BABF21: Treehouse Of Horror XI
Airdate: 1 November 2000
Writer: Rob LaZebnik, John Frink, Don Payne, Carolyn Omine
Director: Matthew Nastuk
Executive Producer: Mike Scully, George Meyer, Al Jean
G-G-Ghost D-D-Dad: Homer chokes to death on a piece of broccoli and his spirit must perform a good deed in order to enter heaven.
Scary Tales Can Come True: The dark side of fairy tale characters is exposed
Night of the Dolphin: The world is overtaken by dolphins after Lisa frees their leader from captivity.
BABF20: A Tale Of Two Springfields
Airdate: 5 November 2000
Writer: John Swartzwelder
Director: Shaun Cashman
Executive Producer: Mike Scully
After Springfield's telephone area code splits in two, Homer spearheads a movement to divide the town itself in half along the new area code line. Guest starring The Who as themselves.
BABF17: Insane Clown Poppy
Airdate: 12 November 2000
Writer: John Frink and Don Payne
Director: Bob Anderson
Executive Producer: Mike Scully
Krusty takes parenting lessons from Homer when he discovers that he has a daughter about Bart's age from a one-night stand. Guest starring Drew Barrymore as Krusty's daughter Sophie.
CABF01: Lisa The Tree Hugger
Airdate: 19 November 2000
Writer: Matt Selman
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Executive Producer: Mike Scully
Eager to join "Dirt First" after witnessing their pro-vegetarianism demonstration atop the local Krusty Burger franchise, Lisa attempts to prove her worth by camping out in a giant redwood destined for logging. Meanwhile, Bart joins the workforce in order to buy a new game console advertised on television.
CABF04: Homer Vs. Dignity
Airdate: 26 November 2000
Writer: Rob LaZebnik
Director: Neil Affleck
Executive Producer: Mike Scully
Short on funds, Homer approaches the ever-wealthy C. Montgomery Burns for a token raise. But when Burns grants his request on the condition that Homer act as his personal jester, the Simpson family finds itself the subject of degrading and embarassing activities.
CABF02: The Computer Wore Menace Shoes
Airdate: 3 December 2000
Writer: John Swartzwelder
Director: Mark Kirkland
Executive Producer: Mike Scully
After realizing that he's missing the cyberspace boat, Homer plugs into the internet and builds a web site. But when low traffic hits him where it hurts, he resorts to spicing up his cyberslab with damaging gossip concerning fellow townsfolk.
CABF03: The Great Money Caper
Airdate: 10 December 2000
Writer: Carolyn Omine
Director: Michael Polcino
Executive Producer: Mike Scully
Strapped for cash, Homer and Bart thumb their way through "A Child's Garden of Cons" in search of the road to easy money.
CABF06: Skinner's Sense Of Snow
Airdate: 17 December 2000
Writer: Tim Long
Director: Lance Kramer
Executive Producer: Mike Scully
When a large storm snows in Springfield Elementary, the children are trapped inside for the holidays and soon rebel against Principal Skinner.
BABF22: HOMR
Airdate: 7 January 2001
Writer: Al Jean
Director: Mike B. Anderson
Executive Producer: Mike Scully
When doctors find and remove a crayon lodged in Homer's brain, his true IQ emerges, leading to a strong relationship with Lisa. But his relationship with others falls out once his new-found competence in safety inspecting leads to the closure of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant.
CABF05: Pokey Mom
Airdate: 14 January 2001
Writer: Tom Martin
Director: Bob Anderson
Executive Producer: Mike Scully
Following a prison rodeo, Marge befriends an inmate whom she considers undeserving of incarceration, and eventually sees to his release. Guest starring Michael Keaton as Jack
CABF08: Worst Episode Ever
Airdate: 4 February 2001
Writer: Larry Doyle
Director: Matthew Nastuk
Executive Producer: Mike Scully
The Comic Book Guy has a heart attack after witnessing the work of special make-up effects master Tom Savini, giving Bart and Milhouse their cue to babysit the Android's Dungeon.
