"When You Dish Upon a Star" | |
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The Simpsons episode | |
Episode no. | Season 10 Episode 5 |
Directed by | Pete Michels |
Written by | Richard Appel |
Production code | 5F19 |
Original air date | November 8, 1998 |
Guest appearances | |
Alec Baldwin as himself Kim Basinger as herself Ron Howard as himself Brian Grazer as himself | |
Episode features | |
Chalkboard gag | "butt.butt is not my e-mail address"[1] |
Couch gag | Marge carries a laundry basket and hangs wet sheet versions of Homer, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie on a clothesline in the living room.[2] |
Commentary | Mike Scully Ron Hauge Matt Selman Richard Appel Pete Michels |
"When You Dish Upon a Star" is the fifth episode of the tenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on November 8, 1998. When the family spends the day at Lake Springfield, Homer meets Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger (voicing themselves), who is hiding from the media in their secluded summer home. Homer starts to work for them, developing a good friendship, but he soon reveals their secrets to the public, damaging his new friendship with them. It was the last Simpsons episode written by Richard Appel, and was directed by Pete Michels.[2]