Editing Lisa's First Word

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{{Infobox Simpsons episode
| image          = Lisa says her first word.jpg
| caption        = Lisa says her first word, which is "Bart", to an annoyed Bart.
| season         = 4
| episode        = 10
| director       = [[Mark Kirkland]]
| writer         = [[Jeff Martin (writer)|Jeff Martin]]
| production     = 9F08
| airdate        = {{Start date|1992|12|03}}
| guests         = * [[Elizabeth Taylor]] as [[Maggie Simpson]]<ref name="bbc">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/simpsons/episodeguide/season4/page11.shtml |title=Lisa's First Word |access-date=2008-01-19 |last1=Martyn|first1=Warren |last2=Wood|first2=Adrian |year=2000 |publisher=[[BBC]] |url-status=dead |archive-date=2004-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040513154003/https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/simpsons/episodeguide/season4/page11.shtml }}</ref>
| blackboard     = "Teacher is not a [[leprosy|leper]]"{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997|p=102}}
| couch_gag      = The Simpsons and a lot of circus performers form a [[kickline]].
| commentary     = [[Matt Groening]]<br />[[Al Jean]]<br />[[Jeff Martin (writer)|Jeff Martin]]<br />[[Mark Kirkland]]
| prev           = [[Mr. Plow]]
| next           = [[Homer's Triple Bypass]]
}}

"'''Lisa's First Word'''" is the tenth episode of the [[The Simpsons season 4|fourth season]] of the American animated television series ''[[The Simpsons]]''. It was first broadcast on [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] in the United States on December 3, 1992. In the episode, as the [[Simpson family]] gathers around [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie]] and tries to encourage her to say her first word, [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] reminisces and tells the story of [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]]'s first word. Maggie's first word is voiced by [[Elizabeth Taylor]].

The episode was directed by [[Mark Kirkland]] and written by [[Jeff Martin (writer)|Jeff Martin]]. After its initial airing on Fox, the episode was later released as part of a 1999 [[VHS|video]] collection: ''[[The Simpsons home media#Compilations|The Simpsons: Greatest Hits]]'', and released again on the 2003 DVD edition of the same collection. The episode features cultural references to the 1981 [[arcade game|arcade]] video game ''[[Ms. Pac-Man]]'', the [[Cyndi Lauper]] song "[[Girls Just Wanna Have Fun]]" and Olympic gymnast [[Shun Fujimoto]]'s performance in the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in spite of a serious injury, among other things.

"Lisa's First Word" received positive reception from television critics, and acquired a [[Nielsen rating]] of 16.6.

==Plot==
[[Homer Simpson|Homer]], [[Marge Simpson|Marge]], [[Bart Simpson|Bart]], and [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] are trying to get [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie]] to speak. When their attempts prove unsuccessful, Marge decides to tell the story of when Lisa began speaking. The story flashes back to 1983, when Homer, Marge, and Bart lived in an apartment on the Lower East Side of [[Springfield (The Simpsons)|Springfield]]. When Marge became pregnant again, she and Homer decided to move into a bigger living space. After viewing several unsuitable properties within their budget, they bought [[The Simpsons house|a house on Evergreen Terrace]]; persuaded by Homer, [[Grampa Simpson]] had sold his own house to give Homer and Marge enough money to buy their new house. In 1984, the Simpsons moved into the house and met their new next-door neighbors, [[Ned Flanders]] and his family with Ned allowing Homer to borrow his TV tray (which he had kept for eight years).

Meanwhile, Krusty the Clown began a promotion for the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] with his Krusty Burger chain. The promotion is a "scratch-and-win" game where customers would win a free Krusty Burger if [[United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics|the United States]] won a gold medal, but the game cards were rigged to feature events that athletes from [[Eastern Bloc|Communist countries]] were most likely to win. However, just as the promotion was put into effect, Krusty received word of the [[1984 Summer Olympics boycott|Soviet boycott]] of the Olympics; the campaign thus ended up giving away more free burgers than anticipated, causing Krusty to eventually lose {{US$|44 million}} (equivalent to about ${{inflation|US|44|1984}} million in {{inflation/year|US}}).

