The Simpsons Se02 Ep12 The Way We Was

The Way We Was is the twelfth episode of Season 2. It was first broadcast on January 31, 1991 and was written by Al Jean, Mike Reiss and Sam Simon, while David Silverman directed. It was the first ever flashback episode of The Simpsons. The episode contains cultural references to songs such as “The Joker” and “(They Long to Be) Close to You”, and the television series “Siskel & Ebert & the Movies“.

When the TV breaks down, Marge and Homer decide to tell their children a story. After refusing to tell the story of how Bart was born (which would later be seen in season 3′s “I Married Marge”), they decide to tell the story of how Homer and Marge met in high school–and how Marge almost went out with a nerd named Artie Ziff.