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Anyway, the point is, you still have the power to change your future. Television episodes set in Washington, D.C. Short description is different from Wikidata, Television episode articles with short description for single episodes, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, The living room is set up like a trendy night club (complete with a, This page was last edited on 10 October 2020, at 02:44. Couch Gag [12], While reviewing the eleventh season of The Simpsons, DVD Movie Guide's Colin Jacobson commented on "Bart to the Future", writing: "This kind of fantasy episode can be hit or miss, and that trend holds true here. Several designs were made by the animators for future Bart, but Greaney did not think they matched the personality of the character and had to give clearer instructions on how he wanted him to look.
While heading home, the family finds a Native American casino.
The episode pokes fun at its own writing with the B-plot about Lincoln's gold, where the sachem says "I guess the spirits felt the main vision was a little thin". The episode was directed by Michael Marcantel and written by Dan Greaney, who wanted to explore what Bart's life would end up like. All Michael Jackson appearances (as far as I know) in the movie Back To The Future part II [1989]
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A previous administration made the catastrophic choice to invest in the nation's children. [8][9] It was viewed in approximately 8.77 million households that night. Bart inadvertently gets Lisa to admit the truth about the tax hike live to the nation, which causes her approval rating to plummet. 1 Synopsis 2 Full Story 3 Behind the Laughter 3.1 Production 3.2 Reception 4 Citations While visiting an Indian casino with his family, Bart encounters an Indian who foretells of his future. To teach Bart a lesson, he gives Bart a glimpse of himself thirty years in the future. The episode attracted renewed attention in the events leading up to the 2016 presidential election, because of a reference to the presidency of Donald Trump. He commented on "Bart to the Future", writing: "As if ads in children's toys or in churches are not enough, in 'Bart to the Future,' an episode in which an Indian shaman at a casino treats Bart to a vision of his future, even his vision is interrupted when future-Bart says, 'I guess I am an embarrassment,' and a ghost responds, 'You sure are. "Bart to the Future" was written by Dan Greaney and directed by Michael Marcantel as part of the eleventh season of The Simpsons (1999–2000).
Bart tries to sneak in, but is caught by the casino's manager. "Bart to the Future" has received mixed reviews from critics compared to "Lisa's Wedding" which met with positive response. Meanwhile, 38-year-old Lisa becomes the first straight female President of the United States, and moves into the White House, to where Bart quickly moves in and invites their parents to live in, and his antics prove a burden on Lisa's political activities, much to Lisa's discomfort. The only gig Bart and Ralph can get is at a beach bar owned by Nelson Muntz, and even then, they are only paid in popcorn shrimp. Because of America's massive national debt, Lisa meets with the countries to whom money is owed.
'"[4], In 2003, Ben Rayner of Toronto Star referred to "Bart to the Future" as "a lame 2000 outing" and noted that Entertainment Weekly "rightly dubbed [it] the 'worst episode ever'".
But, hey, there's an embarrassment of riches at the Caesar's Pow-Wow Indian Casino. He lives with Ralph Wiggum, and they have an unsuccessful band, the Tequila Mockingbirds, although Ralph is less adrift, as he has sufficient money to pay the rent and bills, but grouses that he is getting sick of Bart's laziness.The two stick together through much tension, pondering the success of Nelson Muntz, who now owns a nightclub, as well as having his term "smell 'ya later" replace the word good-bye. [22], Greaney, Dan (2008). [5], According to Greaney, the animators originally designed future Bart as "cool and fun" and made several designs where he was "slim, attractive, and hip. After the vision is over, Bart promises that he will change; the manager then disappears. He manages to sneak in but is caught by the guards and sent to the casino manager's office. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. This episode, like "Kill the Alligator and Run", is often considered one of the worst episodes in the show's long history, receiving almost universally negative reviews from critics and fans alike. After getting evicted from his home, Bart plans to go visit Lisa, intending to stay in the private quarters of the White House and mooch off the taxpayers. It was the second highest-rated broadcast on Fox that week, following an episode of Malcolm in the Middle (which received a 10.0 rating and was watched in 10.1 million homes). Bart disrupts one of Lisa's addresses to the nation to promote his music career, which leads Lisa to be branded unpopular when Bart sings to the public on live television that Lisa will be imposing a tax rise to get the country out of debt; the leaders of America's creditor nations then demand that America pay them back. S11E17: Bart to the Future. The U.S. is also completely bankrupt - They have sold the "purple mountain majesties and amber waves of grain", among other properties that they do not even own, but still rely on foreign aid from Europe and China.
