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Season 3  "Black Widower"  3x21

Aired 32 years ago - Apr 09, 1992

When Selma agrees to marry her prison pen pal, Sideshow Bob, only Bart remains suspicious of his motives.

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Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 1
Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 2
When prison ended that dream, I became a seething cauldron...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 3
When I was nominated for best supporting performer...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 4
And the Emmy goes to...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 5
Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 6
- Who used my chap stick? - Oh, I did. Here you go.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 7
- I'd have choked you as soon as I walked in.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 8
No Emmys, no Oscars, not even a Golden Globe.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 9
''filing nuisance lawsuits.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 10
Like the lone crocus that pokes through the prison yard...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 11
I resolved to be the best darned inmate #2 460 1 I could be.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 12
What a beautiful story, Sideshow Bob.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 13
Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 14
if I did something bold and shocking...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 15
Then call me ''Mrs. Scum.''
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 16
Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 17
Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 18
Close enough. May you drive safely...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 19
So nauseous.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 20
Get out here, you gumba!
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 21
This guy is a national treasure.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 22
If Krusty can find it in his heart to forgive him surely you can too.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 23
What should we serve?
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 24
Selma, dear, I'm confused.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 25
Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 26
Tomorrow we'll be Mr. and Mrs. Bob Terwilliger.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 27
MacGyver was wearing a tank top.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 28
First of all, he's not a genius. He's an actor.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 29
He was so cruel.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 30
Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 31
but it's no big deal.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 32
Oh, Bob.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 33
to have and to hold, in sickness and in health...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 34
Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 35
Oh, gee, a joke, huh?
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 36
and for this, I thank him.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 37
You don't trust Sideshow Bob, do you?
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 38
Just tell me what you know I want to hear.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 39
Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 40
and the videocassette Homer gave us.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 41
Like the one in your brochure!
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 42
Oh, Selma, dear-- you and your little camera.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 43
Romantic? With Aunt Selma?
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 44
Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 45
That's... Sanskrit for ''your toes are like perfume.''
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 46
Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 47
Tonight, on MacGyver...
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 48
Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 49
Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 50
No, but that never stopped us before.
 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 51
Then it hit me--

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Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 2
When prison ended that dream, I became a seething cauldron...
#2 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 3
When I was nominated for best supporting performer...
#3 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 4
And the Emmy goes to...
#4 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 5 #5 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 6
- Who used my chap stick? - Oh, I did. Here you go.
#6 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 7
- I'd have choked you as soon as I walked in.
#7 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 8
No Emmys, no Oscars, not even a Golden Globe.
#8 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 9
''filing nuisance lawsuits.
#9 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 10
Like the lone crocus that pokes through the prison yard...
#10 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 11
I resolved to be the best darned inmate #2 460 1 I could be.
#11 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 12
What a beautiful story, Sideshow Bob.
#12 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 13 #13 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 14
if I did something bold and shocking...
#14 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 15
Then call me ''Mrs. Scum.''
#15 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 16 #16 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 17 #17 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 18
Close enough. May you drive safely...
#18 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 19
So nauseous.
#19 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 20
Get out here, you gumba!
#20 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 21
This guy is a national treasure.
#21 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 22
If Krusty can find it in his heart to forgive him surely you can too.
#22 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 23
What should we serve?
#23 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 24
Selma, dear, I'm confused.
#24 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 25 #25 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 26
Tomorrow we'll be Mr. and Mrs. Bob Terwilliger.
#26 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 27
MacGyver was wearing a tank top.
#27 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 28
First of all, he's not a genius. He's an actor.
#28 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 29
He was so cruel.
#29 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 30 #30 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 31
but it's no big deal.
#31 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 32
Oh, Bob.
#32 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 33
to have and to hold, in sickness and in health...
#33 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 34 #34 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 35
Oh, gee, a joke, huh?
#35 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 36
and for this, I thank him.
#36 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 37
You don't trust Sideshow Bob, do you?
#37 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 38
Just tell me what you know I want to hear.
#38 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 39 #39 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 40
and the videocassette Homer gave us.
#40 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 41
Like the one in your brochure!
#41 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 42
Oh, Selma, dear-- you and your little camera.
#42 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 43
Romantic? With Aunt Selma?
#43 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 44 #44 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 45
That's... Sanskrit for ''your toes are like perfume.''
#45 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 46 #46 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 47
Tonight, on MacGyver...
#47 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 48 #48 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 49 #49 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 50
No, but that never stopped us before.
#50 Recap of The Simpsons Season 3 Episode 21 (S03E21) - 51
Then it hit me--
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