The Simpsons episode
"Brush with Greatness"
Episode no.	31
Prod. code	7F18
Orig. Airdate	April 11, 1991
Writer(s)	Brian K. Roberts
Director	Jim Reardon
Chalkboard	"I will not hide behind the Fifth Amendment"
Couch gag	The couch tips over with the family sitting on it and Maggie sits in its place.
Guest star(s)	Ringo Starr as himself; Jon Lovitz as Professor Lombardo
SNPP capsule
Season 2 October 11, 1990 – July 11, 1991
Bart Gets an F Simpson and Delilah Treehouse of Horror Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish Dancin' Homer Dead Putting Society Bart vs. Thanksgiving Bart the Daredevil Itchy & Scratchy & Marge Bart Gets Hit by a Car One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish The Way We Was Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment Principal Charming Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? Bart's Dog Gets an F Old Money Brush with Greatness Lisa's Substitute The War of the Simpsons Three Men and a Comic Book Blood Feud
List of all Simpsons episodes...

"Brush with Greatness" is the 18th episode from the second season of The Simpsons. The episode aired on April 11, 1991. Simpsons redirects here. ... Image File history File links Brush_with_Greatness. ... April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jim Reardon is a director and storyboard consultant for episodes of the animated TV series The Simpsons. ... Bart writes The Pledge of Allegiance does not end with Hail Satan The chalkboard gag is a running visual joke that occurs during the opening credits of many episodes of The Simpsons. ... Amendment V (the Fifth Amendment) of the United States Constitution, which is part of the Bill of Rights, is related to legal procedure. ... The couch gag is a running visual joke in the opening credits of the animated television series The Simpsons. ... Margaret Maggie Simpson is a fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons. ... Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940 in Liverpool, England), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English popular musician, singer and actor, best known as the drummer of The Beatles. ... Jon Lovitz Jonathan Lovitz (born July 21, 1957) is an actor best known as a cast member of Saturday Night Live from 1985 to 1990. ... The Simpsons Season 2 DVD. The Simpsons 2nd season (October 1990 - May 1991) began on October 11, 1990. ... October 11 is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the year. ... July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bart Gets an F is the first episode of The Simpsons second season, airing on October 11, 1990. ... Simpson and Delilah is the second episode of The Simpsons second season, airing on October 18, 1990. ... Treehouse of Horror (onscreen title: The Simpsons Halloween Special) was the first of a series of many Halloween-themed episodes of The Simpsons. ... Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish is the fourth episode of The Simpsons second season. ... Dancin Homer is the fifth episode of The Simpsons second season. ... Dead Putting Society is the sixth episode of The Simpsons second season. ... Bart vs. ... Bart the Daredevil is the eighth episode of The Simpsons second season. ... Itchy & Scratchy & Marge is the ninth episode of The Simpsons second season. ... Bart Gets Hit by a Car is the tenth episode of The Simpsons second season. ... One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish is the eleventh episode of The Simpsons second season. ... The Way We Was is the 12th episode of the second season of The Simpsons. ... Homer vs. ... Principal Charming is the fourteenth episode of The Simpsons second season, airing on February 14, 1991. ... Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? is the fifteenth episode of The Simpsons second season. ... Barts Dog Gets an F is the sixteenth episode of The Simpsons second season, airing on March 7, 1991. ... Old Money is the 17th episode of the second season of The Simpsons. ... Lisas Substitute is the 19th episode of the second season of The Simpsons. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... Three Men and a Comic Book is the 21st episode of the second season of The Simpsons. ... A feud is a long-running argument or fight between parties—often groups of people, especially families or clans. ... The following is an episode list for the Fox animated television series The Simpsons. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Synopsis

After Bart and Lisa see Krusty do his show at the Mt. Splashmore water park, they ask Homer if they can go there. Homer gets annoyed, but reluctantly decides to take them there. The family goes to Mt. Splashmore, where they ride H2WHOA!, but it is crowded. As Homer goes on H2WHOA!, he gets stuck in there. He is lodged in a section of a pipe, which is taken out. After he is rescued, he realizes that he needs to lose weight, and announces that he will go on a diet. Bartholomew Bart Simpson is a main character in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Nancy Cartwright. ... It has been suggested that Lisas sax solo gags on The Simpsons be merged into this article or section. ... Herschel Pinkus Yerucham Krustofski, more commonly known as Krusty the Clown is a fictional character in the cartoon The Simpsons. ... Homer Jay Simpson is a Grammy and Pulitzer Prize winning main character in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Dan Castellaneta. ...

