The Telltale Head
- Episode aired Feb 25, 1990
- TV-14
- 30m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
4.7K
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Bart gets more than he bargained for when he saws the head off a statue of the town's founder.Bart gets more than he bargained for when he saws the head off a statue of the town's founder.Bart gets more than he bargained for when he saws the head off a statue of the town's founder.
Dan Castellaneta
- Homer Simpson
- (voice)
- …
Julie Kavner
- Marge Simpson
- (voice)
Nancy Cartwright
- Bart Simpson
- (voice)
- …
Yeardley Smith
- Lisa Simpson
- (voice)
Harry Shearer
- Rev. Lovejoy
- (voice)
- …
Marcia Wallace
- Edna Krabappel
- (voice)
Hank Azaria
- Boyfriend in Movie
- (voice)
- …
Pamela Hayden
- Janey Powell
- (voice)
- …
Tress MacNeille
- Ms. Albright
- (voice)
- …
Christopher Collins
- Mr. Burns
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFirst appearances of: Apu, Krusty the Clown, Sideshow Bob, Jimbo, Dolph, Kearney, Reverend Lovejoy and Ms. Albright, the Sunday School teacher.
- GoofsThe colors on the desert island painting above the Simpson couch are switched. The island itself is colored in blue, and the sea is colored in a sandy color.
- Quotes
Bart: It's just a statue.
Marge Simpson: It's the statue of the trailblazing founder of our town!
Lisa Simpson: It's a symbol of what we can all do if we put our minds to it!
Homer Simpson: Just a statue? Is the Statue of Liberty just a statue? Is the Leaning Tower of Pizza just a statue?
- Alternate versionsThe DVD release of "The Complete First Season" has a slighty shorter version of the episode "The Telltale Head" than was originally telecast. Near the end of the network version of the episode when the mob is about to attack Bart and Homer, Bart makes a speech to the mob about "taking the town's heritage for granted", which finally convinces the mob to let them go. On the DVD release, however, this short speech is absent and it quickly jumps to the mob deciding to leave them alone &emdash because it did not exist in the original reel of the episode that Groening and Brooks delivered to the Fox Network! The speech Bart made about the mob "taking the town's heritage for granted" was the editorial creation of the network censors in compliance of the FCC's 1989 ruling that every serial animated television show transmitted include at least 28 seconds of educational content.
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Worst Things Bart Simpson Has Done (2018)
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The eighth episode of the first season, "The Telltale Head" really shows how much more confidence the makers had in this show. The show is really starting to come on in to it's own and this episode proves it. We meet some new characters such as the three bad bullies and the Kwik-Mart owner. There are some funny jokes here and I especially loved the scenes that features Bart and Homer.
This episode begins with Bart and Homer running away from an angry mob and as they are cornered, Bart tells his story about how he was pressured to cut off the head of the founder of Springfield's statue in order to impress some school bullies.
Overall, this is a very good episode and a Simpson's classic. I loved how this episode references Edgar Allan Poe's "The Telltale Heart." This was a very amusing episode and is one of my favorites so far. I rate this episode 9/10.
This episode begins with Bart and Homer running away from an angry mob and as they are cornered, Bart tells his story about how he was pressured to cut off the head of the founder of Springfield's statue in order to impress some school bullies.
Overall, this is a very good episode and a Simpson's classic. I loved how this episode references Edgar Allan Poe's "The Telltale Heart." This was a very amusing episode and is one of my favorites so far. I rate this episode 9/10.
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- g-bodyl
- Nov 8, 2013
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