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Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire

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Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire

Rating: 3.4 (334 votes)

Plot

It's Christmas time in Springfield. But things aren't so merry when Homer loses his Christmas bonus from the plant and Marge spends all the family's Christmas money erasing a tattoo that Bart had done. Wanting to give his family a good Christmas, Homer secretly takes a second job as a Santa down at the mall. However, this still isn't enough to buy even one decent present, so he takes Bart to the race track. When the dog they bet on, Santa's Little Helper, comes in last, they think it's all over... until the owner of the dog kicks him out on the street. They keep the dog, and everyone loves Homer for it. The episode finishes with a rendition of "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer," Simpsons style.


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Notes

  • The school Christmas show received three and a half stars, according to the billboard outside.
  • Marge parks in section ZZ of the car park at the mall.
  • At work, Homer okays all the dials, even one which is flashing and one in the red.
  • Homer does not buy a present for Lisa.
  • Other dogs in the race include: Whirlwind, Quadruped, Dog O' War, Fido and Chew My Shoe.
  • When Smithers tells the workers to keep working, they all stop and eat donuts, even one in a radiation suit.
  • The tattoo removal shop is next door to the tattoo shop.

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PCode
7G08

Index
1×1

Aired
17 Dec, 1989

Airing (UK)
unknown

Written by
Mimi Pond

Directed by
David Silverman

Starring
Dan Castellaneta
Julie Kavner
Nancy Cartwright
Yeardley Smith
Harry Shearer

Also Starring
Hank Azaria
Pamela Hayden
Jo Ann Harris

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Season 1

  1. Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire
  2. Bart the Genius
  3. Homer's Odyssey
  4. There's No Disgrace Like Home
  5. Bart the General
  6. Moaning Lisa
  7. Call of the Simpsons
  8. The Telltale Head
  9. Life on the Fast Lane
  10. Homer's Night Out
  11. The Crepes of Wrath
  12. Krusty Gets Busted
  13. Some Enchanted Evening