While Homer is looking for his weights, Bart stumbles on paintings of Ringo Starr that Marge made as a student in high school, when she had a crush on him. Lisa asks Marge what her painting talent was as a schoolgirl, and she says that as a high school student, she was scolded for doing a painting of Ringo Starr. She also recalls sending a painting to him for an "honest opinion", which she also recalls never actually got a response. Lisa suggests that Marge take a painting class at Springfield Community College, which she does. She makes a painting of Homer, which her professor, Lombardo, praises. It wins the college art show. Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940 in Liverpool, England), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English popular musician, singer and actor, best known as the drummer of The Beatles. ... Marjorie Marge Simpson (née Bouvier, approximately age 34), is a fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons and is voiced by Julie Kavner. ... Springfield is the fictional city in which the TV series The Simpsons is set. ...

Mr. Burns wants Marge to paint his portrait for the Burns Wing of the Springfield Art Museum. She reluctantly agrees, as long as Burns insists that the painting portray him as a beautiful man. While Burns heckles Marge as she does the painting, Homer finds out that he weighs 239 pounds, which is 21 less than what it previously was. After Burns insults Homer, Marge insists that he leave the house and is ready to quit until Homer encourages Marge to finish the painting and she gets a reply from Ringo Starr, who is decades behind on answering his fanmail, praising her artwork. She finishes the painting, and at the opening of the Burns Wing, she unveils the painting. The painting depicts a naked, frail, and weak Burns. The people are shocked, until Marge explains that it depicts what Burns actually is: a vulnerable human being which will, one day, be no more. Everyone, even Burns, who is at first outraged but then accepts his new glory, praises Marge's painting. Charles Montgomery Burns, normally referred to as Mr. ...

Additional notes

• This is the first Simpsons episode to make a verbal use of the word "genitalia" (which caused controversy at Fox), and the first episode in which a former member of The Beatles (Ringo Starr) appears.
• Ringo's fellow Beatles would appear in later episodes: George Harrison in "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" and Paul McCartney in "Lisa the Vegetarian". The Simpsons is the only TV show to have three of the four Beatles guest star (John Lennon died in 1980). However, the Lennon song Mother appeared in a later episode, thus meaning that all four Beatle's voices have appeared in the show.
• This episode marks the first appearance of Miss Hoover.
• This episode also marks the first appearance of the Squeaky Voiced Teen.

A sex organ, or primary sexual characteristic, narrowly defined, is any of those parts of the body (which are not always bodily organs according to the strict definition) which are involved in sexual reproduction and constitute the reproductive system in an complex organism; namely: Male: penis (notably the glans penis... The Beatles were a highly influential English rock band from Liverpool. ... Richard Starkey, MBE (born 7 July 1940 in Liverpool, England), known by his stage name Ringo Starr, is an English popular musician, singer and actor, best known as the drummer of The Beatles. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Homers Barbershop Quartet is the first episode of The Simpsons fifth season. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. ... Lisa the Vegetarian is the fifth episode of The Simpsons seventh season. ... John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE (October 9, 1940 – December 8, 1980), (born John Winston Lennon, known as John Ono Lennon) was an iconic English 20th century rock and roll songwriter and singer, best known as the founding member of The Beatles. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Elizabeth Hoover is a fictional character on The Simpsons, voiced by Maggie Roswell and Marcia Mitzman Gaven while Roswell was involved in a pay dispute. ... Jeremy Peterson (or Friedman), aka the Squeaky Voiced Teen (voiced by Dan Castellaneta) is a fictional character in The Simpsons. ...

Cultural References

• "As God as my witness, I'll always be hungry again!!" is a spoof of the famous line from Gone With the Wind.
• Homer works out to music that is similar to the montage music from Rocky.
• As Homer approaches the scale, the music from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly is heard.
• A montage sequence of Marge attempting to paint Burns' portrait features Ringo Starr's hit single "It Don't Come Easy".
• A painting of what looks like a Campbell's soup can is visible at the gallery, in a reference to Andy Warhol.

Gone with the Wind, an American novel by Margaret Mitchell, was published in 1936 and won the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. ... For other uses, see Rocky (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... It Dont Come Easy is a song written by Ringo Starr, which was released as a single in April 1971, reaching #4 in both the UK and US singles charts. ... Campbell Soup Company ( NYSE: CPB) (also known as Campbells) is undeniably the most well-known producer of canned soups and related products in the United States (and possibly the world). ... Andy Warhol, photographed by Helmut Newton. ...

Goofs

• When Carl is talking with the guy who delivers donuts, he speaks with Lenny's voice.

Carl Carlson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons. ... A chocolate-glazed doughnut A doughnut, or donut, is a deep-fried piece of dough or batter. ... Lenford Lenny Leonard is a fictional character in The Simpsons, voiced by Harry Shearer. ...

External links

• Episode Capsule on "Simpsons Archive"
• "Brush with Greatness" at the Internet Movie Database