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American television writer and producer
Joseph Stewart Burns (born December 4, 1969), better known as J. Stewart Burns or simply just Stewart Burns is a television writer and producer most notable for his work on
The Simpsons ,
Futurama , and
Unhappily Ever After .
[1]
Education
Burns attended
Harvard University , where he wrote for the
Harvard Lampoon .
[2]
Noted in the DVD commentaries of "
The Deep South " and "
Roswell That Ends Well ", Burns has an
M.A. in Mathematics from the
University of California, Berkeley , where he studied under
John Rhodes .
[3] Burns is partly credited for The Simpsons’ inclusion of a number of complex mathematical concepts and jokes within the series.
[4]
[5]
[6]
[1]
Burns was famously referenced in a 1993 Newsweek article about his decision to jump from pursuing a graduate degree in mathematics to writing comedy: "You could read the entire story of American decline in that one career move."
[7]
Career
Burns got his start by writing for
Beavis and Butthead .
[7] Since then, he has written for
The Simpsons ,
Futurama , and
Unhappily Ever After .
Aside from writing on the original series, Burns also wrote the script for the
Futurama video game as well as one of the
Spyro games,
Spyro: A Hero's Tail . Burns developed and has served as the game runner of
The Simpsons: Tapped Out
[8] since its inception.
Awards
Burns has won the
Emmy Award for Outstanding Animation Program four times - for Futurama in 2002, and for The Simpsons in 2006, 2008 and 2019.
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Writing credits
Supervising producer credits
Co-executive producer credits
"
Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays " (2004)
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I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot " (2004)
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Diatribe of a Mad Housewife " (2004)
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Margical History Tour " (2004)
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Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore " (2004)
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Smart and Smarter " (2004)
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The Ziff Who Came to Dinner " (2004)
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Co-Dependents' Day " (2004)
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The Wandering Juvie " (2004)
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My Big Fat Geek Wedding " (2004)
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Catch 'Em If You Can " (2004)
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Simple Simpson " (2004)
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The Way We Weren't " (2004)
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Bart-Mangled Banner " (2004)
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Fraudcast News " (2004)
"
Treehouse of Horror XV " (2004) (as J. Stewart Burns In Hell)
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All's Fair in Oven War " (2004)
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Sleeping with the Enemy " (2004)
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She Used to Be My Girl " (2004)
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Fat Man and Little Boy " (2004)
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Midnight Rx " (2005)
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Mommie Beerest " (2005)
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Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass " (2005)
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Pranksta Rap " (2005)
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There's Something About Marrying " (2005)
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On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister " (2005)
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Goo Goo Gai Pan " (2005)
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Mobile Homer " (2005)
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The Seven-Beer Snitch " (2005)
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Future-Drama " (2005)
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Don't Fear the Roofer " (2005)
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The Heartbroke Kid " (2005)
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A Star Is Torn " (2005)
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Thank God It's Doomsday " (2005)
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Home Away from Homer " (2005)
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The Father, the Son and the Holy Guest Star " (2005)
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The Bonfire of the Manatees " (2005)
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The Girl Who Slept Too Little " (2005)
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Milhouse of Sand and Fog " (2005)
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Treehouse of Horror XVI " (2005) (as J. Stewart Burns At The Stake)
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Marge's Son Poisoning " (2005)
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See Homer Run " (2005)
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The Last of the Red Hat Mamas " (2005)
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The Italian Bob " (2005)
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Simpsons Christmas Stories " (2005)
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Homer's Paternity Coot " (2006)
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We're on the Road to D'ohwhere " (2006)
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My Fair Laddy " (2006)
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The Seemingly Never-Ending Story " (2006)
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Bart Has Two Mommies " (2006)
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Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife " (2006)
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Million-Dollar Abie " (2006)
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Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore " (2006)
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Girls Just Want to Have Sums " (2006)
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Regarding Margie " (2006)
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The Monkey Suit " (2006)
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Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play " (2006)
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The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer " (2006)
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Jazzy and the Pussycats " (2006)
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Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em " (2006)
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Treehouse of Horror XVII " (2006) (Starring as J.St=ewart=Bµrns)
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G.I. (Annoyed Grunt) " (2006)
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Moe'N'a Lisa " (2006)
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Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair) " (2006)
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The Haw-Hawed Couple " (2006)
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Kill Gil, Volumes I & II " (2006)
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The Wife Aquatic " (2007)
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Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times " (2007)
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Little Big Girl " (2007)
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Springfield Up " (2007)
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Yokel Chords " (2007)
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Rome-Old and Juli-Eh " (2007)
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Homerazzi " (2007)
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Marge Gamer " (2007)
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The Boys of Bummer " (2007)
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Crook and Ladder " (2007)
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Stop or My Dog Will Shoot! " (2007)
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24 Minutes " (2007)
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You Kent Always Say What You Want " (2007)
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He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs " (2007)
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The Homer of Seville " (2007)
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Midnight Towboy " (2007)
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I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings " (2007)
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Treehouse of Horror XVIII " (2007) (Starring as Jth Degree Burns)
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Little Orphan Millie " (2007)
