Moaning Lisa

Moaning Lisa

February 11, 1990 TV Episode The Simpsons

Studio
Klasky Csupo, Gracie Films.
Animation studio
Akom Production Company
Distributor
20th Century Fox Television.

Synopsis

Lisa is feeling down and blue about the problems around her, and meets a fellow blues musician, Bleedin' Gums Murphy. Homer tries to beat Bart playing a video boxing game.

Characters

Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Marge Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Jacqueline Bouvier, Mr. Largo, News Announcer, Clerk, Moe Szyslak, Howie, Miss Barr, Janey, Boy With Howie, Howie's Mother, Bleeding Gums Murphy, Boys

Credits

Directing

Director
Wes Archer (as Wesley Archer)

Producing

Producer
Richard Sakai
Executive Producers
James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon
Co-Producers
Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Larina Jean Adamson, Paul Germain
Associate Producers
J. Michael Mendel, Craig Knizek
Animation Producers
Sherry Argaman, Margot Pipkin

Writing

Writer
Al Jean, Mike Reiss
Story Editor
John Swartzwelder
Created by
Matt Groening
Developed by
James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon
Executive Story Editor
Jon Vitti
Script Supervisor
Doris Grau

Voices

Voice
Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson), Julie Kavner (Marge Simpson, Jacqueline Bouvier), Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson, Boy #1), Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson), Harry Shearer (Mr. Largo, News Announcer, Clerk), Hank Azaria (Moe Szyslak), Susan Blu (Howie, Boy #2), Miriam Flynn (Miss Barr), Pamela Hayden (Janey, Boy With Howie, Howie's Mother), Ron Taylor (Bleeding Gums Murphy)

Music

Music
Richard Gibbs
Theme
Danny Elfman

Art Department

Storyboard
David Silverman, Kent Butterworth, Steve Moore
Character Design
Matt Groening, Dan Haskett, Dale Hendrickson, Sam Simon
Color Design & Background Painting
Gyorgyi Peluce, Carol Wyatt
Background Design
Phil Ortiz
Main Title Design
David Silverman

Camera

Animation Camera
Wm. J. Hedge, Jim Keefer, Karen Shaffer, Wesley Smith

Editing

Editor
Brian K. Roberts, Ric Eisman
Assistant Film Editor
Don Barrozo
On-Line Editor
Mark McKimsey

Sound

Sound Effects Editor
Travis Powers
Re-Recording Mixer
Gary Montgomery
Dialogue Editor
Suhail Kafity
Production Mixer
Bill Thiederman

Music Department

Music Editor
Chris Ledesma

Casting

Casting
Bonita Pietila

Production Management

Production Coordinator
Sarah Werner
Post Production Facility
Laser Edit
Production Assistants
Donavan Brown, Todd Jacobsen, Eleanor Mills
Assistants to the Producers
Leslie Richter, Robert Cohen, Ian Deitchman, Peter Kwong, TJ Muncan, Todd Stein, Lana Redd Lewis
Post Production Coordinator
Joseph A. Boucher

Crew

Executive Consultant
Brad Bird
Creative Consultant
George Meyer
Visual Consultant
Stephen Lineweaver
Video Transfer
Richard Cassel, Unitel Video
Assistants to the Executive Producers
Daria Paris, Patty MacDonald, Julie Stedmon Smith, J.D. Maria
Assistants to the Associate Producer
Lisa Stewart, Michael McCusker
Executive in Charge of Producton for Gracie Films
Michael Stanislavsky
Creative Supervisor
Sam Simon
Executive Creative Consultant
James L. Brooks
Crew
I.A.T.S.E. N.A.B

Companies and other credits

  • Animation Produced by: Inc
  • Post Production Audio Facility: Todd-AO/Glen Glenn Studios
  • Post Production Facility: Inc
  • Negative Cutter: D&A Negative Cutting
  • Korean Production Company: Akom Production Company
  • The Persons in this film are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons or events is unintentional
  • THE SIMPSONS EPISODE # 7G06
  • COPYRIGHT © 1990
  • TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION
  • Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation is the author of this motion picture for purposes of copyright and other laws. This motion picture is protected under laws of the United States and other countr…
  • distribution or exhibition may result in civil liability and criminal prosecution
  • The Simpsons and the Simpsons characters
  • TM Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Production notes

Blackboard Sequence: I will not instigate revolution.

Couch Scene: Maggie squirts into the air. Marge catches her and places her on her lap.

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