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Originally Posted by MrBarlow  The Simpsons: Season 6
Who Shot Mr Burns: Part 1
Elementary school has struck oil, Mr Burns steals it and enrages the town until he is shot, who shot him? |
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Originally Posted by MrBarlow The Simpsons: Season 7
Who Shot Mr. Burns? Part Two
While Mr Burns lies in hospital and everyone a suspect, the police look into the Simpson's family |
There was a one-off special that was broadcast between these two episodes. Aired in September 1996, '
Springfield's Most Wanted' was a parody episodes of 'America's Most Wanted'
This special was designed to help people find out who shot Mr. Burns, by laying out the potential clues and identifying the possible suspects. It features live action appearances from former L.A police chief Daryl Gates and predictions from Dennis Franz, Courtney Thorne-Smith, Kevin Nealon, Chris Elliott, and Andrew Shue. Also included was Jimmy Vaccaro of The Mirage casino and hotel in Las Vegas, who had been taking bets on the shooter's identity
The special was criticized for taking the publicity of the episode too far with several people criticizing special host John Walsh's credibility and describing the episodes as being noting more than a gimmick.
The episodes averaged an 8.4 Nielsen Rating and finished 50th in the United States in the ratings for the week of September 11–17, 1995