When Lisa protests denying education to Cletus' hillbilly kids, Principal Skinner offers her a chance to tutor the kids herself. However, her plans to help are diverted when Krusty spots the kids during their field trip and decides to use them as an act on his show. Meanwhile, Bart tries to scare his peers out of the cafeteria by claiming it's haunted by the ghost of an old school chef who uses students as ingredients in his recipes. When the school erupts with fear and chaos, Bart is punished and sent to receive psychiatric treatment, and he develops a unique relationship with his therapist.

Simpsons Comics #127: (Out Now!)
A three-hour tour turns into a long-lost adventure, stranding the whole Simpson family on a deserted island in a classically illustrated tale of survival we call 'Simpsons Family Robinson.'


Bart Simpson Comics #34: (Out Today!)
Bart's life appears to be ruined when Mrs. Krabappel moves in with the Simpsons. Then, Homer and Bart go head to head and burger to burger when they both enter a Krusty Burger competition. Finally, Bart discovers Groundskeeper Willie's infamous past

Another Simpsons Movie trailer aired during last night's episode 'Springfield Up' and is now also available on the web. If you live in another country or if you missed it, you can watch the whole thing below!

Video Highlight: Declan interviews Homer

The Simpsons continues to gain slight increases over previous weeks, with Springfield Up gathering 8.80 million viewers on Sunday. New episodes weren't airing at this time last year, but for a comparison, "Pranksta Rap" in 2005 got 8.1 million viewers the same week. Last year's March episodes were closing at around 9 million which is within arms reach.

The Simpsons came third in its slot aided by a lacklustre 'Grease: You're The One That I Want' on NBC. King Of The Hill had 7.17 million, Family Guy had 8.48 million, and American Dad 7.04 million, all third in their respective slots, keeping FOX in third place overall for the night. Among adults, FOX was second behind ABC and in front of CBS.

An eccentric documentary filmmaker Declan Desmond (guest voice Eric Idle) offers an inside look at his work chronicling the growth and development of some of Springfields finest for his documentary, Growing up Springfield, from childhood to the present. Those profiled include Marge, Moe and Homer, who attempts to convince Declan and his crew that he is a millionaire. We see Marge put her photojournalism dreams on hold in order to support Homer as he tries out odd jobs in search of success that continually evades him until a strange invention turns it all around for the couple. However, a suspicious Desmond challenges the Simpsons, who have a lot of questions to answer about their overnight success.

The final selection of contestants on American Idol 6 were treated to a special sneak peek of The Simpsons Movie, lead by David Silverman on last night's program. Here's the video for those who missed it.

Video Highlight: Mr. Burns gets it

Sunday's episode 'Little Big Girl' came out with 8.27 million viewers, a small increase on the previous week's viewing figure. The show was beaten by The Grammys on CBS and Home Edition on ABC to cement itself into third place in overall viewers for the hour; a great achievement. FOX was fourth overall for the night but with the help of its cartoon lineup, managed to beat out NBC again for third among adults 18 - 49. King Of The Hill had 6.98 million, Family Guy had 7.96 million, while American Dad achieved a total of 6.59 million.

Up against some stiff competition, namely, itself, The Simpsons took home yet another Writers Guild Award in the Animation category for 2006. John Frink won the award for the episode "The Italian Bob," trumping "Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore," "Simpsons Christmas Stories," and "Girls Just Want To Have Sums." Since the animation category was introduced to the awards, The Simpsons have made it their tradition to take the award from the competition. Congratulations to John Frink and to all those which were nominated.

When Lisa struggles to find excitement and intrigue in her family heritage for a school presentation, she decides to take creative license in crafting her heritage as a Native American, since its only for a school project. What begins as an innocent embellishment quickly turns into a web of lies when Lisa is chosen to represent the school, and her people, at City Hall, and then as a keynote speaker for the National Native American Tribal Council. As a reward for his heroic act, Bart is granted a drivers license, and in an attempt to escape endless family errands and chauffeuring he flees to a faraway town where he is romanced by an older teenage girl, Darcy (guest voice Natalie Portman) whose expectations may prove to be too much for Bart.

Another new promotional image from Fox today. This one's from Springfield Up, which sees Eric Idle reprise his role as Declan Desmond to document the lives of various citizens of Springfield.

Fox have just released this promotional image for the episode Little Big Girl which will air on February 11. It features Bart and his teenage love interest, portrayed by special guest star Natalie Portman. Click the image if you would like a larger view.