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Husbands and Knives " (2007)
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Funeral for a Fiend " (2007)
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Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind " (2007)
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E Pluribus Wiggum " (2008)
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That '90s Show "
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Love, Springfieldian Style "
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The Debarted "
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Dial 'N' for Nerder "
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Smoke on the Daughter "
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Papa Don't Leech "
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Apocalypse Cow "
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Any Given Sundance "
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Mona Leaves-a "
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All About Lisa "
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Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes "
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Lost Verizon "
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Double, Double, Boy in Trouble "
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Treehouse of Horror XIX " (Starring as J. Boo-Art-Boo-Urns)
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Dangerous Curves "
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Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words "
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MyPods and Boomsticks "
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The Burns and the Bees "
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Lisa the Drama Queen "
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Take My Life, Please "
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How the Test Was Won "
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No Loan Again, Naturally "
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Gone Maggie Gone "
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In the Name of the Grandfather "
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Wedding for Disaster "
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Eeny Teeny Maya Moe "
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The Good, the Sad, and the Drugly "
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Father Knows Worst "
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Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh "
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Four Great Women and a Manicure "
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Coming to Homerica "
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Homer the Whopper "
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Bart Gets a 'Z' "
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The Great Wife Hope "
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Treehouse of Horror XX " (Starring as J. O-Lantern Burns)
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The Devil Wears Nada "
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Pranks and Greens "
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Rednecks and Broomsticks "
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Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou? "
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Thursdays with Abie "
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Once Upon a Time in Springfield "
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Million Dollar Maybe "
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Boy Meets Curl "
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The Color Yellow "
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Postcards from the Wedge "
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Stealing First Base "
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The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed "
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American History X-cellent "
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Chief of Hearts "
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The Squirt and the Whale "
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To Surveil with Love "
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Moe Letter Blues "
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The Bob Next Door "
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Judge Me Tender "
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Elementary School Musical "
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Loan-a Lisa "
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MoneyBart "
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Treehouse of Horror XXI " (Starring as J. Disco Stu Mr. Burns)
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Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life "
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The Fool Monty "
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How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window? "
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The Fight Before Christmas "
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Donnie Fatso "
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Moms I'd Like to Forget "
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Flaming Moe "
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Homer the Father "
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The Blue and the Gray "
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Angry Dad: The Movie "
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The Scorpion's Tale "
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A Midsummer's Nice Dream "
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Love Is a Many Strangled Thing "
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The Great Simpsina "
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The Real Housewives of Fat Tony "
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Homer Scissorhands "
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500 Keys "
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The Ned-liest Catch "
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The Falcon and the D'ohman "
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Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts "
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Treehouse of Horror XXII " (Starring as The Gruesome Stewsome)
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Replaceable You "
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The Food Wife "
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The Book Job "
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The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants "
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The Ten-Per-Cent Solution "
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Holidays of Future Passed "
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Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson "
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The D'oh-cial Network "
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Moe Goes from Rags to Riches "
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The Daughter Also Rises "
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At Long Last Leave "
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Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart "
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How I Wet Your Mother "
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Them, Robot "
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Beware My Cheating Bart "
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A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again "
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The Spy Who Learned Me "
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Ned 'n' Edna's Blend Agenda "
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Lisa Goes Gaga "
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Moonshine River "
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Treehouse of Horror XXIII " (Starring as The Witch's Stew Burns)
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Adventures in Baby-Getting "
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Gone Abie Gone "
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Penny-Wiseguys "
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A Tree Grows in Springfield "
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The Day the Earth Stood Cool "
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To Cur, with Love "
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Homer Goes to Prep School "
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A Test Before Trying "
