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 The Simpsons 176-180 Homer's Enemy This episode premiered on May 4th 1997. The lead in show was World's Greatest Animal Outtakes and it was followed by King Of The Hill. The show ran opposite The ABC Sunday Night Movie (Forrest Gump), Touched By An Angel and Third Rock From The Sun.  The chalkboard and couch gag are both repeats. Mr. Burns is watching Kent Brockman's "Kent's People" which features a man named Frank Grimes. Burns wants to hire Grimes as his Executive Vice President but changes his mind when he sees a show about a dog that rescues a child from getting hit by a car and then shoves a criminal into the oncoming car. Marge is trying to pick out a personalize license plate but all the versions of her name are taken, Bart gets bored and goes to a tax auction, he ends up buying an abandon warehouse for a dollar. Homer calls Grimes "Grimy" which Frank hates, eats his special lunch and chews up his personalized pencils. Homer has a 5-13 emerge...

 The Simpsons 171-175 Homer vs. The Eighteenth Amendment The episode premiered on March 18th, 1997. The lead in show was TV's Funniest News Outtakes and it was followed by King Of The Hill. It ran opposite AFV, Touched By An Angel and Third Rock From The Sun. There wasn't a chalkboard gag and the couch gag was a repeat of the cowboy family.  Lisa is wearing a green dress to school, all of sudden Bart realizes that it's St. Patrick's Day and he's mobbed with pinches. Homer complains that he's not drunk yet, "will 9 o'clock ever get here?" (AM by the way) Moe kicks out all of the designated drivers because he doesn't want any deadbeats. Kent Brockman is hosting the parade and he says it's a day where everyone is a little Irish, except the Gays and the Italians, drunk guys invade Brockman's booth. The John Bull Fish and Chips shop blows up and the crowd celebrates. The Duff float is spraying the crowd with free beer however Bart has bought...

 The Simpsons 166-170 Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious This episode premiered on February 7th 1997 (a rare Friday airing of the show) It was the lead show for the night and it was followed by King Of The Hill. It ran opposite Family Matters, Dave's World and Unsolved Mysteries. The title of this episode comes from the song Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious from the Disney movie Mary Poppins. The movie is also the source of the plot material. The chalkboard gag is "I will not hide the teacher's Prozac" and the couch gag is the living room but nobody runs inside, cut to the family stuck outside while Homer tries to get the door open. The family is watching TV but they keep asking Marge to get them things, that's when they discover she is losing her hair. Dr. Hibbert diagnosis Marge as being under stress and she needs the help of a nanny. After Homer chases off all the other candidates (thinking they are a guy in disguise) the kids sing a song about...