All About Lisa

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"All About Lisa"
Max Pross

Steven Dean Moore
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"All About Lisa"

Sideshow Mel.[2] It was written by John Frink and directed by Steven Dean Moore.[1] Drew Carey guest voices himself, appearing as a guest on Krusty's show.[1]

Plot

The episode begins at the 38th Annual Springfield Media Awards, where the Entertainer of the Year Award goes to

Sideshow Mel then explains how Lisa became an entertainer. At Krusty the Clown's 4,000th episode, Krusty decides to hire brand-new "Krustkateers", children who used to star alongside Krusty in his early episodes. Bart has the best performance of all the children auditioning, but Krusty chooses Nelson Muntz
instead. Lisa decides to defend Bart and demands Krusty hire him. However, Krusty decides to hire Lisa as his intern instead. As Krusty's intern, Lisa is frequently bullied by Krusty. Noticing how Krusty degrades Lisa, Mel tells her that Krusty is very conceited, so in order to bear Krusty's rudeness, Lisa must compliment him. Lisa takes Sideshow Mel's advice, and a conceited Krusty finally praises Lisa's assistance.

When Krusty fails to entertain the audience at one of his shows, Lisa attempts to make Krusty look better. After pushing Krusty off the diving board, the entire audience laughs at Krusty and praises Lisa, whose mind is swept with fame and fortune. Krusty is warned by his agent that Lisa's popularity may steal his spotlight. One evening, Krusty is running late for a rehearsal, and the program directors offer Lisa the opportunity to fill in. Dressed in a clown outfit, she performs Krusty's monologue, then when Krusty finally arrives he finds out the network has hired Lisa to replace him, renaming the show "The Lisa Show". As Krusty is relegated to a local late-night talk show, Lisa becomes an overnight success, but Sideshow Mel warns Lisa not to overdo her pride.

The story returns to Lisa proudly accepting her award. After the awards show, Mel reveals to Lisa that he had previously won the Entertainer of the Year Award, and that past winners including himself had their careers killed because of the award by starring in mediocre TV shows and movies. Lisa realizes that she needs to get out of the business while she still can. She runs back out on stage and calls Krusty up, allowing him to be in the spotlight again. Krusty regains his reputation and his show, where he continues to torture Mel for comedy.[1][2][3]

Meanwhile, Bart and Homer decide to sell all of Krusty's merchandise in Bart's room. When

Mr. Burns
buys it instead. Burns does not willingly give Homer the penny, but Homer tricks him into giving it as part of change for a nickel.

Cultural references

Reception

In its original run, the episode was watched by 6.11 million viewers.[5]

Since airing, the episode was met with mixed reviews. Robert Canning of

Nerve.com put the episode fourth on his list Ten Times The Simpsons Jumped the Shark, criticizing the similarities between the episode and "Bart Gets Famous" and stating that "It's inevitable any program will revisit plot lines twenty years in, but a complete rip of a classic outing is pretty rank."[6] At the Springfield Showbiz Awards, the MC's quote, "We now come to our final award: Entertainer of the Year. An award so prestigious that it recently won the 'Award of the Year' Award at the 2007 Awardie Awards," was nominated for Best Quote of the Week.[7]

John Frink received a

Humanitas Award nomination for the script.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Fox unleashes a May sweeps to remember". FoxFlash. April 15, 2008. Archived from the original on April 21, 2008. Retrieved April 16, 2008.
  2. ^ a b c "TVGuide listing for "All About Lisa"". TVGuide. May 9, 2008. Retrieved May 9, 2008.
  3. ^ a b "Recapist recaps "All About Lisa"". Recapist. May 19, 2008. Archived from the original on February 5, 2010. Retrieved May 19, 2008.
  4. ^ "IGN: All About Lisa Review; Lisa becomes a star in this season finale". IGN. May 19, 2008. Archived from the original on May 21, 2008. Retrieved May 19, 2008.
  5. ^ "Ratings: All About Lisa". Simpsons Channel. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012.
  6. ^ James Greene Jr. (May 6, 2010). "Ten Times The Simpsons Jumped the Shark". Nerve.com. Archived from the original on February 20, 2012. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
  7. ^ "Soundbites: Pick the Week's Best". Entertainment Weekly. May 22, 2008. Archived from the original on May 25, 2008. Retrieved May 22, 2008.
  8. ^ Gregg Kilday (August 17, 2009). "Nominees for Humanitas Prize announced". Associated Press. Retrieved April 28, 2020.

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