The Crepes of Wrath

"The Crepes of Wrath"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.Season 1
Episode 11
Directed byWesley Archer
Milton Gray
Written byGeorge Meyer
Sam Simon
John Swartzwelder
Jon Vitti
Production code7G13[1]
Original air dateApril 15, 1990 (1990-04-15)
Guest appearance
  • Christian Coffinet as Gendarme Officer
Episode features
Chalkboard gag"Garlic gum is not funny"[2]
Couch gagThe family hurries onto the couch and Homer pops off the end. He shouts "D'oh!"
CommentaryWes Archer
George Meyer
Episode chronology
List of episodes

"The Crepes of Wrath" is the eleventh episode of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on April 15, 1990.[1] It was written by George Meyer, Sam Simon, John Swartzwelder and Jon Vitti, and directed by Wes Archer and Milton Gray.[3]

Bart is sent to France on a student exchange trip, where his hosts treat him like a slave. Meanwhile, an Albanian student takes Bart's place in the Simpson family, and shows great interest in Homer's work at the nuclear power plant.

The episode received generally positive reviews from critics. In 1997, David Bauder from TV Guide named it the greatest episode of The Simpsons, and the 17th-greatest episode of any television series.

  1. ^ a b Groening 2010, p. 45.
  2. ^ Richmond & Coffman 1997, p. 27.
  3. ^ "The Crepes of Wrath". BBC.co.uk. Archived from the original on September 4, 2014. Retrieved August 29, 2008.

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