"United States containing the episode, through Amazon Video and iTunes. Moaning Lisa ""Moaning Lisa"" is the sixth episode of ""The Simpsons""<nowiki>'</nowiki> first season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 11, 1990. The episode was written by Al Jean and Mike Reiss, and was directed by Wes Archer. Ron Taylor guest stars in the episode as Bleeding Gums Murphy. The episode deals with Lisa's depression and her attempts to sublimate it by playing her saxophone. It received positive reviews from television critics. Lisa wakes up one morning saddened. At school, she gets in trouble"
"is shown as having a ""$1,500 a day Fabergé egg habit""; Jean ""didn't realize just how expensive"" Fabergé eggs actually were, so the joke does not make much sense. The episode contains numerous references to popular culture. The title is a play on both the jazz standard ""'Round Midnight"" by Thelonious Monk and the similarly named film also about an unappreciated jazz musician. When a deceased Bleeding Gums Murphy appears to Lisa in a cloud towards the end of the episode, he is joined by Darth Vader, Mufasa, and James Earl Jones. Although all three roles were portrayed by Jones,"
"with the sweet ending [of Lisa playing her saxophone for Bart]."" The music school that Lisa visits has a sign out front with a picture of a diapered baby Ludwig van Beethoven on it. When Principal Skinner is questioning Lisa about her newfound sense of irresponsibility, he asks ""What are you rebelling against?"" She responds ""Whaddaya got?"", like Marlon Brando's character Johnny Strabler did in the film ""The Wild One"". She also has a toothpick in her mouth, like Johnny had in the film. The fifth graders that Lisa talks to in the school washroom are smoking Laramie cigarettes. The"
"give up on Mrs. Berrera and let Seymour have her as a girlfriend. When he presents her to his mother Agnes, she gets so disgusted about his mother that she decides to end her relationship with him. At night, Seymour, Bart and Milhouse decided to roast marshmallows at the school, using Bart's permanent record as fuel to the fire, while Lisa plays saxophone inside the music classroom. At the next morning's breakfast, Lisa's playing saxophone at the kitchen, claiming that she'll never use makeup again, but Bart mocks her by saying ""Carnegie Hall"" out loud (which according to her, it"
"end, Lisa assures Maggie she doesn't care what anyone else thinks of her and that she is brilliant to her. However, Maggie plays Lisa's saxophone in the end, showing another sign of intelligence. A shocked Lisa reclaims her saxophone and tells her that ""it's not for babies"". In the credits, Simon Cowell criticizes everyone who had worked on the show. The episode's title is a reference to the 1994 film, ""Dumb and Dumber"". In this episode, Henry quotes, ""She's as common as an angry woman in an Ibsen play,"" perhaps referencing Nora in ""A Doll's House"". The revelation that Maggie"
"she converted to Buddhism. Lisa plays the baritone saxophone, and some episodes use that as a plot device. According to Matt Groening, the baritone saxophone was chosen because he found the thought of an eight-year-old girl playing it amusing. He added, ""But she doesn't always play a baritone sax because the animators don't know what it looks like, so it changes shape and color from show to show."" One of the hallmarks of the show's opening sequence is a brief solo Lisa plays on her saxophone after being thrown out of music class. ""The Simpsons"" composer Alf Clausen said that"
"a Buddhist. Lisa's character develops many times over the course of the show: she becomes a vegetarian in season 7 and converts to Buddhism in season 13. A strong liberal, Lisa advocates for a variety of political causes (e.g. standing with the Tibetan independence movement) which usually sets her against most of the people in Springfield. However, she can also be somewhat intolerant of opinions that differ from her own, often refusing to consider alternative perspectives. In her free time, Lisa enjoys many hobbies such as reading and playing the baritone saxophone, despite her father's annoyance regarding the latter. She"
"airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen Rating of 11.1, and was the highest-rated show on the Fox network the week it aired. Lisa's teacher, Miss. Hoover, thinks she has Lyme disease and is replaced by substitute teacher Mr. Bergstrom. Mr. Bergstrom is impressed by Lisa's knowledge and rewards her with his cowboy hat. Because of his unorthodox teaching methods and friendly nature, Lisa starts falling in love with him. Lisa runs into Mr. Bergstrom at a museum and is embarrassed when Homer displays his ignorance. Sensing a void in their relationship,"
