"You Only Move Twice" is the second episode of the eighth season of The Simpsons, an American animated sitcom. Directed by Mike B. Anderson and written by John Swartzwelder based on a story idea by Greg Daniels, it first aired on the Fox network on November 3, 1996. In the episode, the family moves to a new town, Cypress Creek, and Homer's friendly new boss turns out to be a supervillain. Bart, Lisa, and Marge each have secondary storylines. The episode title is a reference to the James Bond film You Only Live Twice, and many elements of the episode parody the Bond films, with a character modeled after Bond making a brief appearance. Albert Brooks (pictured), in his fourth appearance on The Simpsons, guest stars as the voice of Homer's new boss. The episode was very well received by critics. IGN named "You Only Move Twice" the best episode of the eighth season and Albert Brooks as one of the best guest stars in the history of the show.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1899:

Second Boer War: In the Battle of Magersfontein, Boers defeated British forces trying to relieve the Siege of Kimberley. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Magersfontein

1920:

Irish War of Independence: Following an Irish Republican Army ambush of a British Auxiliary patrol in Cork, British forces burned and looted numerous buildings in the city (aftermath pictured). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_of_Cork

1998:

With the pilot believed to have been suffering from spatial disorientation, Thai Airways Flight 261 crashed in a rice paddy on its landing attempt at Surat Thani airport, resulting in 101 deaths. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_Airways_International_Flight_261

2006:

The first action in the Mexican Drug War began as President Felipe Calderón ordered Mexican soldiers and Federal Police units into the state of Michoacán. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Drug_War

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for the taking: Available; able to be taken without difficulty. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/for_the_taking

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

When we are at the summit of a vain ambition, we are also at the depth of real misery. We are placed where time cannot improve, but must impair us; where chance and change cannot befriend, but may betray us; in short, by attaining all we wish, and gaining all we want, we have only reached a pinnacle, where we have nothing to hope, but every thing to fear.   --Charles Caleb Colton https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Charles_Caleb_Colton