Marge dreams that Keith Olbermann chides her for fast-forwarding through television commercials. Marge tries her to make restitution by watching hours of advertisements, and she and the Simpson family take particular interest in an ad for Wes Doobner’s World-Famous Family-Style Rib Huts. They drive to the restaurant, only to find Sideshow Bob waiting for them, triumphant in his elaborate hoax to lure them to their doom. When Sideshow Bob’s attempt to terminate the family is foiled, he is put on trial, where his father blames Sideshow Bob’s psychosis on Bart. During the proceedings, Bart accidentally kills his old nemesis, and Bob’s brother Cecil invites Bart to attend the memorial service for Bob to bury the hatchet for good
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The Simpsons Turns 400 Tonight!
For a show that stars TV’s most prominent underachiever, “The Simpsons” has certainly reached some benchmarks. It passed “The Flintstones” as longest-running animated prime-time show 10 years ago. When its 18th season ends tonight with its 400th episode, it will be the longest-lasting comedy of any kind in prime-time TV history, surpassing “My Three Sons,” “M*A*S*H,” “Happy Days” and “Cheers.”