Sat, Apr 4, 1987
"The Makeover": Virgina Hall is an unattractive woman who spends $9,100 for a full cosmetic makeover to make her look attractive to her prison pen pal boyfriend when he is paroled from prison. But was it all a waste? 'Daniel Rosen' does a juggling act with bowling ball pins. "High Hopes": A naive couple decide to open up their own restaurant, until a visit by the mysterious angel 'Dreambuster' shows up. "The Audition": Angela Tanner is a young woman who auditions for a singing position in a local play and must perform before a live theater audience. "Dr. N!Godatu": An animated short about an eccentric psychologist.
Sat, Apr 11, 1987
'The Letter': Justine, returning home from a failed marriage, meets her former flame Brian, who has lots in common... except for his terrible kissing ability. Extra segment: Jamey Turner does an unusual recreation of "Ode to Joy" with the rims of drinking glassed filled with water. 'Quality Time': Sara and Greg Downey are L.A. yuppies who try to squeeze in quality time for their neglected three-year-old son Max. 'David Meets the Folks': Carla Cooper is reluctant to introduce her new boyfriend, David, to her parents for a theater outing because he happens to be a male stripper. 'Blind Date': Dr. N!Godatu prepares herself for a blind date with Bill Wallhead... an incredibly boring salesman.
Sat, Apr 18, 1987
"Lottery": In 1967, the stingy Nancy Wilkinson is reluctant to share a winning $16 million lottery ticket with her college roommate Barbara. Twenty years later, the wealthy Nancy shows up at the diner where blue-collared Barbara works for reconciliation. "Ambulance Pick Up": Lynette, an English-accented ambulance paramedic, has to fend off come-ons from Roger, a hit-and-run victim. "Girl on a Ledge": When suicidal Mary is standing on a ledge determined to jump, police negotiator Lt. Kelly tries to talk her down with a dance on the ledge. "Good Night": Homer and Marge Simpson tuck their three kids in for the night to lullaby's.
Sat, Apr 25, 1987
"Like Mother": Susan hates her overbearing and meddlesome mother until one night, a psychosomatic manifestation from her repressed guilt makes Susan turn into her mother. "Spontaneity": A couple argues about not being spontaneous since they sit every evening in front of their TV set. "Answering Machine": Donna is a soft-spoken young woman who decides to improve her message on her answering machine with a little music flavor. "Freeway": Dr. N!Godatu goes out for a drive with her best friend Pat, only to detour onto Pat's worst nightmare: a L.A. freeway.
Sat, May 2, 1987
"Comedian": Molly Reed (Tracey Ullman) is a young Southern belle who's new boyfriend, Rick Field, is a comedian who uses marriage as a joke in his nightclub act which Molly finds offensive. "Kay and the Co-Worker": Kay Clark (Tracey Ullman) is a frumpy, English spinster with a dreary office job, who meets a new co-worker whom she distrusts. "The Right Guy": Ira is a young songwriter who is reluctant to open up his feelings to Bunny (Tracey Ullman), the unsure-of-herself girl of his dreams after she has a bad date. "Watching Television": Bart and Lisa argue over what to watch on the TV.
Sat, May 9, 1987
"Kay on Vacation": Kay Clark goes away for a week to a posh Caribbean resort and meets lots of eccentric people whom include her nymphomaniac roommate Cindy, and loser tourist Barry. "The Session": Chain-smoking psychiatrist Dr. Alexander Gibson has a heart attack during a session in his office with Brenda King, an dull-witted nymphomaniac woman who is slow to understand what is happening. "Close to You": A schmaltzy nightclub singer opens up her repressed rage about her departed boyfriend on-stage during a show. "Bart Jumps": Homer tries to persuade Bart to jump off a table and into his arms... several times as Bart keeps missing and hitting the floor.
Sat, May 16, 1987
"Francesca - A Girl's Life": Francesca McDowell, a giggly-gangly New York City teenager living with her gay father Dave and his live-in partner William goes out on her first date with a local boy named Martin. "Happy Lady": An overly cheerful Cockey hospital patient causes nothing but misery for another lady in pain from a car wreck. "Vive la Different": Carmel Pinkum, a prissy, Southern booster for 'People with Positivity' auditions for the lead singer with a punk rock band. "Fish Tank": A cold-stricken Dr. N!Godatu calls two goofy repairmen to repair her fish tank in her office when the fish stars swimming differently.
