“Cape Feare” is the second episode of the fifth season of The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 7, 1993. The episode features the return of Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob, who tries to kill Bart Simpson after getting out of jail. It spoofs the 1962 film Cape Fear and its 1991 remake, which are based on John D. MacDonald’s 1957 novel The Executioners.
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“Cape Feare” is the second episode of the fifth season of The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 7, 1993. The episode features the return of Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob, who tries to kill Bart Simpson after getting out of jail. It spoofs the 1962 film Cape Fear and its 1991 remake, both of which are based on John D. MacDonald’s 1957 novel The Executioners and allude to other horror films such as Psycho. It is generally considered one of the best episodes of the entire series, and the score received an Emmy Award nomination. It was, therefore, the last episode produced by the show’s original writers, most of whom subsequently left the show. The Simpsons join the Witness Protection Program and relocate to Terror Lake, changing their surname to \”Thompson\” and living aboard a houseboat. At the end of the episode, the boat runs aground, knocking SideshowBob off his feet and preventing him from killing Bart. Since season three, writers of Wile E Coyote have echoed the premise of the Road Runner cartoon by having Bob unexpectedly insert himself into Bart’s life and attempt to kill him. The scene in which Bob is stomped on by multiple elephants and bounced back up to the right is a reference to the Wile Coyote character. At that time, Grammer had become a household name as lead actor for the third time in his career. He has since returned to guest star as lead star for the fourth and fifth seasons of the show, as well as the seventh and eighth seasons of The Sopranos and The Muppets, among other roles.
He is a recurring guest star on The Simpsons since season three of “The Simpsons” and has appeared in several episodes of “Sesame Street” and “The Flintstones” as a special guest star in the series’ spin-off, “The Smurfs” The episode was written by Jon Vitti and directed by Rich Moore. The idea was pitched by Wallace Wolodarsky, who wanted to parody Cape Fear. The production crew found it difficult to stretch the episode to the standard duration of half an hour, and consequently padded several scenes. In one such sequence, Sideshow. Bob continually steps on rakes, the handles of which then hit him in the face; this scene has been cited as one of. the show’s most memorable moments. The Simpsons return home to find Grampa locked out of their house and unable to take his medicine, resulting in him unintentionally becoming feminine. Grampa is courted by Jasper with Steve and Eydie tickets. He tries to escape, but he cannot jump off the boat since the river is filled with alligators and electric eels. The next day, he is arrested by Chief Wiggum, whose police force was inexplicably stationed by a river-side brothel while wearing bathrobes. When the Simpsons visit a cinema to see Ernest Goes Somewhere Cheap, he sits in front of them, smoking and laughing obnoxiously.
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