The Simpsons episode
"Lisa's Sax"
Episode no.	181
Prod. code	3G02
Orig. airdate	October 19, 1997
Written by	Al Jean
Directed by	Dominic Polcino
Chalkboard	"I no longer want my MTV"
Couch gag	The family portrayed with Nesting dolls.
Guest star(s)	Fyvush Finkel as himself playing Krusty
DVD commentary	Al Jean Mike Reiss Dominic Polcino
Season 9 September 21, 1997 – May 17, 1998
The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson The Principal and the Pauper Lisa's Sax Treehouse of Horror VIII The Cartridge Family Bart Star The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons Lisa the Skeptic Realty Bites Miracle on Evergreen Terrace All Singing, All Dancing Bart Carny The Joy of Sect Das Bus The Last Temptation of Krust Dumbbell Indemnity Lisa the Simpson This Little Wiggy Simpson Tide The Trouble with Trillions Girly Edition Trash of the Titans King of the Hill Lost Our Lisa Natural Born Kissers
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Plot

Homer and Marge play the piano and sing a song on their past days. Shortly after, we hear a clap from an unseen audience. While Homer and Bart watch a Krusty the Clown episode, their laughs get interrupted by the noise played from Lisa's saxophone from her bedroom. Homer asks her to stop to which Lisa responds that she has to have an hour of practice everyday. Bart enters Lisa's bedroom and tries to grab the saxophone from her. Because of the struggle with Bart, he inadvertently tosses Lisa's saxophone through the window and is driven over by a car, a truck, jumped over by Nelson Muntz and a man on a tricycle tumbles after driving over it in their street in Evergreen Terrace. Homer Jay Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Dan Castellaneta. ... Marjorie Marge Simpson (née Bouvier) is a fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons and is voiced by Julie Kavner. ... A short grand piano, with the top up. ... Bart and his sister Lisa as news anchors. ... Herschel Pinkus Yerucham Krustofski (‎, born c. ... Lisa Marie Simpson is a character in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Yeardley Smith; Lisa is the only character Smith voices on a regular basis. ... The saxophone (colloquially referred to as sax) is a conical-bored instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece like the clarinet. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Arte Johnson (born January 20, 1929), full name Arthur Stanton Eric Johnson, is a comedic actor. ...

In a period of mourning, Lisa reveals she cannot remember ever not having that saxophone, so Homer recounts the instrument's origins. He said that after Bart's very first day at school he felt very depressed by a threat from Jimbo Jones, Groundskeeper Willie, and others. Then Homer and Marge, again, play the piano and sing how things went better after that. But Lisa commented that it was a good story but complained that it had nothing to do with the origins of the saxophone. Then Marge tells the right story. It starts with Bart having experiences at school, and how his initial enthusiasm was crushed by an uncaring teacher, who offended him because of his failure to recite the alphabet, eventually turning Bart into the troublemaker he is today. He drew a violent sketch of his feelings and Marge became worried that something was truly wrong with him. It was during discussions of Bart's future that the school psychologist realized the young Lisa completed a complicated puzzle of Taj Mahal and said her age was 3 years and three-eights. The psychologist told Homer and Marge that they needed to nurture her gifted spirit. They tried to send Lisa to a private school, to which 75% of its students immediately got promoted to Grade One. However, the tuition fee cost $6000. Realising that it could have improved her intelligence, they had no choice but to try something else. Corky James Jimbo Jones (voiced by Pamela Hayden) is a character from the TV show The Simpsons. ... Groundskeeper Willie (a. ... The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. ... A psychologist is a scientist and/or clinician who studies psychology, the systematic investigation of the human mind, including behavior and cognition. ... Taj Mahal Location of the Taj Mahal within India The Taj Mahal (Devanagari: ताज महल, Nastaliq: تاج محل) is a mausoleum located in Agra, India. ... Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public (state) funds. ...

