Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington [SEP] series
Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington
"Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" is the second episode of "The Simpsons"' third season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on September 26, 1991. In the episode, Lisa enters in an essay contest to write an essay about America's greatness. When she wins it, she and the family travel to Washington, D.C. where the finals are to be held. Lisa is dismayed after witnessing a bribery scandal in the House. In her final essay
of the show's success, the fact that it is about a family and the writers can use experiences from their own or their family's life as an inspiration in their writing. He thought "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" was a perfectly constructed episode in that sense.
Cultural references.
The title and plot of the episode is a parody of the 1939 film "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington", in which the character Jefferson Smith comes to Washington with patriotic enthusiasm, but is instead shocked to see evidence