This later turned into the more super-villain-esque idea of blotting out the sun with a giant dish. Regardless of who he angers or how, the finale ends with Burns being shot. Related Content ...

The second installment of “Who Shot Mr. Burns?”, The Simpsons’ seventh-season premiere, finished first in its Sunday night time slot, beating fellow mid-’90s time-capsule objects Lois ...

The Simpsons villain Mr. Burns is a renowned billionaire who is vile, conceited, and uses darkly humorous language.

“Who Shot Mr. Burns?” keeps viewers on their toes with everyone in Springfield having a plausible vendetta against Mr. Burns, ... Mr. Burns Gets to Hatch His Greatest Villain Plot.

Summary of our pitch for "Who Shot Mr. Burns" from the June '94 story conference notes. Neat to see how this developed (we thought it could be Barney but on the very next page -so within minutes ...

The decision to not go with Barney was probably a good one, as Maggie was literally the only character who could have attempted to murder Mr. Burns without repercussion.

“Who Shot Mr. Burns?” may be The Simpsons’ best-known episode to date, but the decision to make Maggie Simpson the shooter wasn’t set in stone from the get-go. Josh Weinstein, one of the ...

Maggie shot Mr. Burns, by accident, while he was attempting to literally steal candy from a baby. There were even clues peppered throughout, echoing one of the original pitch's goals.

The iconic Simpsons episode ‘Who Shot Mr. Burns?’ could have been very different, a newly unearthed pitch has revealed. The two-parter aired either side of the 1995 summer, with the mystery of ...