22 Short Films About Springfield

"22 Short Films About Springfield" is the 21st episode of the 7th season of "The Simpsons". It was first shown on television on April 14, 1996. The episode is divided into 22 parts. Each part is a different story that shows how life is for the people in Springfield.
The name of the episode is based on the movie "Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould". The episode's story is based on the ending of a season 4 episode named "The Front". Many parts of the episode reference the film "Pulp Fiction". A scene from the episode became an internet meme after two decades of when the episode was first shown on television.
Reception.
Bill Oakley calls "22 Short Films About Springfield" his favorite episode. In 2019, Oakley said that the episode is one of the best episodes to watch on Disney+. "TV Guide" put it in its list of the top 12 "Simpsons" episodes. "Consequence of Sound" put the episode on number 5 of its list of top 30 "Simpsons" episodes. "The Guardian" named the episode as one of the 5 greatest episodes of The Simpsons. IGN called "A Fish Called Selma" the best episode of the seventh season but said "22 Short Films About Springfield" was "good competition".
Steamed Hams.
A segment of the episode called "Skinner &amp; The Superintendent" became an internet meme. Principal Skinner calls hamburgers "steamed hams" and says the name came from Albany, New York. In 2016, the segment was put on many Facebook pages and remixes of the segment on YouTube were also created. About 1,000 people asked the supermarket chain Woolworths about "steamed hams". Woolworths said that "in Australia, we call them Hamburgers. 'Steamed Hams' is an Albany, New York expression. Fans of "The Simpsons", this is for you".
During an interview for the movie "", a GameSpot reporter made Jeff Goldblum read the dialogue of Principal Skinner. Bill Oakley, the original writer of the segment, did not like the reading and said "[I'm] not a fan of fairly big companies like GameSpot having famous actors perform scripts I wrote, verbatim, without giving me any sort of credit whatsoever."