"in which she was raised, Lisa became a practicing Buddhist following her decision to follow the Noble Eightfold Path. She is musically proficient on the saxophone; besides the occasional riff during the opening credit sequence Carole King's Jazzman and Gerry Rafferty's Baker Street have been prominently placed during episodes. In the ""Tracey Ullman Show"" shorts, Lisa was more of a ""female Bart"" and was equally mischievous. As the series progressed, Lisa began to develop into a more intelligent and more emotional character with ""Krusty Gets Busted"" being one of the first episodes where her true intelligence is fully shown. When"
"bond with Lisa annoy her even more, to the point where she stops wearing her pearl necklace. In a final attempt to calm Lisa down, Marge takes her to ""Bad News Bears - The Musical"". At the show, Lisa realizes that her mom has very different tastes than she does, and she decides to just pretend she is liking the musical, just like Marge did with her solo. At the exit, Marge meets the show's star, Andrew Rannells, and invites him to join them for dinner. Meanwhile, back in Springfield, Homer gives Bart the responsibility over Maggie while the girls"
"presented not simply as a prodigy but as preternaturally wise, the fondness for ""Itchy and Scratchy"" and Corey seem to be highlighted, taking on greater significance. Lisa is portrayed as the avatar of logic and wisdom, but then she also worships Corey so she's 'no better [than the rest of us]'."" When she became depressed over being unable to pursue her dream as a musician due to inheriting her father's fingers and having to spend her time with Marge in being a homemaker, Lisa gives up on school and becomes a juvenile delinquent in Separate Vocations. She is stopped by"
"while going through a list of Lisa's interests, and Jean told Reiss, ""Lisa likes ponies; we [should] give her a pony."" While writing down ideas for the story, they decided to explore the consequences of having a pony in a suburban house. Carlos Baeza served as animation director for the episode. ""The Simpsons"" creator Matt Groening said animating horses is ""the most difficult thing to do."" The animators used Eadweard Muybridge's famous and other photo references as models for Princess. In the talent show scene, Lisa is lit up by a spotlight when she performs with her saxophone. After the"
"refuse to give her back to Homer. While Homer and Bart attempt to trick Marge into believing the girls are still at home, Lisa goes undercover as a nun and infiltrates the convent. When Mother Superior refuses to tell her where Maggie is, Lisa discovers that they are seeking a jewel. Another nun informs Lisa of an ancient quest for the mystic gem. Lisa's first clue is to ""seek God with heart and soul,"" which she correctly interprets as playing a few measures of the song by the same name on the convent's organ, activating a Rube Goldberg contraption. She"
"of going into the studio. The beach house at Little Pwagmattasquarmsettport the Simpson family stays in is based on then-show runner Josh Weinstein's parents' house in New Hampshire. The episode features cultural references to Pippi Longstocking, ""The New Yorker"" character Eustace Tilley, and Alice and The Hatter from ""Alice's Adventures in Wonderland"". Since airing, the episode has received positive reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 8.8, and was the second highest-rated show on the Fox network the week it aired. Lisa finds out on the last day of school how unpopular she is when nobody signs"
"She beat him whenever he spoke English, thus he was forced to learn Italian. He also began bed-wetting that summer. He helps Lisa learn Italian, but there is no reference to his Italian background or language skills in any other episode. Milhouse's personality drastically changes when speaking Italian, becoming a suave, confident ladies man popular with Springfield's Italian community in the episode. The show's opening sequence, and various scenes of band practice suggests that Milhouse plays a brass or woodwind instrument, possibly clarinet or trumpet, but all the Springfield Elementary band members, besides Lisa, are very poor musicians. Milhouse is"
"nominated for 3 Tony Awards including Best Play and Best Direction. She joined The Klezmatics in 2002 with the release Rise Up! Shteyt Oyf! and remains a performing and composing member, notably having written the music for the acclaimed track off ""Wonder Wheel"", ""Gonna Get Through This World"". Won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album in 2007 for the album Wonder Wheel (album). Performed the album with Arlo Guthrie at Carnegie hall the following Thanksgiving. Lisa specializes in bluegrass, Klezmer, and Irish folk genres. She holds a Bachelor of Music in classical violin from the Aaron Copland"
