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*The Simpsons*
The Simpsons
Season 22
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Showrunner	Al Jean
No. of episodes	22
Release
Original network	Fox
Original release	September 26, 2010 –; May 22, 2011
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The twenty-second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons began airing on Fox on September 26, 2010 and ended on May 22, 2011. The series was renewed for two additional seasons during the twentieth season leading up to this season. The season was produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television.^[1] On November 11, 2010, the series was renewed for a twenty-third season by Fox with 22 episodes.^[2]

The season received positive reviews. It was nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards. It was also nominated for three Writers Guild of America Awards and won one.

Voice cast & characters

Main cast

Dan Castellaneta as Homer Simpson, Krusty the Clown, Grampa Simpson, Gil Gunderson, Itchy, Kodos, Sideshow Mel, Groundskeeper Willie, Mayor Quimby, Barney Gumble, Squeaky-Voiced Teen, Louie, Blue-Haired Lawyer, Hans Moleman and various others
Julie Kavner as Marge Simpson, Selma Bouvier and Patty Bouvier
Nancy Cartwright as Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Kearney Zzyzwicz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, Database and various others
Yeardley Smith as Lisa Simpson
Hank Azaria as Wiseguy, Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum, Julio Franco, Superintendent Chalmers, Bumblebee Man, Lou, Carl Carlson, Professor Frink, Comic Book Guy, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Snake, Johnny Tightlips, Luigi Risotto, Cletus Spuckler, Sea Captain, Kirk Van Houten, Disco Stu, Duffman and various others
Harry Shearer as Kent Brockman, Otto Mann, Dewey Largo, Principal Skinner, Scratchy, Lenny Leonard, Ned Flanders, Kang, Mr. Burns, Waylon Smithers, Jasper Beardly, Judge Snyder, Legs, Dr. Hibbert, Reverend Lovejoy and various others

Supporting cast

Pamela Hayden as Milhouse Van Houten, Rod Flanders, Jimbo Jones and Sarah Wiggum
Tress MacNeille as Dolph Shapiro, Bernice Hibbert, Mrs. Muntz, Agnes Skinner, Brandine Spuckler, Lewis, Crazy Cat Lady, Lunchlady Dora, Lindsay Naegle, Manjula Nahasapeemapetilon, Cookie Kwan and various others
Russi Taylor as Martin Prince, Sherri and Terri
Karl Wiedergott as additional characters
Maggie Roswell as Helen Lovejoy, Elizabeth Hoover and Luann Van Houten
Chris Edgerly as additional characters

Guest stars for the season included actors Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Amber Riley, businessman Mark Zuckerberg, baseball manager Mike Scioscia, sports writer Bill James, Hugh Laurie, Daniel Radcliffe, race car driver Danica Patrick, Rachel Weisz, businesswoman Martha Stewart, Jon Hamm, Alyson Hannigan, Kristen Wiig, actors Halle Berry, Ricky Gervais, Tommy Chong, Cheech Marin, basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Paul Rudd. Joe Mantegna continued his recurring role as Fat Tony.^[3]

