"Lisa the Iconoclast" is the sixteenth episode of The Simpsons' seventh season, and is probably the most important episode for Jebediah Springfield since "The Telltale Head". The episode's plot bears a striking resemblance to the short story The Washingtonians by Bentley Little. Al Jean (left) and David Mirkin (right), have both been writers for The Simpsons for more than ten years. ... Jonathan Collier is an American Television writer, best known for his work on The Simpsons and King of the Hill. ... The three people are caricatures of (left to right) Rich Moore, Wes Archer and David Silverman[1] The following is a list of directors who have worked on the Fox animated television series The Simpsons. ... Mike B. Anderson is a TV director who works on The Simpsons and has directed numerous episodes to this show. ... The couch gag is a running visual joke in the opening credits of the animated television series The Simpsons. ... 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The guest star is Donald Sutherland, whose son and fellow Canadian actor Kiefer Sutherland would go on to guest star on The Simpsons in the episodes "G.I. D'oh" and "24 Minutes". Sutherland also played a character named "Homer Simpson" in the 1974 film The Day of the Locust and worked with Yeardley Smith (the voice of Lisa) on Heaven Help Us, which was Smith's first film. Writer David X. Cohen created the word "cromulent" in the episode, which was intended to sound like a real word but play on the fact that it and "embiggens" are completely fabricated. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Kiefer William Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland (born December 21, 1966) is an Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning Canadian television and film actor, well known for his role of Jack Bauer on the television series 24. ... G.I. Doh is an episode from the Eighteenth Season of The Simpsons. ... 24 Minutes is the twenty-first episode of The Simpsons eighteenth season and aired on May 20, 2007 as part of the one hour season finale, alongside the episode You Kent Always Say What You Want. It was originally promoted as being the 400th episode,[1] but aired as the... The Day of the Locust is a 1975 film based on the 1939 novel by American author Nathanael West, set in Hollywood, California during the Great Depression, depicting the alienation and desperation of a disparate group of individuals whose dreams of success have effectively failed. ... Martha Maria Yeardley Smith (; born July 3, 1964) is an American actress and voice actor who is best known for providing the voice of Lisa Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons. ... A B-side from the rock group My Chemical Romances 2006 album The Black Parade. ... David X. Cohen (born 1966), born David Samuel Cohen, is an American television writer. ... This article or section contains speculation and may try to argue its points. ... Several memes (often neologisms) that started on The Simpsons have now become mainstream words or sayings. ... Several memes (often neologisms) that started on The Simpsons have now become mainstream words or sayings. ...

Plot

As Springfield celebrates its bicentennial, Lisa Simpson makes the shocking discovery that the town's beloved founder, the late Jebediah Springfield, was actually a villainous pirate and enemy of George Washington who kept his dark past hidden. Lisa's revelations do not go over well with the town, of course, resulting in an "F" on the report and getting banned from the Historical Society (along with, at first, her future children and grandchildren) for three months. However, the municipal government is convinced to check Mr. Springfield's body for evidence of a legendary silver tongue by exhuming his body. The skeleton contains no silver tongue, despite Lisa's suspicions that it would. However, Lisa soon figures out that the town historian Hollis Hurlbut stole the tongue before anyone else could see it. She tracks him down and confronts him, and he confesses that he wanted to protect the myth of the silver tongue. The two decide to go public with their discovery, but just as Lisa is about to, she then realizes Jebediah Springfield's good image means too much to the town, so she decides to keep the truth a secret. // Look up Springfield in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... 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. ... Look up pirate and piracy in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799)[1] led Americas Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and in 1789 was elected the first President of the United States of America. ... This article is about the chemical element. ... This article includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ...

Cromulent and embiggens

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Cromulent means valid, acceptable, or possibly commonplace, coined by David Cohen for the episode "Lisa the Iconoclast"; embiggen, coined by Dan Greaney, means "to make bigger," or, used symbolically, means "to empower". The DVD commentary for "Lisa the Iconoclast" makes a point of reinforcing that "embiggens" and "cromulent" were completely made up by the writers and have since taken on a life of their own via the Internet and other media. "Cromulent" has since appeared in the Webster’s New Millennium Dictionary of English.^[1] Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... David X. Cohen (born 1966), born David Samuel Cohen, is an American television writer. ... Dan Greaney is a writer for The Simpsons. ... 1888 advertisement for Websters Dictionary Websters Dictionary is the common title given to English language dictionaries in the United States, derived from American lexicographer Noah Webster. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

When schoolteacher Edna Krabappel hears the Springfield town motto "A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man," she comments she'd never heard the word "embiggens" before moving to Springfield. Miss Hoover, another teacher, replies, "I don’t know why; it’s a perfectly cromulent word." Later in the episode, while talking about Homer’s audition for the role of town crier, Principal Skinner states "He's embiggened that role with his cromulent performance." Ms. ... For other uses, see Springfield. ... For other uses, see Motto (disambiguation). ... A town crier is a person who is employed by a town council to make public announcements in the streets. ...

