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19 May, 4 tweets, 2 min read
THURSDAY at 8pm ET/7pm CT, we will stream the ORIGINAL May 19, 1996 premiere broadcast of "Homerpalooza" AND "Summer of 4 Ft. 2" COMPLETE with commercials at twitch.tv/dailysimpsons. It'll be a classic Thursday night! Join us, won't we?
Special hour-long broadcast tonight at 8pm ET/7pm CT! twitch.tv/dailysimpsons
We're live! twitch.tv/dailysimpsons
Sorry guys! Internet problems this week and had to end the stream. See you next week!

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21 May
This shot in of Krusty in "Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part One" is definitely more Homer-looking. So it makes me think they used the Homer Krusty design (except the hair) from "Homie the Clown" which had just aired earlier in Season 6, perhaps as another red herring. Just compare. ImageImage
.@SimpsonsTheory did a whole video on this last year.
.@Alex_Simpsons23 asked Bill Oakley about this last year too, but Bill has since deleted his response. #TheMysteryDeepens Image
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21 May
#OnThisDay #OTD May 21, 1995, "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)" (S06E25) first aired on the Fox network. Dir: Jeff Lynch. Wr: @thatbilloakley & @Joshstrangehill. EP: @DaveMirkin. Guest-starring Tito Puente as himself. #TheSimpsons (Promo @joecip)
The idea for the episode came from Matt Groening, who had wanted to do an episode in which Mr. Burns was shot, which could be used as a publicity stunt. The writers decided to write the episode in two parts with a mystery that could be used in a contest. Image
While deciding who the culprit was, Oakley and Weinstein pitched Barney Gumble because he was a character that could go to jail and it could change the dynamic of the show. Mirkin suggested Maggie; he felt it was funnier and wanted the culprit to be a Simpsons family member. Image
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20 May
#OnThisDay #OTD May 19, 1994, "Secrets of a Successful Marriage" (S05E22) first aired on the Fox network. Dir: Carlos Baeza. Wr: Greg Daniels. EP: @DaveMirkin. Guest-starring Phil Hartman as Lionel Hutz. (Check out this original TV promo with deleted dialogue!) #TheSimpsons
It was the second script Greg Daniels wrote for the show. He thought the staff had previously done many episodes where Homer "wasn't good at anything", so he tried to figure out something Homer was really good at, and he came up with the idea of Homer being a good husband. Image
Showrunner Dave Mirkin was very fond of the fact that Homer and Marge have the biggest fight they have ever had on the show in the episode, and he thought it was a "really great" exploration of their marriage. ImageImage
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20 May
#OnThisDay #OTD #25YearsAgo May 19, 1996, "Summer of 4 Ft. 2" (S07E25) first aired on the Fox network. Dir: @markk1914. Wr: @dangreaney. EP: @thatbilloakley & @Joshstrangehill. Guest-starring Christina Ricci as Erin. #TheSimpsons
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19 May
#OnThisDay #OTD #25YearsAgo May 19, 1996, "Homerpalooza" (S07E24) first aired on the Fox network. Dir: @archermation. Wr: Brent Forrester. EP: @thatbilloakley & @Joshstrangehill. Featuring @SmashingPumpkin, @cypresshill, @thesonicyouth and @peterframpton. #TheSimpsons
They billed this as a "one-hour season finale" even though it was actually two new episodes back-to-back. ("Summer of 4'2" was the second episode, which I will be giving its own thread later today.) Below is the print ad for both episodes. Image
A few years back, Josh Weinstein shared his photo with the Smashing Pumpkins at the recording session for this episode in 1995.
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