He awakes the next day to find school is closed because Springfield is covered in snow. To buy more time to study, Bart prays to God for a miracle to avoid the next day's test at school. When Martin starts to emulate Bart's bad behavior, he abandons tutoring him to hang out with his new friends and play arcade games. In desperation, Bart asks Martin to tutor and help him get passing grades, promising to improve Martin's popularity in return.
Marge and Homer support this idea, but Bart vows to improve his grades to avoid it. Loren Pryor who recommends that Bart repeat the fourth grade. Homer and Marge meet with the school psychiatrist, Dr. Krabappel gives Bart a different set of test questions. After grilling Milhouse for the test answers, he scores even worse than he did when Mrs. At school the next day, Bart feigns illness to avoid taking another test. Krabappel that there will be an upcoming exam on Colonial America. While writing “I will not fake my way through life” on the wall 100 times, Bart is warned by Mrs. Krabappel tells him to sit down and that she'd like to see him after class. When Bart incorrectly guesses Bluebeard, Mrs.
Entertainment Weekly ranked it 31st on its 1999 list of "The 100 Greatest Moments in Television".Īt Springfield Elementary School, Bart presents a book report on Treasure Island, but it soon becomes obvious that he has not actually read the book as he tries to remember who the pirate in the book was as he tries to think if it was either Blackbeard, Captain Nemo, Captain Hook, or Long John Silver. "Bart Gets an 'F '" received positive reviews from television critics. It remains the highest rated episode in the history of The Simpsons. It became the highest rated and most watched program in the history of the Fox network and remained so until 1995. The episode finished eighth in the weekly ratings, but was watched by an estimated 33.6 million viewers, making it the week's number one show, in terms of actual viewers. However, the episode's final Nielsen rating was 18.4, and a 29% share of the audience placed it second in its time slot behind The Cosby Show with an 18.5 rating and 29% share. Some critics predicted "Bart gets an 'F '" would do considerably worse in the ratings than The Cosby Show. Bart" rivalry and heavily hyped the first episode of the second season.
Throughout the summer, several news outlets published stories about the supposed "Bill vs. ET where it aired opposite NBC's The Cosby Show, the number one show at the time. It was chosen to be the season premiere because it prominently features Bart, who enjoyed popularity during the early 1990s.ĭue to the success of the first season of The Simpsons, Fox decided to switch the show's time slot to Thursday at 8:00 p.m. It was the third episode produced for the second season. Stern and directed by David Silverman, "Bart Gets an 'F '" marks the first appearance of Mayor Quimby as well as a new opening sequence. In this episode, Bart Simpson fails four consecutive history exams, and the district psychiatrist recommends he repeat the fourth grade.
It aired originally on the Fox network in the United States on October 11, 1990.
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" Bart Gets an 'F '" is the first episode of the second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. The family sits on the couch and it falls through the floor as Homer says " D'oh!" (first) "I will not encourage others to fly"/(second) "I will not fake my way through life" (during the episode) The lie he tells to cover his actions escalates in only the way a great episode of The Simpsons can.The "Snow Day" sequence was one of the most difficult sequences David Silverman had to animate, as it featured multiple panoramic shots and was hard to time correctly. Bart manages to ruin Christmas on an epic scale when he accidentally burns down the Christmas tree and all the presents. He soon runs into difficulty and his fed up Sherpas end up taking matters into his own hands, ultimately it all works out and for once (in a very round about away) Homer succeeds.Ī festive themed episode had to be in here somewhere. All the while Homer and Ned are on a mission to rescue the children.Īfter Bart humiliates Homer over his lack of fitness, Homer decides to impress his son by attempting to climb a large mountain. Skinner tries to keep a handle on things using his army skills but the students soon revolt and take over the school. A snowstorm traps the students of Springfield Elementary in the school with principal Seymour Skinner and Groundskeeper Willie.
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