Bart vs. Thanksgiving

"**Bart vs. Thanksgiving**"
"Bart vs. Thanksgiving"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.	Season 2; Episode 7
Directed by	David Silverman
Written by	George Meyer
Production code	7F07
Original air date	November 22, 1990
Guest appearances
	Greg Berg as Rory; Carol Kane as Maggie Simpson (uncredited);
Episode features
Chalkboard gag	"I will not do that thing with my tongue"
Couch gag	The family finds Grampa sleeping on the couch.
Commentary	Matt Groening; James L. Brooks; George Meyer; Al Jean; Mike Reiss; David Silverman
Episode chronology
← Previous; "Dead Putting Society"	Next →; "Bart the Daredevil"
	The Simpsons season 2
	List of episodes

"Bart vs. Thanksgiving" is the seventh episode of the second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on Thanksgiving, November 22, 1990. In the episode, Bart runs away from home after destroying a centerpiece that Lisa makes for the Thanksgiving dinner table.

The episode was written by George Meyer and directed by David Silverman. Voice actor Greg Berg guest starred as Rory, one of the homeless people at the soup kitchen. The episode features cultural references to Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and the poets Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, and Edgar Allan Poe. Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from critics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 11.9, and was the third highest-rated show on Fox the week it aired.

^ Reiss, Mike (2018). Springfield Confidential. HarperCollins. p. Chapter 7. ISBN 978-0062748058.
^ Jean, Al [@AlJean] (June 27, 2018). "Bart v thanksgiving" (Tweet). Retrieved January 15, 2022 – via Twitter.

[Confidential-1] Reiss, Mike (2018). Springfield Confidential. HarperCollins. p. Chapter 7. ISBN 978-0062748058.

[JeanTwitter-2] Jean, Al [@AlJean] (June 27, 2018). "Bart v thanksgiving" (Tweet). Retrieved January 15, 2022 – via Twitter.

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