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The Changing of the Guardian "
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Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing "
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Hardly Kirk-ing "
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Gorgeous Grampa "
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Black-Eyed, Please "
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Dark Knight Court "
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What Animated Women Want "
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Pulpit Friction "
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Whiskey Business "
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The Fabulous Faker Boy "
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Dangers on a Train "
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The Saga of Carl "
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Homerland "
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Treehouse of Horror XXIV " (Starring as J. Screwit Burns)
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Four Regrettings and a Funeral "
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YOLO "
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Labor Pains "
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The Kid Is All Right "
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Yellow Subterfuge "
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White Christmas Blues "
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Steal This Episode "
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Married to the Blob "
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Specs and the City "
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The Man Who Grew Too Much "
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Diggs "
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The Winter of His Content "
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The War of Art "
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You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee "
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Luca$ "
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Days of Future Future "
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What to Expect When Bart's Expecting "
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Brick Like Me "
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Pay Pal "
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The Yellow Badge of Cowardge "
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The Simpsons Take the Bowl "
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Clown in the Dumps "
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The Wreck of the Relationship "
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Super Franchise Me "
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Treehouse of Horror XXV " (Starring as Jay Stuart Byrnes)
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Opposites A-Frack "
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Simpsorama "
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Blazed and Confused "
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Covercraft "
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I Won't Be Home for Christmas "
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The Man Who Came to Be Dinner "
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Bart's New Friend "
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The Musk Who Fell to Earth "
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Walking Big & Tall "
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My Fair Lady "
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The Princess Guide "
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Sky Police "
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Waiting for Duffman "
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Peeping Mom "
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The Kids Are All Fight "
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Let's Go Fly a Coot "
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Bull-E "
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Mathlete's Feat "
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Every Man's Dream "
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'Cue Detective "
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Puffless "
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Halloween of Horror "
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Treehouse of Horror XXVI " (Strraing as Junk Status Bonds)
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Friend with Benefit "
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Lisa with an 'S' "
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Paths of Glory "
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Barthood "
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The Girl Code "
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Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles "
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Much Apu About Something "
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Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4 "
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Gal of Constant Sorrow "
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Lisa the Veterinarian "
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The Marge-ian Chronicles "
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The Burns Cage "
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How Lisa Got Her Marge Back "
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Fland Canyon "
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To Courier with Love "
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Simprovised "
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Orange Is the New Yellow "
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Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus "
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Friends and Family "
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The Town "
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Treehouse of Horror XXVII " (Starring as J. Sewer Rat Burns)
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Planet of the Couches "
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Trust but Clarify "
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There Will Be Buds "
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Havana Wild Weekend "
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Dad Behavior "
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The Last Traction Hero "
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The Nightmare After Krustmas "
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Pork and Burns "
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The Great Phatsby "
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Fatzcarraldo "
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The Cad and the Hat "
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Kamp Krustier "
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22 for 30 "
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A Father's Watch "
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The Caper Chase "
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Looking for Mr. Goodbart "
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Moho House "
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Dogtown "
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The Serfsons "
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Springfield Splendor "
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Whistler's Father "
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Treehouse of Horror XXVIII " (Starring as Trey Newsquirt Burns)
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Grampy Can Ya Hear Me "
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The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be "
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Singin' in the Lane "
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Mr. Lisa's Opus "
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Gone Boy "
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Haw-Haw Land "
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Frink Gets Testy "
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Homer Is Where the Art Isn't "
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3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage "
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Fears of a Clown "
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No Good Read Goes Unpunished "
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King Leer "
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Lisa Gets the Blues "
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Forgive and Regret "
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Left Behind "
