The Simpsons / Season 19

Season 19 of The Simpsons
Episodes	20th
Country of production	United States
First broadcast	September 13, 2007 - May 18, 2008 on Fox
German-language first broadcast	October 6, 2008 - March 2, 2009 on ProSieben
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The nineteenth season of the American animated series The Simpsons was broadcast from September 13, 2007 to May 18, 2008 on the US broadcaster Fox . The German-language free TV first broadcast was broadcast by ProSieben from October 6, 2008 to March 2, 2009.

The season was released on DVD on December 3, 2019 in the United States and December 5, 2019 in Germany.

Episodes

See also : The Simpsons / Episode List

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	German title	Original title	First broadcast (USA)	German language first broadcast ( D )	Director	script	Prodc.
401	1	The incredible journey in a crazy private plane	He Loves To Fly And He D'oh's	23 Sep 2007	Oct 6, 2008	Mark Kirkland	Joel H. Cohen	JABF20
Homer saves Mr. Burns from drowning in a fountain. As a thank you, Mr. Burns invites Homer on a trip to Chicago in his private jet. Homer desperately wants to fly in a private jet again later. Homer has the opportunity to become a safety inspector at a copper tubing company, where he could fly from company to company in a private jet. Before the interview, Homer quits his old job. But he doesn't get the job, but hides it from his family until Bart discovers Homer by chance at Krusty-Burger. During a trip with a private jet, he wants to make his confession to Marge. The pilot loses control of the aircraft due to drug use. Homer now has to land the private jet by himself, which he manages with the help of Marge.
402	2	Homerotti	The Homer of Seville	Sep 30 2007	Oct 6, 2008	Michael Polcino	Carolyn Omine	JABF18
The Simpsons want cheap food that doesn't take long to get in line. They then end up at a private memorial service, where Homer even acts as pallbearer. Homer sprains his back as he falls into an open grave. It is found that Homer can sing particularly well when lying on his back. Homer becomes a celebrated opera star who has to interpret all of his roles lying on his back. A particularly stubborn stalker even sneaks into the Simpsons' house and becomes president of the Homer fan club. When Homer but they rebuffed lets, forges plans for murder. At the performance of the Barber of Seville , Marge is able to prevent the stalker, disguised as a conductor, from murdering Homer with a poison arrow. Out of fear, Homer now decides to end his career as a singer.
403	3	Towed!	Midnight Towboy	Oct 7, 2007	Oct 13, 2008	Matthew Nastuk	Stephanie Gillis	JABF21
Desperately looking for milk for Maggie, Homer ends up in Guidopolis. There he is towed away because he has parked incorrectly. He meets Louie, the Guidopolis tow truck driver. Homer sees the job of tow driver as a dream job, then he becomes a tow driver for Springfield. Homer now tows almost all vehicles, including those of his friends. The springfielders band together to put Homer down. Louie is upset when Homer tows a car in his Guidopolis precinct. He throws Homer into a cellar dungeon, where other tow drivers are already imprisoned. Maggie manages to free Homer from the basement.
404	4th	I don't want to know why the captured bird is singing	I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings	Oct 14, 2007	Oct 20, 2008	Dana Gould	Bob Anderson	JABF19
When Lisa is declared "Student of the Millennium", Marge is missing. She is one of the hostages in a bank robbery. Dwight, one of the two robbers, surrenders because Marge promises to visit him in prison. However, Marge does not find time to visit him. Already traumatized by the fact that his mother dumped him in an amusement park as a child, Dwight finally breaks out and takes Marge hostage a second time. He tries with her to make up for the lost day of his childhood in the amusement park.
405	5	To call home	Treehouse of Horror XVIII	Nov 4, 2007	Nov 3, 2008	Chuck Sheetz	Marc Wilmore	JABF16
