The Best Episodes Directed By Bob Anderson
Every TV Episode Directed by Bob Anderson Ranked from Best to Worst by Thousands of Voters
Bob Anderson Ratings Summary
The best episode directed by Bob Anderson is "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment", rated 8.4/10 from 28 user votes. It was "written by John Swartzwelder". "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" aired on 3/16/1997 and is rated 0.4 point(s) higher than their second highest rated, "Bart's Comet".
8.4/10 28 votes#1 - Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment
Season 8 Episode 18 - Aired 3/16/1997
When Prohibition is revived in Springfield, Homer and Bart supply the town with alcohol.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: John Swartzwelder
8.0/10 27 votes#2 - Bart's Comet
Season 6 Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/1995
When Bart is forced to assist Principal Skinner in early-morning astronomy observations, he discovers a giant comet heading towards Springfield. Facing impending doom, the entire town shows up at the Flanders family bomb shelter.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: John Swartzwelder
7.9/10 28 votes#3 - Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song
Season 5 Episode 19 - Aired 4/28/1994
Bart takes his dog to school, which gets Skinner fired, which in turn leaves Bart missing his archnemesis.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Bill Oakley
7.9/10 27 votes#4 - Hurricane Neddy
Season 8 Episode 8 - Aired 12/29/1996
A hurricane destroys the Flanders' home and they have to move into the church basement. The people of Springfield gather to rebuild their house, but when Ned sees the poor workmanship, he has a complete breakdown.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Steve Young
7.7/10 28 votes#5 - Treehouse of Horror VI
Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 10/29/1995
In "Attack of the 50 Foot Eyesores," strange atmospheric conditions bring giant advertising statues to life. In "Nightmare on Evergreen Terrace," Groundskeeper Willie is killed in a freak accident and seeks revenge in the childrens' dreams. In the final segment, Homer steps through a secret portal and becomes three-dimensional.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: David X. Cohen
7.6/10 28 votes#6 - Lisa on Ice
Season 6 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/1994
Lisa's surprising ability at hockey spawns jealousy in Bart and a showdown when their teams meet.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Mike Scully
7.2/10 27 votes#7 - Two Dozen and One Greyhounds
Season 6 Episode 20 - Aired 4/9/1995
The Simpson household's overrun with puppies--the offspring of Santa's Little Helper and his new girlfriend from which Mr. Burns would love to make a greyhound-skin tuxedo.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Mike Scully
7.2/10 26 votes#8 - Miracle on Evergreen Terrace
Season 9 Episode 10 - Aired 12/21/1997
After accidentally ruining the family’s Christmas tree and presents, Bart buries the evidence and claims a burglar stole everything. When Kent Brockman does a human interest story on the family’s tragic loss, the townspeople shower the family with generosity… until the truth comes out.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Ron Hauge
7.2/10 32 votes#9 - Simpsorama
Season 26 Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2014
The Planet Express crew come to present-day Springfield to prevent the Simpsons from destroying the future.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
7.1/10 23 votes#10 - Lisa Gets an 'A'
Season 10 Episode 7 - Aired 11/22/1998
Stuck at home with a cold, Lisa gets addicted to a video game and neglects her homework. Her A+++ on a test wins the school a grant, but when she confesses that she cheated, Skinner covers it up. Meanwhile, Homer raises a lobster.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Ian Maxtone-Graham
7.0/10 28 votes#11 - Bart's Inner Child
Season 5 Episode 7 - Aired 11/11/1993
Springfield emulates Bart after he's praised by a self-help guru.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: George Meyer
7.0/10 6 votes#12 - The Many Saints of Springfield
Season 34 Episode 13 - Aired 2/19/2023
When Ned Flanders falls on hard times, Fat Tony makes him an offer he can't refuse.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Al Jean
6.9/10 19 votes#13 - Pokey Mom
Season 12 Episode 10 - Aired 1/14/2001
Marge tries to rehabilitate a convict with remarkable artistic talent. Meanwhile, Homer uses a trash can to fix people's spines.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Tom Martin
