"Bart Star" is the sixth episode of the ninth season of the animated television series The Simpsons, which originally aired November 9, 1997. The title of this episode is a play on Bart Starr. Written by Donick Cary and directed by Dominic Polcino, the episode guest starred Joe Namath, Roy Firestone, and Mike Judge.
The episode sees Homer becoming the coach of a pee-wee football team, where he favors Bart over the other players until Bart quits, ...
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"Bart Star" is the sixth episode of the ninth season of the animated television series The Simpsons, which originally aired November 9, 1997. The title of this episode is a play on Bart Starr. Written by Donick Cary and directed by Dominic Polcino, the episode guest starred Joe Namath, Roy Firestone, and Mike Judge.
The episode sees Homer becoming the coach of a pee-wee football team, where he favors Bart over the other players until Bart quits, causing a grudge between the two.
Following a Health convention held in Springfield, the children of Springfield are deemed to be overweight. To help them stay in shape, the parents enroll their children in pee-wee football. The coach, Ned Flanders, helps keep the team undefeated, but quits and gives the job to Homer after Homer heckles him from the stands.
Homer initially acts tough towards Bart, but when he is reminded of how his father was hard on him as a child, he decides to be nicer to Bart (and meaner to Grandpa). The next day, he...
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