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This animated one hit wonder was born of the (thankfully)brief period when Bart was in his "underachiever and proud of it" obnoxious cool brat persona, and was generally considered to be the main character of the show - before everyone came to their senses and realised that the true star was not Bart, but rather Homer! It may have long overstayed its welcome, but whether you now hate or like what the Simpsons has become, I think or I hope, that one thing that all fans can agree on is that Homer is the one thing about it that never stopped being great. The animation is fairly well done. I remember it as having that ugly and slightly disturbing look that most of the first and second seasons had. There's a surprising variety of characters on display. It was kind of amusing trying to spot them all. It has end credits, just like a real episode. If, for whatever reason, anyone really likes this, there's a director's cut on the season 2 DVD. Nancy Cartwright's "rapping" is actually pretty good! Michael Jackson is mentioned once. I can't believe this was number one in my country for three whole weeks! I mean it's kind of catchy & all, but come on! It's not so much the singing that I find corny, so much the dancing! Ew!!! This type of thing is such an embarrassing little chapter in the show's history. I'm so glad it soon moved away from this kind of childish nonsense. It's just horrible, and only ever really intended for the little kiddies, something I don't believe the show ever completely was. In a sweet moment of hilarity in an otherwise dreck episode made seven years later, the show itself poked fun at this ridiculous musical moment of the past. Bart, on the school bus and desperate for attention, sings a bit of the song. Ralph Wiggum, uncharacteristically normal for once, comments:"that is so 1991". Amen, Ralphie.. See ya!

"Bart Simpson: Do the Bartman" is a 6-minute music video from 1990 and this one is already 27 years old now. It is basically about the family's son from the famous "Simpsons" television show, from the early years, and he is told to stay in the back when a school dance is performed, but of course if you know the character, then you also know he has another plan in mind. Could it all be real though? Lots of dancing and music in here, but I felt that nothing was too creative or memorable and the rhythm aspect certainly wasn't anything special either. People who complain about how this show got worse should watch this one and there is no way that today's Simpsons are as bad as this generic short movie from over a quarter of a century ago. Plus it was never funny either or will get you in the mood to watch a Simpsons episode or two. Oh yeah, director is Pixar's Oscar winner Brad Bird early in his career and obviously still far far away from his peak. Bart may be far from my favorite Simpsons character, but I don't think personal bias was the main reason here why I did not like it. It just wasn't special at all and as I wrote in the title of my review there is a reason why nobody associates the world's yellowest family with music these days. Or ever has. Closer to */***** than to ***/***** in my opinion. Watch something else.