Lisa the Greek
- Episode aired Jan 23, 1992
- TV-14
- 30m
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8.0/10
3.5K
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Homer uses Lisa (and her prognostic skills) to help him bet on football games.Homer uses Lisa (and her prognostic skills) to help him bet on football games.Homer uses Lisa (and her prognostic skills) to help him bet on football games.
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Dan Castellaneta
- Homer Simpson
- (voice)
- …
Julie Kavner
- Marge Simpson
- (voice)
Nancy Cartwright
- Bart Simpson
- (voice)
- …
Yeardley Smith
- Lisa Simpson
- (voice)
Hank Azaria
- Moe Szyslak
- (voice)
- …
Harry Shearer
- Brett Gunsilman
- (voice)
- …
Maggie Roswell
- Librarian
- (voice)
- …
Phil Hartman
- Smooth Jimmy Apollo
- (voice)
- …
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Did you know
- TriviaLisa, angry at Homer for tricking her into helping him gamble on football, makes a bet that if she loves him the winner of the Super Bowl will be the Washington Redskins and if she doesn't the Buffalo Bills would come out on top (Washington won). When this episode premiered, those two teams were actually squaring off in Superbowl XXVI and Washington won 37-24. Over the next three years, Fox made it a tradition to air this episode just before the Super Bowl and change the dialog so that the teams would include whatever teams were playing that year. According to the DVD commentary, Lisa accurately picked the winning team every single year. Coincidentally, the Buffalo Bills lost three consecutive Super Bowls from 1992 to 1994. Thus, The Simpsons' accurate predictions always involved assuming Buffalo would lose. (The Bills also lost an earlier Super Bowl in 1991, but there was no Simpsons episode about that one.)
- GoofsWhen Lisa gives her speech at school, Miss Hoover has only one leg. Miss Hoover actually has her other foot against the desk as you can see part of her other shoe.
- Quotes
[hardly anyone is in church on Super Bowl Sunday]
Rev. Lovejoy: Well, I'm glad some people could resist the lures of the big game.
Man: OH MY GOD, I FORGOT THE GAME!
[he runs out of church]
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Simpsons: Hit & Run (2003)
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Solid Episode!
This is the fourteenth episode of the third season of the Simpsons and it is a pretty effective episode. Lisa is my least favorite Simpsons character and I'm generally not a fan of episodes focused on her. But there is no denying how charming this episode is. This episode focuses on the father-daughter relationship and it also mocks gambling and football.
In this episode, "Lisa the Greek," Lisa decides to take an interest in football in order to spend more time with Homer. When Homer realizes she can accurately predict the outcome of the games, he decides to use her to make a profit. But once Lisa realizes this, she decides not to like her father anymore.
Overall, this is an entertaining episode and I liked how football was spoofed. There is a emotional core here when we see how Homer hurts his daughter, then tries to repair the damage. A solid episode in a great season. I rate this episode 9/10.
In this episode, "Lisa the Greek," Lisa decides to take an interest in football in order to spend more time with Homer. When Homer realizes she can accurately predict the outcome of the games, he decides to use her to make a profit. But once Lisa realizes this, she decides not to like her father anymore.
Overall, this is an entertaining episode and I liked how football was spoofed. There is a emotional core here when we see how Homer hurts his daughter, then tries to repair the damage. A solid episode in a great season. I rate this episode 9/10.
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- g-bodyl
- Aug 15, 2014
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