"Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" | |
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The Simpsons episode | |
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Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 19 |
Directed by | Bob Anderson |
Written by | Bill Oakley Josh Weinstein |
Production code | 1F18 |
Original air date | April 28, 1994 |
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Episode features | |
Chalkboard gag | "I will not celebrate meaningless milestones" |
Couch gag | The Simpsons sit on the couch as a translucent Fox network watermark logo appears in the lower right-hand corner of the screen. Homer peels off the logo and everyone stomps on it. |
Commentary | Matt Groening David Mirkin Bill Oakley Josh Weinstein Bob Anderson David Silverman |
"Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" is the nineteenth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 100th episode overall. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 28, 1994. In the episode, Superintendent Chalmers fires Principal Skinner after a disaster at the school. Bart, feeling partially responsible for Skinner's firing, tries to help his old principal get his job back.
The episode was written by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein, and directed by Bob Anderson. It was selected for release in a 1999 video collection of selected episodes called The Simpsons: Greatest Hits. The episode features cultural references to films such as Alien, Crocodile Dundee and Full Metal Jacket and the television series The Wonder Years. The title is a reference to the film Sweet Sweetback's Baadasssss Song. Baby Gerald, Luigi Risotto, Assistant Superintendent Leopold, and Flanders' parents make their debuts in this episode.
Since airing, the episode has received a positive critical reception from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 12.7, and was the highest-rated show on the Fox network the week it aired.