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"Cape Feare" is the second episode of the fifth season of American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 7, 1993, and has since been featured on DVD and VHS releases. Written by Jon Vitti and directed by Rich Moore (pictured), "Cape Feare" features the return of guest star Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob, who tries to kill Bart Simpson after getting out of jail. "Cape Feare" is a spoof of the 1962 film Cape Fear and its 1991 remake, and alludes to other horror films such as Psycho. The episode was pitched by Wallace Wolodarsky, who wanted to parody Cape Fear. Originally produced for the fourth season, it was held over to the fifth and was therefore the last episode produced by the show's original writers, most of whom subsequently left. The production crew found it difficult to stretch "Cape Feare" to the standard duration of half an hour, and consequently padded several scenes. In one such sequence, Sideshow Bob continually steps on rakes, the handles of which then hit him in the face; this scene became one of the show's most memorable moments. The episode is generally considered one of the best of the entire series, and the score received an Emmy Award nomination.

• ... that the 1937 Fleischer Studios strike in New York City was the first major labor strike in the animation industry?
• ... that although Blizzard's franchise Overwatch is centered around video games, its lore is mainly told through animated shorts, comics, and novels?
• ... that the Pakistani film Shehr e Tabassum was the first animated cyberpunk film to be made by an Urdu development team?
• ... that Raoul Servais invented a new technique for combining animation and live action for his short film Harpya?
• ... that Paul Dini was a writer for both the animated television series Batman: The Animated Series and the video game series Batman: Arkham?
• ... that the animated film The Exigency took thirteen years to make?

Al Jean (born January 9, 1961) is an award-winning American screenwriter and producer, best known for his work on The Simpsons. He was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan and graduated from Harvard University in 1981. Jean began his writing career in the 1980s with fellow Harvard alum Mike Reiss. It was first broadcast on ABC in January 1994 and was well-received by critics, but did not catch on with viewers and only lasted for two seasons. In 1994, Jean and Reiss signed a three-year deal with The Walt Disney Company to produce other television shows for ABC and the duo created and executive produced Teen Angel, which was canceled in its first season. Jean returned full-time to The Simpsons during the tenth season (1998). He became show runner once again with the start of the thirteenth season in 2001, this time without Reiss, and has held that position since then. Jean was also one of the writers and producers that worked on The Simpsons Movie, a feature-length film based on the series that was released in 2007.

The episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants, an American animated television series created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg (pictured) for Nickelodeon. Since its debut on May 1, 1999, 268 episodes of the series have been broadcast; its ninth season premiered on July 21, 2012. The series is set in the fictional underwater city of Bikini Bottom, and centers on the adventures of SpongeBob SquarePants (Tom Kenny), an over-optimistic sea sponge that annoys other characters. Many of the ideas for the show originated in an unpublished, educational comic book titled The Intertidal Zone, which Hillenburg created in 1984. He began developing SpongeBob SquarePants into a television series in 1996 upon the cancellation of Rocko's Modern Life. SpongeBob SquarePants has been noted for its appeal towards different age groups. During the second season, it became Nickelodeon's No. 2 children's program, after Rugrats. Nearly 40 percent of its audience of 2.2 million were aged 18 to 34. In season three, SpongeBob SquarePants passed Rugrats and earned the title of being the highest rated children's show on cable.

• ...that the 1935 Disney cartoon Three Orphan Kittens was later censored for having negative portrayals of African Americans?
• ...that Up was the second animated film to receive a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Picture, after Beauty and the Beast?
• ...that The World of Strawberry Shortcake, the first television special to feature American Greetings' popular character, was rejected by the major U.S. networks and premiered in syndication instead?

Events

• 2002 – Nicktoons, a sister channel (logo pictured) of Nickelodeon launches.

Films released

• 1922 – Felix All at Sea (United States)
• 1924 – Alice's Wild West Show (United States)
• 1926 – Cops Suey (United States)
• 1936 – Bridge Ahoy! (United States)
• 1942 – Donald Gets Drafted (United States)
• 1943 – The Wise Quacking Duck (United States)
• 1948 – Nothing but the Tooth (United States)
• 1954 – No Parking Hare (United States)
• 1968 – G.I. Pink (United States)
• 2009 – Wishology (United States)

Television series and specials

• 1999 – SpongeBob SquarePants, an animated series airs with the pilot episode "Help Wanted/Reef Blower/Tea at the Treedome" on Nickelodeon
• 2004 – Megas XLR, an animated television series debuts on Cartoon Network
• 2005 – Family Guy, an animated sitcom television series debuts on Fox after three years off the schedule.

Births

• 1946 – Joanna Lumley, English actress, voice-over artist, author, and activist
• 1966 – Charlie Schlatter, American actor

Deaths

• 2014 – Kōji Yada, Japanese voice actor (b. 1933)