The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular

"The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.	138
Directed by	Pound Foolish
Written by	Penny Wise
Showrunner(s)	Bill Oakley Josh Weinstein
Production code	3F31
Original air date	December 3, 1995
Chalkboard gag	"I will only do this once a year"
Couch gag	A montage of a select few previously aired couch gags, culminating into the showbiz extravaganza couch gag from "Lisa's First Word"
Commentary	Matt Groening Bill Oakley Josh Weinstein Jon Vitti George Meyer
Guest appearance(s)
Phil Hartman as Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz Buzz Aldrin as himself Glenn Close as Mona Simpson Liz George as Maggie Simpson
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 Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz
Buzz Aldrin as himself
Glenn Close as Mona Simpson
Liz George as Maggie Simpson

"The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" is the tenth episode of The Simpsons' seventh season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 3, 1995. As the title suggests, it is the 138th episode and the third clip show episode of The Simpsons, after "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show" and "Another Simpsons Clip Show". While the "138th Episode Spectacular" compiles sequences from episodes throughout the entire series like the previous two, it also shows clips from the original Simpsons shorts from The Tracey Ullman Show and other previously unaired material. Like the Halloween specials, the episode is considered non-canon and falls outside of the show's regular continuity.

The "138th Episode Spectacular" was written by Jon Vitti and directed by David Silverman, and is a parody of the common practice among live-action series to produce clip shows. It has received positive reviews, and was one of the most watched episodes of the seventh season, with a Nielsen rating of 9.5.

Troy McClure hosts this episode, which highlights individual scenes and sequences from throughout the series and offers never-before-seen outtakes. McClure starts the episode by showing a brief presentation of how The Simpsons series was conceived by Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, and Sam Simon. He goes on to present some clips of the original shorts that aired on The Tracey Ullman Show. McClure then responds to questions from fan mail by showing clips that contain the answers.

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