ET Go Home - Kodos is hiding from the government and Bart and Lisa help him assemble a machine to contact his home planet. Mr. and Mrs. Simpson - Homer leads a double life and is assigned to kill Kent Brockman. He meets Marge, who also works as a contract killer. Heck House - Bart, Lisa and two other kids are practicing pranks on Halloween. After going too far, Ned Flanders turns the church into a hell house.
406	6th	Little orphan Milhouse	Little Orphan Millie	Nov 11, 2007	Oct 27, 2008	Lance Kramer	Mick Kelly	JABF22
Milhouse's parents remarry and spend their second honeymoon on a cruise where they fall into the water and are mistaken for dead. When Milhouse hears this, he begins to act like a real man. After all, his new behavior makes him more popular with his classmates, and Bart is against Milhouse being cooler now. Bart then brings the Danish uncle from Milhouse to Springfield, which makes him even more popular. Meanwhile, Marge doesn’t want to show her eyes to Homer, because Homer can’t remember the color of her eyes.
407	7th	Scenes of a marriage	Husbands and Knives	Nov 18, 2007	Nov 10, 2008	Nancy Kruse	Matt Selman	JABF17
A new comic book store opens in Springfield, causing the old comic book store to close. Marge opened a fitness center for women there, which soon became a national success and made her famous. Homer is worried because he fears that her success will make her look for a more successful and better looking man. He tries to counter it with the means of cosmetic surgery. However, Marge loves Homer for who he is.
408	8th	Burial for an enemy	Funeral for a Fiend	Nov 25, 2007	Nov 17, 2008	Rob Oliver	Michael Price	KABF01
After another failed attempt at murder of the Simpsons, Tingeltangel Bob is arrested and brought before a judge. During the trial, he collapses and plays dead. At his own cremation, however, this turns out to be his plan to take revenge on Bart. At the last moment, the Simpsons can prevent Bart from being burned in a coffin. Tingeltangel Bob is then arrested with some of his family members.
409	9	Don't forget-margin	Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind	Dec 16, 2007	Dec 1, 2008	Chuck Sheetz	J. Stewart Burns	KABF02
Homer loses memories of the last few hours after consuming a strong drink. While trying to reconstruct these last hours, brief memories lead him to believe that Marge is cheating on him with Duffman. However, when he throws himself off a bridge with suicidal intent, he ends up on a ship, where a surprise party with Duffman is being held for him.
410	10	Hello, Mr. President	E. Pluribus Wiggum	Jan. 6, 2008	Dec 8, 2008	Michael Polcino	Michael Price	KABF03
America is in the presidential campaign. Springfield is rescheduling the primaries before New Hampshire. Soon Homer is annoyed by the many journalists - it leads to the decision that Springfield nominates Ralph Wiggum as a presidential candidate, which also affects the national election campaign.
411	11	The wild 90s	That 90's show	Jan. 27, 2008	Dec 15, 2008	Mark Kirkland	Matt Selman	KABF04
Homer and Marge talk about their early years. While Marge falls in love with one of her university lecturers named Stefane, Homer takes off with his grunge rock band "Sadgasm" and tries to win Marge back over. Marge breaks up with the lecturer and then returns to Homer.
412	12	Love in Springfield	Love, Springfieldian style	Feb 17, 2008	Feb 9, 2009	Raymond S. Persi	Don Payne	KABF05
Homer, Bart and Marge tell Valentine's Day stories: Bonnie and Clyde - Homer tells the story of Bonnie and Clyde in his own way. Shady and the Vamp - Marge tells a sad version of Lady and the Tramp . Sid and Nancy - Bart retells the story of Sid and Nancy . German language first broadcast (SF2): Jan. 23, 2009
413	13	Debarted - Among rats	The Debarted	2nd Mar 2008	Dec 22, 2008	Matthew Nastuk	Joel H. Cohen	KABF06
The episode is based on the film Departed, even the soundtrack is used. Bart gets a new comrade in the class, who competes with him with his pranks and thus becomes more popular than him. He later turns out to be a "rat" introduced by Skinner. Meanwhile, Homer has his car repaired and gets a luxurious rental car that he no longer wants to give up.