Bart was forced to give up his crib so Lisa could have it. Knowing Bart was a fan of Krusty, Homer built him a clown-themed bed. However, because of Homer's poor woodworking skills, the bed looked like an [[evil clown]], which terrified Bart. Soon, Lisa was born, and Bart became jealous of the attention she received from relatives and family friends. After several failed attempts to make Lisa look bad, and then several failed attempts to get rid of her, Bart decided to run away from home and accuses Lisa for ruining his life. As he packed his possessions, Lisa said her first word, "Bart". Bart was thrilled, and Marge explained that Lisa adored him. Bart and Lisa hugged each other and bonded over how funny it was that they both called Homer by his name, rather than "Daddy" as he wished.

In the present, while Bart and Lisa argue, Homer puts Maggie to bed; he tells her, "The sooner kids talk, the sooner they talk back. I hope you never say a word." As soon as he turns off the light and closes the door, Maggie takes her pacifier out of her mouth and, unheard by anyone else, says "Daddy".

==Production==
[[File:Elizabeth Taylor36.JPG|thumb|200px|[[Elizabeth Taylor]] provided the voice of Maggie in this episode.]]

"Lisa's First Word" was written by [[Jeff Martin (writer)|Jeff Martin]] and directed by [[Mark Kirkland]].<ref name="bbc"/> [[Mike Reiss]] and [[Al Jean]] were discussing having an episode where [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie]] would say her first word and Reiss thought it would be cute to have her say "daddy" when no one could hear her.<ref name="Jean">{{cite video |people=Jean, Al |date=2004 |title=The Simpsons The Complete Fourth Season DVD commentary for the episode "Lisa's First Word" |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> Martin was assigned to write the episode because he had done "[[I Married Marge]]", another [[Flashback (narrative)|flashback]] episode.<ref name="Jean"/> Martin was excited to do another flashback episode because he thought it was fun to check out old newspapers and go back and see what was in the news back in 1983 and 1984.<ref name="Martin">{{cite video |people=Martin, Jeff |date=2004 |title=The Simpsons The Complete Fourth Season DVD commentary for the episode "Lisa's First Word" |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> Martin felt it was a good way of finding a new set of things to make jokes about.<ref name="Martin"/> The extended couch gag was added since the episode was about thirty seconds too short to air.{{sfn|Reiss & Klickstein|2018|p=95}}

In the episode, [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] builds a scary clown-shaped bed for [[Bart Simpson|Bart]]. The scene was inspired by Mike Reiss, whose dad had built him a clown-shaped bed when he was younger, and just like Bart, Reiss was scared of sleeping in it.<ref name="Kirkland"/>{{sfn|Reiss & Klickstein|2018|p=68}} As the flashback begins in 1983, a young Homer strolls down the street, singing [[Cyndi Lauper]]'s song "[[Girls Just Want to Have Fun]]", which was released that year.<ref name="variety"/> The idea for this sequence came from [[animation director]] [[Chuck Sheetz]], who suggested it because the length of the final version of the episode was too short.<ref name="Martin"/> The [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] [[Censorship|censors]] wrote a note concerning Homer's line, "Bart can kiss my hairy, yellow butt!" after [[Marge Simpson|Marge]] tells Homer that Bart might be jealous of baby [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]], citing that the line is considered "coarse", due to the fact that Bart was two during the flashback.{{sfn|Turner|2004|p=20}}