Sat, May 30, 1987
"Trapeze": Two Russian trapezes performers called 'The Flying Asternovishes' Maja and Anika, try to put aside their personal differences during a circus performance. "Smalls' Talk": Dr. Gillian Smalls is a cynical radio talk show psychiatrist who takes her job so lightly that her long-suffering screener, Marcy deals with all the serious phone calls. "Last Chance Commercial": Sandra Decker is a 70-year-old, bitter, has-been Hollywood actress, who doesn't own a car, tries to make a comeback with a frozen soup TV commercial. "Babysitting Maggie": Left alone to babysit Maggie, Bart and Lisa watch TV instead while Maggie tries to catch a little butterfly on the roof of the house.
Sat, Jun 13, 1987
"Meg and Tina in August": Meg and Tina are two U.S. Postal workers living in Queens, New York try to deal with one another when Tina seems to have all the luck with picking up guys. "Pre-School": Sara and Greg Downey try to get their son, Max, accepted into a privileged pre-school. "Kiki Howard-Smith Sings": Kiki Howard-Smith, a perky Australian golf player, films a music video singing her very own song of "Golf" (a take on the song "War"). "The Dream": Dr. N!Godatu narrates a strange dream she had involving meeting the man of her dreams.
Sat, Jun 20, 1987
"Ariel's Comeback": Ariel Faber, an anorexic, bisexual, pop singer and ex-junkie, tries a comeback into the public eye and captures the attention of a fire marshal who persuades her to make a change in her life. "Dance Challenge": On a TV sing-and-dance show, the flashy Latina dancer, Blanca Valaday faces a real challenge when she tries to do her dance knowing she doesn't have underwear under her skirt. "Sir": A callous Englishwoman, who dines at a London restaurant every day, tries to act friendly to her long suffering waiter on his last day on the job. "The Pacifier": Bart and Lisa try to make Maggie give up sucking her pacifier.
Sat, Jun 27, 1987
'Breakfast': A middle-aged couple comes face-to-face with the facts about their long-lost love for each other during a usual breakfast morning. 'Crisis on Elm Drive': After the nanny phones to say she's not available, Sara and Greg Downey reluctantly decide to spend the whole weekend with Max. 'Meg and Tina Get Pizza': While Meg goes into a local restaurant to pick-up a take-out pizza, Tina has a romantic dance fling with a stranger in the parking lot while his friend robs the nearby convenience store. 'Burp Contest': Bart and Lisa have a belching contest over who can produce the biggest burp.
Sat, Jul 11, 1987
'Francesca's Choice': Francesca must decide whether or not to mention her father's homosexuality in a school paper about her home life. 'Gotta Dance': Dr. Gibson tries to make Don, a professional dancer, open up his feelings during a session. 'Scandal': In London, England, a senior Parliament member holds a press conference with his spiteful wife in an attempt to prove allegations of a extramarital affair are false. 'Eating Dinner': The Simpsons have dinner where their crude dinner habits are revealed.
Sat, Jul 18, 1987
'Kay's Happy Hour': Kay, fed up with the office staff playing practical jokes on her, quits her job and spends the time in a bar listening to the facts of life from the barman and a fellow drunkard. 'Click': A terminal couch potato does not care about the boy his teen daughter is going out with. 'What I Did For Love': A mother-daughter singing duo sing about the times after a failed audition during their long drive home. 'Scanner': Dr. N!Godtau displays a brain scanner that shows what her patients have on their minds.
Top-rated
Mon, Sep 21, 1987
'Meg's Lucky Night': Tina becomes jealous after Meg finds true love with a local Manhattan yuppie named Bobby, which causes Tina to make a scene at Meg's upcoming wedding shower. 'Skin the Duck': Rusty is a crafty and crazy choreographer who shows upcoming dancer Denise Ashe some crazy dance movies prior to an audition. 'Making Faces': Bart and Lisa make ugly faces despite Marge's warning that their faces could remain like that.
Top-rated
Sat, Oct 3, 1987
'Kay's Old Love': Kay gets a blast from the past when her former boyfriend, Derrick, arrives for a visit and wants to re-start their long-lost romance despite the fact that he's now married. 'Drugs and Guns': Becky is a suicidal pharmacist who is overjoyed when a robber breaks into the late-night pharmacy to rob it, and she wants him to kill her. 'The Funeral': The Simpsons attend the funeral of Homer's Uncle Hubert.
