The Otto Show
The Simpsons, season 3, episode 22. First aired April 23, 1992. 129 moments of about ten seconds each: open one for its frame, what happens and what's said.
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About the episode
A Spinal Tap concert inspires Bart to take up the guitar, and when Otto plays it on the school bus, he runs late, crashes the bus and is exposed as having no driver's license. Fired and evicted, Otto moves into the Simpsons' garage and wears out his welcome with Homer. Patty Bouvier helps him pass his driving test once she learns he can't stand Homer either.
- Written by
- Jeff Martin
- Directed by
- Wes Archer
- Chalkboard gag
I will not spin the turtle
- Couch gag
- Angry Santa's Little Helper
- Production code
- 8F21
The synopsis is our own. Credits and guest stars from Wikipedia and the Simpsons wiki.
Every moment
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No regular characters appear in this opening title sequence
“The Simpsons”
0:00–0:10 -
Bart Simpson is seen first through the classroom window of Springfield Elementary School…
0:10–0:20 -
Bart leaps on his green skateboard against a blue sky above an orange building, then Homer holds up a glowing…
0:20–0:32 -
Marge with her tall blue beehive and green dress, and Maggie with her pacifier and blue bow, stand…
“Oh, my God.”
0:32–0:44 -
Homer Simpson grips the steering wheel of a pink car on a leafy street, grimacing and then rubbing his chin…
0:44–0:55 -
Marge and Maggie drive an orange car along a winding country road past a large purple tree
“Eek, eek.”
0:55–1:07 -
Homer, Bart, Lisa and Marge are in the family living room, and the scene opens on an empty room with a red…
“Ah!”
1:07–1:19 -
Marge, Bart, Lisa, and the twins Patty and Selma are in the living room of the Simpson house
“Hey, Homer, let's book!”
1:19–1:28 -
Homer stands in a pink hallway beside a staircase and a framed family portrait, first with his arms spread…
“Wow, my concert going jacket still fits.”
1:28–1:39 -
Marge Simpson stands in the pink living room beside Bart in his black shirt and Lisa in her red dress…
“My little guy's first rock concert.”
1:39–1:49 -
Marge Simpson and Homer Simpson stand facing each other in a pink room, with Homer's head filling the right…
“I hear you. Come on, boy.”
1:49–1:59 -
Homer stands in a pink room beside a tall wooden door, and then Lisa, Patty and Selma stand side by side…
“I hear you. Come on, boy.”
1:59–2:08 -
Homer sits in the passenger seat of a pink car while Bart grips the steering wheel at dusk under an orange sky
“In other Spinal Tap news,”
2:08–2:20 -
Homer sits behind the steering wheel of a purple car with Bart beside him, while Milhouse sits in the back…
“Hey, Milhouse Cool Jacket. It cost me 50,000 Bazooka Joe comics.”
2:20–2:31 -
Milhouse stands on the left beside Bart, who wears a black t-shirt with a World Tour logo listing London…
“Now just meet me back here after the show.”
2:31–2:35 -
Homer Simpson sits behind the wheel of a car in a dim purple interior, grinning and glancing sideways…
“Sure you're not gonna be bored? Boy,”
2:35–2:47 -
Milhouse and Bart, in a black tour shirt printed with London, Paris, Munich and Springfield, talk on a purple…
“Official Tour 92.”
2:47–3:01 -
A heavy bald man with blue side hair, headphones and a blue sweater, and a young man with swept-back orange…
“Check it out. Spinal tap-kicking Muammar Gaddafi in the butt.”
3:01–3:11 -
Three one-off rock musicians stand together in a backstage area with a row of round lights above a mirror…
“Fellas, I'm gonna hit you with a phrase that has dogged you throughout your career.”
3:11–3:24 -
Three long-haired rock musicians stand in front of a backstage wall with a row of round bulb lights, each…
“We're very big in Bulgaria.”
3:24–3:38 -
Mr. Burns stands beside a man in a white KBB 102 shirt with an orange quiff, both holding microphones…
“Oh, yeah, hadn't thought of that.”
3:38–3:48 -
Bart stands beside a long-haired man with grey-green hair and a purple jacket in a crowded seating area…
“Gee, I'm sorry, man.”
3:48–3:59 -
Troy McClure stands beside a blue pole in a dressing room, scratching his head and then pointing upward…
“Uh, maybe you could say... Nobody rocks like Bill and Marty on KBBL.”
