Bart the Murderer

Bart stumble into a den of organized criminals and is soon working for them. He is making a bundle doing some dirty work. In the process, Principal Skinner goes missing and murder is suspected. Well done. Funny.

I like this episode for its Goodfellas parody as well as Fat Tony being one of my favorite side characters. I also like how the start of the episode is a common experience of having a bad day where everything goes wrong. But if think about the text of this episode with most other episodes about, dealing with Skinner the plot doesn't make since. How did Agnes Skinner miss the person she lives with for about a week?

It is clear the writers didn't conceive of Skinner living with his mother in this episode otherwise they would have at least done a throwaway gag that explained where she was. (i.e. Have Skinner call out for hi mother and do a 2 sec cut to her playing bingo, or whatever, and cut back to Skinner saying "oh right Los Vegas") But later episodes retcon the living arrangements.

This is the fourth episode in the third season of the Simpsons and it's one of the best episodes this season. Not only it's funny, but it's cool to see how Bart gets involved in the mafia and this episode is very Goodfellas-esque. But this episode also spoofs our justice system and basically claims the American justice system is imperfect as shown in the court scenes of this episode.

In this episode, "Bart the Murderer," Bart decides to join the Mafia as a job and one day Bart is late for work because Principal Skinner made him stay after school. The mafia, led by Fat Tony decides to talk to Skinner and Skinner ends up missing. The mafia blamed the disappearance on Bart and now Bart is in very big trouble....

Overall, this is an excellent episode. I always like these kind of episodes that involves the mafia, so I knew I would like the episode. But this turns out to be one of the best episodes so far in the series. Great guest stars by Neil Patrick Harris, Joe Mantegna, and Phil Hartman helps as well. I rate this

The funniest episode I've seen, laughed the whole way through.

Bart is actually a likeable character in this, unlike any episode I've seen in 4 to 9 that I can remember.

Next episode is really good - "I couldn't afford a drum" birthday card was so funny.

Bart gets a part-time job at a gangster's nightclub.

This is one of my favourite episodes due to the humour, story and genre parody.

The 'Goodfellas', 'A Bronx Tale', and 'Godfather' tributes are excellent and the structure of the Principle Skinner plot are great ways of delivering some brilliant humour.

There are so many moments and lines that still make me laugh over twenty years later that it feels like a classic.