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	U.S. viewers (millions)
465	1	"Elementary School Musical"	Mark Kirkland	Tim Long	September 26, 2010 (2010-09-26)	MABF21	7.82^[4]
Homer and Bart accompany Krusty to pick up the Nobel Peace Prize at The Hague. However, it is a ruse so that Krusty could be tried by the International Court of Justice for his deplorable public behavior. Homer and Bart find evidence that one of Krusty's acts indirectly led to release Nelson Mandela from prison, and he is exonerated. Meanwhile, Marge sends Lisa to a performing arts camp for a week. When Marge takes her home at the end of the week, Lisa has trouble readjusting to normal life and looks for a chance to express her newly awakened creative side. She runs away from home and seeks the camp counselors at their home, which is a slum. They encourage her to return to her family and think about trying to make an artistic name for herself when she is older. Guest Stars: Flight of the Conchords (Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie), Ira Glass, Stephen Hawking, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith and Amber Riley
466	2	"Loan-a Lisa"	Matthew Faughnan	Valentina L. Garza	October 3, 2010 (2010-10-03)	MABF17	8.63^[5]
Lisa helps fund Nelson's bicycle company with money Grampa gives her as part of his inheritance, but after Nelson meets Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and is convinced he can be successful by dropping out of school, Lisa tries to show Nelson the importance of an education. Meanwhile, Marge and Homer get addicted to buying expensive items and returning them for bogus reasons. However, their behavior is eventually caught on camera, and they stop. Guest Stars: Mark Zuckerberg, Muhammad Yunus and Chris Hansen
467	3	"MoneyBart"	Nancy Kruse	Tim Long	October 10, 2010 (2010-10-10)	MABF18	6.74^[6]
Lisa coaches Bart's Little League baseball team to a record winning streak by putting her book smarts in statistics and probability into play. But when Bart questions Lisa's coaching tactics and confronts her for taking the fun out of baseball, Lisa benches him. During the championship game, the team is losing, and Lisa asks Bart for help. Disobeying Lisa, he steals several bases, which thrills Lisa. However, the team loses when Bart is caught stealing home. Guest Stars: Mike Scioscia and Bill James (with a special appearance by Banksy who animated the episode's couch gag)
468	4	"Treehouse of Horror XXI"	Bob Anderson	Joel H. Cohen	November 7, 2010 (2010-11-07)	MABF16	8.03^[7]
In the 21st Treehouse of Horror episode, Bart and Milhouse get trapped inside a cursed board game in "War and Pieces", Homer and Marge suspect a castaway of being a murderer in "Master and Cadaver", and Lisa falls for a preteen of the night in "Tweenlight". Guest Stars: Hugh Laurie and Daniel Radcliffe
469	5	"Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life"	Matthew Nastuk	Joel H. Cohen	November 14, 2010 (2010-11-14)	MABF20	8.83^[8]
When Lisa finds out that Marge used to be as smart as Lisa before she slacked off, Lisa decides to buckle down (including sacrificing her love of arts and music) and not make the same mistake her mother did. She enrolls in a prestigious school but learns that Marge agreed to do the school's laundry so she could attend. Lisa drops out and says she would be proud to be like her mother. Meanwhile, Bart publicly humiliates Nelson and becomes the school's new bully. Nelson seeks revenge but only embarrasses himself. Bart decided to complement Nelson, and they settle their differences.
470	6	"The Fool Monty"	Steven Dean Moore	Michael Price	November 21, 2010 (2010-11-21)	NABF01	6.59^[9]
Mr. Burns is branded a social pariah after buying all the vaccinations created for a fictitious illness cooked up by the media. When he learns he has weeks to live, the town celebrates, so Burns attempts suicide. He fails, and Bart takes him in as a house guest. The townsfolk harass him until they tire of it. Lisa takes him home, where he plots his revenge. Marge tries to convince him to be nicer, but he says that his cruelty is the only thing keeping him alive because he has lived past his doctor's prediction.
471	7	"How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window?"	Mike Frank Polcino	Kevin Curran	November 28, 2010 (2010-11-28)	NABF02	9.39^[10]
Bart nurses an injured homing pigeon back to health, but when Santa's Little Helper eats the bird. Bart refuses to forgive the dog, so they send him to a therapist. She tells him that the dog had no bad intentions. Bart is not convinced, so she tells the family to give the dog away. They take the dog to an ostrich farm where Bart tells him not to eat any more birds. However, he and Homer get into a fight with an ostrich and Santa's Little Helper does not help because he obeyed Bart. They decide to take the dog home. Guest Stars: Danica Patrick and Rachel Weisz
472	8	"The Fight Before Christmas"	Bob Anderson & Matthew Schofield	Deb Lacusta & Dan Castellaneta	December 5, 2010 (2010-12-05)	MABF22	9.54^[11]