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Throw Grampa from the Dane "
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Flanders' Ladder "
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Bart's Not Dead "
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Heartbreak Hotel "
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My Way or the Highway to Heaven "
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Treehouse of Horror XXIX " (Starring as Snrub Trawets J)
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Baby You Can't Drive My Car "
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From Russia Without Love "
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Werking Mom "
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Krusty the Clown (episode) "
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Daddicus Finch "
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'Tis the 30th Season "
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Mad About the Toy "
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The Girl on the Bus "
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I'm Dancing as Fat as I Can "
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The Clown Stays in the Picture "
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101 Mitigations "
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I Want You (She's So Heavy) "
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E My Sports "
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Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy "
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Girl's in the Band "
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I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say D'oh "
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D'oh Canada "
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Woo-Hoo Dunnit? "
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Crystal Blue-Haired Persuasion "
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The Winter of Our Monetized Content "
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Go Big or Go Homer "
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The Fat Blue Line "
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Treehouse of Horror XXX " (Starring as J. Strewn Bones)
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Gorillas on the Mast "
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Marge the Lumberjill "
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Livin La Pura Vida "
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Thanksgiving of Horror " (Starring as J. Stuffing Birds)
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Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me? "
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Bobby, It's Cold Outside "
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Hail to the Teeth "
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The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson "
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Frinkcoin "
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Bart the Bad Guy "
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Screenless "
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Better Off Ned "
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Highway to Well "
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The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby "
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Warrin' Priests: Part One "
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Warrin' Priests: Part Two "
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The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds "
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The Way of the Dog "
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Undercover Burns "
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I, Carumbus "
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Now Museum, Now You Don't "
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Treehouse of Horror XXXI " (Starring as J. Stewicide Burns)
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The 7 Beer Itch "
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Podcast News "
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Three Dreams Denied "
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The Road to Cincinnati "
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Sorry Not Sorry "
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A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas "
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The Dad-Feelings Limited "
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Diary Queen "
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Wad Goals "
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Yokel Hero "
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Do Pizza Bots Dream of Electric Guitars "
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Manger Things "
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Uncut Femmes "
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Burger Kings "
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Panic on the Streets of Springfield "
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Mother and Child Reunion "
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The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A. "
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The Last Barfighter "
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The Star of the Backstage "
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Bart's in Jail! "
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Treehouse of Horror XXXII " (Starring as J. Short BTC)
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The Wayz We Were "
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Lisa's Belly "
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A Serious Flanders: Part One "
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A Serious Flanders: Part Two "
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Portrait of a Lackey on Fire "
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Mothers and Other Strangers "
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A Made Maggie "
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The Longest Marge "
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Pixelated and Afraid "
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Boyz N the Highlands "
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You Won't Believe What This Episode Is About – Act Three Will Shock You! "
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Bart the Cool Kid "
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Pretty Whittle Liar "
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The Sound of Bleeding Gums "
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My Octopus and a Teacher "
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Girls Just Shauna Have Fun "
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Marge the Meanie "
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Meat is Murder "
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Poorhouse Rock "
"Meter Maid"
"Getting More Than Some"
"College!"
"Experimenting in College"
"Making the Grade"
"Teacher's Pet"
"Excorsising Jennie"
"Shampoo"
"Rock 'n' Roll"
"Lightning Boy"
"The Tell-Tale Lipstick"
"Jack The Ripper"
"The Great Depression"
"The Rat"
References
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a
b Alexander, Amir (2014-01-27).
"Examining the Square Root of D'oh!" . The New York Times .
ISSN
0362-4331 . Retrieved 2020-04-20 .
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"The Calculus of Comedy: Math in the Simpsons, Futurama, and the Big Bang Theory" . 9 June 2017.
^ Ellenberg, Jordan.
"The Simpsons and Math" . The Washington Post . Retrieved 2013-12-20 .
^ Siddique, Ashik (2013-11-04).
"The Simpsons has been tricking you into learning maths for decades" . Wired UK .
ISSN
1357-0978 . Retrieved 2020-04-20 .
^
"The Calculus of Comedy: Math in The Simpsons, Futurama, and The Big Bang Theory (Bios)" . IPAM . 9 June 2017. Retrieved 2020-04-20 .
^
Nuwer, Rachel .
" "The Simpsons" Has Been Secretly Teaching Its Fans Complicated Math" . Smithsonian Magazine . Retrieved 2020-04-20 .
^
a
b
http://www.newsweek.com/go-harvard-write-jokes-make-194354 1993 Newsweek article
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"How the Mobile Game Tapped Out Brought Old Simpsons Fans Back Into the Fold" . Vulture . 25 September 2014. Retrieved 2020-04-20 .
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"J. Stewart Burns" . Television Academy . Retrieved 2020-04-20 .
^ Milligan, Mercedes (2019-09-15).
"Creative Arts Emmys: 'Simpsons' Reclaims Animation Crown" . Animation Magazine . Retrieved 2020-04-20 .
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" 'The Simpsons,' 'Love, Death & Robots' Take Home Animation Emmy Awards" . Animation World Network . Retrieved 2020-04-20 .
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