S7.E9

Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming

Episode aired Nov 26, 1995
TV-14
30m

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Kelsey Grammer, Nancy Cartwright, and Yeardley Smith in Les Simpson (1989)

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Sideshow Bob escapes from prison to hijack a TV screen at an air show and demands that all television stations immediately go off the air, or else he will detonate an atomic bomb.Sideshow Bob escapes from prison to hijack a TV screen at an air show and demands that all television stations immediately go off the air, or else he will detonate an atomic bomb.Sideshow Bob escapes from prison to hijack a TV screen at an air show and demands that all television stations immediately go off the air, or else he will detonate an atomic bomb.

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Dan Castellaneta

Krusty the Clown
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Julie Kavner

Marge Simpson
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Nancy Cartwright

Bart Simpson
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Yeardley Smith

Lisa Simpson
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Hank Azaria

Prisoner #1
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Harry Shearer

Prisoner #2
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R. Lee Ermey

Colonel Leslie Hapablap
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Kelsey Grammer

Sideshow Bob
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Pamela Hayden

Milhouse Van Houten
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Tress MacNeille

Vanessa Redgrave
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Russi Taylor

Craig's Girlfriend
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8Hitchcoc

Sideshow Bob Strikes Again

Sideshow has to be one of the most bizarre of all characters. Once again he finds himself jailed because of his betrayal of Krusty and efforts to kill Bart. Television becomes the sore point as he finds a way to disrupt service and destroy the TV's in town. He also has a nuclear device at this disposal. It is quite hysterical from beginning to end.

9tequila101

My Second Favorite Simpsons Episode Ever!

After Cape Feare, this would have to be my next favorite episode in the entire Simpsons episodes. Once again with Sideshow Bob.

The Story plots out again as Side Show Bob escapes prison. Side show Bob is then sick of television and he thinks that everyone's lives would be much richer without T.V. The town of Springfield think he's crazy and he is as he threatens the town of Springfield that he will detonate a Bomb from 1959. The town then must cooperate so they aren't killed. Later on Lisa & Bart foil Bob's plan and he is sent back to jail once again.

I think this is another excellent Sideshow Bob episode. 9/10

8snoozejonc

What is your major malfunction?

Sideshow Bob attempts to stop television broadcasts.

This is a strong episode with some decent parodies and great cameos.

It's always great to have Kelsey Grammer's Bob centre stage and he is as entertaining as ever in this one. I enjoyed the story of his campaign of terrorism against lowbrow entertainment, particularly the site gags. The final kamikaze moment is predictable but still very funny.

All the Simpson family characters are used well in the story, particularly Bart and Lisa. I also love R. Lee Ermey's cameo in his usual military commander persona.

There are several references to Dr Strangelove that I enjoyed and the visuals are generally superb.

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Trivia
A character modelled after Fox Network owner Rupert Murdoch briefly appears in a scene set in jail. The censors said that Murdoch could not be shown but Rupert Murdoch himself gave his permission for his caricature to be used.

Goofs
When Homer mistakes the sign for free Duff as alcohol-free Duff priced at $6, he clearly drinks six cups, but the till registers the transaction as $48 instead of $36.

Quotes
[appearing on the stadium television]
Sideshow Bob: Hello, Springfield. Sorry to divert your attention from all the big noises and shiny things. But something's been troubling me lately: television! Wouldn't our lives be so much richer if television were done away with?
Moe: What?
Dr. Hibbert: Surely he's not talking about VH-1.
Sideshow Bob: Why, we could revive the lost arts of conversation and scrimshaw. Therefore I submit to you, we abolish television, permanently!
Homer Simpson: Go back to Massachusetts, pinko!
Sideshow Bob: Oh, and one more thing: I've stolen a nuclear weapon. If you do not rid this city of television in two hours, I will detonate it. Farewell.
[Bob cuts the link. People start to panic, then Bob reappears]
Sideshow Bob: By the way, I'm aware of the irony of appearing on TV in order to decry it, so don't bother pointing that out.