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Season 6  "Round Springfield"  6x22

Aired 29 years ago - Apr 30, 1995

Lisa is reunited with her idol, Bleeding Gums Murphy, but their time together is short-lived. When the jazz legend passes away, a heartbroken Lisa wants to buy his rare album for $500 and play it on the local jazz station as a tribute.

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Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 1
"No teacher shall be held accountable if Bart Simpson dies."
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 2
Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 3
Budget cuts. They've even got Groundskeeper Willie teaching French.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 4
Superintendent Chalmers, meet our new school nurse, Lunchlady Doris.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 5
Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 6
- Hot dogs! Get your hot dogs here! - Woo-hoo!
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 7
Hey, I smell gas.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 8
BART: No thanks to you, Homer. - Why, you little...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 9
Dr. Hibbert, can I have my appendix out?
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 10
Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 11
Let me put it this way. You ever been to the dentist?
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 12
He'll be fine.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 13
I've got an older brother that I'll never see.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 14
I want you to have my saxophone.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 15
Now, a brilliant jazz musician who's inspired me to do some improv poetry.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 16
MURPHY: I cut my first and only album, Sax on the Beach.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 17
In '86, when I did a guest shot on The Cosby Show.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 18
...which gives them the brain damage.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 19
No. Actually, jazz is like the New Coke.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 20
This just in: Krusty the Clown staged a press conference today...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 21
What about that little boy who got appendicitis from eating your cereal?
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 22
Krusty, that wasn 't the metal one. That was a regular Krusty- O.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 23
Come on, let's jam.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 24
Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 25
Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 26
Barney, this is a five-minute chip. It's worth a Pabst.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 27
Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 28
And with a flute up his nose, Ralph Wiggum.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 29
Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 30
Oh.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 31
And I'm sure that wherever he is now, he's happy.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 32
What I'm saying is, all we have to do...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 33
If it helps, I believe that after you die...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 34
He's crazy, boys. Get the Taser.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 35
There it is. Death!
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 36
Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 37
...I recommend getting a tattoo. It preserves the things you love.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 38
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 39
But he was a great man.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 40
Lady, he's putting my kids through college.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 41
Ronald Chaporo, trial attorney.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 42
I can't believe it. Five hundred bucks!
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 43
Maybe you could get the local jazz station to do a tribute to him, huh?
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 44
Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 45
Tell me about it. Just look at our morning guy.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 46
But I need that album to honor the memory of Bleeding Gums Murphy.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 47
Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 48
Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 49
Bart, I can't believe it. But why?
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 50
I got the album.

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Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 2 #2 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 3
Budget cuts. They've even got Groundskeeper Willie teaching French.
#3 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 4
Superintendent Chalmers, meet our new school nurse, Lunchlady Doris.
#4 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 5 #5 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 6
- Hot dogs! Get your hot dogs here! - Woo-hoo!
#6 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 7
Hey, I smell gas.
#7 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 8
BART: No thanks to you, Homer. - Why, you little...
#8 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 9
Dr. Hibbert, can I have my appendix out?
#9 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 10 #10 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 11
Let me put it this way. You ever been to the dentist?
#11 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 12
He'll be fine.
#12 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 13
I've got an older brother that I'll never see.
#13 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 14
I want you to have my saxophone.
#14 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 15
Now, a brilliant jazz musician who's inspired me to do some improv poetry.
#15 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 16
MURPHY: I cut my first and only album, Sax on the Beach.
#16 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 17
In '86, when I did a guest shot on The Cosby Show.
#17 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 18
...which gives them the brain damage.
#18 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 19
No. Actually, jazz is like the New Coke.
#19 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 20
This just in: Krusty the Clown staged a press conference today...
#20 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 21
What about that little boy who got appendicitis from eating your cereal?
#21 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 22
Krusty, that wasn 't the metal one. That was a regular Krusty- O.
#22 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 23
Come on, let's jam.
#23 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 24 #24 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 25 #25 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 26
Barney, this is a five-minute chip. It's worth a Pabst.
#26 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 27 #27 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 28
And with a flute up his nose, Ralph Wiggum.
#28 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 29 #29 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 30
Oh.
#30 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 31
And I'm sure that wherever he is now, he's happy.
#31 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 32
What I'm saying is, all we have to do...
#32 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 33
If it helps, I believe that after you die...
#33 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 34
He's crazy, boys. Get the Taser.
#34 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 35
There it is. Death!
#35 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 36 #36 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 37
...I recommend getting a tattoo. It preserves the things you love.
#37 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 38
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today...
#38 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 39
But he was a great man.
#39 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 40
Lady, he's putting my kids through college.
#40 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 41
Ronald Chaporo, trial attorney.
#41 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 42
I can't believe it. Five hundred bucks!
#42 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 43
Maybe you could get the local jazz station to do a tribute to him, huh?
#43 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 44 #44 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 45
Tell me about it. Just look at our morning guy.
#45 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 46
But I need that album to honor the memory of Bleeding Gums Murphy.
#46 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 47 #47 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 48 #48 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 49
Bart, I can't believe it. But why?
#49 Recap of The Simpsons Season 6 Episode 22 (S06E22) - 50
I got the album.
#50