The Simpsons
You Kent Always Say What You Want
TV Flash files “You Kent Always Say What You Want” as the last listed hour of season 18 — The Simpsons (1989–present) on Fox, season 18, episode 22, aired 2007-05-20, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S18E22: listed hour 400 of 802 in the The Simpsons guide, last listed hour of season 18. It aired 2007-05-20 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “24 Minutes” (S18E21). Next is “He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs” (S19E01). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
At the Simpsons' annual dental check-up, Lisa gets an education in dental hygiene from a video starring Ludacris (guest voice Chris "Ludacris" Bridges) as Luda-Crest, a tube of toothpaste with a talent for rapping. The Simpsons stop for ice cream on the way home from the dentist, and when Homer purchases the 1-millionth ice cream cone, he is featured on Kent Brockman's nightly news program. However, the innocent interview turns into trouble when Brockman uses a shocking expletive and Ned Flanders wages an anti-indecency campaign. The Simpsons take in the dejected Brockman, and he and Lisa begin to devise a scheme for the anchor to make his comeback. Meanwhile, Principal Skinner ushers the students of Springfield Elementary into a new era of sneaking, snooping and snitching with the opening of the school's CTU Counter Truancy Unit with Lisa heading up the operation. Homer is sent on a mission to dispose of a container of yogurt so far past its freshness date that it could be toxic, but the reeking yogurt falls into the wrong hands. With the help of Jack Bauer (guest voice Kiefer Sutherland) and Chloe O'Brian (guest voice Mary Lynn Rajskub), Bart and Lisa must stop bullies Dolph, Kearney and Jimbo from releasing the ultimate stink bomb at the school's annual bake sale.
Viewer FAQ
Where does You Kent Always Say What You Want sit in the The Simpsons guide?
S18E22 is listed hour 400 of 802 — last listed hour of season 18, season 18 episode 22.
When did The Simpsons S18E22 air?
You Kent Always Say What You Want aired 2007-05-20 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start if I am not watching all 800 episodes?
Start with the 1989 Christmas premiere, then a handful of golden-age hours from seasons four through eight. Treat the rest as a library, not a novel.
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Why this series still plays
Watch it as a living joke encyclopedia, not a series you owe from pilot to present. The early years still teach how American satire learned to reset weekly; the later catalog is optional weather. You already speak Springfield. This is how the grammar got written.
The first image is a couch, and then it is not. The Simpsons treats the opening gag as a weekly contract: we will reset the living room, and we will still find a new joke about the country that owns it. Fox put a yellow family on Sunday nights in 1989 after the Tracey Ullman shorts, and the half-hour that followed did not merely popularize adult animation. It installed a shared vocabulary. People who stopped watching still speak Springfield.
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