Wild Barts Can't Be Broken

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The Simpsons episode
"Wild Barts Can't Be Broken"
Homer discovers his wrecked car. Ironically, he trashed the car with his friends when he was drunk
Homer discovers his car which he wrecked with his friends in a drunk party.
Episode no. 214
Prod. code AABF07
Orig. airdate January 17, 1999
Show runner(s) Mike Scully
Written by Larry Doyle
Directed by Mark Ervin
Chalkboard "Sherri does not 'got back'"
Couch gag In a parody of the famous scene in Dr. Strangelove where Slim Pickens’ character rides the bomb, the Simpsons (wearing white cowboy hats) straddle the couch as it drops from a bomb bay door. The Simpsons scream, “Yahoo!” as they plummet into oblivion.
Guest star(s) Cyndi Lauper as herself
DVD
commentary		 Matt Groening
Mike Scully
George Meyer
Larry Doyle
Matt Selman
Tom Martin
Season 10
August 23, 1998 – May 16, 1999
  1. "Lard of the Dance"
  2. "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace"
  3. "Bart the Mother"
  4. "Treehouse of Horror IX"
  5. "When You Dish upon a Star"
  6. "D'oh-in in the Wind"
  7. "Lisa Gets an "A""
  8. "Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble""
  9. "Mayored to the Mob"
  10. "Viva Ned Flanders"
  11. "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken"
  12. "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday"
  13. "Homer to the Max"
  14. "I'm with Cupid"
  15. "Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers""
  16. "Make Room for Lisa"
  17. "Maximum Homerdrive"
  18. "Simpsons Bible Stories"
  19. "Mom and Pop Art"
  20. "The Old Man and the "C" Student"
  21. "Monty Can't Buy Me Love"
  22. "They Saved Lisa's Brain"
  23. "Thirty Minutes over Tokyo"
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"Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" is the eleventh episode of the tenth season of The Simpsons. It aired on January 17, 1999.

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[edit] Plot

Homer is mad that the Springfield Isotopes are losing all of their baseball games, constantly deriding them verbally. Later on in the season, he walks into Moe's to hear from Lenny and Carl that the Isotopes are in the playoffs. Homer quickly joins in with the fans to support the Isotopes, who end up winning the championship. Celebrating the win, Homer, Lenny, Carl and Barney drive drunk, which results in them vandalizing the elementary school. Chief Wiggum, who does not find any suspects, blames kids and announces that a curfew will be in effect, which means no children in Springfield will be allowed to go outside after sunset.

As the curfew is in effect, Bart and Lisa are bored. They rally the children to sneak into a horror movie called The Bloodening (a parody of Village of the Damned) at the local drive-in. Wiggum sees the kids and catches them, making them clean a billboard as their punishment. When they are sick of doing the job, they plan to do a radio show called "We Know All Your Secrets", in which they expose Springfield adults' most well-hidden and embarrassing secrets. The adults expose the children's headquarters thanks to Professor Frink. An argument ensues and, after each side does a musical number (in a spoof of "Kids" from Bye Bye Birdie), the seniors step in to complain as well as to suggest a curfew for anyone under 70. This curfew is approved, thanks to the general apathy of non-seniors in Springfield concerning voting.

[edit] Production

In the commentary for this episode, Mike Scully explains that he had wanted to do a Kids vs. Adults episode, where the kids are blamed for something the adults have done.

[edit] Cultural References

  • The Game of Lent has a box design similar to The Game of Life.
  • The blackboard punishment "Sherri does not 'got back'" is a reference to the Sir Mix-A-Lot song "Baby Got Back" ("got back" in black slang means, "to have a large, curvaceous butt").
  • In the beginning of the episode, Cyndi Lauper (voiced by herself) sings the US National Anthem in a parody of her famous song, "Girls Just Want To Have Fun".
  • When Chief Wiggum enforces the curfew, he shouts "Achtung, Babies!". A reference to the 1991 U2 album, Achtung Baby.
  • The episode title is almost certainly a takeoff on the name of the 1991 Disney movie "Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken".

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