Previous episodes covered:

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01. Flaming Moes
02. Homerpalooza
03. A Star Is Burns
04. Homer At The Bat
05/06. Who Shot Mr. Burns (parts 1 & 2)
07. Selma’s Choice
08. Bart’s Friend Falls In Love
09. Cape Feare
10. Behind The Laughter
11. Bart Gets An Elephant
12. Duffless
13. The Homer They Fall
14. Bart Gets Famous
15. Two Bad Neighbors
16. Homer’s Phobia
17. Lisa On Ice
18. The Trouble With Trillions
19. Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
20. Stark Raving Dad
21. Last Exit To Springfield
22. Treehouse Of Horror 1
23. Marge vs. The Monorail
24. I Am Furious (Yellow)
25. Whacking Day
26. Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire
27. A Milhouse Divided
28. When Flanders Failed
29. Bart The Fink
30. Homer Alone
31. Two Dozen & One Greyhounds
32. Lisa The Skeptic
33. New Kid On The Block
34. You Only Move Twice
35. Radio Bart
36. Boy Scoutz N’ The Hood
37. Lemon of Troy
38. Mountain of Madness
39. Team Homer
40. 22 Short Films About Springfield
41. Homer The Smithers
42. E-I-E-I-Annoyed Grunt
43. Homer Goes To College
44. Lisa the Vegetarian
45. Homer the Great
46. Deep Space Homer
47. Kamp Krusty

Episode Summary from tv.com
Bart is mistakenly placed in a school for “gifted children” after he cheats on an intelligence test at school.

(The Simpsons play Scrabble.)
Bart: Come on, Mom.
Lisa: Yeah, Mom. Hurry up.
Marge: All right. Mmm. How about "he"?
(Marge places "he" on the board.)
Marge: Two points. Your turn, dear.
Homer: Hmm. How could anyone make a word out of these lousy letters?
(The seven letters in Homer's tray are arranged in order, and they spell out the word "oxidize.")
Homer: Oh, wait. Here's a good one. "Do."
(Homer places "do" on the board and then Lisa places "id" on the board.)
Lisa: "Id." Triple word score.
Homer: Hey, no abbreviations.
Lisa: Not I. D., Dad. "Id." It's a word.
Bart: As in, "This game is stup-id."
Homer: Hey, shut up, boy.
Lisa: Yeah, Bart. You're supposed to be developing verbal abilities for your big aptitude test tomorrow.
Marge: We could look this "id" thing up in the dictionary.
Homer: We got one?
Marge: I think it's under the short leg of the couch.
(Homer grabs the dictionary and hands it to Lisa.)
Lisa: (Reads aloud) "Id: Along with the ego and the superego, one of three components of the psyche."
Homer: Get outta here.
Bart: My turn. "Kwyjibo." K-W-Y-J-I-B-O. Twenty-two points, plus triple word score, plus 50 points for using all my letters. Game's over. I'm outta here.
(Homer grabs Bart's arm.)
Homer: Wait a minute, you little cheater. You're not going anywhere until you tell me what a "kwyjibo" is.
Bart: "Kwyjibo." Uh--A big, dumb, balding, North American ape...with no chin.
Marge: And a short temper.
Homer: I'll show you a big, dumb, balding ape!
(Homer chases Bart and knocks over the table.)
Bart: Uh-oh! "Kwyjibo" on the loose!

Ms. Melon: Well, it seems the smartest child in the class is also the quietest. Bart, what other paradoxes affect our lives?
Bart: (Hesitates) Well...you're damned if you do...and you're damned if you don't.

(The Simpsons go to the opera.)
Bart: Hey, Lis, keep an eye out for the guy with the peanuts.
Marge: There's no guy with peanuts, dear.
Homer: Geez. No beer. No opera dogs.
Marge: Shh!
(The orchestra plays, "March of the Toreadors.")
Bart: (Singing) Toreador, oh, don't spit on the floor. Please use the cuspidor. That's what it's for.
(Bart and Homer laugh.)
Marge: Bart, stop fooling around. Homer, stop encouraging him.
Homer: Don't stifle the boy, Marge. We're supposed to encourage him.
Marge: Shush!

(Principal Skinner spots Bart's graffiti.)
Principal Skinner: Whoever did this is in very deep trouble.
Martin: And a sloppy speller too. The preferred spelling of "wiener" is 'W-I-E-N-E-R', although 'E-I' is an acceptable ethnic variant.

Homer: Doc, this is all too much. I mean, my son a genius? How does it happen?
Dr. Pryor: Well, genius-level intelligence is usually the result of heredity and environment.
(Homer looks confused.)
Dr. Pryor: Although, in some cases, it's a total mystery.

I figured we'd switch it up a little bit and discuss the first season by way of this episode. Yeah, the dialogue and animation isn't as funny, and I almost can't get past Homer's delivery, but the first season seems really heartwarming compared to later on in the series and is probably pretty important to see the characters in the embryonic stage.

Between this one and Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire, we see some really tender moments between Bart and Homer immediately. The scene in Bart the Genius when Homer kisses Bart on the forehead before he starts his new school is downright touching. Of course, it all comes apart in the end, which makes for some classic Bart and Homer hilarity. I enjoy the early episodes for what they are, and I can pop them in and instantly feel like it's 1989 outside again...especially since I still have rabbit ears and a big, boxy television.