In this four-part Christmas episode (set up similar to season 17's "Simpsons Christmas Stories"), Bart gets even with Santa Claus, Lisa dreams of an Inglourious Basterds-style Christmas, Marge receives a night time visit from the most powerful force in the universe who teaches her the true meaning of Christmas, and The Simpsons appear as puppets with pop singer Katy Perry. Guest Stars: Martha Stewart and Katy Perry
473	9	"Donnie Fatso"	Ralph Sosa	Chris Cluess	December 12, 2010 (2010-12-12)	MABF19	7.19^[12]
Trying to avoid paying fines for newly passed laws, Homer attempts to bribe an official and is arrested and sent to prison. An FBI agent offers to reduce his sentence if he goes undercover in Fat Tony's gang. He quickly gains favor with Fat Tony. However, when he discovers Homer's true allegiance, he is devastated and dies. Homer is freed and sent home, and he is saddened by Tony’s death. He is captured by Fit Tony, Fat Tony's cousin, who plans to kill him. However, Homer tells him about his friendship with Fat Tony, and Fit Tony releases him. Fit Tony takes over the gang, but the stress causes him to gain weight, becoming Fat Tony. Guest Stars: Jon Hamm and Joe Mantegna.
474	10	"Moms I'd Like to Forget"	Chris Clements	Brian Kelley	January 9, 2011 (2011-01-09)	NABF03	12.55^[13]
After Bart discovers a boy with a similar scar on his arm, Marge reveals that she was a part of a group called "The Cool Moms," who used to set up playdates with their children and the two decide to reunite with their old friends. Because the kids behave dangerously, Bart decides to take a break from them. Bart learns that when they were younger, the kids set of some fireworks. Debris from the resultant fire scarred their arms. Bart tries to recreate the incident to break up the group, but Marge stops him. The moms blame Bart for being a bad influence, angering Marge, so she decides to leave them.
475	11	"Flaming Moe"	Chuck Sheetz	Matt Selman	January 16, 2011 (2011-01-16)	NABF04	6.38^[14]
Moe and Smithers turn Moe's tavern into an ultra-trendy gay bar after Smithers is rejected from Mr. Burns's will and Moe's business is (once again) in a slump. The new patrons believe Moe is gay, making Smithers jealous, and they encourage Moe to run for city council as a gay man. Smithers tries to stop him by trying to kiss him. Moe refuses, and admits he is not gay, which causes the gay community to abandon his bar. Meanwhile, Principal Skinner tries to date the substitute music teacher and sets her daughter up with Bart. However, Bart does not like her, and they break up. The teacher asks Skinner to come with her when she leaves. He accepts but returns when they also break up. Guest Stars: Alyson Hannigan, Kristen Wiig and Scott Thompson.
476	12	"Homer the Father"	Mark Kirkland	Joel H. Cohen	January 23, 2011 (2011-01-23)	NABF05	6.48^[15]
Homer tries to be a better father by using a 1980s sitcom as his guide. Bart wants a dirt bike, but Homer refuses to get him one because he would not appreciate it. Bart decides to sell nuclear plant secrets to China in exchange for a bike. He gains Homer's trust until he brings him to work, where Bart loads the secrets onto a flash drive. During the exchange, Homer sacrifices himself to protect Bart. In China, Homer help build a nuclear plant, which explodes due to Homer's incompetence. Homer returns home and bonds with Bart in front of the television. Guest Stars: Michael Paul Chan, James Lipton, Garry Marshall, and David Mamet.
477	13	"The Blue and the Gray"	Bob Anderson	Rob LaZebnik	February 13, 2011 (2011-02-13)	NABF06	5.49^[16]
Moe hires Homer to be his wingman so he can score a date, but Homer ends up being the babe magnet. Meanwhile, Marge is shocked to find that her hairdresser has been dyeing her hair blue all these years and decides to go gray for a new, mature look. The townsfolk start thinking that Marge is older than she is. Patty and Selma convince Marge that Homer does not like her new look, and she goes to confront him. At the club with Moe, Homer proves that he only loves her, and she dyes her hair back to blue.
478	14	"Angry Dad: The Movie"	Matthew Nastuk	John Frink	February 20, 2011 (2011-02-20)	NABF07	6.24^[17]
Bart is offered to turn "Angry Dad" into a movie. Homer is offered the role of the voice of Angry Dad. After poor screen tests, Lisa tells Bart to remove the poorly received parts, and the movie becomes a short film. The animated short begins to win awards, which Homer attempts to take all the credit. At the Academy Awards, Bart has Homer and Marge take a tour of Los Angeles while he and Lisa attend the awards ceremony. Homer arrives as Bart receives the award for "Angry Dad." He thanks Lisa, the studio, and Homer for the short’s success. Seeing this, Homer apologizes to Bart. Guest Stars: Ricky Gervais, Halle Berry, Russell Brand, Nick Park and J. B. Smoove with Arnis Hasi.
479	15	"The Scorpion's Tale"	Matthew Schofield	Billy Kimball & Ian Maxtone-Graham	March 6, 2011 (2011-03-06)	NABF08	6.13^[18]
On a school trip, Lisa discovers a rare desert plant that turns aggressive animals docile. Taking samples of the plant home, Lisa isolates the chemical. Homer adds some to Grampa's coffee which makes him happier. A pharmaceutical company replicates the drug in pill form by take a sample of Grampa's sweat. Bart sells them to the elderly people of the town. However, a side effect of the pills makes their eyes fall out of their sockets. Grampa convinces them to stop so that they can force their anger on the younger generation. Guest Stars: Werner Herzog and Kevin Michael Richardson
