Who Shot Mr. Burns?
two-part episode of The Simpsons / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Who Shot Mr. Burns?" is an episode of The Simpsons in two parts. The first part is the 25th and last episode of the 6th season. The second part is the first episode of the 7th season. Both parts were first broadcast on the Fox network. The first part was broadcast on May 21, 1995 and the second part was broadcast on September 17, 1995. In the first part, oil is found at the Springfield Elementary School. Mr. Burns takes all of the oil and tries to make everyone in Springfield angry. Mr. Burns later gets shot by someone. In the second part, the police in Springfield try to find the person who shot Mr. Burns. They believe the suspects are Mr. Smithers and Homer Simpson.
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Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 25 | ||
Directed by | Jeffrey Lynch | ||
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Production code | 2F16 | ||
Original air date | May 21, 1995 (1995-05-21) | ||
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Chalkboard gag | "This is not a clue... or is it?"[1] | ||
Couch gag | In the style of Hanna-Barbara cartoons, the family attempts to run across a continuously repeating background.[2] | ||
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Both of the parts were written by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein. The first part was directed by Jeffrey Lynch and the second part was directed by Wes Archer. Tito Puente guest starrs in both parts. The idea of the story came from Matt Groening (creator of The Simpsons). The writers made his idea become an episode with two parts. The first part has many clues for who shot Mr. Burns becaues the writers wanted people to be able to figure it out. The episode's story came from the Dallas episode "A House Divided", where J. R. Ewing gets shot.[2] Before the second part was broadcast, fans debated on who shot Mr. Burns. Fox started a contest about it over the summer of 1995.