Thread by @dailysimpsons

#OnThisDay #OTD September 17, 1995, "Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part Two)" (S07E01) first aired on the Fox network. Dir: @archermation. Wr: @thatbilloakley @Joshstrangehill. EP: @DaveMirkin. #TheSimpsons

Here is the thread from "Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part One)" listing out the clues.

https://twitter.com/dailysimpsons/status/1395786114611486723

From August 13 to September 10, 1995, Fox offered a contest to tie in with the mystery where callers who dialed 1-800-COLLECT were eligible and they then guessed who the culprit was. The winner would be animated on an episode of the show.

A winner had to be selected out of a random sample of entries. The sample did not contain any correct answers, and so a winner was chosen at random. The winner, Fayla Gibson of Washington D.C., did not watch the show and opted to accept a cash prize in lieu of being animated.

Here is the @TVGuide ad for "Who Shot Mr. Burns (Part Two)". "Springfield's Most Wanted" was a TV special hosted by John Walsh, host of America's Most Wanted. The special aired right before the season premiere.

@TVGuide The "Springfield's Most Wanted" special - which also features celebrities giving their theories on who shot Mr. Burns - is available to watch on YouTube

@TVGuide Tito Puente and his band performs "Señor Burns" in the episode. Writers Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein were unfamiliar with him and wrote him in because Groening was a fan. They figured he would sing the song, but later discovered that Puente was a drummer, not a singer.

@TVGuide "Then we found out it was the baby." Oakley and Weinstein were initially unsure about having Maggie as the culprit, and it was decided that the episode would end with Maggie shifting her eyes and making it look like it was not a complete accident.

@TVGuide Due to the amount of interest in the ending, showrunner Dave Mirkin wrote several "terrible endings" and, recorded them with just @theharryshearer. Several of the alternate endings aired during the clip show "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular".

While recording Lisa's lines for the Twin Peaks parody segment, @YeardleySmith recorded the part backwards; the recording was in turn reversed, a technique known as phonetic reversal, the same technique used on Twin Peaks.

@YeardleySmith If you haven't seen the original Twin Peaks segment of Special Agent Dale Cooper's interaction with the Man from Another Place, you need to watch it. It's insane.

@YeardleySmith Groundskeeper Willie's interrogation, and particularly his crossing and uncrossing his legs, is a parody of Sharon Stone's famous interrogation scene in Basic Instinct. Homer's escape from the overturned paddy wagon is a homage to the 1993 film The Fugitive. (video: Onikorp)

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