The Mansion Family

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The Simpsons episode
"The Mansion Family"
Episode no. 238
Prod. code BABF08
Orig. airdate January 23, 2000
Show runner(s) Mike Scully
Written by John Swartzwelder
Directed by Michael Polcino
Chalkboard "Class clown is not a paid position."
Couch gag Marge and Homer are children while Bart and Lisa are adults (and Maggie is a baby doll in Homer’s arms). Homer reaches for the remote control, but Lisa slaps it away from him.
Guest star(s) Britney Spears as herself
Season 11
September 26, 1999 – May 21, 2000
  1. "Beyond Blunderdome"
  2. "Brother's Little Helper"
  3. "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?"
  4. "Treehouse of Horror X"
  5. "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)"
  6. "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder"
  7. "Eight Misbehavin'"
  8. "Take My Wife, Sleaze"
  9. "Grift of the Magi"
  10. "Little Big Mom"
  11. "Faith Off"
  12. "The Mansion Family"
  13. "Saddlesore Galactica"
  14. "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily"
  15. "Missionary: Impossible"
  16. "Pygmoelian"
  17. "Bart to the Future"
  18. "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses"
  19. "Kill the Alligator and Run"
  20. "Last Tap Dance in Springfield"
  21. "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge"
  22. "Behind the Laughter"
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"The Mansion Family" is the twelfth episode of The Simpsons' eleventh season. The episode aired on January 23, 2000. This episode had Britney Spears in it.

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[edit] Plot

At the annual Springfield Pride Awards, which are hosted by Kent Brockman and Britney Spears, awards are given to prominent Springfield citizens for their achievements. Later on, they present the award for the oldest man in Springfield to Cornelius Chapman, a venerable 108-year-old man who built the first log cabin in Springfield and introduced the toothbrush to its citizens (he also took a bullet for Huey Long, but was a little late as he prevented the fifth bullet from hitting Huey, the other four killed him). He comes up to accept his award, but when Spears kisses him, he dies. Brockman tells Spears that they should have expected this and they ask for the next oldest man to stand up, it's Mr. Burns. Afterwards, he realizes he is not a young man anymore, and he and Smithers go to the Mayo Clinic. They give the Simpsons an opportunity to live in Mr. Burns's private mansion, while he is being tested for various diseases.

Later, Homer wants some beers, so he heads to Moe's. However, Moe, despite offering Homer Tuborg, Denmark's finest beer, informs him that he can not sell him alcohol on account of it being Sunday before 2PM. But Moe also informs Homer that he could sail out to international waters (Homer thinks this is a theme park at first), where there are no laws which means it would be legal to sell alcohol. They set sail in Burns's private yacht, with Homer bringing Moe, Lenny, Carl and a posse of others (including Bart) to get to international waters where they can do whatever they want. Back at the Mayo Clinic, Mr. Burns discovers that he not only has all existing diseases (including juvenile diabetes, pnuemonia and a little bit of hysterical pregnancy), but also some new ones the doctors have appeared to have just discovered in him. However, the sheer amount of diseases prevents any from actually doing harm to him (A condition that the doctor call Three Stooges syndrome ) Meanwhile, Homer's boat is confronted by a ship full of Chinese pirates who take Homer's ship hostage as they head for Hong Kong, which they call "hidden pirate island". They are almost killed until they are saved by a floating net. The family leaves after Marge and Lisa clean Burns's house, managing to scrub "that old man smell" out of 137 rooms. Back at home, Homer is sickened that he does not actually live the lifestyle of rich people, and proceeds to rant about how rich the people in the episode's end credits are.

[edit] Trivia

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  • Mr. Burns's Yacht is revealed to be named "Gone Fission".

[edit] Continuity

  • In this episode, Burns is revealed to be 104 years old (which is consistent with such episodes as part one of the "Who Shot Mr. Burns?" two-parter from season six and the season seven episode Homer the Smithers), but in the season two episode Simpson and Delilah Burns tells Homer that he is only 81.
  • One of the paintings seen as Bart runs down a hallway of Mr. Burns's mansion is the portrait Marge painted of Mr. Burns in the second season episode Brush with Greatness.
  • The female doctor at the Mayo Clinic was seen previously as one of the Pharm Team researchers in Brother's Little Helper.

[edit] Cultural references

  • Mike Tyson is mentioned in this episode although he looks exactly like Drederick Tatum, who is the parody of Tyson.
  • This episode's name is a play on the Manson Family, the cult lead by Charles Manson who were responsible for the murder of Sharon Tate and others.
  • Britney Spears is dressed as she appeared in her music video for her song "Baby One More Time".
  • Mr. Burns's disposable, self-replacing bed is a reference to the 1997 film The Fifth Element.
  • The monkey named Furious George is a parody of Curious George.
  • Mr. Burns is revealed to own every book in the Nancy Drew series, including a "controversial" entry entitled Clue in the Clock. (This title was invented by the Simpsons writers). Upon looking through the book, Lisa comments, "So many swears."
  • The Coast Guard officer gets Homer's party going by sounding out the opening guitar riffs to the Doobie Brothers' song, China Grove.

[edit] Censorship

  • The part during the Gracie Films logo when Homer says "Don't shush me you rich bastard!" is edited to "Don't shush me." in repeats of this episode. In syndication, the "Don't shush me" line is completely cut out.

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