The Simpsons - Season 5 (1993) (season)
Directed by:
Jeffrey LynchComposer:
Alf ClausenCast:
Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Kathleen Turner, Pamela HaydenVOD (3)
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Lisa gets upset by the sexism displayed by a talking Malibu Stacy Doll. She tracks down the creator of the doll with the aid of Springfield's biggest Malibu Stacy collector, Mr. Smithers. A new doll is created, modeled on Lisa, but proves unpopular. (Prime Video)
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An episode that is once again current this year. The Malibu Stacy case responded to Mattel's real problem with Teen Talk Barbie. In 1992, Mattel launched a line of toys with a talking device hidden in beautiful dolls. It featured 270 different sentences, a fraction of which provoked the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the American Association of University Women, whereupon the sentences were modified. Interestingly, the sentence "Math class is tough" was objected to, but no praise came for the sentence "I'm studying to be a doctor". Today, they are certainly valuable collector's items.
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