[MG46] Bart of the Jungle

Bart of the Jungle                                     Written by Matt Groening
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[$Id: mg46 1.2 92/04/22 07:23:56 raymond Exp Locker: raymond $]
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> Didja notice...
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    Voice credits:
        NANCY CARTWRIGHT as Bart
        YEARDLEY SMITH as Lisa
    Uncredited:
        Tracey Ullman as herself

    Animation producer was Margot Pipkin.
    Animators were Wesley Archer and David Silverman.

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> Freeze Frame Fun
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In the hallway is a picture of Lisa smiling ridiculously.  Note that
the sun is behind Lisa.  I bet Homer took the photo.

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> Assorted comments and observations
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Brian Howard {bh} gives the timing for this short as 1:08, whereas the
syndication package contains only 1:04 of animation.

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> Quotes and scene summary
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% H = Homer, B = Bart, L = Lisa
%
% Homer sits on the couch reading the newspaper.  Marge knits a scarf.
% Maggie is on the floor.  All is calm.
%
% From the kitchen, Bart chases Lisa into the room, both screaming
% at the top of their lungs.  They continue on through to the foyer.
%
% From the kitchen, Bart chases Lisa into the room, both screaming
% at the top of their lungs.  They continue on through to the foyer.
%
% From the kitchen, Bart chases Lisa into the room, both screaming
% at the top of their lungs.  They continue on through to the foyer.
%
% From the kitchen, Bart chases Lisa into the room, both screaming
% at the top of their lungs.

H: Shut up!

% The kids freeze in their tracks.

H: If you gotta act like savages, do it outside.
B: Come on, men.

% Bart and the girls march off.  Down the hall.  Into the master bedroom.
% Bart opens the closet, revealing Homer's collection of neckties.

B: Hold out your arms.

% The girls do.  Bart loads them up with neckties.

L: Oh boy!  Jungle supplies!

% In the backyard, Bart, Lisa and Maggie wear the ties as loincloths
% (and a bra, where applicable), dancing.  Well, Bart and Lisa are dancing.
% Maggie just stands there, arms outstretched.

B+L: Humba wumba yumba ho!  Umba unga wumba ho!
L: This is fun, Bartunga.
B: Right on, Lisumba!

% The two continue their dancing and chanting.
%
% Homer spots his ransacked closet.

H: What the...  Why those little...!

% Homer dashes off.  Outside, Bart and Lisa continue their dancing and
% chanting.
%
% Close-up of Homer's mouth.

H: Baaaaaaaarrrrrrrt!

% Back to the dancing kids.

B: Uh-oh.

% The trio zip off.  Lisa and Bart swing through the trees on vines
% made of tied-together neckties.   (Maggie hangs onto Bart's neck.)
%
% Homer, arms outstretched, eyes squinting and teeth clentched, runs
% full tilt below.  The kids hide behind a bush and watch as Homer
% steps into the noose of a trap, made of neckties, of course.

H: Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuugh!

% Homer hangs upside-down before the kids.

B: Greetings, Howana.
L: We come in peace.
H: [trying to stay calm] Bart, get me down from here.
L: But then he'll kill us.
B: Hmmm...

% Later that evening, Bart, Maggie and Lisa sit on the couch watching TV.

TV: [wild applause]  Now, go home!  Go home!

% Yep, they're watching the Tracey Ullman Show.  Pull back to see out
% the window, where silhouetted against the moon, Homer swings by one foot.

H: [in the distance] Bart!

% The tie breaks, {and Homer lands on his head.}
%
% [End Act One.  Time: 1:04]
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Shorts summaries Copyright 1992 by Raymond Chen.  Not to be redistributed
in a public forum without permission.  (The quotes themselves, of course,
remain the property of The Tracey Ullman Show, and the reproduced articles
remain the property of the original authors.  I'm just taking credit for the
compilation.)