JANUARY 17, 1999 – Cyndi Lauper loaned her voice and likeness to FOX-TV’s “The Simpsons” in an tenth season episode titled “Wild Barts Can’t Be Broken.” When she sings “The Star-Spangled Banner” at a Springfield Isotopes baseball game, it is to the tune of her hit song “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.”In the plot, when Homer, Barney, Lenny, and Carl drunkenly vandalize Springfield Elementary School, it is blamed on the children of Springfield, prompting Chief Wiggum to impose a curfew.
The children respond by setting up a pirate radio show in which they reveal the embarrassing secrets of Springfield’s adults. The episode was written by Larry Doyle and directed by Mark Ervin. The concept behind the episode originates from show producer Mike Scully always wanting to do an episode where the children would be subject to a curfew.
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