"is participating in a school talent show and needs a new reed for her saxophone. Her father, Homer, agrees to buy one, but decides to visit Moe's Tavern first. When he arrives at the music shop next door, it has closed for the night. Dejected, Homer goes back to Moe's to find its owner. Moe convinces the man to re-open his store. By the time Homer reaches the school with the new reed, however, Lisa has already butchered her performance. Humiliated and upset, she completely ignores Homer. While watching old family videos, Homer soon realizes how much he has neglected"
"Lisa's Pony ""Lisa's Pony"" is the eighth episode in the third season of the American animated television series ""The Simpsons"". It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 7, 1991. In this episode, Homer goes drinking at Moe's Tavern instead of buying a new reed for Lisa's saxophone, resulting in her flopping at the school talent show. Desperate to win back his daughter's love, Homer gives Lisa the one thing she has always wanted: a pony. Homer struggles with two jobs to cover the cost of sheltering and feeding the pony. Lisa, upon seeing what"
"and gets in trouble with Chief Wiggum. Meanwhile, Lisa is having difficulty making friends, and actually gets a B+ on a test. Bart, noticing his sister's gloomy mood, lies to several popular school girls that Lisa is a friend of an immensely popular teen singer named Alaska Nebraska (voiced by Ellen Page). Marge and Homer learn that they will be visited by a school inspector to confirm that the Waverly Hills apartment is indeed the residence of Bart and Lisa, so Homer moves in and befriends two college boys. Homer adopts a bachelor lifestyle, playing videogames and attending parties with"
"playing the saxophone - and begins to doubt herself. At a band audition, the two girls end up in a saxophone duel that results in Lisa passing out from over-exertion. Allison wins the audition, much to Lisa's horror. Wanting to be better friends with Allison, Lisa decides to visit her house, but is dismayed at the vast number of awards her rival has won. Their rivalry comes to a head during Springfield Elementary's annual diorama building competition. Allison constructs a scene from ""The Tell-Tale Heart"", by Edgar Allan Poe. Lisa goes to great efforts to produce a better diorama, a"
"to Marge, but Homer interrupts the conversation by falling through the roof trying to rescue Santa's Little Helper. Marge reveals that she has already rescued him. She also tells Homer about Hettie, but Hettie has gone missing with her concert in thirty minutes. Homer and Bart manage to find Hettie drinking on Cletus Spuckler's farm while Lisa is distracting the concert's audience by playing her saxophone. After a conversation and almost getting shot in the face, Homer manages to bring Hettie to her concert, but Lisa had failed to entertain the crowd, so the place is almost empty. Lisa is"
"show Homer and Marge her new saxophone solo, but Homer leaves for work and Lisa plays for Marge. Later that day, she tries to play for her parents again, but she goes to her bedroom to fix one of her reeds. That's when Marge confesses to Homer that she hates jazz, even when Lisa plays it. Unfortunately, Lisa hears her confession and confronts her mother, avoiding her hugs and calling her ""Marjorie"". Marge decides to take Lisa on a trip to Capital City to cheer her up, like taking her on the Capital City Dream Tour. However, Marge's attempts to"
"play dodgeball in gym. At home, Homer and Bart pummel each other at video boxing, but despite Homer's attempts, he is unable to defeat Bart. Homer and Marge try to cheer Lisa up, but she is consumed with existentialism and worry over all the suffering in the world. In her room, Lisa hears music coming from outside her window. She follows the music through town and meets Bleeding Gums Murphy, a soulful saxophonist playing the blues. Lisa learns about expressing herself through her music from him, only to be discovered and whisked away by Marge. Homer goes to the arcade"
"Haw-Haw Land ""Haw-Haw Land"" is the tenth episode of the twenty-ninth season of the animated television series ""The Simpsons"", and the 628th episode of the series overall. It aired in the United States on Fox on January 7, 2018. The title and the opening musical number spoof ""La La Land"". On a rainy day, the Simpson family goes to a STEM conference, where Lisa meets Brendan Beiderbecke, a boy who is proficient in the piano, and falls in love with him. The bullies are overthrown by Brendan, including Lisa's ex-boyfriend Nelson who tries to impress her musically at Phineas Q."
