"The Simpsons"
Smoke on the Daughter (2008)

Director:

Lance Kramer

Writers:

Matt Groening (creator)
James L. Brooks (developer) ...

TV Series:

"The Simpsons" (1989)

Original Air Date:

30 March 2008 (Season 19, Episode 15)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Plot:

Marge has Lisa take up ballet, mainly to have Lisa live out her own childhood dreams. Lisa then succumbs to peer pressure from her ballet mates and takes up smoking. Meanwhile, Homer and Bart try to start their own beef jerky business. |

Plot Keywords:

Underage Smoking | Second Hand Smoke | Ballerina | Nicotine Addiction | Raccoon

Cast

Dan Castellaneta	...	Homer Simpson (voice)
Julie Kavner	...	Marge Simpson (voice)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Bart Simpson / Nelson Munz (voice)
Yeardley Smith	...	Lisa Simpson (voice)
Hank Azaria	...	Chief Wiggum (voice)
Harry Shearer	...	Skinner (voice)
Pamela Hayden	...	Milhouse (voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	Ballerina (voice)
Russi Taylor	...	Martin (voice)
Karl Wiedergott	...	(voice)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR | Dolby

Company:

Gracie Films

Quotes:

Bart Simpson: Dad, you never win against animals. Remember your war with the worms?
Homer Simpson: That was not a defeat, that was a gradual withdrawl.
Bart Simpson: THen why did they made you build that statue?
[Points at statue of Homer bowing at a worm, titled "Worms are better than me"]
Homer Simpson: They multiply when I cut them. I can't fight that.

Movie Connections:

References "Friends" (1994)

Soundtrack:

Sleeping Beauty

An excellent episode

"Smoke on the Daughter" is a brilliant, and very funny episode of "The Simpsons". In this episode, Marge encourages Lisa to take up ballet as the ballet teacher says that Lisa has talent, but mainly the reason is that Marge wants Lisa to do it because she always wanted to be one but was never good enough. Meanwhile, Bart and Homer try to start their own beef jerky business but an encounter with raccoons puts an end to it. Also, Lisa finds, like her other fellow ballet mates do, that smoking helps them relax and perform better.

"Smoke on the Daughter" is yet another brilliant episode of "The Simpsons". The great humour is still there and the show is showing no signs of deteriorating. My favourite part in this episode is the "Apocalypse Now" spoof which I thought was excellent. I will definitely watch this episode again.