6.9/10 15 votes#14 - Fraudcast News
Season 15 Episode 22 - Aired 5/23/2004
Mr. Burns buys out Springfield's media outlets after a newspaper mistakenly reports his death, and Lisa's homemade newspaper is next on his list.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Don Payne
6.7/10 21 votes#15 - I'm with Cupid
Season 10 Episode 14 - Aired 2/14/1999
Apu is making the husbands of Springfield look bad with his extravagent Valentine's Day efforts for Manjula. When the men try to sabotage Apu's grand gesture, they accidentally wind up benefiting from it.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Dan Greaney
6.7/10 19 votes#16 - Days of Future Future
Season 25 Episode 18 - Aired 4/13/2014
Set in the future, Homer has a new clone for every time he dies. Lisa is married to a zombie version of Milhouse, while Bart deals with custody issues with his ex-wife, Jenda. Each defines what love means to them.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: J. Stewart Burns
6.6/10 15 votes#17 - 500 Keys
Season 22 Episode 21 - Aired 5/15/2011
After finding the keys to every door in Springfield, Lisa finds a hidden room beneath the elementary school.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: John Frink
6.5/10 19 votes#18 - E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)
Season 11 Episode 5 - Aired 11/7/1999
Fleeing from a duel, Homer takes his family to live on a farm. There he discovers that by mixing tomatoes, tobacco and radioactivity from the nuclear plant, he can create a dangerously delicious new substance.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Ian Maxtone-Graham
6.5/10 18 votes#19 - The Fight Before Christmas
Season 22 Episode 8 - Aired 12/5/2010
When the rest of the family seems to lack Christmas spirit, Marge contacts Martha Clause.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Dan Castellaneta
6.5/10 15 votes#20 - Lisa Gets the Blues
Season 29 Episode 17 - Aired 4/22/2018
When the Simpsons' flight to Gainesville gets re-routed to New Orleans, Lisa is forced to face her failures, and regain her confidence as a jazz musician. Meanwhile, Bart is intrigued by the voodoo in Louisiana, and Homer is intrigued by the drinking.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Brian Kelley
6.5/10 6 votes#21 - The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby
Season 31 Episode 18 - Aired 4/19/2020
Mr. Burns tasks Homer with swindling Cletus Spuckler out of his newfound helium fortune. Meanwhile, Maggie is reunited with Hudson from Playdate with Destiny again, only for Marge to tear them apart after his mother annoys her.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Tom Gammill
6.4/10 19 votes#22 - Special Edna
Season 14 Episode 7 - Aired 1/5/2003
Ms. Edna Krabappel begins to lose faith in her relationship with Principal Skinner and becomes depressed. Bart wants to cheer her up and decides to nominate her for the Teacher of the Year Award. Ms. Krabappel and the Simpsons are given a free trip to Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida. Skinner decides that he needs to do something to win Edna back, so he follows them there. He tries to sabotage Edna's chances of winning the award, in hopes that she will become so depressed that she will come back to him. However, he has a change of heart and proposes to her.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Dennis Snee
6.4/10 16 votes#23 - Dial 'N' for Nerder
Season 19 Episode 14 - Aired 3/9/2008
Homer cheats on his diet, so Marge gets a reality show called "The Sneakers" to check up on him. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa fear that a prank they played on Martin Prince had deadly consequences.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Carolyn Omine
6.4/10 20 votes#24 - Homerland
Season 25 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2013
A parody of "Homeland". Homer starts to act strangely polite after returning from a nuclear power plant convention, prompting a suspicious Lisa to ask an intense FBI agent named Annie (Kristen Wiig) to help her solve this mystery.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: Stephanie Gillis
6.3/10 14 votes#25 - The Book Job
Season 23 Episode 6 - Aired 11/20/2011
Homer creates a team, including author Neil Gaiman, to write the next hit "tween" book; after receiving an advance copy of the work from his publisher, Homer learns there's more to the business than he imagined.
Director: Bob Anderson
Writer: James L. Brooks