414	14th	Crash murder	Dial 'N' for Nerder	9 Mar 2008	Jan. 12, 2009	Bob Anderson	Carolyn Omine & William Wright	KABF07
Marge is no longer so happy with Homer's weight and puts him on a diet. When she suspects that he is not following his diet, she sends sneakers (based on the show Cheaters) on Homer's heels. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa believe they accidentally killed Martin after he fell off a cliff. While Nelson finds out about the two of them, Martin reappears.
415	15th	sound and smoke	Smoke on the daughter	30th Mar 2008	Jan. 19, 2009	Lance Kramer	Billy Kimball	KABF08
Marge tries to become a ballerina. However, when she discovers that she is too clumsy for that, she tries to get Lisa excited about it. Lisa seems to believe that only passive smoking can make her a good ballerina and becomes addicted to cigarette smoke. During this time, Homer and Bart make friends with a raccoon family who live in their garden. The two want to free Lisa from her nicotine addiction. A performance by the ballerinas ends in disaster after Bart and Homer steal their cigarettes.
416	16	The sins of the fathers	Papa Don't Leech	Apr 13, 2008	Jan. 26, 2009	Chris Clements	Reid Harrison	KABF09
Lisa goes through the city's financial records and discovers that Springfield is missing millions in taxpayers' money. As a result, most of the tax evaders collect the money, the only debtor being the country singer Lurleen Lumpkin, known from an earlier episode. While the police try to find her, Lurleen stays with the Simpsons. There she is reunited with her father, who, however, sells her lyrics to the Dixie Chicks .
417	17th	Mad cow disease	Apocalypse Cow	Apr 27, 2008	Feb 2, 2009	Nancy Kruse	Jeff Westbrook	KABF10
Bart joins the agriculturally oriented youth organization 4-H. He and Lisa then save a bull from going to the slaughterhouse and give it to the farm girl Mary. Her father Cletus mistakenly believes that this amounts to a marriage proposal. Homer and Marge then have to come up with a plan to prevent the wedding and at the same time save the cow.
418	18th	Down by Lisa	Any Given Sundance	May 4, 2008	Feb 16, 2009	Chuck Sheetz	Daniel Chun	KABF11
Lisa is making a documentary about her family for a school project. She is thrilled that her film will then be shown at the Sundance Film Festival . At the premiere, Homer, Marge and Bart fell from the clouds despite positive reviews when they noticed the strange light in which the family was shown.
419	19th	Goodbye, Mona	Mona Leaves-a	May 11, 2008	Feb 23, 2009	Mike B. Anderson & Ralph Sosa	Joel H. Cohen	KABF12
When Homer's mother Mona reappears with the Simpsons, he finds it difficult to trust her because she has now left him so often. When Mona dies unexpectedly, Homer feels guilty for not being able to tell her how much he loves her. He feels obliged to grant her last wish and to scatter her ashes over Lake Wastershare in Springfield Monument Park. This prevents a Mr. Burns rocket from launching and storing nuclear waste in the rainforests .
420	20th	Everything about Lisa	All about Lisa	May 18, 2008	2nd Mar 2009	Steven Dean Moore	John Frink	KABF13
Lisa becomes Krusty's new assistant and quickly steals the show. She even gets her own TV show and wins the Entertainer of the Year award at the Springfield Media Awards. Meanwhile, Homer and Bart collect coins together. The last missing coin is bought by Burns at an auction , which can be stolen by a trick.

See also

• Characters from The Simpsons
• Simpsons family

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} The Simpsons Season 19 Episode Guide . tv.com. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} The Simpsons: Episode Guide of the TV Series (Season 19). In: fernsehserien.de. Archived from the original ; Retrieved August 26, 2011 . 
3. ↑ Production Code : Season 19 - Simpsonspedia, the Simpsons Wiki . simpsonspedia.net. Retrieved August 26, 2011.

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