Episode
The Simpsons: The Ziff Who Came to Dinner
Overview
The Simpsons go on a late-night attic search after Bart and Lisa (who are freaked out over a horror movie Homer let them watch) begin hearing voices -- and find Marge's ex-prom date Artie Ziff, who's on the run for cheating the shareholders of his company.
Details
- Series
- The Simpsons
- Season
- Season 15
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 2004-03-14
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
The Ziff Who Came to Dinner is Episode 14 in Season 15 of The Simpsons. It aired on 2004-03-14. The runtime is 23 min.
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