Treehouse of Horror VII
| "Treehouse of Horror VII" | |
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| The Simpsons episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 8 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | Mike B. Anderson |
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| Production code | 4F02 |
| Original air date | October 27, 1996 |
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| Couch gag | The Grim Reaper is on the couch. The family runs in, but keel over and die one by one. The Reaper then puts his feet up on the corpses of the Simpson family. |
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"Treehouse of Horror VII" is the first episode of the eighth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 27, 1996. In the seventh annual Treehouse of Horror episode, Bart discovers his long-lost twin Hugo, Lisa grows a colony of small beings, and Kang and Kodos impersonate Bill Clinton (voiced by Phil Hartman) and Bob Dole in order to win the 1996 presidential election.
This episode was written by Ken Keeler, Dan Greaney, and David X. Cohen, and directed by Mike B. Anderson. Phil Hartman voiced Clinton and Harry Shearer voiced Dole. This is the first Treehouse of Horror episode to be a season premiere.