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815:, the greatest television show of all time... What makes this episode so special? What makes it the very best of the best? The answer, I think, comes down to joy. For an episode centering on emotionally charged, high-stakes labor negotiations and the horror of cut-rate dental care, 'Last Exit To Springfield' positively radiates an unlikely but pervasive sense of joy...Much of this joy is musical in nature. 'Last Exit To Springfield' is filled with both music and sequences blessed with a real sense of musicality", citing Lisa's 1446: 821:-esque hallucination and Burns's dream of running the plant without workers. He also notes the episode's social commentary: "Underneath the richly merited jabs at labor’s propensity for corruption lies a real respect for labor’s capacity for good. In its own exquisitely cynical way, 'Last Exit To Springfield' offers a surprisingly nuanced depiction of the strengths and weaknesses of organized labor." 1949: 361:
Homer is kidnapped from his house by "hired goons" and taken to Burns's mansion. Burns gives Homer a tour of the mansion to get him in a good mood, but when the tour ends and the two men sit down to negotiate the contract, Homer suddenly needs to use the bathroom. Homer's delayed attempts to find the
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article from January 2003 looking back at the top 25 episodes of the series named the episode as the show's greatest, calling it "virtually flawless, the product of a series at the height of its creative powers -- when the satire was savage and relevant" with "the stuff of syndication legend: Burns
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written by Lisa. Burns meets with Homer and agrees to meet the union's demands if Homer resigns as union president. Homer loudly celebrates both of Burns's propositions. Burns remarks, "Smithers, I'm beginning to think that Homer Simpson is not the brilliant tactician I thought he was." With the
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announces that the newest contract requires them to give up their dental plan in exchange for a free keg of beer at union meetings. Homer gradually realizes that giving up the dental plan would require him to pay for Lisa's braces and jumps into action, reminding everyone how the dental plan has
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art class. It's flawless". He also called it "the funniest half-hour in TV history", and provided a full analysis of the episode, only criticizing the chalkboard and couch gags. He maintains that he chose the episode as best ever before
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The episode features a running gag, Mr. Burns's inability to remember Homer. He asks Smithers, "Who is that young firebrand?" Smithers says, "Ah, that's Homer Simpson, sir." Burns replies, "Simpson, eh? New man?" Smithers says "He
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restroom leads Burns to inaccurately assume that Homer is a tough negotiator. At a later union meeting, Homer tries to resign, tired of meeting with Burns. The union misinterprets his frustration, and the members decide to
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is a glorious symphony of the high and the low, of satirical shots at unions and sweet ruminations on the humiliations of adolescence (as evidenced by Lisa, who copes with a medieval mouth contraption)." In 2020,
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reminisces of simpler times back in 1909, when his grandfather would deal with workers' complaints by walling them away in abandoned coke ovens. Burns decides to challenge the union's demands by revoking their
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considers the episode to be one of the most surreal episodes that he has worked on because it has a lot of story crammed into it, many parodies and several fantasy sequences, such as Homer's
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Note first that the title of this episode—"Last Exit to Springfield"— is a play on Last Exit to Brooklyn, Hubert Selby's scathing literary portrait of twentieth-century labour relations
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While awaiting the arrival of his employees' union president (who has not been seen since he promised to clean up corruption in the organization) to discuss the latest contract,
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Burns invites Homer to his office with the intent of bribing him, but Homer misconstrues Burns's sly innuendos as sexual advances. Homer declares that he is not interested in "
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When Homer is escorted by the hired goons into Burns' conservatory, a Burns-headed bird is sitting in the foreground. This is a reference to the shrieking cockatoo in
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guest stars as herself. Since airing, "Last Exit to Springfield has frequently been cited as one of the best episodes of the entire series.
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of 13.7, equivalent to approximately 12.8 million viewing households. It was the highest-rated show on the Fox network that week.
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will cover the cost. At a meeting of the International Brotherhood of Jazz Dancers, Pastry Chefs, and Nuclear Technicians union
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In its original broadcast, "Last Exit to Springfield" finished 19th in ratings for the week of March 8–14, 1993, with a
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throughout Springfield to break the union's spirit. However, the strikers do not lose hope and begin to sing a
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The episode is generally ranked as being one of the best of all time and is on a number of Top 10 lists; the
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says he regrets because they were working on stage direction, and they came off as not being very funny.
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was eventually cast in the role, but died before his recording session. In the end, the role went to
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writes that "'Last Exit To Springfield' is a popular candidate for the single greatest episode of
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helped them. After encouragement from Carl, Homer is promptly elected the new union president.
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facing down 'brilliant' labor kingpin Homer Simpson; Homer Simpson facing down his own brain (
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ranked "Last Exit to Springfield" as the second greatest episode of television of all time.
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called it the best episode of the fourth season and the second greatest episode of
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After weeks of failed attempts to break up the strike, Burns deliberately causes a
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The couch turns into a monster with tentacles, eating the Simpsons sitting on it.
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acknowledged "Last Exit to Springfield" as an episode many consider a favorite.
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The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Last Exit to Springfield"
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should be taught in schools, in history, economics, social studies, literature
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Chris Turner names it the best episode of the series, saying "Episode 9F15 of
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to provide the voice of the dentist, Dr. Wolfe, but both declined the part.
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and leading the workers of the plant in a strike in order to restore their
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Elber, Lynn (March 18, 1993). "'Home Improvement' nails down top spot".
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Simpson family insured again, Lisa gets invisible, painless new braces.
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stated it is "frequently cited as the show's best-ever episode". An
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in the United States on March 11, 1993. The plot revolves around
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The episode has become study material for sociology courses at
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notes "no diamonds though", a reference to the Beatles song "
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ranked the episode as the sixth-best in the show's history.
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has a dentist appointment. Her dentist, Dr. Wolfe, informs
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TV series. In the latter scene, the score references
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camera crew was allowed into the rewrite room, which
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Index

The Simpsons
Mark Kirkland
Jay Kogen
Wallace Wolodarsky
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Chalkboard gag
Couch gag
Matt Groening
Duffless
So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show
The Simpsons season 4
List of episodes
fourth season
The Simpsons
Fox
Homer Simpson
Springfield Nuclear Power Plant
trade union
dental plan
out-of-pocket
Lisa
braces
Jay Kogen
Wallace Wolodarsky
Mark Kirkland
Dr. Joyce Brothers
Mr. Burns
dental plan
Lisa
the Simpson family

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