3:59–4:09 -
A bald, big-nosed man in a blue sweater gestures while talking to an orange-haired man in a white jacket…
“Okay, we can respect that. How about, rock-a-doodle-doo,”
4:09–4:22 -
In a dark room beside a lit EXIT sign, a man with long dark hair, a light blue suit and a gold pendant…
“Ha!”
4:22–4:33 -
Milhouse and Bart sit side by side in folding seats in a crowded arena, while a woman with grey-violet curly…
“Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Duff Beard,”
4:33–4:35 -
A crowd of cartoon fans with raised arms and hands faces a dimly lit stage where three dark silhouettes stand…
“Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, Duff Beard,”
4:35–4:45 -
A long-haired blond man in a red jacket and blue shirt sings at a microphone while playing a orange-brown…
4:45–4:56 -
A cartoon long-haired rocker in a red sleeveless top sings into a silver microphone on a black background…
4:56–5:07 -
A band performing on a red stage under a purple curtain with a Spinal Tap sign: a bearded bassist, a central…
“And will our voices be heard Or will they”
5:07–5:17 -
A young man with black hair under a blue cap, wearing a red shirt and khaki shorts, grips a metal rod…
“break like the wind”
5:17–5:30 -
A long-haired guitarist in a red sleeveless top and a blond-haired man in a red jacket perform as the Spinal…
5:30–5:41 -
A wide-eyed, long-haired brown-haired singer in a red sleeveless top sings into a blue microphone on a stage…
“Thank you!”
5:41–5:52 -
A long-haired blond rocker in a red jacket and blue shirt sings into a microphone on a purple-walled stage…
“This morning we were driving down Route 401.”
5:52–6:04 -
Spinal Tap performs on a red stage under a Spinal Tap logo, with a keyboardist, a drummer, a bassist…
“But nobody rocks like Springfield!”
6:04–6:16 -
A long-haired brunette woman in a red sleeveless top plays bass at a microphone, a long-haired guitarist…
6:16–6:25 -
A long-haired, brown-haired woman in a red sleeveless top plays guitar at a microphone in front of a red…
“Well, it seems some silly twit did not get a big enough oxygen pump.”
6:25–6:36 -
A long-haired metal singer with a thick moustache, studded wristbands and a studded harness raises…
“We salute you, our half-inflated Dark Lord.”
6:36–6:49 -
Milhouse and Bart cheer with their fists raised in a concert crowd
“You know, people think there are only five members of Spinal Tap, but they are wrong.”
6:49–6:56 -
A small band of cartoon musicians performs on a spotlit stage under a black 'Spinal Tap' sign, with a drum…
“Could we turn up the house lights, please?”
6:56–7:06 -
On a dark stage with blurred blue lights, a one-off brown-haired woman in a red sleeveless top sings…
“We are trying to put a tiny thrill into their grey little lives.”
7:06–7:16 -
A long-haired blond singer in a red outfit and brown boots, flanked by a black-haired bandmate…
“That's it.”
7:16–7:27 -
Milhouse sits beside Bart, who has spiky hair and a black shirt, in green seats at a venue with a crowd…
“They were only up for 20 minutes. What a jip.”
7:27–7:37 -
Milhouse and Bart sit wide-eyed in green seats while a dark-haired man in a green shirt leans over them…
“There was a little Spanish flea, a record star he thought he'd be.”
7:37–7:49 -
Homer Simpson waves from the driver's seat of a pink car as Chief Wiggum and a line of SWAT officers, some…
“Why not a little Spanish flea? And so he hid inside a dog.”
7:49–8:01 -
Marge Simpson with her tall blue beehive, Maggie in a blue outfit with a pacifier and blue bow, and Lisa…
“a hockey arena becomes a scene of violence, following a concert by Spinal Tap.”
8:01–8:11 -
Kent Brockman sits at a desk in front of a TV-style backdrop reading from a sheet of paper under the title…
“Of course, it would be wrong to suggest that this sort of mayhem began with rock and roll.”
8:11–8:18 -
Kent Brockman sits at a desk in a dark red jacket and dark tie, holding a sheet of paper in both hands as he…
“After all, there were riots at the premiere of Mozart's The Magic Flute.”
8:18–8:25 -
Marge, Maggie and Lisa sit on and beside a brown couch in a pink living room in the first frame, with Marge's…
“Hi, Mom.”
8:25–8:37 -
Homer, Marge, Lisa, Bart and Maggie stand together in a pink room, and Homer disappears from view…
“I'll be right back.”
8:37–8:51 -
Homer Simpson and Marge Simpson stand in Maggie's pink nursery beside a wooden crib where baby Maggie lies…
“Homer, I've been thinking about what Bart said.”
