Moaning Lisa

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Lisa mopes (English Original title: Moaning Lisa ) is the sixth episode of the first season of the American animated television series The Simpsons.

Action

For no apparent reason, one morning Lisa is depressed and prefer to keep to her family back. Later, she falls in the school orchestra by bad saxophone playing negative in their teacher on; also in physical education, she feels left alone and is discarded without opposition from their classmates of balls. When she brings the evening a letter home, therefore, she wants to tell her parents anything about their sadness.

After she becomes angry while playing her saxophone from her father, she hears in her room from a distance saxophone music. She then follows her to a bridge where she meets the saxophone player Bleeding Gums Murphy. There, the two become friends; Lisa gets from Murphy taught to express their feelings properly with the saxophone. Together, they play on their instruments and have fun, which is why Lisa is not quite so unhappy. During her songs margin is approached and collects Lisa again, after which they go home.

The next day, advises her daughter margin during the car ride to school, always to be happy, even if this is not the case. As a margin but noticed that Lisa still has no success, she pulls it back into the car and takes it back; Lisa should always remain themselves and fooling anyone.

Meanwhile, Homer and Bart play again and again the same video game, where Bart wins only. In order to still sometime to exist but against Bart, Homer takes his money in a game room, and there takes private lessons with an underage boy who knows this game very well. Hours later, Homer and Bart play again against each other, but this time Homer is nearing his first victory. Margin, however, pulls the plug on the TV and announced together with Lisa that this is healed and no longer sad. Together, the family hears the evening in a bar Bleeding Gums Murphy, who plays written by him and Lisa song.

Production

Lisa mopes is the first episode of the series, is on the Lisa Simpson at the center. The idea for this episode came from producer James L. Brooks, who wanted to do an episode where Lisa is sad, but does not know the reason for it. The authors also thought that they were more " playful " episodes would have made already and therefore wanted something new that is " really emotional and sweet ." The song Lisa sings in this episode, appeared in an expanded form in 1990 in a CD The Simpsons Sing the Blues.

The design of the character Mr. Largo, Lisa's music teacher, who in this episode has made ​​his first appearance, had been partly by the music teacher, creator Matt Groening as a child, inspired. Bleeding Gums Murphy's design was based on the famous blues musicians Blind Lemon Jefferson.

Reception

The U.S. Air Date this episode ended the Nielsen ratings the week of 5 to February 11, 1990 with a rating of 13.8 on the 34th place, which it was the highest rated show on Fox this week.

The authors of the book I Can not Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, wrote: "Some scenes of this sirupartigsten Simpsons episode sent the spectators, more than in later seasons, quickly into the bathroom. Yes, the last moments perhaps give you goose bumps and worlds apart from the normal anti - lard the series away, but there is still much to recommend it. In fact, the Homer - Bart subplot is more successful than the main plot; Homers nightmare about their relationship is really troubling, " In a DVD review of the first season of the show was David B. Grelck Consequently, a rating of 2.5 of 5 rating points and added ." Lisa developed in this episode much of their future personality. The dynamics of the family starts to add up how the relationship between Homer and Lisa " Colin Jacobson said in another review that this episode was overall pretty drab and added: ". She had some moments, like the video game boxing matches between Homer and Bart, Lisa was missing but at this point the power to perform an entire show. "

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