22 Short Films About Springfield

"22 Short Films About Springfield"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.	149
Directed by	Jim Reardon
Written by	Richard Appel David S. Cohen Jonathan Collier Jennifer Crittenden Greg Daniels Brent Forrester Rachel Pulido Steve Tompkins Bill Oakley Josh Weinstein Matt Groening
Showrunner(s)	Bill Oakley Josh Weinstein
Production code	3F18
Original air date	April 14, 1996
Couch gag	The family are sea monkeys, and swim to a couch made of clam shells to stare at an open treasure chest.
Commentary	Matt Groening Bill Oakley Josh Weinstein Richard Appel David S. Cohen Rachel Pulido Yeardley Smith Jim Reardon David Silverman
Guest appearance(s)
Phil Hartman as Lionel Hutz and the hospital board chairman
Season 7 episodes September 17, 1995 – May 19, 1996 "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)" "Radioactive Man" "Home Sweet Homediddly- Dum-Doodily" "Bart Sells His Soul" "Lisa the Vegetarian" "Treehouse of Horror VI" "King-Size Homer" "Mother Simpson" "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" "Marge Be Not Proud" "Team Homer" "Two Bad Neighbors" "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" "Bart the Fink" "Lisa the Iconoclast" "Homer the Smithers" "The Day the Violence Died" "A Fish Called Selma" "Bart on the Road" "22 Short Films About Springfield" "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"" "Much Apu About Nothing" "Homerpalooza" "Summer of 4 Ft. 2"
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Phil Hartman as Lionel Hutz and the hospital board chairman

"22 Short Films About Springfield" is the twenty-first episode of The Simpsons' seventh season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 14, 1996. It was written by Richard Appel, David S. Cohen, Jonathan Collier, Jennifer Crittenden, Greg Daniels, Brent Forrester, Dan Greaney, Rachel Pulido, Steve Tompkins, Josh Weinstein, Bill Oakley, and Matt Groening, with the writing being supervised by Daniels. The episode was directed by Jim Reardon.Phil Hartman guest starred as Lionel Hutz and the hospital board chairman. The episode looks into the lives of other Springfield residents in a series of linked stories and originated from the end segment of the season four episode "The Front". The episode is a loose parody of Pulp Fiction, which gave the staff the idea of a possible spin-off from The Simpsons. The title is a reference to the film Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould. The episode received positive reviews from critics.

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