Bart on the Road

"Bart on the Road"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.Season 7
Episode 20
Directed bySwinton O. Scott III
Written byRichard Appel
Production code3F17
Original air dateMarch 31, 1996 (1996-03-31)
Guest appearance
  • Jim Lau as Hong Kong Doctor
Episode features
Couch gagThe Simpsons are set onto the couch like bowling pins.
CommentaryMatt Groening
Bill Oakley
Josh Weinstein
Richard Appel
David Silverman
Episode chronology
List of episodes

"Bart on the Road" is the twentieth episode of the seventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 31, 1996. In the episode, Bart makes his own fake driver's license and takes Milhouse, Martin, and Nelson on a road trip that goes awry, and Lisa has to help them get back home after they become stranded far away from Springfield.

The episode was written by Richard Appel, and directed by Swinton O. Scott III. The idea of a road trip was "so exciting" that the writers immediately knew they wanted to write it. The episode features cultural references to the 1991 film Naked Lunch, American singer Andy Williams, and Look magazine.

Since airing, the episode has received positive reviews from television critics; Central Michigan Life named it the eighth-best episode of the series. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 7.2, and was the fifth-highest-rated show on the Fox network the week it aired.


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