"Cape Feare" is the second episode in the fifth season of the American
animated television series The Simpsons. Originally aired on the Fox
network on October 7, 1993, it features the return of guest star Kelsey
Grammer (pictured) as Sideshow Bob, who tries to kill Bart Simpson after
getting out of jail. "Cape Feare" is a spoof of the 1962 film Cape Fear
and its 1991 remake, which in turn are based on John D. MacDonald's 1957
novel The Executioners. The episode was written by Jon Vitti and
directed by Rich Moore. The production crew added several scenes after
finding it difficult to fill the half-hour slot. In one sequence,
Sideshow Bob is hit in the face repeatedly by rakes that he steps on;
this scene has been cited as one of the show's most memorable moments.
Cast member Hank Azaria called this episode his favorite in the series.
The musical score earned composer Alf Clausen an Emmy Award nomination.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Feare>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1800:
French privateer Robert Surcouf led a 150-man crew to capture
the 40-gun, 437-man East Indiaman Kent.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Surcouf>
1985:
During severe floods in Puerto Rico, about 130 people died as a
result of the deadliest single landslide on record in North America.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_Puerto_Rico_floods>
2008:
2008 TC3 exploded above the Nubian Desert in Sudan, in the
first time that an asteroid impact had been predicted prior to
atmospheric entry.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_TC3>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
machicolation:
1. (architecture) An opening between corbels that support a projecting
parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, of a
fortified building from which missiles can be shot or heated items
dropped upon assailants attacking the base of the walls.
2. (architecture) A projecting parapet with a series of such openings.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/machicolation>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.
--Desmond Tutu
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Desmond_Tutu>