Bart on the Road
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Bart on the Road is the twentieth episode of The Simpsons' seventh season, airing on March 31, 1996.
Episode details
Production Number: 3F17
Original Air Date: March 31, 1996
Writer: Richard Appel
Director: Swinton Scott
Couch Gag: Everybody is put on the couch by a pinsetter, after Snowball II is scared off by the pin-clearing bar
Synopsis
After the airport puts him down for leaving for Hong Kong on Friday instead of Saturday, Skinner decides to promote a take-your-kids-to-work-day on the Friday before spring break. Bart goes to the DMV with Patty and Selma, Lisa goes to the power plant with Homer, Milhouse discovers the exciting world of crackers, and Martin makes money in the stock market.
At the DMV Bart makes himself a fake driver's license. He, Nelson, and Milhouse look for a way to use it, so they decide to use Martin's money to rent a car. The four of them tell their parents that they are going to the National Grammar Rodeo.
Instead, they go out joyriding, but where should they go? Finding an old brochure they decide to go to the World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee. But first Nelson makes them stop in Branson, Missouri, where he can see his hero, Andy Williams.
Back in Springfield, Homer asks if Lisa would like to come spend her spring break at work with him and she enjoys herself there; meanwhile, Marge becomes bored at home. Finding out that the World's Fair was over years ago, Bart and company do not find Knoxville that exciting, especially when they wreck the car. They are stranded with no money, but they cannot tell their parents.
Bart tells Lisa the truth, and she tells him to become a courier. He does and is able to go to Hong Kong free of charge with his friends. Bart tells Lisa that she needs to have somebody ship something large to Springfield. Lisa tells Homer, who is very upset and expresses his displeasure by exscusing himself before donning one of the plant's safety helmets and letting loose a stream of muffled curses that fog up the visor. After venting his fury, Homer orders the plant a new nuclear console. Bart and company return home, and everyone knows about the trip except Marge.
Quotes
- Lisa: Bart rented a car with a phony driver's license and drove Milhouse, Martin, and Nelson to a week out in Knoxville and their car got crushed and they're out of money and they can't get home and Bart's working as a courier and just came back from Hong Kong!
Homer: (very calm) Yes...that's a real pickle. Excuse me please. (puts on a radiation suit helmut and screams profanities until the mask fogs up) Okay. I will send Bart the money to come home...then I will murder him. - Homer: This is a map of nuclear sites around the country. As a safety inspector, I'm responsible for changing most of these light bulbs.
Lisa: Why are there so many burnt-out ones?
Homer: 'Cause they won't hire an assistant. - (at the DMV)
Patty: Some days we don't let the line move at all.
Selma: We call those "weekdays".
(both laugh)
