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 The Simpsons 161-165 Hurricane Neddy This episode premiered on December 29th, 1996. The lead in show was The X-Files and it was followed by Ned And Stacey. It ran opposite the NBA, Heat vs. the Bucks (95-94), Touched By An Angel and Third Rock From The Sun There wasn't a chalkboard gag and the couch gag was the family runs into the living room where there is a coin slot with a sign Vend-A Couch, Homer drops in a coin but nothing happens so he pounds on the wall and the couch drops on him. "D'oh!" Homer is asleep in his hammock when the wind picks up. Lisa checks her window frame weather station and all readings point to a hurricane. Homer he says there is no record of a hurricane ever hitting Springfield, she points out that the records only go back to 1978 when the hall of records was mysteriously blown away. Once SLH warns him he goes into action. Marge goes to the Kwik-E-Mart while Homer secures the house, poorly. Ned has his house fully secured complete with a ta...

 The Simpsons 156-160 The Homer They Fall This episode premiered on November 10th 1996. The lead in program was a repeat of The Simpsons and it was followed by The X Files. It ran opposite Lois and Clark, Touched By An Angel and Boston Common. The title and plot of this episode is based on the 1956 movie The Harder They Fall. The chalkboard gag is "I am not my long-lost twin" and the couch gag is the family is in a western setting and the couch tries to buck them off.  The episode starts with the family going to see the Memories of Bonanza: The Mall Show. Two actors who played Native American on the series show up and say that they were always trying to kill the Cartwrights but Father Time took care of it for them, the crowd boos. Marge comments that there were three Indians last year. Comic Book Guy is at the electronic store trying to return an utility belt that he got at a convention, it's a medium and really doesn't fit him. Bart buys it from him for $4 however th...

 The Simpsons 151-155 Much Apu About Nothing. This episode premiered on May 5th, 1996. The lead in show was Rudy Coby: Ridiculously Dangerous (a special featuring the magician/escape artist) and was followed by a repeat of The Simpsons. It ran opposite Lois and Clark, Murder, She Wrote and Mad About You. The title of the episode comes from Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare.  There is no chalkboard gag and the couch gag is a repeat of the big game hunter. A bear is seen walking down the street in Evergreen Terrace. Ned panics and crashes into a tree, Maude can't open the front door so he jumps through a window, even though all the bear is doing is sitting in the middle of the street. Kent Brockman does an on the spot report from the news helicopter. Homer isn't worried until he finds out he's out of beer, he tries to crawl on a wire to his car but it breaks and he falls in front of the bear, which doesn't do anything. Wiggum shows up and accidentally shoots a...

 The Simpsons 146-150 The Day The Violence Died This episode premiered on March 17th 1996. The lead in show was a repeat of The Simpsons and it was followed by The Show, a short lived sitcom. It ran opposite Lois and Clark, Cybill and Mad About You. The name of this episode is a reference to the lyrics in the song American Pie, The Day The Music Died, a song about the Buddy Holly plane crash. The Simpsons have used this reference in the past. There isn't a chalkboard gag. The couch gag is a repeat of the primer Simpsons being painted. Bart and Lisa are watching the 75th anniversary of Itchy and Scratchy, the 48 hour Diamond Jubilee Marathon. When they find out people are already staking out places for the parade they decide to go get their spot, however it's 11:00 PM so Marge sends Homer with them. The comic book shop is still open and Bart sees an Itchy drawing worth $750. When the family wakes up the next day they find that bleachers have been constructed in front of them and...