8:51–9:02 -
Homer and Marge stand in Maggie's pink nursery, with Maggie visible in her crib behind them
“Well, that's a waste of money. We already have a guitar.”
9:02–9:13 -
Homer leans toward Bart and clenches his fists in front of Bart's face while scowling
“And it came with a free instruction book.”
9:13–9:25 -
Bart Simpson plays a red electric guitar at a microphone stand on a stage in front of a cheering crowd…
“I'd like to play me latest chart topper.”
9:25–9:34 -
A yellow-skinned boy with long blond hair and glasses lies sprawled face-down over a dark couch in a dim blue…
“Bart, you've got to go on. Slag off.”
9:34–9:44 -
Bart appears alongside Lisa in her star-shaped hair and orange dress, and a long-haired, stubbled man…
“I said slag off.”
9:44–9:57 -
Lisa Simpson plays a golden saxophone while Bart Simpson plays a red electric guitar, the two facing each…
“Knock it off. I'm sorry?”
9:57–10:08 -
Bart Simpson and Lisa Simpson are on a sidewalk in front of a fence and houses when Nelson walks…
“Hey, Simpson, what are you trying to play?”
10:08–10:19 -
Bart, Lisa and Nelson stand on a suburban street in front of brick houses, with Bart holding a red electric…
“Ha-ha!”
10:19–10:30 -
Otto plays a red electric guitar with his eyes closed while seated in the driver's area of a bus
10:30–10:42 -
Bart stands at the left of a bus interior, first pressed against a blue padded seat in wide-eyed excitement…
“I didn't know you played the guitar, Otto Man.”
10:42–10:52 -
Otto wears a tan hat and blue-and-orange headphones against a red wall beside a window with greenery outside
“Now I'd like to slow things down a little bit.”
10:52–10:58 -
Otto sings and strums a red electric guitar in his bus, wearing a tan hat, blue headphones and a pink shirt…
“Now I'd like to slow things down a little bit.”
10:58–11:11 -
Inside a school bus with orange seats and a red aisle carpet, a crowd of kids sits with hands raised…
“Whoa, whoa, whoa.”
11:11–11:24 -
Lisa in her red dress and Bart in his orange shirt sit in the orange seats of a yellow school bus while Otto…
“We don't have seatbelts. Uh, well then, uh, just try to go limp.”
11:24–11:34 -
Lisa Simpson screams from an orange bus seat beside a lavender-haired woman who is also screaming, while fire…
“Good show last night.”
11:34–11:47 -
Chief Wiggum stands in the foreground in his cap while uniformed officers gather behind him beneath a banner…
“Good luck.”
11:47–11:57 -
A yellow Springfield Elementary school bus, its door window showing a driver with long curly black hair…
“Oh,”
11:57–12:09 -
Otto wears a pink cap, orange headphones, a pink shirt and a whistle on a cord, and stands indoors…
“it's a miracle no one was hurt. I stand on my record.”
12:09–12:19 -
Otto stands between a uniformed police officer on the left and the fat police chief Chief Wiggum…
“But if you need proof of my identity, I wrote my name in my underwear.”
12:19–12:30 -
Principal Skinner stands and then sits behind a desk in an office, with two police officers in blue caps…
“you are suspended without pay. Who's gonna drive the bus?”
12:30–12:43 -
Bart Simpson stands at the open folding door of a yellow school bus, and Principal Skinner sits…
“Off we go!”
12:43–12:46 -
A grey-haired bus driver in a blue suit, purple shirt and orange tie grips the steering wheel…
“Hail to the bus driver, bus driver, bus driver.”
12:46–12:54 -
Otto is not shown; instead a bus driver with a grey-brown combed-back hairstyle, a blue suit, purple shirt…
“Hail to the bus driver, bus driver man. He drinks and he crosses,”
12:54–13:01 -
Principal Skinner sits behind the wheel of a bus with gauges and a red dashboard and a sign reading "WAT"…
“There's an opening.”
13:01–13:07 -
Principal Skinner sits behind a steering wheel inside a red vehicle with large windows showing blue sky…
“Nope.”
13:07–13:18 -
Principal Skinner sits at the wheel of a yellow bus, resting his chin on his hand as he glances sideways…
13:18–13:27 -
Patty and Selma stand side by side at a window with their arms crossed, Selma in a purple top with teal beads…
“What's so funny?”
13:27–13:38 -
Patty stands at a counter holding a red pen and a green pen while speaking, as Otto faces her from the right…
“My name's Patty. I'll be testing you. When you do good, I use the green pen.”
