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| "Tennis the Menace" | |
|---|---|
| The Simpsons episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 12 Episode 12 |
| Directed by | Jen Kamerman |
| Written by | Ian Maxtone-Graham |
| Production code | CABF07 |
| Original air date | February 11, 2001 |
| Guest appearances | |
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| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | "I will not publish the principal's credit report" |
| Couch gag | The living-room floor is frozen over. The Simpsons ice skate to the couch. When Homer sits down, his side of the couch falls through the ice. |
| Commentary | Mike Scully Al Jean Ian Maxtone-Graham Matt Selman John Frink Don Payne Max Pross Phil Rosenthal |
"Tennis the Menace" is the twelfth episode of the twelfth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 11, 2001. In the episode, the Simpsons build a tennis court in their backyard and are ridiculed by the entire town because of Homer's inferior tennis ability. Homer therefore tries to please Marge by entering the two into a tournament, but they quickly turn into rivals when Marge replaces Homer with Bart as her partner.
The episode features guest appearances from tennis professionals Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, and the Williams sisters as themselves. "Tennis the Menace" was directed by Jen Kamerman and written by Ian Maxtone-Graham, who also directed the Williams sisters' performance. The episodes title is a parody of Dennis the Menace. The animators of The Simpsons experimented with digital ink and paint on "Tennis the Menace", making it the first episode of the series to be animated using the process since season 7's "Radioactive Man".
"Tennis the Menace" has received generally positive reviews from critics with particular praise for its guest stars.
Around eight million American homes tuned in to watch "Tennis the Menace" during its original airing, and in 2009 it was released on DVD along with the rest of the episodes of the twelfth season.