Maggie's first word was provided by the [[Academy Award]]-winning actress [[Elizabeth Taylor]], who would also voice herself in the season four finale, "[[Krusty Gets Kancelled]]".<ref name="Martin"/> While promoting the episode, the producers initially did not reveal who the voice of Maggie would be, prompting speculation as to the identity of the actress.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://ew.com/article/1992/03/20/article-99/ |title=Face to Face: Maggie Simpson |access-date=2008-01-19 |first=Lisa |last=Schwarzbaum |date=1992-09-11 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071012212310/http://ew.com/ew/article/0%2C%2C311750%2C00.html |archive-date=2007-10-12 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Although it was only one word, the voice came out "too [[sexual arousal|sexy]]" and Taylor had to record the part numerous times before the producers were satisfied and thought it sounded like a baby.<ref name=nyd>{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/film-fest-de-niro-lashed-picture-show-article-1.248605|title=In the Fox family, they live in fear of a Bart attack |first1=George|last1=Rush  |first2=Joanna Rush |last2=Molloy  |name-list-style=amp|access-date=2008-07-31 |date=2007-05-04 |work=[[New York Daily News]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121106074442/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/film-fest-de-niro-lashed-picture-show-article-1.248605?pgno=1|archive-date=2012-11-06}}</ref><ref name="Groening">{{cite video |people=Groening, Matt |date=2004 |title=The Simpsons The Complete Fourth Season DVD commentary for the episode "Lisa's First Word" |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> Several sources, including John Ortved's ''[[The Simpsons]]'' history article "Simpsons Family Values" in ''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]'', have reported that after Taylor had been made to repeatedly record the line, she said "fuck you" to series creator [[Matt Groening]] and stormed out of the studio.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2007/08/simpsons200708 |title=Simpson Family Values |access-date=2012-05-26 |first=John |last=Ortved |date=August 2007 |work=[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]] |archive-date=August 27, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080827213908/http://www.vanityfair.com./culture/features/2007/08/simpsons200708 |url-status=live }}</ref> Groening recounted this event on a 1994 appearance on ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'',<ref>Groening, Matt, Interviewed by Conan O'Brien, ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', Episode 250, October 7, 1994.</ref> and was also quoted by the ''[[Daily News (New York)|New York Daily News]]'' in 2007 as saying "We did 24 takes, but they were always too sexual. Finally, Liz said, 'F— you,' and walked out."<ref name="nyd" /> However, Groening later denied the story in the DVD commentary for the episode "[[Gump Roast]]",<ref name="Gump">Groening, Matt. (2010). Commentary for "Gump Roast", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Thirteenth Season'' [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.</ref> while Jean stated in a piece after Taylor's death in 2011 that Taylor had said "fuck you" in jest and in Maggie's voice and did not storm out.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://ew.com/article/2011/03/24/elizabeth-taylor-simpsons-al-jean/ |title=Elizabeth Taylor: 'Simpsons' exec producer Al Jean remembers the film legend's one-word turn as baby Maggie -- Exclusive |last=Snierson |first=Dan |date=2011-03-24 |access-date=2021-01-15 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |archive-date=November 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121111552/https://ew.com/article/2011/03/24/elizabeth-taylor-simpsons-al-jean/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet |first=Al|last=Jean|author-link=Al Jean|user=AlJean |number=1202112642975854592 |date=4 December 2019 |title=Yes, the truth is her swearing was completely a joke, she did not storm out and she was a lot of fun. Anyone who was there could verify. |access-date=September 8, 2024}}</ref> [[Yeardley Smith]] supports the latter as well, tweeting she "didn't storm out but she did take exception to being asked to say 'Daddy' 20 times & she let us know by saying 'fuck you' when she was done."<ref>{{cite tweet |first=Yeardley|last=Smith|author-link=Yeardley Smith|user=YeardleySmith |number=1202245492245024769 |date=4 December 2019 |title=Yes, indeed, this is more accurate. She didn't storm out out but she did take exception to being asked to say "Daddy" 20 times & she let us know she by saying "fuck you" when she was done 😂. She also brought her little white dog to the session & one of her giant diamond rings.|access-date=September 8, 2024 }}</ref> [[Nancy Cartwright]] also mentions the incident in her book ''[[My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy]]'', but states Taylor jokingly ad-libbed "fuck you Daddy" as an initial sound check for [[Sam Simon]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Cartwright |first=Nancy |author-link=Nancy Cartwright|date=2000 |title=[[My Life as a 10-Year-Old Boy]] |page=122 |publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]]|isbn=0747547483 }}</ref>