13:38–13:50 -
Otto wears headphones and a tan cap in a room with an EXIT sign and a bulletin board, first frowning…
“I mean, I don't want to offend you, but you were born a man, weren't you?”
13:50–14:00 -
Otto headphones and a cap, drives a yellow Springfield Elementary School bus across a grey field strewn…
“All right!”
14:00–14:12 -
One of Marge's grey-violet-haired sisters, Patty or Selma, sits on a bus with a clipboard and red pencil…
“Well, you failed every segment and misspelled bus on your application.”
14:12–14:25 -
A close-up of a heavy-set older man with grey hair at the sides, a purple shirt, and a wide-open, yelling…
“Hail to the... Shut up!”
14:25–14:33 -
A curly-haired, heavyset woman in a pink shirt, pink cap and orange headphones fiddles with a padlock…
“Hey, landlord.”
14:33–14:43 -
A long-haired, curly-black-haired young woman in a pink top, blue shorts, sneakers, headphones and a pink cap…
“Yeah, that was me. You?”
14:43–14:55 -
A bearded man with long curly black hair, a pink cap, headphones and a pink shirt stands beside a door…
“Wow!”
14:55–15:05 -
Apu stands behind the counter with a cash register and a cup of slushie-like drink as Bart stands…
“A delicious chutney squishy.”
15:05–15:14 -
Bart Simpson walks along a sidewalk carrying a green cup with a brown drink, passing a store with an 'OPEN 24…
“Ow!”
15:14–15:20 -
Bart stands in an alley staring up with wide eyes at Otto, a man with long curly black hair, a pink cap…
“You're living in a dumpster? Oh, man, I wish.”
15:20–15:34 -
Bart ducks down in an alley beside a green Trash-Co dumpster while a woman with long curly black hair, a pink…
“A garage?”
15:34–15:47 -
Homer and Marge stand in a purple hallway, looking toward Maggie standing in her blue crib…
“You feel like rocking, so I think I will.”
15:47–16:01 -
Otto plays a red electric guitar at a microphone stand while Bart shakes a tambourine beside him…
“Yeah.”
16:01–16:11 -
Bart stands wide-eyed and open-mouthed at the left edge of a lavender room, then a close-up of a black…
“Mom, I thought you might forget our little conversation this afternoon,”
16:11–16:23 -
Homer and Marge stand close together in a close-up, with Marge gazing at Homer and then jabbing a finger…
“Marsh, what were you thinking?”
16:23–16:34 -
Otto leans on a blue table in a kitchen while Homer sits in the foreground with Marge's tall blue beehive…
“Oh, the Admiral and I don't get along.”
16:34–16:48 -
Marge Simpson stands by the fridge and corkboard in the kitchen, then moves to the table where Homer leans…
“I know we didn't ask for this, Homer, but doesn't the Bible say,”
16:48–17:01 -
Homer Simpson in a light blue bathrobe stands in a kitchen with Bart Simpson in an orange shirt, who grips…
“Please, Dad.”
17:01–17:12 -
Otto starts in a pink shirt in a close-up with half-lidded eyes and his mouth open as he talks, then lounges…
“Well, what's the catch?”
17:12–17:20 -
Otto lounges on a brown couch with his legs up while Maggie sits beside him and Marge stands nearby
“Otto, you can't just sit there watching TV all day.”
17:20–17:33 -
Otto is first seen leaning near a record player on a shelf in a pink room, then he turns and stands shirtless…
“No. Well, how about anything where guys send in naked pictures of their chicks?”
17:33–17:44 -
Marge stands in a living room beside a brown couch where a curly-haired, shirtless man in blue shorts…
“So get that piece of paper. I tried.”
17:44–17:56 -
Bart stands beside a long-haired man with curly black hair, a tan hat, and a white T-shirt with 'DIRTY'…
“I want some peanuts. That's better.”
17:56–18:09 -
Homer Simpson laughs and crouches in a purple room, then pulls Bart Simpson, the spiky-haired boy…
“Son, come here.”
18:09–18:18 -
Homer Simpson and Bart Simpson stand together in a purple room beside a brown board holding a red brush…
“You just stick that guitar in the closet next to your shortwave radio,”
18:18–18:27 -
Homer Simpson first grins with his eyes shut, then stands alarmed at a bedroom doorway, and later faces…
“What's on? It doesn't matter.”
18:27–18:39 -
Homer stands at a bathroom sink with the faucet running and water dripping down the blue cabinet, then pulls…
“That guy has gotta go.”
