Bart's Friend Falls in Love

"Bart's Friend Falls in Love"
The Simpsons episode
Bart with Samantha and Milhouse
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 23
Directed by	Jim Reardon
Written by	Jay Kogen Wallace Wolodarsky
Production code	8F22
Original air date	May 7, 1992 (1992-05-07)
Guest appearances
Kimmy Robertson as Samantha Stanky Phil Hartman as Troy McClure Marcia Wallace as Edna Krabappel
Episode features
Chalkboard gag	"I will not snap bras"[1]
Couch gag	The couch tips over backwards, sending the Simpsons through the wall.[2]
Commentary	Matt Groening James L. Brooks Al Jean Mike Reiss Julie Kavner Nancy Cartwright Yeardley Smith Jay Kogen Wallace Wolodarsky Jim Reardon
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"Bart's Friend Falls in Love" is the twenty-third episode of the third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons (and the de facto season finale). It originally aired on Fox in the United States on May 7, 1992.

The episode was written by Jay Kogen and Wallace Wolodarsky, and directed by Jim Reardon. American actress Kimmy Robertson guest starred in the episode as Samantha. The opening sequence of "Bart's Friend Falls in Love" is a parody of the film Raiders of the Lost Ark, while the closing sequence parodies the film Casablanca.

Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 12.4 and was the fourth highest-rated show on the Fox network the week it aired.