"as pediatricians lose their jobs and thus he ends his childproofing career. Lisa does scientific research on nerds and discovers that the odor of the chemical nerd pheromone ""poindextrose"" attracts bullies like Francine, proving that both nerds and bullies are predisposed to be what they are. Lisa then tests the poindextrose extracted from the nerds on famous boxer Drederick Tatum by putting it on his clothes when he visits the school. This causes Nelson to start punching Tatum uncontrollably and give him a wedgie. Lisa demonstrates her experiment at Professor Frink's science conference, the ""12th Annual Big Science Thing"", using"
"is a reference to the season two episode, ""Lisa's Substitute"", where the character Mr. Bergstrom gave her a similar paper - which Lisa shows framed next to her bed. Lisa's black and white nightmare of her pushing Maggie down the stairs in a wheelchair is a reference to the 1962 film ""What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"". Lisa staying in the Natural History Museum is a reference to the book ""From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler"", in which kids ran away from home and lived in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. The instrumental"
"general ideals of the Christian church in which she was raised, Lisa became a practicing Buddhist in the episode ""She of Little Faith"" (season 13, 2001) after she learned about the Noble Eightfold Path. An ""End Apartheid Now"" poster can be seen on her bedroom door during earlier seasons. She is extremely controlled by her ideals and noble, and she undergoes drastic changes when she or anyone else is immoral, such as renouncing Homer's last name and taking Marge's when she discovers that Homer bet against her in a crossword puzzle competition. Matt Groening first conceived Lisa and the rest"
"episode), which leads to Lisa discovering that, once she’s given away everything but her sax (and her Bleeding Gums Murphy poster), she’s lost all joy in playing. 'I finally feel about my sax the way you all do!,' she wails in horror. And that’s another episode. Throw in some promising emotional beats to that story—Homer comforts the confused Lisa during an anxiety attack, Bart hijacks the school’s PA system to restore her love for jazz—and there’s an abundance of good ideas not given enough time to come to fruition."" ""Pork and Burns"" scored a 3.5 rating with an 11 share"
"very few extracurricular activities. When Ned Flanders resigns as coach of Bart's Little League team, the Springfield Isotots, Lisa seizes the chance to extend her résumé and takes the position. Since she knows nothing about baseball, she seeks advice from the patrons of Moe's Tavern, who direct her to Professor Frink and his scientific colleagues. She learns about sabermetrics from them and uses this science to organize the Isotots' strategy; as a result, their record quickly improves and they rise in the league standings. However, Bart eventually rebels against her management, saying that she has taken all the fun out"
"of children and sets out on his path to become the school prankster. On his way to purchase a new air conditioner, Homer discovers that a musical instrument is a way to encourage a gifted child, and subsequently sacrifices his air conditioner money to buy Lisa her first saxophone. In the present, Marge mentions that there is some money in the air conditioner account, so Homer decides to buy another saxophone for Lisa. ""Lisa's Sax"" is the first episode that Al Jean had ever been credited as having written by himself. Before this episode, all of his writing credits had"
"Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for her performance as Bart in the episode. After taking career aptitude tests, scored by a malfunctioning computer, Lisa discovers that the occupation she is best suited for is homemaker, while Bart's test shows that he should be a policeman. Lisa is heartbroken over the result and is determined to prove the test wrong. She consults a music teacher for his opinion, but he tells her that, having inherited her father Homer's stubby fingers, she can never be a professional saxophone player. Lisa is therefore required by the test to spend the day"
"something she might regret, but finds himself a prime suspect in the heist. However, once everything is explained, Marge realizes she does not need the group to make friends; after all, she already has one very special friend – Homer. The group returns the eggs to Burns, but Marge later reveals that she hid one in her hair and gives it to them before departing. Meanwhile, Lisa is seeking summer opportunities and settles on studying abroad in Rome, Italy. After meeting with Principal Skinner, Lisa learns that she meets all but one of the requirements: being fluent in Italian. She"
"with Jess by allowing the organ in the house but only in the attic. Jess is visited by the meeting's Ministry and Oversight Committee, concerned that Brother Birdwell is possibly not ""standing squarely in the light."" Mattie unfortunately picks that moment to play the instrument, but Jess saves his own and Eliza's reputation by an impassioned prayer of contrition that drowns out the music, earning the admiration of the committee. One morning while passing the home of their neighbor Old Alf Applegate, a widower, Labe hears him speaking to someone and believes he has married again. He talks Josh into"