CABF07: Tennis The Menace
Airdate: 11 February 2001
Writer: Ian Maxtone-Graham
Director: Jen Kamerman
Executive Producer: Mike Scully
Instead of buying a casket for his father, Homer uses the money to build a tennis court instead. Springfield wants to use the court for a tennis tournament, which all of the family members enter. But when teams are divided, the family gets competitive with each other, and they recruit professional tennis players to play in their places.
CABF10: Day Of The Jackanapes
Airdate: 18 February 2001
Writer: Al Jean
Director: Michael Marcantel
Executive Producer: Mike Scully
Upon learning that Krusty has erased all the archival tapes of his show from the Sideshow Bob era, Bob schemes to use Bart as a manchurian candidate to blow up Krusty live on the air.
CABF12: New Kids On The Blecch
Airdate: 25 February 2001
Writer: Tim Long
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Executive Producer: Mike Scully
When a talent agency discovers the musical abilities of Bart, Nelson, Milhouse and Ralph, it scurries to set them up as the next big boy band sensation, complete with a sinister subliminal propaganda campaign in mind: "Join the Navy".. Guest stars N'Sync
CABF09: Hungry Hungry Homer
Airdate: 4 March 2001
Writer: John Swartzwelder
Director: Nancy Kruse
Executive Producer: Mike Scully
After Homer discovers that the Springfield Isotopes are being moved to Albuquerque, he stages a hunger strike outside the stadium.
CABF11: Bye Bye Nerdie
Airdate: 11 March 2001
Writer: John Frink and Don Payne
Director: Lauren MacMullan
Executive Producer: Mike Scully
Lisa's attempts to befriend a new student at Springfield Elementary result in constant bullying, leading her on a crusade to find out just what makes bullies tick.
CABF13: Simpson Safari
Airdate: 1 April 2001
Writer: John Swartzwelder
Director: Mark Kirkland
Executive Producer: Mike Scully
A belated prize awaits Homer in his next box of animal crackers, one which starts the family out on an exotic trip to Ngorongoro, Africa.
CABF14: Trilogy Of Error
Airdate: 29 April 2001
Writer: Matt Selman
Director: Mike B. Anderson
Executive Producer: Mike Scully
In a "Run, Lola, Run" parody, a breakfast accident involving Marge's kitchen knife and Homer's thumb is seen through the eyes of individual family members. While Homer & Marge make a mad dash for the hospital, Lisa takes her linguistic robot to the Springfield science fair, and Bart runs afoul of Fat Tony's illegal fireworks ring.
CABF15: I'm Goin' To Praiseland
Airdate: 6 May 2001
Writer: Julie Thacker
Director: Chuck Sheetz
Executive Producer: Mike Scully
When Ned discovers that one of Maude's goals was to build a bible-themed amusement park, he reunites with Rachel in order to fulfill her dream. But when an accident dupes the public into believing that the park was the site of a miracle, Ned is forced to decide between revealing the truth versus enjoying his increased profits.
CABF16: Children Of A Lesser Clod
Airdate: 13 May 2001
Writer: Al Jean
Director: Mike Polcino
Executive Producer: Mike Scully
Homer injures himself while playing basketball at the YMCA, and needs surgery. While recovering at home, he finds he is good at caring for pets and at babysitting the Flandereses' children, so much so that he starts a daycare center which gets him nominated for a Good Guy award for service to the community. But Bart and Lisa feel neglected through all of this, and are determined to thwart his award campaign.
CABF17: Simpsons Tall Tales
Airdate: 20 May 2001
Writer: John Frink & Don Payne, Bob Bendetson, Matt Selman
Director: Bob Anderson
Executive Producer: Mike Scully
A rail-riding hobo tells the tales of American legends, leading to Homer imagine himself as Paul Bunyan, Lisa as Connie Appleseed versus the wagon train pioneers, and Bart and Nelson as Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn in a rafting adventure on the Mississipi.