Bart to the Future Staff members Mike Scully, Dan Greaney, Matt Selman, and George Meyer participated in the DVD audio commentary for the episode. You can bet on it!' Alan Greenspan is in Lisa's cabinet and Helen Thomas is still in the presidential press corps.
However, according to Scully, Dan Castellaneta (who voices Homer) "did [the joke] so funny when we were at the table-read so we decided to put it in and risk offending. [4] Greaney's inspiration for "Bart to the Future" came from "Lisa's Wedding".
"[5] Greaney did not think any of these designs went along with the personality he and the other writers had assigned to future Bart, so he told the animators to draw the character with belly fat, a ponytail, sags under his eyes, and one earring. [13], Winnipeg Free Press columnist Randall King wrote in his review of season eleven that the episode "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" (which features the death of the character Maude Flanders) was "proof that the dependably brilliant series could – and did – go seriously wrong when it turned 11. Having dropped out of DeVry University and with no stable job he is very much adrift. Well-balanced taxpayer-subsidized breakfast programs for children has created a generation of ultra-strong super-criminals; midnight basketball taught them how to function without sleep. At no point does this become a classic, but it amuses much of the time. He goes to see Lisa to borrow money, but Lisa has her own problems, being the newly elected President of the United States and facing a tax crisis.
Entertainment Weekly named it the worst Simpsons episode of all time, stating that, "while Bart to the Future was likely better than anything else on TV the week it first aired, even Mojo the monkey could've banged out a more inventive script," and that, "We didn't know it was physically possible for something to both Rot and blow." [3][4] Three more future-set episodes have been released since "Bart to the Future", the first being Future-Drama (season 16, 2005), second being "Holidays of Future Passed" (season 23, 2011) and third being "Days of Future Future" (season 25, 2014). "[5] The Simpsons showrunner Mike Scully also noted that future Bart is the kind of person who is "always waiting for some big sort of cash payoff that he feels he's owed whether it be an insurance settlement, an inheritance, or something that's gonna come sooner or later. Here [...] The Simpsons uses parody with great effect, not only to illustrate how annoyingly and disrespectfully ads infringe on any territory, but also to mock their logic and rhetoric. In return, Lisa promises Bart she will ”legalize it“. This joke was pitched by Tom Gammill, and there was a debate among the staff of the show about whether or not to include it in the episode as Native Americans could find it offensive.
It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 19, 2000. Lisa then tells Bart she has an important mission for him, asking him to spend some time at Camp David with his friends so they can work on a "coolness report". Audio commentary for "Bart to the Future", in, "The Simpsons Episode: 'Bart to the Future, "The Simpsons: The Complete Eleventh Season (1999)", "The Simpsons – The Complete Eleventh Season", "This episode of 'The Simpsons' predicted a President Trump", "The Simpsons predicted President Trump 16 years ago as 'a warning to America, "Did 'The Simpsons' anticipate a Donald Trump Presidency? Reception of "Bart to the Future" by critics has been generally mixed. in the rhythm of a stereotypical Native American chant.
The morning after their disastrous concert at Nelson's bar, Bart and Ralph find out that they have been evicted from their house.
Bart to the Future “As you know, we've inherited quite a budget crunch from President Trump.” President Lisa Simpson "Bart to the Future" is the seventeenth episode of Season 11. Bart finally realizes he has been nothing but an embarrassment to his family, and works to be a better man. [5] Scully said on the audio commentary that he thought the design of Bart looked "great", though he added that it was "slightly disturbing" to see the older versions of Homer and Marge in the episode, and joked that it is "a little bit sad to watch cartoon characters age. He lives with his bandmate Ralph Wiggum in a beach cottage by the shore, where they are struggling to make ends meet and have resorted to mooching off Bart's parents and their neighbor Ned Flanders.
It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 19, 2000. However, more of 'Future' succeeds than flops. When a band gig flops when Bart shamelessly plagiarizes a Jimmy Buffett song, Ralph has had enough of Bart's freeloading, telling Bart it is high time for him to start pulling his own weight. He finally succeeds at finding a letter from Lincoln saying that his "gold" is the American people.
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