Bart's Dog Gets an "F"

"**Bart's Dog Gets an 'F'**"
"Bart's Dog Gets an 'F'"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.	Season 2; Episode 16
Directed by	Jim Reardon
Written by	Jon Vitti
Production code	7F14
Original air date	March 7, 1991
Guest appearances
	Tracey Ullman as Emily Winthrop and Sylvia Winfield; Frank Welker as animal voices;
Episode features
Chalkboard gag	"I will not sell school property" (recycled from "Bart Gets Hit by a Car")
Couch gag	The Simpsons sit on the couch with Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II.
Commentary	Matt Groening; Jon Vitti; Al Jean; Jim Reardon
Episode chronology
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	The Simpsons season 2
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"Bart's Dog Gets an 'F'" is the sixteenth episode of the second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on March 7, 1991.^[3] In the episode, the Simpson family's dog, Santa's Little Helper, infuriates Homer and Marge by destroying a family heirloom and an expensive pair of shoes. When Marge and Homer want to get rid of the dog, Bart enrolls him at an obedience school to curb his bad behavior.

The episode was written by Jon Vitti and directed by Jim Reardon. Tracey Ullman guest starred as Emily Winthrop, the obedience school instructor; she also voiced Sylvia Winfield, the Simpsons' neighbor. The animal noises for the episode were performed by Frank Welker. "Bart's Dog Gets an 'F'" features cultural references to films such as Predator, Jaws, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, and National Lampoon's Animal House.

Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 13.8 and was the highest-rated show on Fox the week it aired.

^ Cite error: The named reference BBC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Groening, Matt (1997). Richmond, Ray; Coffman, Antonia (eds.). The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family (1st ed.). New York: HarperPerennial. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-06-095252-5. LCCN 98141857. OCLC 37796735. OL 433519M.
^ "Bart's Dog Gets an F". The Simpsons.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2007. Retrieved July 30, 2007.

[BBC-1] Cite error: The named reference BBC was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[book-2] Groening, Matt (1997). Richmond, Ray; Coffman, Antonia (eds.). The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family (1st ed.). New York: HarperPerennial. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-06-095252-5. LCCN 98141857. OCLC 37796735. OL 433519M.

[officialsite-3] "Bart's Dog Gets an F". The Simpsons.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2007. Retrieved July 30, 2007.

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