18:39–18:50 -
Homer sits on the brown living room couch while Marge perches on the armrest beside him, and the scene shifts…
“I know how you feel, but he is good with the kids.”
18:50–19:00 -
Lisa Simpson lies in bed under a blue blanket with wide eyes, watching a man with big black curly hair…
“So finally, she swerved off the road into the woods and lost the other car.”
19:00–19:05 -
Lisa Simpson lies in bed under a blue blanket while a curly-haired woman in an orange cap, headphones…
“And that's when she realized the man in the other car wasn't trying to hurt her.”
19:05–19:17 -
Lisa lies in bed with wide eyes, clutching a white pillow, and then Otto appears in close-up, smirking…
“he was trying to warn her about the ex-wheeling maniac hiding in her backseat.”
19:17–19:28 -
Homer and Marge Simpson sit on the maroon couch in the pink living room, Homer with arms crossed and a sour…
“Hey, I was just kidding.”
19:28–19:39 -
Homer starts seated on a maroon couch beside Marge, whose tall blue beehive sits above her green dress…
“Hey, Mr. S. Listen, you drain-clogging, last-cookie-eating, collect-call-getting sponge.”
19:39–19:50 -
Otto sits slouched on the dark red couch in a pink shirt, tan cap and headphones, with Santa's Little Helper…
“Oh, don't worry.”
19:50–20:00 -
Otto sits on a red couch in a pink living room while Marge watches from behind the couch and Bart…
“Oh, I can't pass that thing. I got a zero last time.”
20:00–20:10 -
Otto sits on a pink cushion in a garage while reading a booklet labeled DRIVER HANDBOOK
“I've never been called an adult before.”
20:10–20:24 -
Bart stands outside the Springfield Department of Motor Vehicles, holding a paper marked DMV, while a woman…
“I don't know about this, Bart, dude.”
20:24–20:34 -
Bart watches from beside a payphone as an unnamed woman with long curly black hair, a pink top, blue shorts…
“Does this look like something a sponge would do?”
20:34–20:47 -
Otto headphones and a whistle on a lanyard, and Selma stand across a counter in a government office
“I want to take the test again. Why?”
20:47–21:01 -
Otto headphones and a pink shirt, grins as he steers a yellow school bus marked
“Homer had a piece of food on his face for three days.”
21:01–21:13 -
Otto drives a yellow school bus across an open lot while a lavender-haired woman and an older figure…
“What was that?”
21:13–21:23 -
Lisa and Bart stand among a crowd of children, with Milhouse, who has blue hair and glasses, at the left…
“Oh, no!”
21:23–21:33 -
Principal Skinner stands at a window and gazes out at a sunny suburban street with two stop signs, a blue…
“Hail to the bus driver, bus driver, bus driver.”
21:33–21:44 -
No regular characters are drawn in this moment; it is a black title card sequence of Simpsons cast credits
21:44–21:54 -
No animated characters appear; the scene is a plain black background with yellow credit text on it
21:54–22:05 -
The scene is a black screen with yellow credit text in a playful font
22:05–22:15 -
Only yellow credit text on a black background
“Thank you.”
22:15–22:25 -
No characters appear in this sequence; it is a black end-credits roll from a Korean production company
22:25–22:36 -
No Simpsons characters appear in this moment; it is a black screen of yellow end credits that change…
22:36–22:46 -
Silhouetted audience members sit in rows of seats in a dark theater facing a blank screen, and none can be…
“Shh.”
22:46–22:58
Who's in it
Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Milhouse Van Houten, Krusty the Clown, Principal Skinner, Chief Wiggum, Grampa Simpson, Apu Nahasapeemapetilon, Otto Mann, Kent Brockman, Nelson Muntz, Martin Prince, Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier, Ralph Wiggum, Lou, Santa's Little Helper, Lewis Clark, Eddie, Wendell Borton, Richard, Snowball II, Sherri Mackleberry, Terri Mackleberry, Mayor Quimby, Nina Skalka, Janey Powell, Adrian Belew, Comic Book Guy, Snake, Becky Shorter, Scratchy, Sophie Jensen, Girl with glasses, Long-haired girl, Lewis' lookalike, Chuck Berger, Boy with shades, Coward, The Happy Little Elves, Brown-haired boy, Bubbles, Jebediah Springfield, Curious Bear Cub, Marty, Cheery, The Devil, Doofy, Kim, Spinal Tap, Arena Manager, Distracted Rock Fan, Female Spinal Tap Fan, Male Spinal Tap Fan, Otto's Landlord, Spinal Tap Effects Artist, Spinal Tap Stagehand, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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