"The Canine Mutiny" | |
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The Simpsons episode | |
![]() Bart and Laddie dispose of the credit card. | |
Episode no. | Season 8 Episode 20 |
Directed by | Dominic Polcino |
Written by | Ron Hauge |
Production code | 4F16 |
Original air date | April 13, 1997 |
Guest appearance | |
Frank Welker as Laddie | |
Episode features | |
Chalkboard gag | "A fire drill does not demand a fire"[1] |
Couch gag | The couch is folded out into a bed with Grampa asleep on it. Grampa can only utter a cry of “Huh?” before The Simpsons fold him into the couch as they sit down as normal.[2] |
Commentary | Josh Weinstein Dominic Polcino George Meyer |
"The Canine Mutiny" is the twentieth episode of the eighth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 13, 1997. It was written by Ron Hauge and directed by Dominic Polcino.[1] Bart fraudulently applies for a credit card and uses it to buy an expensive trained dog called Laddie. It guest stars voice actor Frank Welker as Laddie,[2] a parody of Lassie. The episode's title references the novel The Caine Mutiny.