Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment
Homer gets illegal cable, and Lisa protests the theft.
Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment is the 13th episode of The Simpsons' second season, first aired on February 7, 1991. Homer buys an illegal cable hookup, and Lisa, fearing the family is breaking the commandment 'thou shalt not steal', refuses to watch it.
Quick Facts
- Season
- 2
- Episode
- 13
- Director
- Rich Moore
- Writer
- Steve Pepoon
- Production
- 7F13
- Air date
- 7 February 1991
- Guests
- Phil Hartman as Troy McClure
- Moses
- and the Cable Guy
- Commentary
- Matt Groening
- Al Jean
- Mike Reiss
- Rich Moore
- Steve Pepoon
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Background
Homer pays a crooked cable man $50 for the hookup. After a Sunday school lesson about Hell, Lisa fears her father will be damned, and Reverend Lovejoy advises her to lead by example rather than report him. Bart charges neighborhood kids to watch an adult channel until Homer catches him. Homer invites friends, coworkers and an uninvited Mr. Burns to watch Drederick Tatum's title fight on cable, but Lisa's protest weighs on him, and when the fight is over he cuts the cable. Steve Pepoon wrote it and Rich Moore directed. It marks the debut of Troy McClure, voiced by Phil Hartman, and of the boxer Drederick Tatum, and it won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program.
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