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30 mins
9/26/1999
1.
Beyond Blunderdome
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Homer befriends Mel Gibson just as Mel is completing a remake of Mr. Smith Goes To Washington. Homer convinces Mel to make the film more violent, with disastrous results.
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Director:
Steven Dean Moore
Writer:
Mike Scully
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Guest starring:
Mel Gibson
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30 mins
10/3/1999
2.
Brother's Little Helper
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When Bart commits an extremely destructive prank, he is given Focusyn, a pill to help him concentrate in school. At first the results are impressive, and then Bart starts believing in a conspiracy involving spy satellites and major league baseball.
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Director:
Mark Kirkland
Writer:
George Meyer
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Guest starring:
Mark McGwire
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30 mins
10/24/1999
3.
Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner
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With Lisa's help, Homer uses his vast knowledge of food to become the town's leading restaurant critic. But when he gets petty and vindictive in his criticisms, all the other chefs in town try to kill him.
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Director:
Nancy Kruse
Writer:
Al Jean
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Guest starring:
Edward Asner
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30 mins
10/31/1999
4.
Treehouse of Horror X
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In "I Know What You Diddily-Iddly-Did" the SImpsons fear they have killed Ned Flanders. "Desperately Xeeking Xena" satirizes superheroes of yore with "Stretch Dude" Bart and "Clobber Girl" Lisa. And "Life's A Glitch, Then You Die" depicts the upcoming horror of Y2K.
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Director:
Pete Michels
Writer:
Ron Hauge
/ Donick Cary
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Guest starring:
Tom Arnold, Dick Clark, Lucy Lawless
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30 mins
11/7/1999
5.
E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)
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Fleeing from a duel, Homer takes his family to live on a farm. There he discovers that by mixing tomatoes, tobacco and radioactivity from the nuclear plant, he can create a dangerously delicious new substance.
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Director:
Bob Anderson
Writer:
Ian Maxtone-Graham
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Guest starring:
The B-52's
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30 mins
11/14/1999
6.
Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder
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Homer bowls a perfect 300 game, then concludes that the greatest accomplishment of his life is behind him. He reconnects with the world by bonding with baby Maggie.
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Director:
Mike B. Anderson
Writer:
Al Jean
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Guest starring:
Ron Howard, Penn Jillette, Teller, Pat O'Brien, Nancy O'Dell
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30 mins
11/21/1999
7.
Eight Misbehavin'
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Due to overuse of fertility medication, Apu and wife Manjula give birth to octuplets. Desperate for money, Apu loans the babies to an unscrupulous carny promoter, then needs Homer's help to get them back.
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Director:
Steven Dean Moore
Writer:
Matt Selman
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Guest starring:
Garry Marshall, Butch Patrick, Jan Hooks
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30 mins
11/28/1999
8.
Take My Wife, Sleaze
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After winning a motorcycle at a dance contest, Homer becomes part of a motorcycle gang. But when he puts Marge's photo in a biker magazine, a much tougher gang takes her, and he must win her back.
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Director:
Neil Affleck
Writer:
John Swartzwelder
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Guest starring:
Henry Winkler, Jan Hooks,
John Goodman, Jay North
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30 mins
12/19/1999
9.
Grift of the Magi
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In this Christmas-themed episode, the students of Springfield Elementary are unwittingly used as a focus group to test new toys. The product of their labors, a cuddly doll named Funzo, is a lot more sinister than he appears.
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Director:
Matthew Nastuk
Writer:
Tom Martin
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Guest starring:
Clarence Clemons, Gary Coleman,
Tim Robbins, Joe Mantegna
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30 mins
1/9/2000
10.
Little Big Mom
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When Marge leaves the house to recuperate from a skating injury, everything goes to hell - until Lisa convinces Homer and Bart they have leprosy.
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Director:
Mark Kirkland
Writer:
Carolyn Omine
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Guest starring:
Elwood Edwards
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30 mins
1/16/2000
11.
