7F06 - Bart the Daredevil (December 6, 1990)

Summary: Bart wants to become a daredevil.

Episode Timeline:
Friday:
- The kids watch wrestling on TV at home while Homer watches it at Moe's bar
- A commercial for the Truckasaurus airs
- Homer rushes home to celebrate with Bart
- At dinner, Homer proposes the family goes to the monster truck rally and learns about Lisa's recital
Saturday:
- 5:00 - Lisa's recital begins
- 7:23 - Todd has a solo
- The family leaves the recital and drives fast to the rally, where they nearly get crushed
- The family gets paid for the damage done to their car
- The family watches a female monster truck driver and Homer gets concessions
- Lance Murdock performs his death-defying stunt
- Bart falls asleep on the car ride home and wants to be a daredevil
Sunday:
- Bart attempts to jump a car on his skateboard
- Bart winds up in the hospital with stitches
- Dr. Hibbert shows Bart children who have been injured by imitating television stunts
Monday-Friday:
- Bart jumps a car
- Bart jumps a swimming pool
- Bart jumps a line of dogs
- Bart jumps his sleeping father
- On a field trip to Springfield Gorge, Bart gets inspiration to jump it
- Bart announces his plans to jump the gorge while on the bus ride home
- Lisa takes Bart to see Murdock in the hospital, who approves of Bart's stunt
Saturday:
- At breakfast, Homer forbids Bart to jump the gorge and makes him promise he won't
- Noon - Bart arrives at the gorge
- Homer arrives to stop him and jumps the gorge himself
- Homer falls down the gorge a second time
- Homer winds up sharing a hospital room with Murdock

References to Time:
- Lisa's recital is the first in a series of Saturday evening concerts

References to Other Episodes: None

SLH Presence:
- Moe's TV is black and white
- SLH is present
- Bleeding Gums Murphy is alive

Minimum Time Spanned: 9 days

Canon: Yes

Favorite Moment: Homer falling down the gorge is a Simpsons classic, but I really enjoy Otto humming/beat-boxing into the bus microphone

Review: Okay episode. Everyone regards it as one of the best, especially for the gorge moment, but I feel it isn't as amazing as everyone says. Still, the whole episode is full of classic Simpson charm. B+