The Day the Violence Died
- Episode aired Mar 17, 1996
- TV-14
- 30m
Bart and Lisa meet a vagabond who claims to be the creator of Itchy from "Itchy and Scratchy."Bart and Lisa meet a vagabond who claims to be the creator of Itchy from "Itchy and Scratchy."Bart and Lisa meet a vagabond who claims to be the creator of Itchy from "Itchy and Scratchy."
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- Homer Simpson
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- Marge Simpson
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- Bart Simpson
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- Lisa Simpson
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- Seat Thief
- (voice)
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- Kent Brockman
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- Lionel Hutz
- (voice)
- Roger Meyers Jr.
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- The Amendment
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- Suzanne Somers
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- Milhouse Van Houten
- (voice)
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- Curly Amendment
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaKirk Douglas' last role before suffering a stroke that impaired his speech. This was also his first and only voice acting role.
- GoofsThe lawyer at the trial says "Steamboat Itchy", dated 1928, is "the very first Itchy and Scratchy cartoon", however in a previous episode titled "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie", it was stated the first Itchy and Scratchy cartoon -- "The Happy Cat" -- was from 1938.
- Quotes
[everyone is eating at the table; Abe and Chester glare at each other]
Abe Simpson: I thought I recognized you! I gave you a plate of corn muffins back in 1947 to paint my chicken coop, and you never did it!
Chester J. Lampwick: Those corn muffins were lousy!
Abe Simpson: Paint my chicken coop!
Chester J. Lampwick: Make me!
[Abe gets up and the two start brawling]
Marge Simpson: That does it! One of them has to go!
Homer Simpson: Okay, Grampa.
Marge Simpson: No, the B-U-M.
Homer Simpson: Oh.
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Times "The Simpsons" Made Fun of Disney (2019)
I think the main problem with this episode is that it has no purpose to exist. We didn't need an episode about Itchy's origins. He's such a minor character that it just wasn't worth expanding on the (funny and brief) origin story we already had from season 4's Itchy and Scratchy: The Movie. Moreover, the creator/bum isn't an interesting enough character to make the episode worthwhile. Compared to the last colourful Itchy and Scratchy episode, about the amusement park, copyright concerns seem dull. We also have the bum living with the Simpsons for a while- haven't they already taken enough people in? Think Otto and Apu. The ending with Lester and Eliza also doesn't work for me, maybe because it was a bit unsubtle.
But there is some good in this episode. The Itchy and Scratchy cartoon at the beginning is fine, and the joke about taking the gun is good. But above all else, the song about a constitutional amendment on flag burning is great. Even if the real life educational cartoons that inspired this joke are one day forgotten, the joke still captures the flag burning debate in a clever and humorous way. But it probably could have been done in another episode.
- gizmomogwai
- Mar 25, 2009