September 26, 1999: Beyond
Blunderdome: Mel Gibson
brings the Simpsons to Hollywood so Homer can help "tweak" his
new film after Homer's is the sole negative voice at a test screening.
First tweak: add action, and lots of it.
October 3, 1999: Brother's
Little Helper: A drug for Attention Deficit Disorder makes Bart
studious, productive — and paranoid about satellites spying on him. Mark
McGwire has a cameo.
October 24, 1999: Guess
Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner: With Lisa's help, Homer
becomes the food critic for the Springfield Shopper, but fellow critics
criticize his always-positive reviews, prompting a radical change —
and revenge by restaurateurs.
October 31, 1999: Treehouse
of Horror X: From 1999: Homer causes a Y2K catastrophe;
superheroes Lisa and Bart save actress Lucy Lawless; Marge runs
Flanders over, and Homer tries to cover it up. Dick Clark and Tom
Arnold also appear as themselves.
November 7, 1999: E-I-E-I-(Annoyed
Grunt): To avoid a duel, Homer moves the Simpsons to Grandpa's
old farm, and grows a profitable, but dangerous, hybrid crop.
November 14, 1999: Hello
Gutter, Hello Fadder: Homer bowls a perfect game, but celebrity
goes to his head. Cameos: Ron Howard; Penn and Teller;
entertainment reporters Nancy O'Dell and Pat O'Brien.
November 21, 1999: Eight
Misbehavin': Feeling more stressed than blessed after the birth
of their octuplets, Apu and Manjula get child-care help in a deal they
come to regret.
November 28, 1999: Take
My Wife, Sleaze: John Goodman and Henry Winkler
guest star as bikers who protest when Homer takes their gang name for
his own after winning a Harley. Jay North ("Dennis the
Menace") has a voice cameo.
December 19, 1999: Grift
of the Magi: Bankrupt Springfield Elementary is taken over by a
private outfit whose members' real goal is to mine the kids' minds for
toy ideas. Voices include Tim Robbins and Gary Coleman.
January 9, 2000: Little
Big Mom: With Marge laid up by a skiing (lodge) accident, Lisa
tries to run the house and plays a trick on Homer and Bart to get them
to help clean.
January 16, 2000: Faith
Off: After Bart's successful laying on of hands at a revival
meeting, a preacher declares Bart has "the power." So the boy
pitches his own tent.
January 23, 2000: The
Mansion Family: While housesitting for Burns (who's getting a
checkup at the Mayo Clinic), Homer throws a party aboard the
billionaire's yacht in international waters — where anything goes. Britney
Spears is a guest voice.
February 6, 2000: Saddlesore
Gallactica: At the state fair, Lisa feels robbed at the band
competition, and the family acquires a horse that becomes a winner after
an attitude adjustment.
February 13, 2000: Alone
Again Natura-Diddly: Homer tries to help a grieving
Springfieldian after an accident at the new auto-racing venue has fatal
consequences.
February 20, 2000: Missionary:
Impossible: Homer becomes a South Seas missionary to escape an
angry PBS mob that includes Betty White, who wants to collect his
pledge of $10,000.
February 27, 2000: Pygmoelian:
Moe wins Duff's "beer-tending" contest but loses out on making
their calendar. So he undergoes plastic surgery and lands a soap-opera
role that he missed years before.
March 19, 2000: Bart
to the Future: A mystic shows Bart his future as a ne'er-do-well
musician rooming with Ralph Wiggum — and brother to President Lisa
Simpson, who inherits a fiscal crisis that Bart makes worse.
April 9, 2000: Days
of Wine and D'oh'ses: Barney quits drinking to take
helicopter-flying lessons, leaving Homer feeling resentful and inferior;
Lisa and Bart enter a contest to photograph the cover of the Springfield
phone book.
April 30, 2000: Kill
the Alligator and Run: The family seeks a restful vacation in
Florida, but arrives during spring break, which Homer extends. Guest
voices include Charlie Rose, Kid Rock and Joe C.
May 7, 2000: Last
Tap Dance in Springfield: Lisa struggles in a tap-dance class
taught by a former child star; Bart and Milhouse ditch camp to spend a
week creating havoc in the mall.
May 14, 2000: It's
a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge: Otto's girlfriend (Parker Posey)
seems to be usurping Marge's role when she moves in with the family
after a dispute over heavy metal.
May 21, 2000: Behind
the Laughter: A Behind the Music-style look at the
Simpsons, narrated by VH1's Jim Forbes, shows their rise to
stardom — and the "private hell" that followed. Willie
Nelson has a cameo
