Sunday, Cruddy Sunday

"Sunday, Cruddy Sunday"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.	215
Directed by	Steven Dean Moore
Written by	Tom Martin George Meyer Brian Scully Mike Scully
Showrunner(s)	Mike Scully
Production code	AABF08
Original air date	January 31, 1999
Chalkboard gag	"I will not do the Dirty Bird"
Couch gag	The couch is sunk by an iceberg and only Maggie survives.
Commentary	Matt Groening Mike Scully George Meyer Tom Martin Matt Selman Steven Dean Moore
Guest appearance(s)
Fred Willard as Wally Kogen Troy Aikman as Himself Rosey Grier as Himself John Madden as Himself Dan Marino as Himself Rupert Murdoch as Himself Dolly Parton as Herself Pat Summerall as Himself
Season 10 episodes August 23, 1998 – May 16, 1999 "Lard of the Dance" "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace" "Bart the Mother" "Treehouse of Horror IX" "When You Dish Upon a Star" "D'oh-in in the Wind" "Lisa Gets an "A"" "Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"" "Mayored to the Mob" "Viva Ned Flanders" "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday" "Homer to the Max" "I'm with Cupid" "Marge Simpson in: 'Screaming Yellow Honkers'" "Make Room for Lisa" "Maximum Homerdrive" "Simpsons Bible Stories" "Mom and Pop Art" "The Old Man and the "C" Student" "Monty Can't Buy Me Love" "They Saved Lisa's Brain" "Thirty Minutes over Tokyo"
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Fred Willard as Wally Kogen
Troy Aikman as Himself
Rosey Grier as Himself
John Madden as Himself
Dan Marino as Himself
Rupert Murdoch as Himself
Dolly Parton as Herself
Pat Summerall as Himself

"Sunday, Cruddy Sunday" is the twelfth episode of The Simpsons' tenth season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 31, 1999, just after Super Bowl XXXIII and the premiere of Family Guy. In the episode, while buying new tires for his car, Homer meets a travel agent called Wally Kogen. After becoming friends, Kogen offers Homer a free bus ride to the Super Bowl, as long as he can find enough people to fill Kogen's bus. Several people, including Bart, tag along what soon becomes a problematic trip. Meanwhile, Marge and Lisa set out to find the missing parts of "Vincent Price's Egg Magic", a celebrity-endorsed craft kit.

"Sunday, Cruddy Sunday" was directed by Steven Dean Moore and written by George Meyer, Brian Scully, Mike Scully and Tom Martin, the first credit Martin received for the series. Mike Scully jokingly said that the episode was "thrown together[...] without thought or structure" by the writers. For the subplot, the writers tried to come up with the "most boring thing" Lisa and Marge could do to pass time. The episode features several guest-stars, including comedian Fred Willard, country singer Dolly Parton, Fox CEO Rupert Murdoch, sports commentators Pat Summerall and John Madden, and former American football players Troy Aikman, Rosey Grier and Dan Marino. All guest-stars played themselves, except for Willard who portrayed Kogen. The episode pokes fun at folk singer Burl Ives, former United States president Bill Clinton as well as the series' fans, among other things.

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