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| Lisa awakens one morning with a potent case of the blues. Her teacher notices her sadness and sends a note home to her parents. Homer and Bart, meanwhile, are playing a video boxing game. Undefeated with forty-eight wins, bart takes only one round to knock off the head of Homer's boxer. While Homer is down for the count, Marge gives him the note from Lisa's teacher. Nothing her parents say can bring Lisa out of her depression. | |||
| Lisa is glum at the start of the episode, and disinterested even in the cupcakes Marge offers. At school, she interrupts her band class with a bluesy saxophone solo; in physical education, the class is playing ] but Lisa refuses to dodge it. During lunch, the children have a food fight but Lisa doesn't participate because she's glum. ] sends a note home to Lisa's parents; Marge gives it to Homer while Bart is beating Homer at a ] ]. | |||
| Hearing distant music, Lisa sneaks out of her room to follow it. She finds a soulful ] player, Bleeding Gums Murphy, playing some hard blues. Murphy teaches Lise how to express her sadness on the sax. | |||
| Bart and Lisa get into an argument over who Maggie loves most; Maggie is on the couch between them and stands, looking from one to the other. Bart and Lisa each urge Maggie to come to the one she loves most; Maggie toddles forward and hugs the ]. | |||
| In her room upstairs, Lisa practices her saxophone until Homer comes to complain about the noise; he leaves and Lisa hears a saxophone outside. She climbs out the window and down the tree and goes to the bridge, where she meets ]. The two of them chat and begin to play saxophone together. Meanwhile, Marge dreams about her mother telling her always to smile and Homer is having a nightmare in which Bart is beating him again at the boxing video game. Homer wakes up screaming; Marge arrives at the bridge to pick up Lisa and take her home. | |||
| The next morning, Lisa is still glum and Bart cheers her up by calling ] to ask for a Jacques Strap. Homer goes to an arcade to get tips on the boxing video game; Marge takes Lisa to school and urges her to smile regardless of how she feels. Lisa gets out of the car and goes to the school's steps, smiling; she meets ] and a friend and they comment that they used to think she was a brainiac but now see she's a regular person. Lisa's band instructor comes out and says he hopes the class "won't have another outburst of yesterday's unbridled creativity." Lisa says "no sir" and Marge, sitting in the car still, watching Lisa's interactions, becomes enraged and swings the car around to pick up Lisa. Marge tells Lisa to show whatever emotion she's feeling. This, in turn, lifts Lisa out of her funk at the realization that her mother respects her concerns. | |||
| At home, Bart and Homer are playing the boxing game again, except Homer is now beating Bart. Marge tries to get their attention, and when he won't listen, she unplugs the video game. They go to a jazz show together, where they listen to Bleeding Gums and his band. | |||
| This episodes introduces Bleeding Gums Murphy as well as Ralph Wiggum, who was introduced simply as "Ralph" and not identified as ]'s son until the episode where he has a crush on Lisa. | |||
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Episode of the 1st season of The Simpsons| "Moaning Lisa" | |
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| The Simpsons episode | |
| File:Moaning Lisa.jpg | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 |
| Directed by | Wesley Archer |
| Written by | Al Jean and Mike Reiss |
| Original air dates | February 11, 1990 |
| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | "I will not instigate revolution" |
| Couch gag | The Simpsons all pile on to the couch, Maggie pops up in the air and Marge catches her |
| Episode chronology | |
| The Simpsons season 1 | |
| List of episodes | |
"Moaning Lisa" was the sixth non short Simpsons episode released on television. “Moaning Lisa” has aired 3 times in the US.
- February 11, 1990
- April 22, 1990
- August 5, 1990
The episode deals with Lisa's depression and her attempts to sublimate it by playing saxophone.
Synopsis
Lisa awakens one morning with a potent case of the blues. Her teacher notices her sadness and sends a note home to her parents. Homer and Bart, meanwhile, are playing a video boxing game. Undefeated with forty-eight wins, bart takes only one round to knock off the head of Homer's boxer. While Homer is down for the count, Marge gives him the note from Lisa's teacher. Nothing her parents say can bring Lisa out of her depression.
Hearing distant music, Lisa sneaks out of her room to follow it. She finds a soulful saxophone player, Bleeding Gums Murphy, playing some hard blues. Murphy teaches Lise how to express her sadness on the sax.
Parodies/Inspiration
- The episode title is a play on Leonardo da Vinci's painting the Mona Lisa.
- The video game Bart & Homer play is based on Mike Tyson's Punch Out!!.
- The background noise of the arcade is the music from the Tetris arcade machine.
Memorable quotes
- Marge, on grabbing Lisa from the bridge where she had been playing saxophone with Bleeding Gums: "Nothing personal, I just fear the unfamiliar."
- Mr. Largo (Lisa's band instructor): "I hope we won't have another outburst of yesterday's unbridled creativity."
- The Lyrics to Lisa's Blues Number:
I got a bratty brother/he bugs me every day/and this morning my own mother/she gave my last cupcake away/my dad acts like he belongs/he belongs in the zoo/I'm the saddest kid in grade number two.
- Bart: Is Jacques there?
Moe: Who?
Bart: Jacques, last name Strap.
Moe: Hold on. (Calling out) Jacques Strap! Hey, guys, I'm looking for a Jacques Strap!