Bart The Genius

Bart The Genius

January 14, 1990 TV Episode The Simpsons

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

Synopsis

Bart swaps IQ tests with the class brain, and ends up the butt of everyone's jokes at a school for gifted kids.

Characters

Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Marge Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Conductor, Skinner's Secretary, Cecile Shapiro, Principal Seymour Skinner, Dr. J. Loren Pryor, Mr. Prince, Edna Krabappel, Ms. Melon, Richard, Lewis, Milhouse van Houten, Ethan Foley, Boy, Martin Prince, Sidney Swift, Ian

Credits

Directing

Director
David Silverman

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
Jon Vitti
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, Conductor), Julie Kavner (Marge Simpson), Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson, Skinner's Secretary), Yeardley Smith (Lisa Simpson, Cecile Shapiro), Harry Shearer (Principal Seymour Skinner, Dr. J. Loren Pryor, Mr. Prince), Marsha Wallace Marcia Wallace (Edna Krabappel), Jo Ann Harris (Ms. Melon, Richard, Lewis), Pamela Hayden (Milhouse van Houten, Ethan Foley, Boy), Russi Taylor (Martin Prince, Sidney Swift, Ian)

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 # 7G02
  • 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

The first Simpsons episode to have a opening sequence and a choir vocalizing "The Simpsons." 3 changes during the 1st season opening sequence: Mr. Burns and Smithers are not in the background when Homer leaves work. Bart skates through town and sees Krusty on T.V. and he takes a bus stop sign and 5 people run to catch a bus. A 7-second shot of Lisa riding her bike home.

Yeardley Smith voices Cecile Shapiro; this is one of the few episodes in which she voices a character other than Lisa Simpson.

Blackboard Sequence: I will not waste chalk.

Couch Scene: Bart pops upwards out of frame, and doesn't come down. During the shot of the TV set, Bart falls past.

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