Episode
The Simpsons: When You Dish Upon a Star
Overview
After a chance encounter with Hollywood celebrities secretly living in Springfield, Homer becomes their friend and gofer... until he spills the beans to the gang at Moe's.
Details
- Series
- The Simpsons
- Season
- Season 10
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1998-11-08
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
When You Dish Upon a Star is Episode 5 in Season 10 of The Simpsons. It aired on 1998-11-08. The runtime is 23 min.
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Episode 4: Treehouse of Horror IX
In "Hell Toupée," Snake is sent to the electric chair, and his hair is transplanted onto Homer. In "The Terror of Tiny Toon," Bart and Lisa become cartoon characters in an episode of Itchy & Scratchy. In "Starship Poopers," a growth spurt casts doubt on Maggie's paternity, and the family goes on the Jerry Springer show.
Episode 6: D'oh-in' in the Wind
In a quest to learn Homer's middle name, Homer and Grandpa travel to his mother's old commune, where Homer embraces the hippie life.
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Episode 3: Bart the Mother
Under Nelson's bad influence, Bart shoots a bird with a BB gun. Stricken with remorse, he tries to nurture the eggs from the bird's nest, which hatch into a species of lizard outlawed in Springfield.
Episode 7: Lisa Gets an 'A'
Stuck at home with a cold, Lisa gets addicted to a video game and neglects her homework. Her A+++ on a test wins the school a grant, but when she confesses that she cheated, Skinner covers it up. Meanwhile, Homer raises a lobster.
Episode 2: The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace
A midlife crisis prompts Homer to quit his job and become an inventor.
Episode 8: Homer Simpson in: 'Kidney Trouble'
When Grandpa needs a new kidney, Homer agrees to donate one, but then chickens out.
Episode 1: Lard of the Dance
Homer and Bart try to make money by selling used grease. Meanwhile, Lisa organizes a school dance but feels alienated when a new classmate and her friends try to act like adults.
Episode 9: Mayored to the Mob
After a riot at a sci-fi convention, Mayor Quimby hires Homer as his bodyguard, and Homer witnesses the rampant corruption in town politics. When Homer takes a stand, he runs afoul of the Springfield mafia.
Episode 10: Viva Ned Flanders
When clean-living Ned Flanders wants to experience a new side of life, Homer takes him to Las Vegas. After a drunken binge, they marry a pair of cocktail waitresses.
Episode 11: Wild Barts Can't Be Broken
Scapegoated for the vandalism of drunken Isotopes fans, the children of Springfield wage war on the adults by broadcasting their secrets on the radio.
Episode 12: Sunday, Cruddy Sunday
Homer and his friends charter a bus to the Super Bowl, only to find that their tickets are fake. Misadventures ensue.
Episode 13: Homer to the Max
A new TV series features a suave and debonair character named Homer Simpson. Homer capitalizes on his new namesake, until the character is rewritten to be a bumbling fool. Trying to recapture the positive attention he enjoyed, Homer changes his name to "Max Power."