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The Simpsons episode
"The Girl Who Slept Too Little"
Episode no.	358
Prod. code	GABF16
Orig. Airdate	September 18, 2005
Written by	John Frink
Directed by	Raymond S. Persi
Couch gag	Claymation versions of the Simpsons and Gumby roll onto the couch
Guest star	None
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Season 17 September 11, 2005 – May 21, 2006
Bonfire of the Manatees The Girl Who Slept Too Little Milhouse of Sand and Fog Treehouse of Horror XVI Marge's Son Poisoning See Homer Run The Last of the Red Hat Mamas The Italian Bob Simpsons Christmas Stories Homer's Paternity Coot We're on the Road to D'ohwhere My Fair Laddy The Seemingly Never-Ending Story Bart Has Two Mommies Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife Million Dollar Abie Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore The Wettest Stories Ever Told Girls Just Want to Have Sums Regarding Margie The Monkey Suit Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play
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"The Girl Who Slept Too Little" is the second episode of The Simpsons' seventeenth season. It originally aired September 18, 2005. The Simpsons Official Site mistakenly has the title of this episode listed as "The Girl Who Knew Too Little".

The Simpsons protest the construction of a stamp museum next to their home and successfully have it relocated to a cemetery lot, but are dismayed to see the old cemetery moving next door. Lisa soon finds herself suffering fright-induced sleepless nights and runs to her parents' bed. Homer and Marge attempt spending a night in their daughter's room to convince her that it's safe, but are quickly scared away. They turn to a psychiatrist for advice, but Lisa decides to face her fears alone one night in the cemetery, with dramatic results. Lisa soon finds out everyone is afraid of something.

• Groundskeeper Willie has a cousin named "Gravedigger Billy", who may be as disturbed as he, if not more. He looks a lot like Willie, but with white whiskers and a cataract in his left eye. He also walks with a limp. Billy is also short for William.
• Homer acknowledges his mental acumen and memory may be affected by his numerous head injuries.
• As a baby, Lisa powders and diapers herself, as she was implied to have done in Lisa's Wedding. Maggie did a similar trick in the episode "Blame It on Lisa" while staying with Marge's sisters.
• This was originally scheduled to air May 15, 2005, as the sixteenth season finale, but due to the changed broadcast date of "The Father, The Son and The Holy Guest Star" it had to be cancelled for that time.

• The Title "The Girl Who Slept Too Little" is a take on the 1997 movie titled "The Man Who Knew Too Little" starring Bill Murray, which was itself a take on the 1956 movie "The Man Who Knew Too Much" starring James Stewart and Doris Day. This is not the first time this title has been parodied; see "The Boy Who Knew Too Much" and "The Dad Who Knew Too Little".
• The book The Land of Wild Beasts is an obvious parody of Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak, right down to the artwork.
• The song played during the protest sequence is "Eve of Destruction" by Barry McGuire.
• The stamp museum sign "The Fathers (and mothers) of Invention" is a reference to Frank Zappa's first band, The Mothers of Invention, of whom Matt Groening is a big fan.
• When Homer comes inside the theater and says "Aw, that is bull----", this may have been a reference to the early Family Guy episode "Death Has a Shadow" when Peter says the same line.

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