All Singing, All Dancing
| "All Singing, All Dancing" | |
|---|---|
| The Simpsons episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 9 |
| Directed by | Mark Ervin |
| Written by | Steve O'Donnell |
| Original air dates | January 4, 1998 |
| Episode features | |
| Couch gag | The floor becomes a treadmill, and a la The Jetsons, Homer falls, saying "Marge, stop this crazy thing!" |
"All Singing, All Dancing" is the eleventh episode of The Simpsons' ninth season. The episode first aired on January 4, 1998.
Synopsis
Homer rents the family the movie Paint Your Wagon. He and Bart expect to see a violent Western starring Lee Marvin and Clint Eastwood; the truth is, it is a musical. This causes Homer to dispose the tape and condemn singing, but Marge says that Homer often sings.
Ultimately, this allows clips of the following songs from these episodes to be shown:
- "Baby on Board" from "Homer's Barbershop Quartet";
- "We Put the Spring in Springfield" from "Bart After Dark";
- "Springfield, Springfield" from "Boy Scoutz N the Hood";
- "Who Needs the Kwik-E-Mart?" from "Homer and Apu";
- Krusty's version of "Send In the Clowns" from "Krusty Gets Kancelled";
- "See My Vest" from "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds";
- "The Monorail Song" from "Marge vs. the Monorail";
- "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" from "Bart Sells His Soul";
- "We Do" from "Homer the Great".
The family's singing motivates Snake to come in; he is bothered by the Simpsons' singing and does his own singing.
Trivia
- All of the musical numbers in this episode, with the exception of "We Put the Spring in Springfield," are on the soundtrack Songs in the Key of Springfield.
- This is the fourth of five clip shows that have aired in the show's history. The others were So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show (season 4), Another Simpsons Clip Show (season 6), The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular (season 7) and Gump Roast (season 13).
- By eerie coincidence, the first shots by Snake are heard over Phil Hartman's name in the credits (Hartman was shot dead by his wife as he slept, three months after this episode first aired).
- When this episode is shown in syndication, the endings to the first two song clips are cut out. Sometimes, the credits also cut off right after Snake's first shots.
Quotes
- Marge: Did you get Waiting to Exhale?
Homer: They put us on the Waiting to Exhale waiting list, but they said "don't hold your breath." - Lisa: (singing) There is something worse,
Bart: (singing) And it really does blow,
All: (singing) When a long running series does a cheesy clip show!
Other clip shows
- "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show"
- "Another Simpsons Clip Show"
- "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular"