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The Simpsons 296-300 Helter Shelter This episode premiered on December 1st 2002. The lead in show was King Of The Hill and it was followed by That 70's Show. It ran opposite The W.W.O. Disney (Pinocchio), Becker and American Dream. The title of the episode comes from the 1968 song Helter Skelter by The Beatles. The chalkboard gag is "Milhouse did not test cootie positive" and the couch gag is a cursor comes on screen, moving Homer to the other side of the couch, changes the wall color to green and the sailboat painting to the Mona Lisa. A conduit pipe falls on Homer at work and although he could sue for millions Burns gives him skybox tickets instead. The family thinks they are going to a basketball game but it's hockey. When the guys in the regular seats try to climb up and attack Homer he dumps hot fudge on them. Lisa complains about the family enjoying the skybox luxuries so she goes to the floor, she gives some advice to the players and they score, he gives her hi...

 The Simpsons 291-295 Poppa's Got A Brand New Badge This episode premiered on May 22nd, 2002, a rare Wednesday showing. It was the lead in program for the night and was followed by Celebrity Boxing. It ran opposite My Wife And Kids, the 37th annual Academy Of Country Music Awards and Most Outrageous Game Show Moments. The title comes from the Jame Brown song Papa's Got A Brand New Bag. The plot of the episode is based on the 1982 movie Kuffs. The couch gag is a repeat of the Blue Man Group. Springfield is suffering through a heat wave, the number of air conditioners are draining power and the nuclear plant is at full capacity. In order to make the house feel cooler Homer plugs in a dancing Santa but causes a blackout. Lenny and Carl crash into Costington's and set off a riot. Quimby announces he's going to form a Blue Ribbon Committee so everyone is happy. Someone stole Lisa's Malibu Stacey dolls so Homer decides track them down. He finds Jimbo's cap outside the...

 The Simpsons 286-290 Gump Roast This episode premiered on April 21st 2002. The lead in show was King Of The Hill and it was followed by Malcolm In The Middle. It ran opposite the 14th Annual World Music Awards, Max Bickford and Weakest Link. The title comes from the 1994 movie Forrest Gump. The couch gag is a repeat of the slot machine. The show starts off with Homer sitting on a park bench in front of city hall with a box of chocolates, Wiggum warns him there is a law against imitating movie characters. Moe shows up as Austin Powers and gets arrested. Inside the police wagon is Dr. Hibbert dressed as Darth Vader. Homer starts telling Wiggum about his life and they do a series of flashbacks to previous episodes. The family shows up and they take Homer to the Friars Club for a roast, more clips. Agnes Skinner shows up in a dress similar to what Jennifer Lopez wore to the Grammys in 2000. Flanders and Lovejoy do a Smother's Brothers bit. Kang and Kodos show up to judge humanity base...

The Simpsons 281-285 The Lastest Gun In The West This episode premiered on February 24th, 2002. The lead in show was The King Of The Hill and it was followed by Malcolm In The Middle. It ran opposite The W.W.O. Disney (Tarzan), The Education Of Max Bickford and the XIX Winter Olympics Closing Ceremonies. The title comes from the expression The Fastest Gun In The West The chalkboard gag is "Making Milhouse cry is not a science project" and the couch gag is the zit faced teen is making out with a girl on the Simpson's couch. Bart is having a great day, he catches a foul ball from the Isotopes, finds several dimes and gets free ice cream, however he comes across a dog that chases him home. He tries to scare Lisa with a fake spider and gets attacked by the dog again. The dog turns out to be nice to everyone else except Bart. He eventually escapes the dog by climbing over a gate of Buck McCoy's house. Buck makes Bart do a domination trick on the dog and it goes away. Grand...