Editing Last Exit to Springfield (section)

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| image      =
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| season     = 4
| episode    = 17
| director   = [[Mark Kirkland]]
| writer     = [[Jay Kogen]]<br>[[Wallace Wolodarsky]]
| production = 9F15
| airdate    = {{Start date|1993|3|11}}
| guests     = * [[Joyce Brothers|Dr. Joyce Brothers]] as herself
| blackboard = "Mud is not one of the 4 food groups"{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997|p=110}}
| couch_gag  = The couch turns into a monster with tentacles, eating the Simpsons sitting on it.<ref name="bbc">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/simpsons/episodeguide/season4/page18.shtml |title=Last Exit to Springfield |access-date=2007-02-13 |author1=Martyn, Warren |author2=Wood, Adrian |year=2000 |publisher=BBC |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-03-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070301172330/http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/simpsons/episodeguide/season4/page18.shtml }}</ref>
| commentary = [[Matt Groening]]<br>Al Jean<br>Wallace Wolodarsky<br>Jay Kogen<br>Mark Kirkland
| prev       = [[Duffless]]
| next       = [[So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show]]
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"'''Last Exit to Springfield'''" is the seventeenth episode of the [[The Simpsons season 4|fourth season]] of the American animated television series ''[[The Simpsons]]''. It originally aired on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] in the United States on March 11, 1993.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997|p=110}} The plot revolves around [[Homer Simpson]] becoming president of the [[Springfield Nuclear Power Plant]]'s [[trade union]] and leading the workers of the plant in a strike in order to restore their [[dental plan]] to avoid the family having to pay [[Out-of-pocket expense|out-of-pocket]] for [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]]'s new [[Dental braces|braces]].

The episode was written by [[Jay Kogen]] and [[Wallace Wolodarsky]] (their final writing credit for ''The Simpsons''), and directed by  [[Mark Kirkland]].{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997|p=110}} The episode contains several cultural references and [[Joyce Brothers|Dr. Joyce Brothers]] guest stars as herself.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997|p=110}} Since airing, "Last Exit to Springfield" has frequently been cited as one of the best episodes of the entire series, and one of the best television episodes of all time.<ref name="Groening">{{cite video |people=Groening, Matt |date=2004 |title=The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Last Exit to Springfield" |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref><ref name="EW">{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2003/02/02/best-simpsons-episodes-nos-1-5/ |title=The best ''Simpsons'' episodes, Nos. 1-5|publisher=[[Time Inc.]] |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=2003-01-31 |access-date=2022-01-15 |archive-date=2014-10-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018160211/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,417748~3~0~25bestand1,00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>