

Moe talks Homer into becoming a boxer with Moe as his manager. Although Homer is unable to make his point, Moe is impressed by his ability to withstand a beating. When Bart is beaten up by school bullies, Homer takes matters into his own hands.

The rest of the family have trouble settling in Cypress Creek and begin to get homesick so Homer must make a choice between Cypress Creek and Springfield. Homer enjoys his new work and his easy-going boss, but is completely unaware that his boss is an evil genius and that the company is a vehicle for international extortion. When Homer accepts a new job at the Globex Corporation the Simpson family moves to Cypress Creek. The Genesis Tub – After intending to prove that sugary drinks will rot teeth, Lisa creates her own miniature universe.Ĭitizen Kang – Kang and Kodos impersonate presidential candidates Bill Clinton and Bob Dole in order to invade Earth. The Thing and I – Bart discovers he has an evil twin, who is living in the Simpsons' attic. See also: List of The Simpsons episodes No.Ī Halloween special which is divided into three short stories:

Like the seventh season box set, both versions are available for sale separately. The set was released in two different forms: a Maggie-shaped head to match the Homer and Marge shaped heads of the previous two sets and also a standard rectangular shaped box. The DVD box set was released in Region 1 on August 15, 2006, Region 2 on October 2, 2006, and Region 4 on September 27, 2006. Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation awarded the episode the GLAAD Media Award for "Outstanding TV – Individual Episode". For "Homer's Phobia", Mike Anderson won the Annie Award for Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a TV Production, and the WAC Winner Best Director for Primetime Series at the 1998 World Animation Celebration. " Brother from Another Series" was nominated for the Emmy for "Sound Mixing For a Comedy Series or a Special". Clausen also received an Emmy nomination for "Outstanding Music Direction" for " Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious". Season eight received critical acclaim and won multiple awards, including two Emmy Awards: " Homer's Phobia" won for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) in 1997, and Alf Clausen and Ken Keeler won for "Outstanding Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics" with the song "We Put the Spring in Springfield" from the episode " Bart After Dark". It also contained two episodes for which Al Jean and Mike Reiss were the show runners. The aired season contained two episodes that were hold-over episodes from season seven, which Oakley and Weinstein also ran. The showrunners for the eighth production season were Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein. The eighth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons originally aired on the Fox network between October 27, 1996, and May 18, 1997, beginning with " Treehouse of Horror VII".
