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Not to be confused with Bart's Comet.
6th episode of the 9th season of The Simpsons
"Bart Star"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.
Season 9 Episode 6
Directed by
Dominic Polcino
Written by
Donick Cary
Production code
5F03
Original air date
November 9, 1997 (1997-11-09)
Guest appearances
Joe Namath as himself
Roy Firestone as himself
Mike Judge as Hank Hill
Episode features
Chalkboard gag
"I did not invent Irish dancing"
Couch gag
Everyone sits on the couch and is crushed into a cuboid block by a compactor.[1]
Commentary
Mike Scully George Meyer Donick Cary Nancy Cartwright Dan Castellaneta Dominic Polcino
Episode chronology
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"Bart Star" is the sixth episode of the ninth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 9, 1997.[2] Written by Donick Cary and directed by Dominic Polcino, the episode guest starred Joe Namath, Roy Firestone, and Mike Judge.[2] In the episode, Homer becomes the coach of a pee-wee football team and makes Bart the quarterback, to the displeasure of the rest of the team.
The episode was critically well received.
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