The BEST episodes written by Richard Appel

That Old Mac Magic
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8.36
11 votes

#1 - That Old Mac Magic

The Bernie Mac Show - Season 3 - Episode 18

Bernie's agent Jerry Best takes Jordan to his office on national ""Take Your Child to Work Day,"" and Jordan lands a commercial for the designer knock-offs store, ""Magic Malvert's."" But when they threaten to fire Jordan, Bernie steps in and is forced to do the commercial. Bernie goes before the American Idol judges in his confessional and they critique his performance in the commercial.

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Eye of the Tiger
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8.31
13 votes

#2 - Eye of the Tiger

The Bernie Mac Show - Season 3 - Episode 1

Jordan tries out for the basketball team, but the coach decides he is better suited for gymnastics -- as a ribbon dancer. Meanwhile, Wanda coaches Bryana's soccer team and turns her into a lean, mean soccer machine.

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Stiff Upper Lip
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8.22
9 votes

#3 - Stiff Upper Lip

The Bernie Mac Show - Season 4 - Episode 2

Bernie decides that 8-year-old Bryana is too old to be riding her bike with training wheels. She crashes, and a guilty Bernie volunteers to take her class to the museum. Jordan steals an old cast from the hospital and wears it at school to get out of gym class.

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22 Short Films About Springfield
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8.02
1543 votes

#4 - 22 Short Films About Springfield

The Simpsons - Season 7 - Episode 21

Bart and Milhouse wonder if anything interesting happens to the citizens of Springfield, which leads to a series of interconnected vignettes.

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Nerdy Mac
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7.85
13 votes

#5 - Nerdy Mac

The Bernie Mac Show - Season 4 - Episode 7

When Bryana's standardized test scores come back and she is ranked in the 39th percentile nationally, Bernie and Wanda decide to pull her out of her current school and put her into Jordan's. But Bryanna is so far behind that they threaten to move her back a grade. Meanwhile Jordan is depressed because the kids at school think he's a nerd.Bernie tells him that he's not a nerd, but a ""smart man"" who can help his sister with her schoolwork and save her from being held back.

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Mother Simpson
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7.81
1619 votes

#6 - Mother Simpson

The Simpsons - Season 7 - Episode 8

Homer discovers that his mother is still alive, a former radical who is a fugitive from the law. When her old nemesis Burns spots her and tips off the FBI, she is forced to return to the underground.

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Bart on the Road
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7.74
1773 votes

#7 - Bart on the Road

The Simpsons - Season 7 - Episode 20

Bart creates a fake driver's license for himself and uses it to go on a spring break road trip with Milhouse, Nelson, and Martin. Meanwhile, Homer and Lisa bond after spending some quality time together at work.

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Bart After Dark
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7.71
1835 votes

#8 - Bart After Dark

The Simpsons - Season 8 - Episode 5

After trespassing and damaging property at a mysterious old house, Bart is required to work there as a punishment... but it turns out to be a burlesque house.

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The Secret War of Lisa Simpson
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7.68
1583 votes

#9 - The Secret War of Lisa Simpson

The Simpsons - Season 8 - Episode 25

When Bart is sent to military school after playing a prank on the town, Lisa decides to join him... as the school's only girl cadet.

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Praise be Praise
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7.53
112 votes

#10 - Praise be Praise

Kitchen Confidential - Season 1 - Episode 10

Jim tries desperately to impress Jack with his initiative in the kitchen, but his good intentions turn against him causing Jack to give him the silent treatment. A “no send-back” policy is introduced at Nolita which annoys Mimi. Jack gets rated on his “bedroom skills” by the author of the ChefHunter.net website. But when he is given an score that does not sit well with him, he goes out to prove to the author he is top material.

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The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons
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7.49
1584 votes

#11 - The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons

The Simpsons - Season 9 - Episode 7

Trying to escape his arranged marriage, Apu asks Marge to pose as his wife during his mother’s visit. When the ruse fails, Homer makes a last-ditch attempt to intervene, but Apu is smitten with his new bride Manjula.

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Family Gay
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7.46
2454 votes

#12 - Family Gay

Family Guy - Season 7 - Episode 8

Peter is injected with the gay gene as part of a scientific experiment to determine whether or not homosexuality is a learned trait or something that people are born with. He ends up in a gay relationship and winds up in a "straight camp".

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When You Dish Upon a Star
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7.35
1332 votes

#13 - When You Dish Upon a Star

The Simpsons - Season 10 - Episode 5

After a chance encounter with Hollywood celebrities secretly living in Springfield, Homer becomes their friend and gofer... until he spills the beans to the gang at Moe's.

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Let's Do Brunch
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7.34
141 votes

#14 - Let's Do Brunch

Kitchen Confidential - Season 1 - Episode 9

Jack and Becky’s secret affair continues. Meanwhile, Pino orders Jack to take his sweetbreads off the menu because they are not selling. Becky convinces Jack to start serving brunch even though the rest of the staff is dead set against it. Seth has a run in with a suave chocolate maker.

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The Robbery
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7.28
142 votes

#15 - The Robbery

Kitchen Confidential - Season 1 - Episode 7

After a gang of armed robbers target Nolita, the restaurant runs low on patrons and several staff members begin to freak out. Steven throws a model party to turn their luck around but the crew realize that the models eat the food then vomit it back out again.

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Pilot
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6.94
1038 votes

#16 - Pilot

The Cleveland Show - Season 1 - Episode 1

Cleveland Brown returns to his hometown with his high-school sweetheart.

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