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  The Simpsons 276-280 Brawl In The Family This episode premiered on January 6th 2002. The lead in show was King Of The Hill and it was followed by Malcom In The Middle. It ran opposite the ABC Sunday Night Movie (Dr. Dolittle 1998 version), 60 Minutes and Weakest Link. The title is based on the 1971 sitcom All In The Family There isn't a chalkboard gag and the couch gag is a garden cuts some hedges into a Simpsons topiary.  The show opens at the Republican Party headquarters, a creepy looking castle complete with creepy music and lightning flashes. The Republicans vote to destroy the environment and then Bob Dole reads from the Necronomicon. The mass pollution creates acid rain and the family is stuck in the house, Homer doesn't mind until the rain melts the antenna, they decide to play a game. Bart is winning at Monopoly until Lisa catches him cheating and the family gets into a huge fight, Maggie calls a family fighting hotline. The police sent in the Negotabot, she sprays ...

 The Simpsons 271-275 The Parent Rap This episode premiered on November 11th 2001. The lead in show was King Of The Hill and it was followed by Malcolm In The Middle. It ran opposite The ABC Sunday Night Movie (Saving Private Ryan), The Education Of Max Bickford and Weakest Link. The title of this episode came from the 1961 and 1998 Disney movies The Parent Trap. The chalkboard gag is "Nobody reads these anymore" and the couch gag is the family is on the boat in the painting that hangs on the living room wall, they jump in the water and come out on the couch, dripping wet and the whole room has been splashed. While driving Homer and Milhouse to school Homer sees the KBBL Party Wagon and decides to chase them down to win $40, so he kicks the kids out of the car and takes off. Wiggum is hanging out at the Lard Lad donut shop and the boys start playing in his patrol car, they use the PA to make Ned drop his pants via a hula. They get attacked by the police dog and accidentally p...

 The Simpsons 266-270 Trilogy Of Errors This episode premiered on April 29th 2001. The lead in show was a Simpsons repeat (Day Of The Jackanapes) and it was followed by Malcom In The Middle. It ran opposite The W.W.O. Disney (Tarzan), Touched By An Angel and NBA Basketball (Lakers 99 - Portland 86) The title of this episode comes from the 1975 film Trilogy Of Terrors. The chalkboard gag is "Fire is not the cleanser" and the couch gag is a repeat of the skateboard bit. The trash truck arrives and instead of picking up Flander's trash it takes his mailbox. A paperboy tosses the Springfield Shopper onto Ned's porch, the headline is: March 21 First Day Of Spring. Ants, Picnickers reach last-minute accord Homer's Day Homer runs naked out of the bathroom but is fully clothed by the time he reaches the kitchen for breakfast. He's disappointed that Marge is serving Mueslix. To get out of eating Lisa shows Homer Linguo, her grammar robot. When Homer says "me love ...

 The Simpsons 261-265 Day of the Jackanapes This episode premiered on February 18th, 2001. The lead in show was King Of The Hill and it was followed by Malcom In The Middle. It ran opposite The ABC Sunday Night Movie (Ever After), Touched By An Angel and Dateline NBC. (this was also during the era of XFL Football) The title comes from the 1971 novel Day of the Jackal, and the 1973 film of the same name. Jackanapes is a 15th century term describing a trained monkey or a person who acts mischievously. The chalkboard gag is "The Hamster did not have "a full life" and the couch gag is a repeat of the Sigmund Freud bit. Moe is on Me Wantee! He's up for $500,000 dollar and they ask him what isn't a sub atomic particle, so he calls Homer. Lisa answers the phone and gives him the right answer. He decides to take the money and not try for the million, so they torch the other $500,000. Meanwhile Krusty has a meeting with the network executives who say his show is being kil...