In 2006, a string theory paper by Shamit Kachru and three colleagues used "embiggen" to describe the Myers effect on D-branes: "...we could argue that there is a competing effect which can overcome the desire of the anti-D3s to embiggen, namely their attraction towards the wrapped D5s." ^[2] Upon reviewing the paper, another scientist commented that its references were "perfectly cromulent". ^[3] Interaction in the subatomic world: world lines of pointlike particles in the Standard Model or a world sheet swept up by closed strings in string theory String theory is a model of fundamental physics, whose building blocks are one-dimensional extended objects called strings, rather than the zero-dimensional point... Shamit Kachru is a string theorist who is a professor of physics at Stanford University and at SLAC. He is the son of the Kashmiri scholar Braj Kachru. ... In theoretical physics, D-branes are a special class of p-branes, named for the mathematician Johann Dirichlet. ...

Cultural references

The name of Donald Sutherland's character, Hollis Hurlbut, is based on the names of two Harvard freshman dorms, Hollis Hall and Hurlbut Hall. (List of Harvard dormitories) As many fans have probably noted, a large number of Simpsons writers (past and present) are Harvard College alumni. Hurlbut's line "Here's Johnny-cakes!" spoofs the line spoken by Ed McMahon in the opening line given to introduce Johnny Carson on The Tonight Show. This is a list of dormitories at Harvard College. ... This is a list of dormitories at Harvard College. ... This is a list of dormitories at Harvard College. ... Harvard Yard Harvard College is the undergraduate section and oldest school of Harvard University, founded in 1636 by the Massachusetts Legislature. ... Edward Ed Peter Leo McMahon, Jr. ... For other persons named John Carson, see John Carson (disambiguation). ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Lisa jokingly claims she has "Chester A. Arthritis" in the historical society. This is a reference to the twenty first president of the United States Chester A. Arthur. Hollis Hurlbut appears to have not understood the joke, as he asks Lisa if she had arthritis. According to show runner Bill Oakley in the commentary for the episode, this line was improvised by guest star Donald Sutherland. Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was an American politician who served as the 21st President of the United States. ... Arthritis (from Greek arthro-, joint + -itis, inflammation; plural: arthritides) is a group of conditions where there is damage caused to the joints of the body. ...

Jebediah Springfield and the annual Springfield anniversary parallel Christopher Columbus and the annual national holiday which bears his name. In the episode it is revealed by Lisa that Springfield was not a hero but a pirate - not entirely unlike Columbus' own dubious character. The parade scene at the end is a take off on the parade at the end of Animal House, a movie Donald Sutherland starred in. Christopher Columbus (1451 – May 20, 1506) was a navigator and colonialist who is one of the first Europeans to discover the Americas, after the Vikings. ... National Lampoons Animal House is a 1978 comedy film in which a misfit group of fraternity boys take on the system at their college. ...

The actual reason for the tear in Washington's painting was that First Lady Dolley Madison tore it out of its frame when the Presidential Mansion was on fire during the Burning of Washington in the War of 1812. First Lady Laura Bush and former first ladies (from left to right) Rosalynn Carter, Sen. ... This article is about a U.S. First Lady (the wife of James Madison). ... For other uses, see White House (disambiguation). ... Combatants Great Britain United States Commanders Robert Ross George Cockburn Unknown Strength 4,250 Unknown The Burning of Washington is the name given to the razing of Washington, D.C., by British forces during the War of 1812. ... This article is about the U.S. – U.K. war. ...

When Jebediah Springfield's grave is being dug up, the shovel flings dirt onto the grave of Adlai Stevenson. Stevenson was buried in his hometown of Bloomington, Illinois. Adlai Ewing Stevenson II (February 5, 1900 – July 14, 1965) was an American politician, noted for intellectual demeanor and advocacy of liberal causes in the Democratic party. ... United States Illinois McLean 22. ...

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