"Springfield Splendor" | |
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The Simpsons episode | |
Episode no. | Season 29 Episode 2 |
Directed by | Matthew Faughnan |
Written by | Tim Long Miranda Thompson |
Production code | WABF22 |
Original air date | October 8, 2017 |
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"Springfield Splendor" is the second episode of the twenty-ninth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 620th episode of the series overall. The episode was directed by Matthew Faughnan and written by Tim Long and Miranda Thompson. It aired in the United States on Fox on October 8, 2017.
In this episode, Marge makes drawings of Lisa's feelings, and they accidentally become a graphic novel which is credited to Lisa. Rachel Bloom and Martin Short guest starred. Cartoonists Alison Bechdel, Roz Chast, Marjane Satrapi, and writer Dan Harmon appeared as themselves. The episode received positive reviews. Animator Caroline Cruikshank won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation for character animation for this episode.
This episode is dedicated in memory of Tom Petty, who had a guest appearance in the fourteenth season episode "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation."[1]