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#OnThisDay #OTD November 11, 1993, "Bart's Inner Child" (S05E07) first aired on the Fox network. Dir: Bob Anderson. Wr: George Meyer. EP: @DaveMirkin. Guest-starring @AlbertBrooks as Brad Goodman, James Brown as himself and Phil Hartman as Troy McClure. #TheSimpsons

@DaveMirkin @AlbertBrooks This was Bob Anderson's directorial debut on The Simpsons. He's gone on to direct the most episodes of the Simpsons (62), the most recent of which was "Undercover Burns", the season premiere of Season 32. imdb.com/name/nm0026433/

@DaveMirkin @AlbertBrooks It was Albert Brooks' third appearance on the show. Dave Mirkin describes Brooks as "really weird to direct" because "almost every one of his takes is flawless, but each one has different material. He makes up the stuff as he goes."

@DaveMirkin @AlbertBrooks Singer James Brown guest stars as himself. Brown described the experience as "good, clean, and humorous. And we need more of that around." Mirkin said the writers "gave him these incredibly hilarious, stiff lines that killed."

@DaveMirkin @AlbertBrooks This episode has a lot of great moments, including the t̶r̶a̶m̶a̶p̶o̶l̶i̶n̶e̶ t̶r̶a̶b̶a̶p̶o̶l̶i̶n̶e̶ trampoline saga

@DaveMirkin @AlbertBrooks The scene with a field full of injured children from the trampoline is a reference to the field of injured soldiers shot in the film Gone with the Wind. (video: Onikorp)

@DaveMirkin @AlbertBrooks This scene is a reference to the Chuck Jones-directed Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner Looney Tunes cartoons. The background imitates the desert landscape from the cartoons.

@DaveMirkin @AlbertBrooks Continuing on Albert Brooks, Dave Mirkin said, "He uses a combination of the jokes in the script and his own material and because many of his takes are different, it is difficult for the producers to decide which lines to use." (My fave: "I loved her in the thing I saw her in.")

@DaveMirkin @AlbertBrooks Playmates released a Brad Goodman figure as part of wave two of their "All Star Voices" line in 2002.