The Simpsons season 8

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The Simpsons
Season 8
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DVD cover featuring the Simpson family (Maggie, Homer, Bart, Marge, Lisa, Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II)
No. of episodes25
Release
Original network Fox
Original releaseOctober 27, 1996 (1996-10-27) –
May 18, 1997 (1997-05-18)
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The eighth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons originally aired on the Fox network between October 27, 1996, and May 18, 1997, beginning with "Treehouse of Horror VII". The showrunners for the eighth production season were Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein, while the season was produced by Gracie Films and 20th Century Fox Television. [1] The broadcast season contained two episodes with 3F-series production codes, indicating that were hold-over episodes from the seventh production season, and two episodes with 3G-series production codes, which have never been explicitly confirmed to be part of any specific production season (but are speculated to be relabeled 3F-series episodes)

Contents

The DVD box set was released in Region 1 on August 15, 2006, Region 2 on October 2, 2006, and Region 4 on September 27, 2006. The set was released in two different forms: a Maggie-shaped head to match the Homer and Marge shaped heads of the previous two sets and also a standard rectangular shaped box. Like the seventh season box set, both versions are available for sale separately.

Voice cast & characters

Johnny Cash guest-starred as the Space Coyote in the episode "The Mysterious Voyage of Homer". Cash has been named by several critics as one of the best guest voices in The Simpsons history. Johnny Cash Promotional Photo 2.jpg
Johnny Cash guest-starred as the Space Coyote in the episode "The Mysterious Voyage of Homer". Cash has been named by several critics as one of the best guest voices in The Simpsons history.

Main cast

Recurring

Guest stars

Reception

Season eight received critical acclaim and won multiple awards, including two Emmy Awards: "Homer's Phobia" won for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) in 1997, [2] and Alf Clausen and Ken Keeler won for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics" with the song "We Put the Spring in Springfield" from the episode "Bart After Dark". [3] Clausen also received an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Music Direction" for "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious". [4] "Brother from Another Series" was nominated for the Emmy for "Sound Mixing For a Comedy Series or a Special". [5] For "Homer's Phobia", Mike Anderson won the Annie Award for Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a TV Production, and the WAC Winner Best Director for Primetime Series at the 1998 World Animation Celebration. [6] Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation awarded the episode the GLAAD Media Award for "Outstanding TV – Individual Episode". [7] On Rotten Tomatoes, the eighth season of The Simpsons has a 100% approval rating based on 7 critical reviews. [8]

Episodes

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Notes

  1. ↑ (HH) denotes that the numbers listed are the number of households the episode was viewed in.
No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateProd.
code		U.S. viewers
(millions)
1541"Treehouse of Horror VII" Mike B. Anderson Ken Keeler October 27, 1996 (1996-10-27)4F0218.3 [9]
Dan Greaney
David X. Cohen
A Halloween special which is divided into three short stories:
The Thing and I – Bart discovers he has an evil twin, who is living in the Simpsons' attic.
The Genesis Tub – After intending to prove that sugary drinks will rot teeth, Lisa creates her own miniature universe.
Citizen Kang – Kang and Kodos impersonate presidential candidates Bill Clinton and Bob Dole in order to invade Earth. [1]
1552"You Only Move Twice"Mike B. Anderson John Swartzwelder November 3, 1996 (1996-11-03)3F2313.9 [10]
When Homer accepts a new job at the Globex Corporation the Simpson family moves to Cypress Creek. Homer enjoys his new work and his easy-going boss, but is completely unaware that his boss is an evil genius and that the company is a vehicle for international extortion. The rest of the family have trouble settling in Cypress Creek and begin to get homesick, so Homer must make a choice between Cypress Creek and Springfield. [11]
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