A terrible heat wave hit Springfield and Homer felt hot while watching television. Marge said that they saved $200. Homer insisted on spending the money on an air conditioner as their stopgap solution ( Snowball 1 fanning some ice) was getting cranky. Marge asked him to nurture her gifted abilities and thus, he was not helping Lisa one bit. Back at school, while his will-be-friend Milhouse drank soy milk, Bart made a funny gesture, making Milhouse spit the milk and finding him funny. He embarrassed Principal Skinner in front of the whole kindergarten, also making them all laugh. Meanwhile, Homer sacrificed his air conditioner to Lisa's first saxophone, which both valued $200 each. The music store manager asked Homer for an inscription on the saxophone, which Homer accepted. He said that the inscription will be "Remember that your father Homer loves---". But he dropped the sax prompting him to say "D'oh!". The whole thing he said including the "D'oh!" is included on the now crushed saxophone. Homer complains that the house has no air conditioner for many years, but decides to buy another saxophone for Lisa, again. This one says "May your new saxophone bring you many years of D'oh!". Temperature difference in Europe from the average during the European heat wave of 2003 A heat wave is a prolonged period of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by high humidity. ... Note: in the broadest sense, air conditioning can refer to any form of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning. ... Milhouse Mussolini Van Houten is a fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons, voiced by Pamela Hayden. ... A can of Yeos soy milk, poured into a glass Soymilk (also called soya milk or soybean milk, and sometimes referred to as soy drink/beverage and even soy latte) is a beverage made from soybeans originating from China. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Trivia

• In addition to revealing Bart's reasons for being a troublemaker and underachiever, this episode is also notable for fuelling suspicions of Milhouse's sexuality, after a school psychologist identifies the young Milhouse as having "flamboyantly homosexual tendencies." The episode is also notable for a rare glimpse at Snowball I.
• This is the last episode in which Doris Grau has a speaking role as Lunchlady Doris (although this episode aired nearly two years after her death). It would also mark the final time the character would speak until Season 18's "The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer" (voiced by Tress MacNeille).
• This was the first of very few things Al Jean ever wrote without Mike Reiss.
• There is a goof involving the air conditioner scene, where Rod and Todd are 9 and 10 during the flashback, the same age they are currently. Bart and Lisa's ages are also goofed as well, since the episode aired in 1997. This would make Lisa age 1 and Bart age 3 because it flashed back to 1990 when 1992 would actually have fit their ages.
• The origin of the catchphrase 'Eat my shorts' is from when Principal Skinner tells Bart to apologize for his impressions.
• This is also the last mention of Snowball I until Season 15.
• This is the only episode that shows the music store King Toot's across the street from Moe's. All others show it next to Moe's, such as in "Lisa's Pony."
• The saxaphone solo from the song Baker Street (song) by Gerry Rafferty is featured at the end of the show.

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Cultural references

• While telling Bart and Lisa about 1990, Homer says "the Tracey Ullman was entertaining America with...crudely-drawn filler material". This is a reference to The Simpsons' debut as "bumpers" airing before and after the show's commercials.
• Bart's blackboard punishment "I don't want my MTV" is a reference to the old MTV slogan "I Want My MTV" (and a jab at the channel's declining quality due to lack of music videos and an uptick in non-music related shows, like "The Real World").
• The song "Those Were the Days" parodies the opening credits of the classic television show All in the Family
• In the flashback, Dr. Hibbert fashioned his hair and attire like Mr. T in The A-Team.
• The song Lisa plays on her new saxophone near the end of the episode, is "Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty
• A flashback to 1990 shows Homer watching Twin Peaks as Dale Cooper remarks, "That's some damn fine coffee you got here in Twin Peaks... and damn good cherry pie." The Giant is then shown waltzing with a white horse, under a tree with a traffic light hanging from a branch. Homer says: "Brilliant! I have absolutely no idea what's going on."
• When Lisa's saxophone gets run over, one of the people who runs over it is a man on a tricycle, who promptly falls over. This is a reference to a character played by Arte Johnson, an old man in a raincoat on a tricycle, which is a running gag from the NBC variety show Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In.
• When little Bart skips along the grass, he bears a resemblance to Charlie Brown sketches.
• In King Toot's music store, when Homer buys Lisa her first saxophone there is a guitar in the background that is similar to Eddie Van Halen's "Frankenstein" guitar.

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