#OnThisDay #OTD April 23, 1989, "Family Therapy" first aired on The Tracey Ullman Show on Fox. Wr: Matt Groening. Animation: @tubatron & Wes Archer. #TheSimpsons
The "Family Therapy" short was the inspiration for this scene in the Inception-spoofing episode "How I Wet Your Mother" from Season 23.

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