The Boy Who Knew Too Much (The Simpsons)

"**The Boy Who Knew Too Much**"
"The Boy Who Knew Too Much"
The Simpsons episode
	Bart overhearing the conversation between Freddy and the waiter in the kitchen.
Episode no.	Season 5; Episode 20
Directed by	Jeffrey Lynch
Written by	John Swartzwelder
Production code	1F19
Original air date	May 5, 1994
Guest appearance
	Phil Hartman as Lionel Hutz;
Episode features
Chalkboard gag	"There are plenty of businesses like show business"
Couch gag	The Simpsons sit on the couch and find themselves on the set of the Late Show with David Letterman.
Commentary	Matt Groening; David Mirkin; David Silverman
Episode chronology
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	The Simpsons season 5
	List of episodes

"The Boy Who Knew Too Much" is the twentieth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 5, 1994.^[1] In the episode, Mayor Quimby's nephew Freddy is wrongly accused of assaulting a waiter, with Bart (who is playing truant from school) being the sole witness to the true course of events. Since Bart cannot reveal what he knows without admitting that he skipped school, he faces the dilemma of either testifying on Freddy's behalf and facing punishment himself, or staying silent and allowing a miscarriage of justice.

The episode was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Jeffrey Lynch. The new character Freddy, voiced by Dan Castellaneta, was given the same type of cheekbones and nose as Quimby. The episode references films such as Westworld, Last Action Hero, Ferris Bueller's Day Off and Free Willy, and the characters Huckleberry Finn, Eddie, and Darwin. Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger and his wife Maria Shriver are also referenced.

Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 10.1, and was the fifth-highest rated show on the Fox network the week it aired.

^ ^a ^b Groening, Matt (1997). Richmond, Ray; Coffman, Antonia (eds.). The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family (1st ed.). New York: HarperPerennial. pp. 142–143. ISBN 978-0-06-095252-5. LCCN 98141857. OCLC 37796735. OL 433519M..
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[book-1] Groening, Matt (1997). Richmond, Ray; Coffman, Antonia (eds.). The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family (1st ed.). New York: HarperPerennial. pp. 142–143. ISBN 978-0-06-095252-5. LCCN 98141857. OCLC 37796735. OL 433519M..

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