The Italian Bob

"The Italian Bob" is the eighth episode of The Simpsons' seventeenth season. After Mr. Burns gets teased about his old car by the kids at Springfield Elementary School, he sends Homer to pick up a brand new Lamborgotti Fasterossa car in Italy. The rest of his family goes along with him and they fly over on Alitalia. After they pick up the car, they have a great time touring the country. During the trip, Homer and Bart manifest limited knowledge o... more

"The Italian Bob" is the eighth episode of The Simpsons' seventeenth season. After Mr. Burns gets teased about his old car by the kids at Springfield Elementary School, he sends Homer to pick up a brand new Lamborgotti Fasterossa car in Italy. The rest of his family goes along with him and they fly over on Alitalia. After they pick up the car, they have a great time touring the country. During the trip, Homer and Bart manifest limited knowledge of the history of Italy and the Italian language. After a huge wheel of Mortadella lands on their car, they slowly push it into a small Tuscan village nearby called Salsiccia, which means sausage in the Italian language. When they get there, they ask an elderly woman for help, and she tells them that the mayor speaks English. The Simpsons find out the mayor is none other than Sideshow Bob (voiced by Kelsey Grammer). They are shocked to find him there, and he feels the same way. Bob explains to them that after he attempted to kill Bart, he... less