The BEST episodes written by John Swartzwelder
#1 - Jimmy Breslin & Marvin Hagler/Level 42, E.G. Daily
Saturday Night Live - Season 11 - Episode 17
Sketches are ""Mike 'The Menace' Hall,"" ""Kill Kaddafi?"" ""Tornadoville,"" ""Marvin's Knockout Tips,"" ""Lone Wolf McCord,"" ""The Pat Stevens,"" ""Cabrini Green's Assembly,"" ""Jody Hagler,"" ""Midday with Jennifer Hicks: Bond's Supervillains"", ""Weekend Update with Dennis Miller"", ""Sam Kinison's standup act"". Level 42 performs ""Something About You"" and EG Daily performs ""Say It, Say It"" with Jon Lovitz.
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#2 - Tony Danza/Laurie Anderson
Saturday Night Live - Season 11 - Episode 15
Live from New York, it's... Randy Quaid, Robert Downey Jr., and Anthony Michael Hall! Sketches include "Vietnam Horror Story," "Nancy Reagan's Workout," "Lyndon LaRouche Theatre," "The 30-Second Count," a guest performance by Penn & Teller, "Big Time Professional Golf," "My Unconditional Love," "Master Thespian," and "The Further Adventures Of Biff And Salena." Laurie Anderson performed "Baby Doll" and "Day The Devil."
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#3 - Catherine Oxenberg & Paul Simon/Ladysmith Black Mambazo
Saturday Night Live - Season 11 - Episode 16
Live from New York, it's... Paul Simon! Sketches include "Geraldo Rivera Opens The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier," "Wall Shackles Prison," "The Late Show with Joan Rivers," "The Limits Of The Imagination," "Dirk Landers, CIA Operative," a guest performance by Penn & Teller, "Producer Tommy Flanagan," "Brim Decaffeinated," "A Mother's Day Message," and "Trojans." Paul Simon performed "You Can Call Me Al," "Homeless" with Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and "Graceland."
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#4 - Anjelica Huston & Billy Martin/George Clinton & Parliament-Funkadelic
Saturday Night Live - Season 11 - Episode 18
Live from New York, it's...Randy Quaid Sketches include: Hands Across America, Moments of Doubt, Glamorous Drinking, National Council of Liquor and Spirits, Actors on Film, Hallmark Cards, Lesbian Pick-Ups, Bocce Ball My Way, Tempting Billy, The People's Second Choice Award, Book Minute, LaBelles At The Movies, My Friend, and Backstage SNL: Lorne Kills The Cast (except for Jon Lovitz, Nora Dunn, and Dennis Miller) George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic perform: ""Let's Take It To The Stage"" and ""Do Fries Go With That Shake""
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#5 - Dudley Moore/Al Green
Saturday Night Live - Season 11 - Episode 8
Sketches include ""Monks and Football,"" ""The Pat Stevens Show,"" ""Master Thespian"", ""The Limits of the Imagination"", ""Name That Tune,"" and ""Die Foriegner Die!"" Al Green performs ""Going Away.""
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#6 - Homer the Great
The Simpsons - Season 6 - Episode 12
Homer joins the secret society of the Stonecutters and is suddenly exalted when the brethren discover his birthmark. The ancient order is shaken to the core by the ineptitude of its new Chosen One.
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#7 - You Only Move Twice
The Simpsons - Season 8 - Episode 2
When Homer accepts a job offer, the Simpsons move to Cypress Creek, where everything seems too good to be true. Finally happy at his job, Homer fails to notice that his new boss is an evil megalomaniac bent on world domination.
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#8 - The Boy Who Knew Too Much
The Simpsons - Season 5 - Episode 20
Bart witnesses the alleged assault of a waiter by Mayor Quimby's nephew, but coming forward will mean admitting to skipping class and facing the consequences.
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#9 - Homer vs. the 18th Amendment
The Simpsons - Season 8 - Episode 18
When Prohibition is revived in Springfield, Homer and Bart supply the town with alcohol.
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#10 - Mountain of Madness
The Simpsons - Season 8 - Episode 12
To promote teamwork amongst the power plant's employees, Mr. Burns makes them go on a corporate retreat up in the mountains.
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#11 - Jerry Hall/Stevie Ray & Jimmie Vaughn
Saturday Night Live - Season 11 - Episode 10
Live from New York, it's... Mick Jagger! Sketches include "Tommy Flanagan," "The Limits Of The Imagination," and "Models Against The Wilderness," "Master Thespian," "The Line of Death," "Sam Kinison Stand-Up," "The Pat Stevens Show," and "Dad's Sore Big Toe." Stevie Ray & Jimmie Vaughn perform "Say What" and "Change It."
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#12 - Tom Hanks/Sade
Saturday Night Live - Season 11 - Episode 5
Sketches include ""Entertainment Tonight,"" ""Trojans,"" ""Tommy and His Mother,"" ""Comedians,"" and ""Steve's Fantasy.""
