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 The Simpsons 26 though 30 Homer Vs. Lisa and The 8th Commandment This episode premiered on February 7th 1991 in it's usual time slot, followed by Babes and ran opposite Father Dowling Mysteries, Top Cops and The Cosby Show. The chalkboard gag is "I will not make flatulent noises in class" and the couch gag is the family dance number that had run previously. The show starts at Mt. Sinai: 1220 B.C. (we know this because of the Intertitle) ( ps, I looked up the technical term ) The Israelites are having quite the party. Aaron the carver of golden idols is talking with Homer the thief and and Zolar the adulterer. Moses shows up with the 10 Commandments and puts them all out of business. The show jump to the present day (1991) and Flanders is mad at the cable guy who offers to hook up all the cable channels for $50. Homer stops the guy and pays him. He watches so much TV he has peel himself off the couch on Sunday morning. At church the kids learn about the 10 Commandments wh...

  The Simpsons episodes 21 through 25 Bart The Daredevil  This show aired on December 6th, 1990. It ran in it's usual spot and opposite Father Dowling Mysteries, Top Cops and The Cosby Show.  In this episode the chalkboard gag is I will not drive the principal's car and the couch gag is everyone hops on but it falls over to the left, Maggie falls off but lands on a cushion.  The episode starts with Bart and his friends watching a professional wrestling match at home while Homer watches the same show at the bar. Bart steals Milhouses seat while Homer steals Barney's seat. They both see a commercial for a monster truck rally including Truckasaurus and make plans to attend, however they find out Lisa's band recital is on the same day. Marge points out that they have time to see Lisa's performance and still make the truck rally. When they show up at the  speedway they can't find a parking spot and accidentally end up inside the arena,  the car is attacked by Tr...

 The Simpsons episodes 16 through 20 Treehouse of Horror (I), called The Simpsons Halloween Special in the opening credits. This episode ran on October 25th 1990. It was in it's regular time slot and opposite Father Dowling Mysteries, Top Cop and The Cosby Show. The show starts with an introduction from Marge warning parents that the episode has creepy elements and instead of complaining about it they shouldn't let their kids watch in the first place. The storyline starts with the kids telling spooky stories in the treehouse while Homer listens from outside. Bart tells the story about the Bad Dream House, the plot is taking from The Amityville Horror. The Simpsons buy a haunted house that wants them to leave however Homer wants to stay because of how much he spent. That night the family becomes possessed and try to kill each other until Marge stops them. They find an Indian burial ground in the basement and when Homer calls the realtor the agent says he mentioned it 5 or 6 ti...

 The Simpsons episodes 11 through 15 The Crepes Of Wrath This episode ran on April 15th 1990 in it's usual time slot. It was up against The Living Daylights (The James Bond Film), Murder She Wrote and The Wonderful World Of Disney. Bart leaves his stuff scattered around the house including his skateboard, which Homer trips on and falls down the stairs, he's stuck at the bottom listening to the Krusty doll until Marge comes home. Marge orders Bart to clean up his room, while doing so he finds an old cherry bomb. The next day at school Bart flushed it down the toilet which causes a massive back flow of water, however Skinner's mother is on the toilet at the time. Skinner comes to the Simpson's house and offers to send Bart into the foreign exchange program instead of being expelled. Bart heads to France but instead of going to school he's forced to work for a couple of wine frauds. Meanwhile the Simpsons take in an exchange student, Adil from Albania. Homer is happy w...

The Simpsons episodes 6 through 10   Moaning Lisa The 6th episode of The Simpsons ran on February 11th, 1990. It was still between America's Most Wanted and Married With Children. It ran opposite Elvis (a show about the early years of Elvis Presley), Murder She Wrote and Unsolved Mysteries. The story is about Lisa who is sad for unknown reasons. She doesn't care about her home life or school and nothing seems to work, until she meets Bleeding Gums Murphy, a Blues Saxophone player. There she learns about the music and even writes a song about her feelings. Later Marge tells Lisa the same advice her mother had taught her, suppress your true feelings and fake being happy. When Marge sees the outcome of her advice she changes her mind and tells Lisa she can feel however she wants to, this actually makes Lisa happy. In the end they go to the Blues Hole club to see Murphy perform Lisa's song. The show also had it's first sub plot. In it Homer and Bart are playing a versions o...

The Simpsons 2-5   Bart The Genius On Sunday night, January 14, 1990 The Simpsons regular series premiered between America's Most Wanted and Married With Children, the show ran opposite 60 Minutes, Disney and Free Spirit (a show about a family that hires a good hearted witch as a nanny/house keeper) Although the network was worried about running an animated sitcom it became an instant hit and would launch the new era of prime time shows and even open the door for copycat programs from King of the Hill to the original programming on Cartoon Network. Welcome to the new era of animated television. The plot was pretty straightforward, Bart is taking an aptitude test but switches his paper with the smart kid in the class, Martin. When the test is graded they discover he has an IQ of 216 and they want to move Bart to a special gifted school, Bart loves the idea of being in an unstructured class, however he soon finds that he is in over his head. He tries to confess to Homer but for the f...