Bart's Dog Gets An "F"

The Four Finger Discount family recently lost our beloved pooch Jet, so to pay tribute we've gone back and revisited one of the more heartfelt episodes from the earlier seasons, Bart's Dog Gets An F. We discuss how revisiting the episode helped Dando grieve the loss of Jet, the history of Tracey Ullman's turbulent relationship with the series, the simplistic but effective use of Marge's quilt to drive the story and more. If you enjoy this review, please consider supporting us on Patreon for as little as $1 per month at patreon.com/fourfingerdiscount Listen on Spotify - spoti.fi/4fDcSY0 Listen on Apple Podcasts - apple.co/4dgpW3Z CHAPTERS: 05:52 - The potential of Mrs. Winfield 07:42- The importance of emotion-driven episodes 09:41 - Helping Dando grieve the loss of Jet 12:26 - Living with anxiety 17:16 - The effective role of the quilt 18:44 - The potential buyer raised the stakes of the story 20:46 - Homer and Marge don't WANT to sell Santa's Little Helper 22:38 - Santa's Little Helper was particularly naughty this episode 23:09 - Emily Winthrop 25:32 - The history of The Tracey Ulman Show 33:08 - Emily Winthrop is so unlikeable 35:09 - "pull the bloody chain, boy!" haunts us 37:08 - The use of "son of a bitch" 41:48 - Marge and Lisa's bonding story 45:47 - The best version of Lisa 48:51 - The various parodies (E.T., Predator, etc) 49:47 - Loving the Assassins 59:07 - FAVOURITE MOMENTS 01:00:00 - The birth of "Wise Guy"? 01:00:59 - Daytime television 01:02:40 - TRIVIA 01:07:46 - STONECUTTER SHOUT-OUTS 01:11:00 - FULL EPISODE REVIEW BEGINS 01:12:50 - Frank Welker 01:16:17 - How to draw the mumps 01:19:05 - Guy ruins Louise's lawn 01:15:54 - Faking sick to get out of school 01:22:02 - Mrs. Winfield calls Homer (clip) 01:23:40 - Flanders is odd in the earlier seasons 01:25:20 - Sometimes you've got to spoil yourself 01:35:08 - Homer gets caught (clip) 01:36:08 - The dangers of Afterpay 01:40:28 - Homer handled the Assassins situation well 01:44:18 - Guy returns a used shirt 01:51:10 - Marge's devastation 01:55:06 - Someone eating your leftovers 02:00:09 - Emily's choice was justified Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/four-finger-discount-simpsons-podcast--5828977/support .