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Bart The Daredevil"Bart the Daredevil" is the eighth episode of The Simpsons' second season. The episode aired on December 6, 1990. Episode details Production Number: 7F06
Original Air Date: December 6, 1990
Writers: Jay Kogen and Wallace Wolodarsky
Director: Wesley Meyer Archer
Blackboard: "I will not drive the principal's car."
Couch Gag: Homer's weight tips the couch. Synopsis When Homer and Bart, at Moe's Tavern and the Simpson home respectively, watch a TV wrestling match, they both see a commercial for a monster truck rally featuring Truck-o-Saurus, and are thrilled that they are interested in going to the one-night-only rally on Saturday night. However, Lisa reminds Homer and Bart that her recital is on Saturday night as well, in which she will be playing her first solo. Homer and Bart are embarrassed, until Marge suggests that they can go to Lisa's recital (which is the first in a series of Saturday night concerts) first, then to the rally. Homer agrees, and at the recital, Lisa plays a solo, as does Todd Flanders on the violin. The Simpsons go to the Springfield Speedway to see Truck-o-Saurus, but all the parking spots are taken, and the Simpsons accidentally drive onto the Springfield Speedway, where Truck-o-Saurus attacks the family car. Fortunately, the car's frame is not damaged, and for being such good sports, the family gets a bottle of Truck-o-Saurus Private Reserve champagne. As the last event at the rally, a surprising guest who appears is "the world's greatest daredevil, Captain Lance Murdoch. Murdoch appears to his most dangerous stunt, in which he leaps over a tank of water filled with sharks, electric eels, piranha, alligators, and a lion. He performs the stunt on his motorcycle and survives after no one, except for Bart, watches the stunt, but he falls into the pool and goes to the hospital. After the rally, Bart has his own dreams of becoming a daredevil, and says he wants to be one. Bart becomes a daredevil and goes to the hospital to see Dr. Hibbert, who suggests a way Bart can stop imitating the stunts. Nonetheless, Bart still becomes a daredevil, jumping over a swimming pool, some animals, and Homer on his hammock. On a class trip to Springfield Gorge, Bart announces that on the coming Saturday, he will jump over the gorge. Bart also sees a severly injured Captain Lance Murdoch in the hospital (with Dr. Hibbert's help), and he tells Murdoch about the stunt. Murdoch says that is a good thing, and he plans to do it against the wishes of Homer, who insists that Bart not do it. After a "heart-to-heart talk" with Homer, Bart goes to the gorge and jumps it, but Homer also later arrives and says that only he will jump the gorge himself just to show how stupid being a daredevil can be. Homer jumps the gorge, but he is injured and put on an ambulance via a helicopter. But when the ambulance rams into a tree, Homer falls into the gorge again, and is found to be severly injured at the hospital. Trivia - First appearance of Dr. Hibbert.
- Matt Groening said in an interview that this episode was his favorite Simpsons episode.
Quotes - (The Truck-o-Saurus commercial)
Announcer: This Saturday, for one night only, your life will be changed forever. Saturday! Saturday! Saturday at the Springfield Speedway! Speedway! Speedway! Don "Crusher" Woodard, John "The Skunk" Trumane, and the Team Tomomatsu Dirt Riding Dunk Masters in the year's biggest MONSTER TRUCK RALLY! One night only. Plus the amazing, the astounding, the unbelievable TRUCK-O-SAURUS! Twenty tons and four stories of car-crunching, fire-breathing, prehistoric insanity!
Homer and Bart: Whoa!
Announcer: One night only. One night only. One night only at the Springfield Speedway this Saturday. If you miss this, you'd better be dead or in jail. And if you're in jail, break out!! (The phrase "Be there!" echoes as Homer leaves Moe's.) - Principal Skinner: Tonight, Sherberts, oops, heh heh, Schubert's Unfinished Symphony.
Homer: Oh good, unfinished. This shouldn't take long. - Dr. Hibbert: Bart, in this ward are the children who have been hurt by imitating stunts they saw on television, movies, and the legitimate stage. This little boy broke his leg trying to fly like Superman. This boy's brother hit him in the head with a wrench, mimicking a recent TV wrestling match. I won't even subject you to the horrors of our Three Stooges ward.
Marge: Gee, I never thought TV was such a dangerous influence.
Dr. Hibbert: Well, as tragic as all this is, it's a small price to pay for countless hours of top-notch entertainment. - (after Homer arrives and when Bart attempts to jump the gorge)
Bart: Hey, what gives?
Homer: Boy, I tried ordering you. I tried punishing you. And, God help me, I even tried reasoning with you. And the only thing left for me to do is jump the gorge myself.
Bart: Uh—What? Why?
Homer: Because that way you'll see what it's like to witness a family member stupidly risking his life for no good reason!
Bart: But Dad, you'll never make it.
Homer: Don't you think I know that?
(Homer attempts to jump the gorge.)
Homer: Good-bye, son.
Bart: Wait, Dad! Don't do it! I won't jump anymore. I promise.
Homer: Oh-oh-oh! Oh, thank God! Thank God, thank God!
Bart: I love you, Dad!
Homer: I love you too, son. You know, boy, I don't think I've ever felt as close to you as I do right—Huh?
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