The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular

"**The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular**"
"The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.	Season 7; Episode 10
Directed by	David Silverman (credited as Pound Foolish)
Written by	Jon Vitti (credited as Penny Wise)
Production code	3F31
Original air date	December 3, 1995
Guest appearances
	Phil Hartman as Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz; Buzz Aldrin as himself; Glenn Close as Mona Simpson; Liz Georges as Maggie Simpson; (uncredited);
Episode features
Chalkboard gag	"I will only do this once a year"
Couch gag	A montage of a select few previously aired couch gags, culminating into the circus extravaganza couch gag from "Lisa's First Word".
Commentary	Matt Groening; Bill Oakley; Josh Weinstein; Jon Vitti; George Meyer
Episode chronology
← Previous; "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming"	Next →; "Marge Be Not Proud"
	The Simpsons season 7
	List of episodes

"The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" is the tenth episode of the seventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on December 3, 1995. As the title suggests, it is the 138th episode and the third clip show episode of The Simpsons, after "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show" and "Another Simpsons Clip Show".

While the "138th Episode Spectacular" compiles sequences from episodes throughout the entire series like the previous two, it also shows clips from the original Simpsons shorts from The Tracey Ullman Show and other previously unaired material. Like the Halloween specials, the episode is considered non-canon and falls outside of the show's regular continuity.^[1]

The "138th Episode Spectacular" was written by Jon Vitti and directed by David Silverman, and is a parody of the common practice among live-action series to produce clip shows.

It has received positive reviews, and was one of the most watched episodes of the seventh season, with a Nielsen rating of 9.5.

^ Groening, Matt (2002). The Simpsons season 2 DVD commentary for the episode "Treehouse of Horror" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.

[Groening1-1] Groening, Matt (2002). The Simpsons season 2 DVD commentary for the episode "Treehouse of Horror" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.

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