The Simpsons episode
"Jazzy and the Pussycats"
Episode no.	380
Prod. code	HABF18
Orig. Airdate	September 17, 2006
Writer(s)	Daniel Chun
Director(s)	Steven Dean Moore
Couch gag	Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie sit on the couch. The camera pulls back and we see a window with a King Kong-esque Homer who grabs Marge and climbs the building while fending off airplanes.
Guest star(s)	The White Stripes (Jack White, Meg White)
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Season 18 September 10, 2006 – May 20, 2007
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"Jazzy and the Pussycats" is the second episode of The Simpsons' eighteenth season. The following is an episode list for the Fox animated television series The Simpsons. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... The Simpsons 18th season (2006 - 2007) began on Fox on September 10, 2006[1] and will end on May 20, 2007. ...

Synopsis

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While attending the funeral for Amber, Homer's now dead Vegas Wife, Bart gets bored and plays a game of paddleball, which goes awry. As a result, he is forced to see a psychiatrist who suggests Bart get a drum kit. Bart gets a kit and instantly becomes a natural at it. He practices 24/7, and bumps into the White Stripes who are playing a music video. Eventually, his drumming drives Homer and Marge mad and Lisa suggests to her parents that she can take Bart to a jazz brunch. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (757x898, 483 KB) Summary Promotional artwork for The Simpsons episode Jazzy and the Pussycats. Source http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (757x898, 483 KB) Summary Promotional artwork for The Simpsons episode Jazzy and the Pussycats. Source http://www. ... The Simpson Family The Simpson family is the title family featured in the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. ... Viva Ned Flanders is the tenth episode of The Simpsons tenth season. ... The White Stripes are a minimalist rock and roll duo from Detroit, formed in 1997. ... The Hardest Button to Button is a single by The White Stripes. ... Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States at around the start of the 20th century, mostly popular in the 1920s. ... Brunch is a late morning meal between the typical time for breakfast and lunch, as a replacement for both meals, usually eaten when one rises too late to eat breakfast, or as a specially-planned meal. ...

Lisa asks Bart to jazz along with her quintet, which he does. Bart easily overshadows everyone, including Lisa, and a legendary jazz group asks him to play with them, much to Lisa's chagrin.

Bart's drumming is such a success that he's a town icon and made the front cover of two magazines, thus making Lisa very, very jealous. Marge decides to let Lisa adopt a puppy in order to make her happy. At the animal shelter, Lisa picks the cutest puppy over a very sick dog that would otherwise die. At night, the sick dog comes in a ghost-like form to tell her that his fate is doomed because she chose the other dog over him. Lisa decides to go back and adopt the sick puppy, but after seeing how sick many of them are, she decides to adopt them all in order to save their lives. On her way home, many other animals joined her, including a horde of circus animals. Having nowhere to put them, Lisa puts them in an attic.

After dinner that night, Lisa goes into the attic and finds Bart and his jazz with the animals she rescued. A tiger bites Bart's "drumming arm" causing extensive nerve damage and meaning that he can no longer drum.

In order to raise money for the operation he needs, Bart organizes a benefit concert with his Jazz friends. Meanwhile, Lisa is informed that her animals will be taken to a pound and killed if she cannot find a suitable home for them. In the end, Bart feels empathy for Lisa and decides to use the money to build a home for the animals.

Cultural references

• The episode's title is a play on the fictitious rock band Josie and the Pussycats.
• The scene where Lisa is accumulating animals while strolling down the street is a nod to the opening credits from Quentin Tarantino's 1992 film Reservoir Dogs.

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Trivia

• Simpsons writer George Meyer can briefly be seen in this episode in animated form in the scene where Bart walks down the street.
• One of the musicians in Krusty the Clown's list of performers near the end of the episode is Richard Sakai. Sakai is one of The Simpsons producers. He is shown playing a vibraphone.
• This is the first time since "Treehouse of Horror III" that King Homer has appeared (though only in the couch gag).
• The Blue Man Group attends Amber's funeral. In a previous episode, "Million Dollar Abie", their bodies can be seen on a Las Vegas garbage barge.

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Goofs

The child psychiatrist that the Simpsons take Bart to is a mirror image of the marriage counselor that Homer and Marge go to in "Brake My Wife, Please" Brake My Wife, Please is an episode of the fourteenth season of The Simpsons that aired on May 11, 2003. ...

Music in this episode

• Songs in this episode:
  • "Killer Joe" (played by the kids at the Jazzy Goodtime's)
  • "Take Five", written by Paul Desmond and originally performed by The Dave Brubeck Quartet (played at the Jazzy Goodtime's, featuring Lisa on the saxophone)
  • "The Hardest Button to Button" by The White Stripes (The video is homaged at extreme length)
  • "Big Noise From Winnetka" (played shortly after, featuring Bart on the drums) - This song is also played in an earlier episode when Lisa is listening to the radio.
  • "Little Green Bag" by the George Baker Selection (played while Lisa gathers the animals)
  • "Caravan" originally written by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington and performed by Duke Ellington (played on the benefit concert)