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The Good, the Sad and the Drugly

  • Episode aired Apr 19, 2009
  • TV-14
  • 21m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
1.7K
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Nancy Cartwright in The Simpsons (1989)
Adult AnimationHand-Drawn AnimationSatireSitcomAnimationComedy

Bart gets Milhouse to take the rap for a prank at school, and then blows him off when he falls for a cute 5th grade do-gooder, prompting Milhouse's wrath. Meanwhile, Lisa begins taking "happ... Read allBart gets Milhouse to take the rap for a prank at school, and then blows him off when he falls for a cute 5th grade do-gooder, prompting Milhouse's wrath. Meanwhile, Lisa begins taking "happy pills" to improve her negative outlook.Bart gets Milhouse to take the rap for a prank at school, and then blows him off when he falls for a cute 5th grade do-gooder, prompting Milhouse's wrath. Meanwhile, Lisa begins taking "happy pills" to improve her negative outlook.

  • Directors
    • Mike B. Anderson
    • Rob Oliver
  • Writers
    • Matt Groening
    • James L. Brooks
    • Sam Simon
  • Stars
    • Dan Castellaneta
    • Julie Kavner
    • Nancy Cartwright
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.1/10
    1.7K
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Mike B. Anderson
      • Rob Oliver
    • Writers
      • Matt Groening
      • James L. Brooks
      • Sam Simon
    • Stars
      • Dan Castellaneta
      • Julie Kavner
      • Nancy Cartwright
    • 4User reviews
    • 1Critic review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Dan Castellaneta
    Dan Castellaneta
    • Homer Simpson
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    Julie Kavner
    Julie Kavner
    • Marge Simpson
    • (voice)
    Nancy Cartwright
    Nancy Cartwright
    • Bart Simpson
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    Yeardley Smith
    Yeardley Smith
    • Lisa Simpson
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    Hank Azaria
    Hank Azaria
    • Superintendent Chalmers
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    Harry Shearer
    Harry Shearer
    • Principal Skinner
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    Anne Hathaway
    Anne Hathaway
    • Jenny
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    Pamela Hayden
    Pamela Hayden
    • Milhouse Van Houten
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    Tress MacNeille
    Tress MacNeille
    • Mental Doctor
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    Maggie Roswell
    Maggie Roswell
    • Miss Hoover
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    Karl Wiedergott
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    • Directors
      • Mike B. Anderson
      • Rob Oliver
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      • Matt Groening
      • James L. Brooks
      • Sam Simon
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    7e_daneva

    Happy, Happy, Happy

    The Good, the Sad and the Drugly was an okay episode. I have watched 3 bad, 5 okay, 5 good, and 5 really good episode. From what I said at the very beginning of this review, this is an okay episode. Bart has another love interest? Seriously. I'm sick of Bart and Lisa having so many love interests. When it started it was interesting but now it's constant. The only love interest that I would like for Bart and Lisa is if that love interest stays with them, well, expect Milhouse. Man I don't even understand why Bart is friends with him. They're literal polar opposites. Anyway, the Simpsons need to stop doing this. Yes, they still do it. Bart and Lisa have experienced to much love. A case of loveagytis. The plot for the A-story is really good, but it gets ruined by having no comedy and have a kid character sound like an adult again. Seriously, every guest star ( besides Emily Bunt ) doesn't sound even remotely like a kid. My goodness. Can't they even try to sound like a kid? I talked a little about this when reviewing the DeBarted so I think this is enough talking about the guests stars voices. The episode didn't have a lot of humor, but we got to see the Squidport ( featured in the fun Simpsons: Tapped Out game ). The A-plot was just, okay, not bad but not good. The B-plot was just great. It would be spectacular if the B-plot was the A-plot. It was just superb. The B-plot was very comical and it satiricaly portrayed drugs. Do you know what I feel about the B-plot. Happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy, happy. I really liked it so much and it is probably one of the funniest B-plots of the season. In all, I give this episode a 6.6 out of 10.
    9arielsiere

    So nice and so great

    The couch gag starts when The Simpsons family meet their monkey counterparts, it starts with Bart and Milhouse destroying the school, things start to go wrong, then Milhouse goes to the principal's office with Skinner and Chalmers, telling that he will lose the taco wendsday, Milhouse got grounded because of his actions now he has to listen to his father Kirk screaming at the tv like crazy, back in the car we see that Homer is talking to Bart that he was glad that Milhouse got suspended, he says that Milhouse aka El Barto is a bad influence, so Homer drops Bart in the Springfield Retirement Castle, when he meets his grandpa Abe and talks to him, then all of a sudden a girl named Jenny arrives she has the voice actress of Jewel (Río 1&2) and Ella Enchanted, she seems sweet in the beginning, while on Lisa fails a project i don't know, she takes a pill making her see happy faces while it plays the song called What A Wonderful World just heard in the episode Every Man's Dream which was a bad episode, when the girl named Jenny comes to dinner, Milhouse gets jealous when Bart lefted him for a girl, on a boat ride we see the three school bullies named Jimbo, Kearney and Dolph playing with the egg of a duck pretending to be a ball or something. Then Bart stands out to this three bullies or else there will be no Shauna, Bart Gets pushed in the lake and Jenny saves him, they have a picnic, they walk in the bridge, Bart tells the truth to Jenny, she leaves him dumped, making Bart to start crying, while Marge and Homer try to cheer him up, then he asks Apu for a little more drink while sad. Then Lisa appears tells her to Bart what happened and in the end Bart and Milhouse make the school floor an ice skating floor ice, even though in the episode Moonshine River when Bart tries to apologize to Jenny she says eat my shorts one of Bart's common phrases after he lies to her.

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    Hand-Drawn Animation
    Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
    Satire
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    • Trivia
      Bart's girlfriend in this episode, Jenny, is voiced by Anne Hathaway. In a season 6 episode, "Bart's Girlfriend," Bart dates Jessica Lovejoy, who was voiced by Meryl Streep. Both Streep and Hathaway were the leads in "The Devil Wears Prada" (2006).
    • Goofs
      When Willy is knocked unconscious by the falling letters, 3 Ns fall sideways next to his head, making it appear as if he is sleeping/snoring, yet there are only 2 Ns in "Springfield Elementary School."
    • Quotes

      Principal Skinner: Lisa, your outburst was either a sign of deep emotional imbalance, or a passionate response to a sobering truth. Luckily the treatment for both is intensive therapy.

    • Connections
      References The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
    • Soundtracks
      What a Wonderful World
      (uncredited)

      Written by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss

      Performed by Louis Armstrong

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    • Release date
      • April 19, 2009 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • USA
    • Production companies
      • Gracie Films
      • 20th Century Fox Television
      • 20th Century Fox Television
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    • Runtime
      • 21m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

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