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#13 - Teri Garr/Dream Academy, The Cult
Saturday Night Live - Season 11 - Episode 6
Sketches include ""The Wrapper Rapper,"" ""Critic,"" ""The Price of Eggs,"" ""Hildy,"" ""A Roy Orbison Christmas,"" ""The Big Tree,"" and ""Time Traveling Trivial Pursuit."" The Dream Academy performed their one and only hit, ""Life In A Northern Town.""
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#14 - Pee Wee Herman/Queen Ida & The Bon Temps Zydeco Band
Saturday Night Live - Season 11 - Episode 3
Sketches include ""Twin Towers Tightrope,"" ""Pee Wee Herman's Thanksgiving Special"", ""Marital Problems,"" ""Pee Wee's School Romance,"" ""Find the Mouse in the Coke,"" and ""Hal Fisher's Money Magnet Method.""
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#15 - Madonna/Simple Minds
Saturday Night Live - Season 11 - Episode 1
Sketches include: ""SNL Drug Tests,"" ""A Message From The Almighty,"" ""National Inquirer Theatre,"" ""Pinklisting,"" ""Cabrini Green,"" and ""Nancy Reagan Meets Charles and Di."" Simple Minds performed ""Alive and Kicking.""
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#16 - Rosebud
The Simpsons - Season 5 - Episode 4
Mr. Burns pines away for Bobo, his beloved childhood teddy bear and symbol of lost innocence. When the bear turns up in Maggie's possession, the resulting tug of war affects the whole town.
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#17 - Homie the Clown
The Simpsons - Season 6 - Episode 15
Krusty the Clown's reckless spending forces him to open a clown college to keep afloat. New graduate Homer discovers the perks and perils of being Krusty.
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#18 - Bart's Comet
The Simpsons - Season 6 - Episode 14
When Bart is forced to assist Principal Skinner in early-morning astronomy observations, he discovers a giant comet heading towards Springfield. Facing impending doom, the entire town shows up at the Flanders family bomb shelter.
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#19 - Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie
The Simpsons - Season 4 - Episode 6
When Bart's misdeeds at school and at home reach new extremes, Homer puts his foot down and imposes the ultimate punishment: Bart is forbidden to go see the new Itchy & Scratchy movie.
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#20 - Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?
The Simpsons - Season 3 - Episode 24
After Homer "wins" a $2000 settlement with the plant for radiation affecting his sperm count, his brother Herb returns to Springfield with an idea that could help him get his fortune back.
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#21 - Whacking Day
The Simpsons - Season 4 - Episode 20
Lisa takes a stand against Springfield's annual snake-bashing festival.
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#22 - The Old Man and the Lisa
The Simpsons - Season 8 - Episode 21
Financially ruined, Mr. Burns turns to Lisa for help in building a recycling business. Lisa believes he's changed, but his new business venture takes a shocking new direction.
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#23 - Homer at the Bat
The Simpsons - Season 3 - Episode 17
Homer and his co-workers qualify for the plant softball team's league final, but Mr. Burns hires nine professional MLB players in order to win a $1 million bet.
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#24 - Homer the Smithers
The Simpsons - Season 7 - Episode 17
Forced to take a vacation, Smithers needs to find a temporary replacement who won't outshine him. Homer seems the perfect choice until a sudden outburst forces Mr. Burns to assert his independence.
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#25 - Homer's Enemy
The Simpsons - Season 8 - Episode 23
A hardworking new employee at the power plant is consumed with resentment at Homer's undeserved success.
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#26 - Bart Gets an Elephant
The Simpsons - Season 5 - Episode 17
Bart wins a wacky radio contest and forgoes the cash to claim the gag prize instead: an elephant.
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#27 - Itchy & Scratchy Land
The Simpsons - Season 6 - Episode 4
The family's trip to Itchy & Scratchy Land takes an unexpected turn when high-tech robots malfunction and become violent.
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#28 - Homer the Vigilante
The Simpsons - Season 5 - Episode 11
When a cat burglar prowls Springfield, Homer forms a vigilante group that winds up breaking more laws than they protect.
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#29 - The Day the Violence Died
The Simpsons - Season 7 - Episode 18
Bart meets the original animator who created Itchy, penniless some 70 years after the studio stole his idea. When Bart helps him sue for restitution, he unwittingly bankrupts Itchy & Scratchy.
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#30 - Treehouse of Horror VI
The Simpsons - Season 7 - Episode 6
In "Attack of the 50 Foot Eyesores," strange atmospheric conditions bring giant advertising statues to life. In "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace," Groundskeeper Willie is killed in a freak accident and seeks revenge in the childrens' dreams. In the final segment, Homer steps through a secret portal and becomes three-dimensional.
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#31 - Radioactive Man
The Simpsons - Season 7 - Episode 2
Bart longs to play "Fallout Boy" in the new Radioactive Man movie, but the Van Houtens thrust Milhouse into the spotlight. Meanwhile, the town of Springfield sees an opportunity for profit.
