The BEST episodes written by Richard Appel
#1 - Eye of the Tiger
The Bernie Mac Show - Season 3 - Episode 1
Jordan tries out for the basketball team, but the coach decides he is better suited for gymnastics -- as a ribbon dancer. Meanwhile, Wanda coaches Bryana's soccer team and turns her into a lean, mean soccer machine.
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#2 - 22 Short Films About Springfield
The Simpsons - Season 7 - Episode 21
Bart and Milhouse wonder if anything interesting happens to the citizens of Springfield, which leads to a series of interconnected vignettes.
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#3 - Mother Simpson
The Simpsons - Season 7 - Episode 8
Homer discovers that his mother is still alive, a former radical who is a fugitive from the law. When her old nemesis Burns spots her and tips off the FBI, she is forced to return to the underground.
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#4 - Bart on the Road
The Simpsons - Season 7 - Episode 20
Bart creates a fake driver's license for himself and uses it to go on a spring break road trip with Milhouse, Nelson, and Martin. Meanwhile, Homer and Lisa bond after spending some quality time together at work.
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#5 - Bart After Dark
The Simpsons - Season 8 - Episode 5
After trespassing and damaging property at a mysterious old house, Bart is required to work there as a punishment... but it turns out to be a burlesque house.
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#6 - The Secret War of Lisa Simpson
The Simpsons - Season 8 - Episode 25
When Bart is sent to military school after playing a prank on the town, Lisa decides to join him... as the school's only girl cadet.
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#7 - The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons
The Simpsons - Season 9 - Episode 7
Trying to escape his arranged marriage, Apu asks Marge to pose as his wife during his mother’s visit. When the ruse fails, Homer makes a last-ditch attempt to intervene, but Apu is smitten with his new bride Manjula.
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#8 - Family Gay
Family Guy - Season 7 - Episode 8
Peter is injected with the gay gene as part of a scientific experiment to determine whether or not homosexuality is a learned trait or something that people are born with. He ends up in a gay relationship and winds up in a "straight camp".
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#9 - When You Dish Upon a Star
The Simpsons - Season 10 - Episode 5
After a chance encounter with Hollywood celebrities secretly living in Springfield, Homer becomes their friend and gofer... until he spills the beans to the gang at Moe's.
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#10 - Pilot
The Cleveland Show - Season 1 - Episode 1
Cleveland Brown returns to his hometown with his high-school sweetheart.
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