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The Simpsons 341-345 Midnight Rx This episode premiered on January 16th 2005. The lead in show was Malcolm In The Middle and it was followed by Arrested Development. It ran opposite Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, 60 Minutes and The 62nd Annual Golden Globe Awards. The title is based on the 1988 movie Midnight Run The couch gag is the family rushes in and sits down, there is a pause and Lisa says "What, can't we sit on the couch without something happening?", just then Homer is hit with a spear and said "D'oh!" Mr Burns plans an employee day at the museum, Lisa complains. After everyone has a great time Burns announces that he's terminating the employee prescription drug plan. Burns and Smithers escape in a Sky Car, an early attempt at a helicopter. When Channel 6 cancels their health plan Krusty asks the kids to go to their parents medicine cabinet and send him Lithium Dibromide. Wiggum gives Ralph pills from the evidence locker. Dr. Hibbert appears on ...
The Simpsons 336-340 Treehouse Of Horror XV This episode premiered on November 7th, 2004. The lead in show was Malcolm In The Middle and it was followed by Arrested Development. It ran opposite Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, 60 Minutes and American Dreams. Keeping It Kodos Kang and Kodos have their own sitcom. Their boss is coming to dinner and they are cooking the Simpsons. Homer is a roast (and eating himself), Lisa a soup, Bart is in a frying pan (and in pain) and Maggie and Marge are in pies (Marge says she thinks she's done now). After dinner the boss (based on Larry Tate from Bewitched) says he's going to burst, just as Bart busts out of his stomach (a spoof on Alien) Bart says "Cool, I'm vomit". Kodos and Kang get a hyper-galactic promotion. Bart complains he doesn't have a family now but they adopt him. The Perfect Strangers theme plays while a montage of clips from the show runs. Directed by Slarg Silverman / Written By Glekknor L. Brooks / Kodos...
 The Simpsons 331-335 Catch 'Em If You Can This episode premiered on April 25th, 2004. The lead in show was King Of The Hill and it was followed by a Simpsons repeat (Today I Am A Clown). It ran opposite Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Cold Case and Dateline NBC The title comes from the 2002 movie Catch Me If You Can The couch gag is a repeat of the frosted cake Bart is holding a lecture about water balloons on the bus, he shoots one at Lisa. They get into a fight and Otto kicks them out at home. They fight their way in the door and knock Maggie into the cat box. Marge tells them to stop fighting and start packing for Uncle Tyrone's birthday in Dayton Ohio. The kids complain so Homer decides to leave them home with Grandpa. For their last night as a family they rent a movie, Marge goes with Love Story. The kids complain through the whole film making Marge and Homer angry. Bart gets bored and uses picture in picture to watch Krusty. Homer is upset because he sat through a chick ...
 The Simpsons 326-330 Smart and Smarter This episode premiered on February 22nd 2004. The lead in show was Oliver Beene and it was followed by a Simpsons repeat (I D'ohbot). It ran opposite Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, Cold Case and American Dreams. The title comes from the 1994 movie Dumb And Dumber. The couch gag is there is a dry cleaners moving rack around the living room, the clothes spin by until the family, in bags, line up on the couch. Homer tries to pull a toilet practical joke on Bart but he pees standing up, when Homer tries to force him to sit he winds up on the seat himself and gets sprayed. They get into a fight and trash the bathroom, when Marge comes to see what is going on Homer takes them out to breakfast. When the get to the restaurant they discover it's application day at the pre nursery school so they take Maggie but she is rejected because she doesn't talk. Later while playing with Maggie, Lisa discovers that she can spell with the blocks. Maggy ta...