Faith Off
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Homer gets a bucket stuck on his head, and when it is removed the town is convinced that Bart has the powers of a faith healer. Then mobster Fat Tony tries to turn the boy's spiritual abilities into more sinister directions.
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Director:
Nancy Kruse
Writer:
Frank Mula
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Guest starring:
Joe Mantegna, Don Cheadle
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30 mins
1/23/2000
12.
The Mansion Family
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Worried about his health, Mr. Burns visits the Mayo Clinic. He lets Homer housesit his mansion, which leads of course to an offshore knife fight and an attack by Chinese pirates.
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Director:
Michael Polcino
Writer:
John Swartzwelder
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Guest starring:
Britney Spears
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30 mins
2/6/2000
13.
Saddlesore Galactica
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Homer and Bart befriend a diving horse at a county fair. They turn it into a racehorse with an attitude, whose success runs them afoul of mysterious, tree-dwelling jockeys.
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Director:
Lance Kramer
Writer:
Tim Long
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Guest starring:
Trevor Denman, Randy Bachman, C.F Turner
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30 mins
2/13/2000
14.
Alone Again, Natura-Diddily
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Ned's wife Maude is inadvertently killed by a T-shirt accident at an auto race. Homer and his family try to help Ned cope.
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Director:
Jim Reardon
Writer:
Ian Maxtone-Graham
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Guest starring:
Shawn Colvin
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30 mins
2/20/2000
15.
Missionary: Impossible
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When Homer fails to give money he promised over the phone, he is forced by PBS stars to flee the country. He becomes a missionary on a small tropical island, where he introduces the natives to casino gambling.
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Director:
Steven Dean Moore
Writer:
Ron Hauge
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Guest starring:
Betty White
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30 mins
2/27/2000
16.
Pygmoelian
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Plastic surgery gives Moe the bartender a handsome new face and a whole new life as a soap opera star.
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Director:
Mark Kirkland
Writer:
Larry Doyle
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30 mins
3/19/2000
17.
Bart to the Future
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We see a possible future in which Bart is a grown-up slacker, living with Ralph Wiggum, while Lisa is no less than President of the United States.
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Director:
Michael Marcantel
Writer:
Dan Greaney
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30 mins
4/9/2000
18.
Days of Wine and D'oh'ses
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After being embarrassed by a drunken video of himself, Barney vows to sober up. Newly clean, he gets work as a helicopter pilot.
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Director:
Neil Affleck
Writer:
Dan Castellaneta
/ Deb Lacusta
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30 mins
4/30/2000
19.
Kill the Alligator and Run
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After a terrible bout with insomnia, Homer takes the family to Florida during spring break. There, they kill a beloved alligator and are sentenced to a chain gang.
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Director:
Jen Kamerman
Writer:
John Swartzwelder
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Guest starring:
Joe C., Kid Rock, Charlie Rose, Diedrich Bader, Robert Evans
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30 mins
5/7/2000
20.
Last Tap Dance in Springfield
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Lisa enters a tap dancing academy, where the teacher is a child star who never quite grew up. Meanwhile, Homer gets laser eye surgery.
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Director:
Nancy Kruse
Writer:
Julie Thacker
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30 mins
5/14/2000
21.
It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge
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When Otto dumps his bride at the altar, she goes to live with the Simpsons - and the family comes to believe that Marge has lost her mind.
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Director:
Steven Dean Moore
Writer:
Larry Doyle
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Guest starring:
Parker Posey
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30 mins
5/21/2000
22.
Behind the Laughter
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In this satire of VH1's "Behind The Music," we learn the secrets of the Simpsons' rise, fall, and ultimate success.
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Director:
Mark Kirkland
Writer:
Mike Scully
/ George Meyer
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Guest starring:
Gary Coleman, Jim Forbes, Stephen Hawking, Willie Nelson, Buzz Aldrin, Tom Kite, Butch Patrick
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