==Cultural references==
The ''[[Media in The Simpsons#Journalism|Springfield Shopper]]'' headline from the day Lisa was born ("[[Walter Mondale|Mondale]] to [[Gary Hart|Hart]]: [[Where's the beef?]]") uses the then-current advertising slogan for [[Wendy's]].<ref name="Jean"/> Mondale, a candidate in the [[1984 United States presidential election|1984 presidential election]], used the "Where's the beef?" phrase at an election rally in 1984 while mocking one of his opponents.<ref name="bbc"/> Marge sets the scene for her story of Lisa's first word with references to the 1981 [[arcade game|arcade]] video game ''[[Ms. Pac-Man]]'' and the American actor [[Joe Piscopo]].<ref name="Kirkland">{{cite video |people=Kirkland, Mark |date=2004 |title=The Simpsons The Complete Fourth Season DVD commentary for the episode "Lisa's First Word" |medium=DVD |publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> The group of boys hanging around the apartment building is a reference to the popular 1930s boys group [[The Dead End Kids]]. When Lisa is born, Homer says he has already started saving for her college fund in [[Lincoln Savings and Loan Association|Lincoln Savings and Loan]], which suffered a scandalous financial collapse in the late 1980s causing thousands of investors to lose their life savings. The episode features an ''Itchy & Scratchy'' cartoon called "100-Yard Gash", which uses the music from ''[[Chariots of Fire]]'' (1981).{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997|p=102}}

The Olympic promotion by [[Krusty Burger]] is based on the [[McDonald's 1984 Olympics promotion|1984 Olympics promotion]] by [[McDonald's]], in which McDonald's visitors could win a [[Big Mac]], [[french fries]], a drink, or even a cash prize up to $10,000 if [[United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Team USA]] won a medal in the visitor's listed event. McDonald's lost millions on the promotion due to the [[1984 Summer Olympics boycott]] by the [[Soviet Union]], as happened to Krusty.<ref name="Jean"/><ref name="Kirkland"/><ref name="variety"/> At one point in the episode, [[Dr. Hibbert]] refers to Olympic gymnastic medalist [[Mary Lou Retton]].<ref name="bbc"/>

==Reception==
In its original American broadcast, "Lisa's First Word" was watched by 28.6 million viewers,<ref>{{cite news |title=ABC's Tuesday lineup ends up rosy |work=[[USA Today]] |first=Donna|last=Gable |page=03.D |date=December 9, 1992}}</ref> the most-watched episode of the season. It finished thirteenth in the ratings for the week of November 30 to December 6, 1992, with a Nielsen rating of 16.6.<ref name="ratings">{{cite news |title=Nielsen Ratings |date=December 9, 1992 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |publisher=[[Long Beach Press-Telegram]] |pages=C6}}</ref> The episode was the highest-rated show on Fox that week.<ref name=ratings/> It acquired the highest national Nielsen rating of the show since the [[The Simpsons season 2|season two]] episode "[[Bart Gets an "F"|Bart Gets an 'F']]{{-"}} aired on October 11, 1990.<ref>{{cite news |title=Arts Beat |last=Bark |first=Ed |date=December 5, 1992 |work=[[The Dallas Morning News]] |pages=39A}}</ref>

Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, the authors of the book ''I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide'', said the episode is a "convincing portrait of young marriage and hardship in the days of [[Reaganomics]]—and the biggest name to guest voice gets the littlest, but the most significant, to say".<ref name="bbc"/> When asked to pick his favorite season out of ''The Simpsons'' seasons [[The Simpsons season 1|one]] through [[The Simpsons season 20|twenty]], Paul Lane of the ''[[Niagara Gazette]]'' picked season four and highlighted "the sweetly funny" "Lisa's First Word".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dzikiy |first1=Phil |first2=Paul|last2=Lane  |title=Television: 20 years&nbsp;— A 'Simpsons' extravaganza |work=[[Niagara Gazette]] |date=September 25, 2008 }}</ref> David Johnson at DVD Verdict named it "one of the greatest flashback episodes".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/simpsonsseason4.php |title=DVD Verdict Review&nbsp;— The Simpsons: The Complete Fourth Season |first=David |last=Johnson |publisher=DVD Verdict |date=July 12, 2004 |access-date=2008-08-31 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926155746/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/simpsonsseason4.php |archive-date=September 26, 2008 }}</ref> Dave Manley at DVDActive said in a review of ''The Simpsons: Greatest Hits'' DVD that it is "one of the better episodes and probably my personal favourite on the disc, although most Simpsons connoisseurs would probably go for the [[Bart Gets an "F"|previous episode]] [on the DVD]", and added that there are "some great parodies in the episode too".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dvdactive.com/reviews/dvd/simpsons-the-greatest-hits.html |title=Simpsons, The: Greatest Hits (UK&nbsp;— DVD R2) in Reviews |last=Manley |first=Dave |publisher=DVDActive |access-date=2008-10-26 |archive-date=March 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329014945/http://www.dvdactive.com/reviews/dvd/simpsons-the-greatest-hits.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]''{{'}}s Gregory Hardy named it the fourteenth best episode of the show with a sports theme (the Olympics in this case).<ref>{{cite news |title=Hitting 300 - For Sporting Comedy, 'The Simpsons' Always Score |last=Hardy |first=Gregory |date=February 16, 2003 |work=[[Orlando Sentinel]] |page=C17}}</ref>

Elizabeth Taylor's performance as Maggie was praised by critics. She was named the 13th greatest guest spot in the history of the show by ''[[IGN]]''.<ref name="IGN">{{cite web |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2010/01/04/top-25-simpsons-guest-appearances |title=Top 25 Simpsons Guest Appearances |access-date=January 15, 2022 |date=January 4, 2010 |last1=Goldman |first1=Eric |last2=Iverson |first2=Dan |last3=Zoromski |first3=Brian |website=[[IGN]] |archive-date=June 22, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070622134744/http://tv.ign.com/articles/730/730566p1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>  Taylor also appeared on [[AOL]]'s list of their favorite 25 ''Simpsons'' guest stars.<ref>{{cite web|last=Potts|first=Kimberly|title=Favorite 'Simpsons' Guest Stars|url=http://www.aoltv.com/feature/the-simpsons/guest-stars|access-date=2008-11-24|publisher=[[AOL]]|url-status=dead|archive-date=2010-09-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100924092118/http://television.aol.com/feature/the-simpsons/guest-stars}}</ref> Todd Everett at ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' called the last scene in the episode, where Maggie speaks her first word, "quite a heart-melter".<ref name="variety">{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/1992/tv/reviews/the-simpsons-maggie-s-first-word-1200431052/ |title=The Simpsons Maggie's First Word |last=Everett |first=Todd |date=December 7, 1992 |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=January 15, 2022}}</ref> He added that "it is probably no surprise that the casting of Elizabeth Taylor as the voice for baby Maggie Simpson's first word was a publicity stunt [...] No mind, the episode in question delivered well-rounded view of series' multiple attractions."<ref name="variety"/> ''[[Total Film]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s Nathan Ditum ranked her performance as the best guest appearance in the show's history.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/the-20-best-simpsons-movie-star-guest-spots/ |title=The 20 Best Simpsons Movie-Star Guest Spots |last=Ditum |first=Nathan |date=March 29, 2009 |work=[[Total Film]] |publisher=GamesRadar |access-date=2022-01-15 |archive-date=April 10, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410171103/http://www.totalfilm.com/features/the-20-best-simpsons-movie-star-guest-spots/page:4 |url-status=live }}</ref> Fox rebroadcast the episode on April 3, 2011, in memory of Taylor, following her death on March 23.<ref>{{cite web |title=Exclusive: FOX to Rebroadcast Elizabeth Taylor's "Simpsons" Episode This Sunday |publisher=[[The Futon Critic]] |date=2011-03-31 |access-date=2011-04-03 |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2011/03/31/exclusive-fox-to-rebroadcast-elizabeth-taylors-simpsons-episode-this-sunday-853011/9203}}</ref>

