The Simpsons Se03 Ep03 When Flanders Failed

When Flanders Failed is the third episode of Season 3. It first aired on October 3, 1991. The episode was written by Jon Vitti and directed by Jim Reardon. The episode features cultural references to playwright William Shakespeare and the film It’s a Wonderful Life. The title of the episode is a reference to the title of the poem “In Flanders Fields“. Unusually, this episode had a large amount of animation glitches because the animation studio was training a new group of animators.

When Ned Flanders announces at a barbecue that he’s starting his own general store catering to the left-handed, Homer wishes that his goody-goody neighbor will suffer financial ruin. Meanwhile, Bart takes karate class, but ends up cutting it when he realizes that it’s not as exciting as it’s cracked up to be.