The Simpsons episode
"Black Widower"
Sideshow Bob & Selma drive to the hotel after their marriage
Episode no.	56
Prod. code	8F20
Orig. Airdate	April 9, 1992
Show Runner(s)	Al Jean & Mike Reiss
Writer(s)	Jon Vitti
Director(s)	David Silverman
Chalkboard	"Funny noises are not funny. Funny noises are not' at cutoff."
Couch gag	Two thieves (complete with striped shirts and masks) are carting the couch away. The family leap onto the couch, but the thieves dump OFF onto the floor and continue on their way.
Guest star(s)	Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob
DVD commentary by	Matt Groening Al Jean Mike Reiss Julie Kavner Jon Vitti David Silverman
SNPP capsule
Season 3 September 19, 1991 – August 27, 1992
Stark Raving Dad Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington When Flanders Failed Bart the Murderer Homer Defined Like Father, Like Clown Treehouse of Horror II Lisa's Pony Saturdays of Thunder Flaming Moe's Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk I Married Marge Radio Bart Lisa the Greek Homer Alone Bart the Lover Homer at the Bat Separate Vocations Dog of Death Colonel Homer Black Widower The Otto Show Bart's Friend Falls in Love Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?
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Synopsis

The Simpsons are having dinner with Selma and her new boyfriend, but it turns out it is Bart's enemy Sideshow Bob. During dinner he tells the story of his terrible time at the prison. He wins an Emmy that gets taken away. He tells that he wanted to kill Bart, but also that he changed. Then he tells the story of how he and Selma met, which was during a prison pen-pal program. He supposedly turns a new leaf after he met Selma. He is then released from the prison, and the story ends. Everyone enjoyed it except for Bart. Then Sideshow Bob asks Selma to marry him, and she eagerly accepts. Bartholomew Jo-Jo Bart Simpson is a main character in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Nancy Cartwright. ... Robert Underdunk Terwilliger, better known by his stage name Sideshow Bob, is a fictional character on The Simpsons. ... An Emmy Award. ...

Sideshow Bob makes an appearance in the Krusty telethon, and he tells Krusty that there are no hard feelings. Bart and is terrified of his soon-to-be new uncle, since Bob swore he'd get revenge on Bart for having him sent to prison for framing Krusty the Clown for robbery, and he would never trust him. The wedding is almost cancelled when Sideshow Bob admits that he hates Selma's favorite show, McGyver, but is saved by Homer when he says that when Marge watches her shows he goes for a walk or drinks some beers and comes back still in love. Bartholomew Jo-Jo Bart Simpson is a main character in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Nancy Cartwright. ... Herschel Pinkus Yerucham Krustofski, more commonly known as Krusty the Clown is a fictional character in the cartoon The Simpsons. ... MacGyver is an American adventure television series about an extremely resourceful secret agent named Angus Mac MacGyver, played by Richard Dean Anderson. ...

During the wedding everyone is happy, that is except for Bart. During the honeymoon while McGyver is on, Sideshow Bob tries to kill Selma during their honeymoon, but his plan is ruined by Bart, who makes a "stinkin'" discovery, as Sideshow Bob referred to it. Sideshow Bob is taken away by the police, vowing to return the next time the Democrats are in power. After that, everyone thanks Bart for not losing his mistrust of Sideshow Bob.

How Bart Figured Out The Trap

• In Selma's video, Bob was eager to have a fireplace in their room. Bart noticed the gas tap. Selma didn't smell the gas as she had lost her senses of smell and taste due to a bottle rocket accident as a child.
• Selma promised at the wedding that she'll give up smoking except for after meals and after MacGyver. The spark from a match was enough to make the room explode.
• The explosion that Bob later heard was Chief Wiggum tossing his cigar behind him.

A natural gas fireplace with a burning fire. ... MacGyver is a Canadian-produced American adventure television series about a laid-back, extremely resourceful secret agent, played by Richard Dean Anderson. ...

Trivia

• This is the second (speaking) appearance of Sideshow Bob.
• Sideshow Bob drives a late 1980's model Mercury Cougar
• This is the first time Snake's name is heard.
• The groan Bob makes when Selma wants him to give her a foot rub is the same one used in every Sideshow Bob episode after this.
• When Sideshow Bob speaks French he says "son pied sent il beau", which translates to "(his/her) foot smells it lovely". The correct translation of "her foot smells lovely" is "son pied sent bon".
• When Sideshow Bob speaks Spanish he says "Voy a matar a usted", which he says means "I am going to kill you". However, that particular phrase is a literal translation of "I am going to kill to you". The grammatically correct translation would be "Voy a matarla".

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Cultural References

• The episode begins with a parody of the show Dinosaurs.
• Bob wins a Daytime Emmy Award.
• In Selma's letters to Sideshow Bob, she refers to him as number 24601, the same number assigned to Jean Valjean in the novel Les Misérables by Victor Hugo.
• Bob's line, "Snake, I'm going to miss you most of all," refers to a line in The Wizard of Oz where Dorothy says she'll miss The Scarecrow before leaving Oz.
• Bart's line, "Fiddle-dee-dee. Tomorrow's another day," refers to a line in Gone with the Wind.
• The languages Bob claims to be speaking to Selma are French, Sanskrit, and Spanish.
• Krusty and Bob's reunion is a reference to the way Frank Sinatra tried to reunite Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin.
• When Homer says "To the Simpson-Mobile" before going to the hotel, it is a reference to the old Batman Series with Adam West.
• The cartoon of Krusty hung over the stage during the telethon is a parody of Al Hirschfeld's work.

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