Last Tap Dance in Springfield
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"Last Tap Dance in Springfield" is the twentieth episode of the eleventh season of The Simpsons. It aired on May 7, 2000. The title is a pun on Last Tango in Paris.
Synopsis
On a trip to the mall, Homer sees an optometrist to get his eyes examined, and at the same time, Marge and Lisa find items for a camping trip Bart is going on take. Marge sees a marquee for the film Tango de La Muerte and she and Lisa decide to see it. Lisa identifies with the main female character, a bookworm named "Lisabella" whom the Tango champion asks to be his partner. This interests Lisa, who wants to take dance lessons. She eventually does, but her hopes of being a dancer are crushed when it turns out she can't dance. Worse yet, her teacher, "Little" Vicky Valentine (a former child star similar to Shirley Temple), makes her a curtain puller in an upcoming recital.
Meanwhile, Bart and Milhouse sneak out of their camping trip to hide in the mall and spend a week there, stealing toys and filling their stomachs with candy and cookie dough. This prompts Chief Wiggum to do an investigation of the shenanigans at the mall, which Wiggum at first thinks is caused by a giant rat.
Lisa's recital is coming up, and she has a problem. That is, until Professor Frink attaches a device to her shoes, making them automatically tap at any percussive sound. She becomes a star at the show, but when the audience applauds her, her shoes go out of control. Homer saves her by simply putting his leg out and tripping her.
Quotes
- Vicky Valentine: Self-tapping shoes? I'm ever so pissed!
- Prof. Frink: Good glavin! It's out of its matrix! Nobody move!
Homer: How come? It's just a harmless little weasel. Hello mister...(smash cut to black. We hear a pulsating electro-shock as Homer screams) - Agnes Skinner: Ow! You stepped on my toes again.Seymour Skinner: Well, if you would just let me lead, Mother.
Mrs. Skinner: You aren't a leader, Seymour. Never have been and never will be. - Ralph Wiggum: Lisa's bad dancing makes my feet sad.
- Homer: (after tripping Lisa) I didn't think, I just acted.
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