Aw, being a clown sucks. You get kicked by kids, bit by dogs, and admired by the elderly. Who am I clowning? I have no business being a clown! I’m leaving the clowning business to all the other clowns in the clowning business. — Homer

Tales from the Public Domain

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Tales from the Public Domain

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PCode
DABF08

Index
13×14

Aired (US)
17 Mar, 2002

Aired (UK)
9 Jun, 2002

Written by
Matt Warburton
Andrew Kreisberg
Josh Lieb

Directed by
Mike B. Anderson

Starring
Dan Castellaneta
Julie Kavner
Nancy Cartwright
Yeardley Smith
Hank Azaria
Harry Shearer

Also Starring
Pamela Hayden
Tress MacNeille
Karl Wiedergott

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Synopsis

Homer reads three stories from a children's book. Bart is Hamlet, Lisa is Joan of Arc, and Homer is Odysseus.

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  • At the beginning of the Hamlet section, there is a sign in Hamlet's (Bart's) room that says "Dames Do It Melancholy".

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Season 13

  1. Treehouse of Horror XII
  2. The Parent Rap
  3. Homer the Moe
  4. Hunka Hunka Burns in Love
  5. The Blunder Years
  6. She of Little Faith
  7. Brawl in the Family
  8. Sweets and Sour Marge
  9. Jaws Wired Shut
  10. Half Decent Proposal
  11. The Bart Wants What it Wants
  12. The Lastest Gun in the West
  13. The Old Man and the Key
  14. Tales from the Public Domain
  15. Blame It on Lisa
  16. Weekend at Burnsie's
  17. Gump Roast
  18. I Am Furious (Yellow)
  19. The Sweetest Apu
  20. Little Girl in the Big Ten
  21. The Frying Game
  22. Papa's Got a Brand New Badge