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Homer starts a brake-up service. Marge says that they should have one themselves, and that scares Homer. Later, Homer has a dream about meeting the spirits of men/girls that he broke up, plus the babies they would of had, and the [[furnature]]. And stops the service. |
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Revision as of 01:34, 17 November 2008
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| Episode no. | Season 20 |
| Directed by | Nancy Kruse |
| Written by | Tim Long[1] |
| Original air date | November 16, 2008 |
| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | None |
| Couch gag | In a parody of the Pompéii Incident, the family sits on the couch, and is covered in snow ash. |
"Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words"[2] is the sixth episode of the twentieth season of The Simpsons. It aired November 16, 2008. Merl Reagle and Will Shortz will guest star as themselves.[3]
Plot
When the kids of the Simpson family's liscense expire to sell Lemonade, they go to a Beru, in which Wiseguy is doing a crossword puzzle in which everyone is annoyed to because he takes too long. Lisa tries to help him and gets addicted to the puzzles. Lisa finally becomes a crusabervalent. She later becomes completley addicted and Gary Chalmers hands her a pamplet for the Crossword City Tourtament. Homer meets people that bet on the crosswords. And he bets on his Lisa. And she keeps on winning. And Homer earns more money. Homer then decides to go against Lisa. Gil pretends to wear glasses, and he drops them on pourpose. Lisa grabs them, felling sorry for Gil. But he then solves it while Lisa tries to help him. Making him the winner. And Homer getting more money. Homer goes to work happily. Has new shoelaces, hilighted hair, and a straight car antenna. Homer explains what happened, and she pretends she's not mad, and he keeps asking her. And he soon discovers she's not talking to him, and knows she's mad. And Lisa uses Marge's old last name. Marge tries to cheer her up getting her to do crossword puzzles, that she says she can do in 2 hours, but she did it in 42 minutes, and finds a secret message in it: Daddy is sorry for his debt. And he did and had the crossword writer and editor (Nancy Kruse and Tim Long) to help him. And another message: "You make daddy very very very very very very happy. Sorry I had to do more than 110 words. You, I cherrish." And they hug and make-up.
Sub-Plot
Homer starts a brake-up service. Marge says that they should have one themselves, and that scares Homer. Later, Homer has a dream about meeting the spirits of men/girls that he broke up, plus the babies they would of had, and the furnature. And stops the service.
Promotion
In order to promote this episode, guest stars Reagle and Shortz collaborated with the episodes' writer Tim Long to create a hidden Simpsons-related message (dedicated to this episode) that appeared in The New York Times Sunday Crossword, November 16, 2008.[4] Long credits the 2006 documentary, Wordplay which chronicles the national crossword puzzle championships, as his inspiration for the episode.[4]
Production
Will Shortz was the first guest star the producers of The Simpsons approached.[1] They would later ask Reagle to make puzzles for the episode. Reagle recorded his two lines (seven words) in a studio near where he lives.[1]
The Sunday New York Times crossword which ran the same day the episode aired was created by Reagle. Titled "Sounds Like Somebody I Know", it contains subtle references to The Simpsons and actually appears as a plot point in the episode.[1]
Cultural references
The main inspiration for this episode is the 2006 documentary, Wordplay.[4] In one scene, a doll of Max Rebo can be seen in Lisa's room.
References
- ^ a b c d Rizzo, Frank. "Puzzler Merl Reagle On 'The Simpsons'". Courant. Retrieved 2008-11-10.
- ^ Reg. # PAu003359362 in the U.S. Copyright Records database Retrieved on October 10, 2008.
- ^ Tom Shroder (2008-04-06). "Editor's Note". Washington Post. Retrieved 2008-10-13.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ a b c "20 Across: Yellow Animated Family..." Retrieved 2008-11-12.
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