Separate Vocations

"Separate Vocations"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.Season 3
Episode 18
Directed byJeffrey Lynch
Written byGeorge Meyer
Production code8F15
Original air dateFebruary 27, 1992 (1992-02-27)
Guest appearances
Episode features
Chalkboard gagOpening sequence: "I will not barf unless I'm sick" During the episode: "I will not expose the ignorance of the faculty"
Couch gagBart leaps into everyone's lap.
CommentaryMatt Groening
Mike Reiss
Jon Vitti
David Silverman
Al Jean
Episode chronology
List of episodes

"Separate Vocations" is the eighteenth episode of the third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on February 27, 1992.

In the episode, the students of Springfield Elementary School take career aptitude tests. Lisa and Bart's test results inspire drastic changes in their behavior: Lisa's test says she should become a homemaker, her dreams of being a professional musician become shattered and she turns into a delinquent troublemaker at school; Bart's test says he should become a police officer, and Principal Skinner makes Bart hall monitor.

The episode was written by George Meyer and directed by Jeffrey Lynch. American actor and television personality Steve Allen guest starred in the episode as the electronically altered voice of Bart in a fantasy sequence.

Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen Rating of 14.8 and was the highest-rated show on Fox the week it aired.


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