing, he falsely claims that he wrote and titled his poem all by himself, devastating Lisa.
Moe is featured on a writing panel. Lisa attends and encourages him to share his inspirations, although he insists that he does not have any. However, without Lisa's help, Moe struggles to write a poem in time for a dinner in his honor; when he sees Lisa enter, he improvises a poem about her, thanking her for helping him write poetry. Lisa forgives Moe and they walk out of the dining hall together.
Meanwhile, the publisher of American Poetry Perspectives, J. Jonah Jameson, watches the panel on television and turns it off in disgust. He then demands photos of Spider-Man, but after being reminded that he works at a poetry journal, demands poems about Spider-Man.
Production
The writers of the episode first started with the idea of Moe as Charles Bukowski and then teamed him with Lisa. The episode guest stars authors Tom Wolfe, who says The Simpsons "is the only show of any sort that I watch on television"; Jonathan Franzen and Michael Chabon, who recorded their lines together; and Gore Vidal, who admitted that he was not a regular watcher of the show. In one version of the script, Wolfe, Chabon and Franzen were all killed by a giant boulder. Although the guest stars recorded lines for this part of the episode, the scene was cut from the final version. The Wordloaf conference is based on the real life Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Vermont.
Reception
Viewing figures
The episode earned a 3.3 rating and was watched by 9.27 million viewers, which was the 44th most-watched show that week.
Critical response
Dan Iverson of IGN rates it a 7.3, saying that this episode made up for the previous one. He praises all the guest voices in their appearances, though mainly Tom Wolfe's.
Adam Finley of TV Squad thought the story with Lisa and Moe was somewhat forced but liked seeing Lisa's faith in other people. He also wanted to see more appearance by J. K. Simmons.
Colin Jacobson of DVD Movie Guide felt the plot was a repeat of "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em" from earlier in the season in which a male character gets credit for a female character's work. He also did not like the guest stars apart from Simmons.
References
- ^ Iverson, Dan (November 20, 2006). "The Simpsons: "Moe'N'A Lisa" Review". IGN. Archived from the original on December 11, 2007. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
- Barrie-Anthony, Steven (November 30, 2005). "The call of 'D'oh!'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 30, 2008.
- "Weekly Program Rankings Report (Nov. 13-19)". ABC Medianet. November 21, 2006. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- Finley, Adam (November 20, 2006). "The Simpsons: Moe 'N' a Lisa". TV Squad. Archived from the original on May 19, 2007. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
- Jacobson, Colin (December 19, 2017). "The Simpsons: The Complete Eighteenth Season (2006-07)". DVD Movie Guide. Archived from the original on September 30, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2024.