Sat, Oct 10, 1987
'Francesca's First Job': Francesca gets a summer job at a taco fast-food place, and finds her job unsatisfying. 'The Little Neurotic From Down Under': Kiki Howard-Smith visits Dr. Alexander Gibson to talk about her own personal problems. 'City of Strangers': Hijinks at a New York City bus stop on a rainy day as a mysterious stranger/con artist tries to get the people around her to loosen up. 'Maggie's Brain': Bart and Lisa try to imagine what Maggie sees of the world around her.
Sat, Oct 17, 1987
'The Affair': Sarah and Greg Downey have a night-long martial dispute in their bedroom after Greg confides in Sarah about almost having an affair with his secretary. 'When in Rome': A mob informant tries to adjust to his new life in a small Oklahoma town, and finds that small town life is not that different from the big city. 'Weather or Not': A US Army weatherman is greeted with a surprise USO show for himself which features Lisa Morgan and the Mob. 'Football': Homer tries to throw a football to Bart to catch it so they can all be rewarded with frosted chocolate milkshakes.
Sat, Oct 24, 1987
'The Gardner on the Floor': An old English playwright (Tracey Ullman) tries to make one last good work by having her crew stage a play for a unimpressed Broadway Producer. 'Calender Girl': A photographer and his assistant discover that money is their model's true turn-on for their cheesecake photo shoot. 'Decoration Day': Molly is a black-clad loving housewife who decides that her entire kitchen should be painted black. 'House of Cards': Bart tries to build a house of cards, but gets it knocked down every time by Lisa, Maggie, Home, and Marge.
Sat, Oct 31, 1987
'Monkey Wench': Ceci Beckwith, an adventurer living in the jungles of Boreno, goes home to New York at the request of her sister Peg for their mother's funeral, and Ceci brings along her pet orangutan. 'The Concert': Georgia Hale is a has-been organist who gets an opportunity to play again... at a national league hockey game. 'Birthday Boy': Stan is a lonely man who gets a boost in life when a stripper named Amanda gets his address by accident. 'Bart and Dad Eat Dinner': Left alone while Marge takes the girls to a ballet, Homer decides to make dinner for Bart.
Sat, Nov 7, 1987
'Max's Birthday Party': Sara and Greg throw a 4th birthday party for their difficult son, Max, where they hire an actor to play Fuzzy Bear, who is not cooperative with the events. 'Two Too Good People': Judy is a real estate agent getting out of a bad relationship, who meets Larry who wants to buy the house she's selling, and it's love at first sight. 'Beverly Hills Proc': Ginny Tillman is the nagging and bitter wife of Lawrence Tillman who goes over the final divorce papers from him. 'Space Patrol': Bart, Lisa and Maggie place space patrol with Bart having a vase stuck over his head.
Sat, Nov 14, 1987
'Romantic Mommy': Francesca's long-estranged mother Marina comes for a visit, causing some tension between her and Dave and William over her irresponsible lifestyle which Francesca has long forgotten about. 'K-AIR': Summer Storm is a burned-out hippie working as a DJ at a local L.A. radio station who tries to make a comeback with one last fling with her station co-worker/fan. 'Bart's Haircut': Bart goes to the barber to have his haircut, and the barber accidentally cuts it all off.
Top-rated
Sat, Nov 21, 1987
'Meg's Shower': Meg throws a bridal shower for her friends, in which her and Tina fight again. 'Foreign Exchange': Azai is a Pakistani convenience store owner living in London, England who tries to make an impression on the local delivery girl Ruby with his singing. 'World War III': Homer leads the family of World War III drills over and over, until they decide to turn the tables on him.
Sat, Dec 12, 1987
"Kay's Adventure": Kay Clark becomes the one millionth customer to shop at a local Providence grocery store and wins a free weekend in Atlantic City where she sees a hot pop singer named Gulliver Dark in concert. Extra segment: Tom Noddy blows unusual bubbles using cigarette smoke. "Customs": Alcholic US customs official Sue meets Kristy McDoon, a famous Scott pop star and will not let her pass through customs unless she sings a song for her. "The Perfect Crime": After Marge Simpson bakes cookies, Bart plans the perfect crime of eating them all and blaming it on Maggie.
Sat, Dec 19, 1987
"Rock Bottom": at her studio producer Keith's urging, Summer Storm checks herself into a rehab clinic and later tries to adjust to a comeback trail upon getting out. "The Cryonic Man": In London, Laura (Tracey Ullman) discovers that her husband Lawrence has frozen herself to escape from her constant nagging. "Scary Stories": Bart tells Lisa and Maggie scary stories in a room of their house.