480	16	"A Midsummer's Nice Dream"	Steven Dean Moore	Deb Lacusta & Dan Castellaneta	March 13, 2011 (2011-03-13)	NABF09	5.42^[19]
1970s stoner comedians Tommy Chong and Cheech Marin decide to break up after each of them get a new comedy partner -- Homer pairs up with Cheech to become "Cheech and Chunk" while Principal Skinner joins Chong to become "Teach and Chong." However, learning that their real lives are not like their act, Homer forces Cheech and Chong to reconcile. Meanwhile, Marge stages an intervention for The Crazy Cat Lady after noticing that she's hoarding animals. However, Marge ends up hoarding the items she removes from the Crazy Cat Lady's house. Homer rescues Marge by having the Crazy Cat Lady come by and take back her items. Guest Stars: Tommy Chong and Cheech Marin
481	17	"Love Is a Many Strangled Thing"	Mike Frank Polcino	Bill Odenkirk	March 27, 2011 (2011-03-27)	NABF10	6.05^[20]
Homer is sent to parenting therapy after tickling Bart until he wets his pants during a football game, but when the therapist is shocked to hear that Homer regularly physically abuses Bart, he puts Homer through shock treatment by having Kareem Abdul-Jabbar strangle him to make Homer feel as weak and helpless as Bart. The therapy prevents Homer from punishing Bart, who becomes a bully as a result. Marge forces the therapist to fix both of them. He sets up a situation where Bart needs to rescue Homer. Bart is not interested, so the therapist tries to kill him until he rescues Homer. He and Bart bond over suing the therapist. Guest Stars: Paul Rudd, Kevin Michael Richardson, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Note: This episode was dedicated to Elizabeth Taylor who voiced Maggie In "Lisa's First Word".
482	18	"The Great Simpsina"	Chris Clements	Matt Warburton	April 10, 2011 (2011-04-10)	NABF11	5.06^[21]
Lisa becomes friends with an old, widower magician, who gives her insight in performing one of Houdini's greatest tricks. After showing off the act at school, she tells the secret of the trick to a boy she likes. The boy is the son a rival magician, who plans to show the trick at a convention. Lisa tries to redeem herself by preventing the rival's trick, but he ends up in danger. The widower magician saves him, who vows to quit magic as a result. Guest Stars: Martin Landau, Jack McBrayer, Ricky Jay, Penn & Teller and David Copperfield.
483	19	"The Real Housewives of Fat Tony"	Lance Kramer	Dick Blasucci	May 1, 2011 (2011-05-01)	NABF12	5.84^[22]
Selma insults Fat Tony at the DMV. She is not frightened after Fat Tony kidnaps and threatens her. Instead, Fat Tony falls for her personality, and they get married. Later, another woman appears claiming to be Fat Tony’s wife. He admits that Selma is merely his lover, and their wedding was reflected as such. Selma and the wife fight. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa find truffles, which they can sell for money. However, Lisa hoards some for her own food. When Bart finds out, they give the rest to Plopper, who goes crazy trying to find more. Guest Star: Joe Mantegna.
484	20	"Homer Scissorhands"	Mark Kirkland	Peter Gaffney & Steve Viksten	May 8, 2011 (2011-05-08)	NABF13	5.52^[23]
After Lisa breaks Milhouse's heart yet again, he hooks up with a fifth-grader named Taffy. When she sees that Lisa watching them, she breaks up with Milhouse because he is still in love with her. He confronts Lisa and asks why she wants him to be miserable. Lisa kisses him to make him feel better but is unsure of what she wants. Meanwhile, Homer becomes a hairdresser after fixing Patty's hair, but finds that dealing with gossipy, female clients all day is tedious and depressing. Homer styles Marge's hair for a party but gives credit to Julio, so that the women would go to him for hairdressing instead. Guest Star: Kristen Schaal as Taffy.
485	21	"500 Keys"	Bob Anderson	John Frink	May 15, 2011 (2011-05-15)	NABF14	5.99^[24]
While trying to get Maggie out of Homer's locked car, the family discovers that they have been hoarding keys for years, setting up three interconnected adventures: Homer finds a key that operates The Duff Blimp, Marge finds a key that operates an antique toy that makes farting noises, and Lisa finds a key that leads her to a secret classroom in Springfield Elementary.
486	22	"The Ned-Liest Catch"	Chuck Sheetz	Jeff Westbrook	May 22, 2011 (2011-05-22)	NABF15	5.30^[25]
Ned Flanders begins dating Edna Krabappel after saving her from a prank gone bad. This causes tension between them and Homer and Bart. They plot to break them up with Homer bringing Ned to Moe's where he hears how many people have been with Edna. Ned decides to forgive Edna for her many lovers. Edna is angered that Ned judges her. She says that he cannot let her past prevent them from being together. He decides to leave his decision to a higher power. Guest Stars: Ken Burns and Joey Kramer

