The BEST episodes written by Bill Oakley
#1 - Squiggleman
Portlandia - Season 3 - Episode 5
Concerned parents Brendan and Michelle start a band that makes kids music; The Portland Nerd Council issues a Public Service Announcement; Malcom and Kris have an uncomfortable lunch at a vegan restaurant. The Feminist Bookstore hosts a comedy night.
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#2 - Brunch Village
Portlandia - Season 2 - Episode 10
New brunch hotspot Fisherman’s Porch gets a write-up in the local paper, prompting Peter and Nance to give it a try – only to find hundreds of others had the same idea. Portland’s Mayor offers to take Fred and Carrie to brunch, but when the bridge is blocked he is forced to find alternate routes. Feminist bookstore owners Toni and Candace take physical measures to remove unwanted pedestrians in line for brunch in front of their store. Nance has Peter hold her spot while she gets her jacket, only to return to accusations that she is cutting the line. Two bouncers escort her to a crazed man who metes out punishment for line cutters – and it is up to Peter to save her.
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#3 - Who Shot Mr. Burns? (1)
The Simpsons - Season 6 - Episode 25
In Part I of this two-part suspense story, Mr. Burns' evil schemes go too far. When Burns winds up shot, everyone is a suspect.
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#4 - Bart vs. Australia
The Simpsons - Season 6 - Episode 16
After Bart's prank phone call to Australia goes awry, the Simpsons must fly out to the land down under and apologize to the Australian people. When they discover Bart's penalty will be a kick in the pants, international relations deteriorate.
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#5 - Pilot (or The Douchebag Aspect)
Mission Hill - Season 1 - Episode 1
Andy's parents stick his nerdy, little brother, Kevin, on him -- which poses quite the threat to Andy's slacker lifestyle. Meanwhile, Kevin is torn between his desire to rat on Andy and his desire to cease being a nerd.
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#6 - Treehouse of Horror IV
The Simpsons - Season 5 - Episode 5
In "The Devil and Homer Simpson," Homer sells his soul for a doughnut. Next, in the Twilight Zone spoof "Terror at 5 1/2 Feet," everyone doubts Bart's sanity when he's the only one to see a gremlin sabotaging the school bus. In "Bart Simpson's Dracula," the family turns into vampires, and Lisa sends Homer to the Burns mansion in an attempt to kill the head vampire.
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#7 - Who Shot Mr. Burns? (2)
The Simpsons - Season 7 - Episode 1
With Mr. Burns shot, Chief Wiggum investigates the crime, and nearly everyone in town has a motive. At the end, it all comes down to the Simpson DNA.
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#8 - Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy
The Simpsons - Season 5 - Episode 14
Lisa is shocked to find that her new Malibu Stacy doll reinforces negative stereotypes of women. With Smithers' help, Lisa tracks down the original creator of Malibu Stacy and convinces her to market a new doll that's a better role model for girls.
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#9 - Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song
The Simpsons - Season 5 - Episode 19
When Bart gets Principal Skinner fired, Ned Flanders is brought in to act as principal. Skinner befriends his former nemesis and the pair look for a way to get Skinner reinstated.
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#10 - $pringfield (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)
The Simpsons - Season 5 - Episode 10
When gambling is legalized in Springfield, Mr. Burns opens an extravagant casino on the waterfront. Meanwhile, Bart opens a casino in his treehouse. Burns becomes a germ-phobic recluse and Homer must tear Marge away from the slot machines.
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#11 - Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy
The Simpsons - Season 6 - Episode 10
Grandpa Simpson's miracle elixir reinvigorates Homer and Marge's sex life. When father and son embark on an old-fashioned medicine show to sell the love tonic, they rake in the money, but eventually old resentments bubble up between them.
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#12 - Marge in Chains
The Simpsons - Season 4 - Episode 21
Overwhelmed by her family's demands during a flu epidemic, Marge accidentally shoplifts at the Kwik-E-Mart and winds up in prison.
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#13 - Sideshow Bob Roberts
The Simpsons - Season 6 - Episode 5
Backed by a cabal of Republicans and the talk radio blowhard Birch Barlow, Sideshow Bob runs for mayor of Springfield. When new mayor Bob decides to build a freeway right through the Simpson's' home, Bart and Lisa set out to prove the election was rigged.
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#14 - Winter in Portlandia
Portlandia - Season 3 - Episode 1
It's wintertime in Portlandia and Peter and Nance struggle to keep off winter weight by cutting pasta from their diets; Candace's son visits Women and Women First bookstore for the holidays; a couple tries to keep their food cart in business.
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#15 - Marge Gets a Job
The Simpsons - Season 4 - Episode 7
Mr. Burns is instantly smitten when Marge takes a job at the nuclear power plant.
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#16 - Lady Bouvier's Lover
The Simpsons - Season 5 - Episode 21
Mr. Burns and Grandpa Simpson compete for the affections of Marge's mother. The more dashing suitor prevails, but in a scene straight out of The Graduate, Grandpa crashes the wedding just before Mrs. Bouvier becomes Mrs. Burns.
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#17 - 100% No Stress Day
Close Enough - Season 1 - Episode 6
The roommates work together to give Emily a stress-free day but are promptly sidetracked by shady characters from Alex's past.
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#18 - Gone With the Wind
The Cleveland Show - Season 1 - Episode 17
When Cleveland is diagnosed with high cholesterol, Donna puts him on a new high-fiber diet, which causes an intestinal backlash. It may stink up the place, but Cleveland quickly realizes his gas might score him a few points in the Broken Stool's karaoke contest. Meanwhile, Quagmire pays a visit to Stoolbend to deliver Cleveland some upsetting news.
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