==Legacy==
==="Can't sleep, clown will eat me"===
[[File:Lisa's First Word.jpg|thumb|Young Bart in his clown bed, poorly constructed by Homer]]
Inspired by an event in ''The Simpsons'' writer Mike Reiss' childhood,<ref name="Kirkland"/>{{sfn|Reiss & Klickstein|2018|p=68}} young Bart does not want to give up sleeping in the crib to make way for his newborn sister. Noticing Bart's affection for [[Krusty the Clown]] but unable to afford a professionally built Krusty-themed bed, Homer decides to build a clown-themed bed himself to please his son. However, because of Homer's poor handicraft skills, the bed takes on an [[Evil clown|ominous appearance]] and frightens Bart, especially in his darkened bedroom. In his first night in the new bed, far from "laughing himself to sleep", Bart imagines that the face on the [[Headboard (furniture)|headboard]] of the bed comes to life, intoning with evil glee, "[[Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep|if you should die before you wake...]]", before bursting into evil cackling.

The next morning, Bart is curled up into the [[fetal position]] on the floor next to the sofa downstairs, repeatedly uttering the phrase "can't sleep, clown will eat me..." The line inspired the [[Alice Cooper]] song "Can't Sleep, Clowns Will Eat Me" from the 2001 album ''[[Dragontown]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/g/GooglePM/AT/lib00059,117508302B023D18.html |title=Some pop culture creations demonize the red-nosed men |access-date=2008-01-19 |date=2007-02-15 |work=[[Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]}}</ref> The phrase has since found its way into popular use.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7191721.stm |title=Why are clowns scary? |first=Finlo |last=Rohrer |access-date=2022-01-15 |date=2008-01-16 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |archive-date=March 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090307081454/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7191721.stm |url-status=live }}</ref>

When Homer and Marge must leave for the hospital for Lisa's birth, they leave Bart in the care of Ned Flanders. Bart finds himself bored at the Flanders' house and wants to go home, but quickly changes his mind when he sees the clown bed in his bedroom window. When Bart attempts to run away, the bed appears in his bedroom again. The bed appears again in the episode "[[The Kids Are All Fight]]", where it eventually falls apart.

==Merchandise==
"Lisa's First Word" originally aired on the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox network]] in the United States on December 3, 1992.{{sfn|Richmond & Coffman|1997|p=102}} The episode was selected for release in a 1999 [[VHS|video]] collection of selected episodes titled: ''The Simpsons: Greatest Hits''.<ref name="amazon1">{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00004CZ8S |title=The Simpsons: Greatest Hits (VHS) |website=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] UK |date=July 21, 2003 |access-date=2008-10-17 |archive-date=September 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909025741/https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00004CZ8S |url-status=live }}</ref> Other episodes included in the collection set were "[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]", "[[Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song]]", "[[Trash of the Titans]]", and "[[Bart Gets an "F"|Bart Gets an 'F']]{{-"}}.<ref name="amazon1"/> It was included in ''The Simpsons'' season 4 DVD set, which was released on June 15, 2004, as ''The Simpsons&nbsp;— The Complete Fourth Season''.<ref>{{Cite AV media|title=The Simpsons&nbsp;— The Complete Fourth Season (1992) |work=[[The Simpsons]] |publisher=20th Century Fox |date=June 15, 2004 }}</ref> The episode was again included in the 2003 DVD release of the "Greatest Hits" set, but this time the set did not include "Trash of the Titans".<ref name="amazon2">{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0000BZNIZ |title=The Simpsons: Greatest Hits (DVD) |website=[[Amazon (company)|Amazon]] UK |date=September 8, 2003 |access-date=2008-10-17 |archive-date=September 9, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240909025713/https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0000BZNIZ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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