Production

This season and the previous season were ordered in February 2009.^[1] Al Jean remained as showrunner, a role he had since the thirteenth season.^[26]^[27] Seven episodes were holdovers from the previous season.^[1] This season featured the first and only episode, "Homer Scissorhands," co-written by Steve Viksten prior to his death.^[28]

The season ended with an invitation for the viewers to decide whether or not Ned Flanders would continue dating Edna Krabappel.^[29] Executive producer Al Jean said that the writers were not interesting in having another relationship end by the episode's end, and they wanted to see what viewers thought about the characters with disparate personalities.^[30]

Reception

Ratings

This season ranked 68th among overall viewers and thirtieth among viewers between the ages of 18 and 49.^[31]^[32] The season averaged 7.28 million viewers in the overall viewership with an average of 3.3 rating/9% share in the demographic meaning that the season was watched by an average of 3.3% of households and 9% average of all televisions were tuned to the season when it was broadcast.^[31]^[32]

Critical response

The A.V. Club reviewer Rowan Kaiser rated the season with a B, tying for the second highest rated season of "Animation Domination" with the seventh season of American Dad! and beating the ninth season of Family Guy, which received a C+. It was defeated by the inaugural season of Bob's Burgers, which received a B+.^[33]

Liam Gaughan of MovieWeb thought the season was an improvement after a reduction in quality since the tenth season. He highlighted the more experimental episodes, better parodies, and creatively incorporating celebrities into the story.^[34]

Awards and nominations

At the 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards, the episode "Angry Dad: The Movie" was nominated for Outstanding Animated Program, actor Dan Castellaneta was nominated for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, and musician Alf Clausen was nominated for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series.^[35]

At the 64th Writers Guild of America Awards, writer Joel H. Cohen won Outstanding Writing: Animation for "Homer the Father." Writers Rob LaZebnik and Chris Cluess were also nominated.^[36]

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Bibliography

Turner, Chris (2004). Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation. Foreword by Douglas Coupland. (1st ed.). Toronto: Random House Canada. ISBN 978-0-679-31318-2. OCLC 55682258.

External links

Official website
The Simpsons at IMDb

[order-1] "Fox Primetime". Fox Flash. Archived from the original on January 30, 2011. Retrieved November 12, 2010.

[season23-2] Hudson, Jill (November 11, 2010). "STILL ANIMATED AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! FOX RENEWS "THE SIMPSONS" FOR INCREDIBLE 23RD SEASON". Foxflash. Archived from the original on November 22, 2010. Retrieved November 11, 2010.

[3] Weintraub, Steven (August 2, 2010). "THE SIMPSONS Announces Guest Voices for Season 22". Collider. Retrieved May 25, 2023.

[4] Gorman, Bill (September 28, 2010). "Sunday Finals: Amazing Race Premieres Up; Undercover Boss A Bit Less Bossy vs. Football". TV by the Numbers. Archived from the original on December 15, 2011. Retrieved June 11, 2023.

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v t e The Simpsons episodes
Seasons 1–20 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Season 21–present 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Season 22	"Elementary School Musical" "Loan-a Lisa" "MoneyBart" "Treehouse of Horror XXI" "Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life" "The Fool Monty" "How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window?" "The Fight Before Christmas" "Donnie Fatso" "Moms I'd Like to Forget" "Flaming Moe" "Homer the Father" "The Blue and the Gray" "Angry Dad: The Movie" "The Scorpion's Tale" "A Midsummer's Nice Dream" "Love Is a Many Strangled Thing" "The Great Simpsina" "The Real Housewives of Fat Tony" "Homer Scissorhands" "500 Keys" "The Ned-Liest Catch"
Themed episodes	Treehouse of Horror list
See also	The Simpsons episode guides "The Simpsons Guy"
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