Lisa's crush on an environmental activist inspires her to live in a tree threatened by loggers.Lisa's crush on an environmental activist inspires her to live in a tree threatened by loggers.Lisa's crush on an environmental activist inspires her to live in a tree threatened by loggers.
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Dan Castellaneta
- Homer Simpson
- (voice)
- …
Julie Kavner
- Marge Simpson
- (voice)
Nancy Cartwright
- Bart Simpson
- (voice)
Yeardley Smith
- Lisa Simpson
- (voice)
Hank Azaria
- Moe Szyslak
- (voice)
- …
Harry Shearer
- Announcer
- (voice)
- …
Joshua Jackson
- Jesse Grass
- (voice)
Tress MacNeille
- GameStation 252
- (voice)
- …
Karl Wiedergott
- Caleb
- (voice)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe episode is based on a story Matt Selman heard on the radio about Julia Butterfly Hill, an American activist and environmentalist who lived in an old California Redwood tree known as "Luna" for over two years, between 1997 and 1999 to prevent loggers from cutting it down.
- GoofsWhen the tree is sliding down Lombard Street, the TransAmerica pyramid is shown in the background, to the west. The pyramid is actually east of that block of Lombard Street..
- ConnectionsReferenced in The Simpsons: Hit & Run (2003)
- SoundtracksThis Log Is Your Log
(uncredited)
Parody of "This Land Is Your Land"
Written by Woody Guthrie
Arranged by Alf Clausen
Parody lyrics by Matt Selman
Performed by Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, Harry Shearer and Tress MacNeille
Featured review
Very memorable episode
One of my favorites, I still watch it from time to time. Lisa falls in love with a teen environmental activist, voiced by Joshua Jackson, and goes out of her way to impress him by sitting in a tree that is going to be cut down. The jokes throughout the episode are pretty good and neatly written, especially ones with Homer and Bart (although not as funny as the humor in classic episodes from earlier seasons). Episodes centered around Lisa's activism tend to be not as popular, especially in the latter seasons where her character just becomes a preachy know-it-all. So it's nice to have an episode where her activism plays a big role be really good, especially when it treated as a trait, not her whole character. I wish modern Simpsons writers would take note or care. The best episodes with Lisa are always the ones that make you sympathize for her, this being one of them.
This is also the episode that made me watch the Simpsons more often. I first saw it when I was in fifth grade and that's when I started picking up on the hidden humor and references. If you haven't seen this one, I recommend it.
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- SilverCentri2009
- Apr 14, 2020
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