Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "\"Tennis the Menace\" is the twelfth episode of the twelfth season of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 11, 2001. In the episode, the Simpsons build a tennis court in their backyard and are ridiculed by the entire town because of Homer's inferior tennis ability. Homer therefore tries to please Marge by entering the two into a tournament, but they quickly turn into rivals when Marge replaces Homer with Bart as her partner. The episode features guest appearances from tennis professionals Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, and sisters Venus and Serena Williams as themselves. \"Tennis the Menace\" was directed by Jen Kamerman and written by Ian Maxtone-Graham, who also directed the Williams sisters' performance. The animators of The Simpsons experimented with digital ink and paint on \"Tennis the Menace\", making it the second episode of the series to be animated using the process.\"Tennis the Menace\" has received generally positive reviews from critics with particular praise for its guest stars. Around eight million American homes tuned in to watch \"Tennis the Menace\" during its original airing, and in 2009 it was released on DVD along with the rest of the episodes of the twelfth season."@en }
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- Tennis_the_Menace abstract "\"Tennis the Menace\" is the twelfth episode of the twelfth season of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 11, 2001. In the episode, the Simpsons build a tennis court in their backyard and are ridiculed by the entire town because of Homer's inferior tennis ability. Homer therefore tries to please Marge by entering the two into a tournament, but they quickly turn into rivals when Marge replaces Homer with Bart as her partner. The episode features guest appearances from tennis professionals Andre Agassi, Pete Sampras, and sisters Venus and Serena Williams as themselves. \"Tennis the Menace\" was directed by Jen Kamerman and written by Ian Maxtone-Graham, who also directed the Williams sisters' performance. The animators of The Simpsons experimented with digital ink and paint on \"Tennis the Menace\", making it the second episode of the series to be animated using the process.\"Tennis the Menace\" has received generally positive reviews from critics with particular praise for its guest stars. Around eight million American homes tuned in to watch \"Tennis the Menace\" during its original airing, and in 2009 it was released on DVD along with the rest of the episodes of the twelfth season.".