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#32 - The Computer Wore Menace Shoes
The Simpsons - Season 12 - Episode 6
As Mr. X, Homer starts his own web page where he reveals Springfield's secrets. But when his information runs out, he resorts to making up news. When one of his stories turns out to be true, he is kidnapped and taken to "The Island," a place where those who know too much are taken out of society.
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#33 - Bart Gets Famous
The Simpsons - Season 5 - Episode 12
Working as Krusty the Clown's assistant, Bart accidentally steals the limelight by blurting an instant catchphrase: "I didn't do it." But when he tries to capitalize on his fifteen minutes of fame, the fans are fickle.
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#34 - Krusty Gets Kancelled
The Simpsons - Season 4 - Episode 22
An advertising blitz for "Gabbo" spells trouble for Krusty: his show gets canceled when the new ventriloquist act gets higher ratings. Bart and Lisa enlist Krusty's Hollywood pals for a comeback special.
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#35 - Maximum Homerdrive
The Simpsons - Season 10 - Episode 17
After beating Homer in a steak-eating competition, a trucker dies; Homer and Bart take over his rig to complete his shipment.
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#36 - Treehouse of Horror II
The Simpsons - Season 3 - Episode 7
The family buys a cursed monkey paw in Morocco, and their three wishes turn out badly. In a Twilight Zone parody, Bart is the fearsome “monster” who can read the townspeople’s thoughts. And Mr. Burns steals Homer’s brain for a giant robot he’s building.
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#37 - King of the Hill
The Simpsons - Season 9 - Episode 23
After Rainier Wolfcastle helps Homer get in shape, Homer accepts a challenge to climb the Murderhorn, the tallest mountain in Springfield.
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#38 - Bart the Murderer
The Simpsons - Season 3 - Episode 4
Bart becomes an errand boy for the Springfield Mafia. When Principal Skinner disappears, Fat Tony points the finger at Bart.
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#39 - Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish
The Simpsons - Season 2 - Episode 4
When a three-eyed fish is found in a nearby stream, the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant faces bad publicity and fails an inspection. Mr. Burns runs for governor, but his spin doctors are no match for Marge.
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#40 - Griffin Dunne/Rosanne Cash
Saturday Night Live - Season 11 - Episode 12
""Tommy Flanagan's Pathological Liars Anonymous"", ""Griffin Dunne's One-Handed Drum Solo from Wipeout"", ""Ferdinand Marcos Malacanang Palace Liquidation Sale"", ""You bet your finger"", ""Weekend Update with Dennis Miller"", ""Two Jones' Cable Installers"", ""Penn & Teller"".
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#41 - John Lithgow/Mr. Mister
Saturday Night Live - Season 11 - Episode 4
Sketches include--- Halley's Comet, Cliche Father, Master Thespian, Nancy Reagan sings ""That Old Black Magic"", The Ad Council, Rajneesh's Rolls-Royces, The Limits Of The Imagination.
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#42 - Bart the Fink
The Simpsons - Season 7 - Episode 15
In a scheme to get Krusty's autograph, Bart sends him a check. When Krusty's offshore holding corporation endorses the check, his illegal tax shelter is exposed. In despair after the government auctions off his possessions, Krusty fakes his own death.
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#43 - The Cartridge Family
The Simpsons - Season 9 - Episode 5
Alarmed by a soccer riot, Homer buys a handgun. His reckless behavior drives Marge and the kids out of the house, and even his new gun club buddies desert him.
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#44 - Treehouse of Horror XIV
The Simpsons - Season 15 - Episode 1
In "Reaper Madness," Homer kills the Grim Reaper and takes his place. In "Frinkenstein," Professor Frink reanimates his father for some gruesome body parts-swapping. In "Stop the World, I Want to Goof Off," Bart and Milhouse get a stopwatch that can stop time.
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#45 - Bart Carny
The Simpsons - Season 9 - Episode 12
When the carnival comes to town, Homer and Bart wind up working the ring toss. A father-son team of grifters shows them the downside of the “carny code,” but the Simpsons beat them at their own game.
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#46 - Dog of Death
The Simpsons - Season 3 - Episode 19
After the Simpsons regret paying for an expensive surgery for Santa's Little Helper, he runs away from home and is trained by Mr. Burns to become an attack dog.
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#47 - Treehouse of Horror
The Simpsons - Season 2 - Episode 3
The family moves into a haunted mansion, Aliens abduct the Simpsons and invite them to what might be their last supper, and Lisa reads Bart Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem "The Raven."
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#48 - The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace
The Simpsons - Season 10 - Episode 2
A midlife crisis prompts Homer to quit his job and become an inventor.
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#49 - Homer Simpson in: 'Kidney Trouble'
The Simpsons - Season 10 - Episode 8
When Grandpa needs a new kidney, Homer agrees to donate one, but then chickens out.
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#50 - Bart Gets Hit by a Car
The Simpsons - Season 2 - Episode 10
After Mr. Burns hits Bart with his car, ambulance-chasing attorney Lionel Hutz persuades Homer and Marge to sue for a million dollars.
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