Valerie Harper as the Department of Standardized Testing Proctor[1]
Marcia Wallace as Edna Krabappel
Episode features
Chalkboard gag
"I will obey Oscar Campaign Rules from now on"
Couch gag
The couch sequence is a trailer for an action movie called The Couch.
Episode chronology
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"A Test Before Trying" is the tenth episode of the twenty-fourth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 518th episode overall. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 13, 2013.
The episode is dedicated to the memory of Huell Howser, who appeared in the episode "O Brother, Where Bart Thou?" This episode won the Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Writing in Animation at the 66th Writers Guild of America Awards.
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