On Sunday, July 25, 1993 5:12:53 PM UTC-4, Bill Oakley wrote:   
   > Here is an approximate repost of last week's (lost) Season Five   
   > update:   
   >   
   > ***The Simpsons Season Five***   
   >   
   > (Note: The season premiere is slated to be around September 30th.   
   > There are two episodes left over from last year, "Homer's Barbershop   
   > Quartet" and "Cape Feare," which will air then.)   
   >   
   > IN PRODUCTION   
   > _____________   
   >   
   > 1F01  Rosebud (by John Swartzwelder)   
   >       (Guests: The Ramones)   
   > 1F02  Homer Goes to College (by Conan O'Brien)   
   > 1F03  Marge on the Lam (by Bill Canterbury)   
   >       (Guest: Pamela Reed)   
   > 1F04  Treehouse of Horror IV (by McGrath & Daniels, Oakley &   
   >       Weinstein, Canterbury, and O'Brien)   
   > 1F05  Bart's Inner Child (by George Meyer)   
   >       (Guests: Albert Brooks and James Brown)   
   > 1F06  Boy-Scoutz N the Hood (by Dan McGrath)   
   >       (Guest: Ernest Borgnine)   
   > 1F07  The Last Temptation of Homer (by Frank Mula)   
   >       (Guest: Michelle Pfeiffer)   
   > 1F08  $pringfield (or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love   
   >       Legalized Gambling) (by Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein)   
   >       (Guests: Gerry Cooney and Robert Goulet)   
   > 1F09  Homer the Vigilante (by John Swartzwelder)   
   >       (Guest: Sam Neill)   
   > 1F10  Homer and Apu (by Greg Daniels)   
   >       (Guest:  TBA, maybe David Bowie?)   
   > 1F11  Bart Gets Famous (by John Swartzwelder)   
   >       (Guest: Our own Conan O'Brien)   
   > 1F12  Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy (by Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein)   
   >       (Guest: TBA, maybe Anne Bancroft)   
   > 1F13  Deep Space Homer (by David Mirkin)   
   >       (Guests: James Taylor and maybe Buzz Aldrin)   
   >   
   > WRITTEN BY NOT YET IN PRODUCTION   
   >   
   > 1F14  Homer Loves Flanders (by David Richardson)   
   > 1F15  Bart Gets an Elephant (by John Swartzwelder)   
   > 1F16  Burns's Heir (by Jace Richdale)   
   > 1F17  Lisa's Rival (by Mike Scully)   
   >   
   > NOT YET WRITTEN   
   >   
   > (These don't have real titles yet.)   
   >   
   > 1F18  (Bart and Principal Skinner) (by Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein)   
   > 1F--  (Lisa's Hockey Team) by Mike Scully   
   > 1F--  (Homer and Marge's Marital Problem) (by Greg Daniels)   
   > 1F--  (Bart Gets a Girlfriend) (by John Collier)   
   > 1F--  (Grampa Falls in Love with Grandma Bouvier) (by Bill Oakley &   
   >       Josh Weinstein)   
   >   
   > POSSIBLE 23 & 24, IF WE DO 24   
   >   
   > 1F-- (????) (by John Swartzwelder)   
   > 1F-- (Summer Swimming Pool / Rear Window Parody) (by Dan McGrath)   
   >   
   >   
   > That's it for season five, folks.   
   >   
   > Stay tuned for a sneak peek at some of the stories we'll be doing in   
   > (gasp) Season Six!  (Work on that starts in three months...)   
   >   
   > Best,   
   > Bill Oakley   
   > The Simpsons   
      
   Homer as an astronaut? Ugh. This show is losing what little charm it once had.   
      
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