Memorable Exchange:
Lisa: "Hey Ralph, want to come with me and Lisa and play 'anagrams'?"
Allison: "We take proper names and rearrange the letters to form a description of that person."
Ralph: "My cat's breath smells like cat food."
6. The Ramones - "Rosebud" - The band salutes Mr. Burns on his birthday. Burns does not like the performance - "Have the Rolling Stones killed."
Memorable Quote:
Joey Ramone: "I just wanna say that this gig sucks!"
5. Darryl Strawberry - "Homer at the Bat" - Okay, so Ozzie Smith, Mike Scioscia, Jose Canseco, Steve Sax, Ken Griffey Jr., Don Mattingly, Wade Boggs, and Roger Clemens all have classic moments during this episode, but really it's Strawberry - portrayed as a kiss-ass, much to the delight of the other major leaguers who participated according to the DVD commentary - who steals the show. Plus, the "DAR-RYL" thing (producing a single tear) dogged him throughout the rest of his career.
Memorable Quote:
Strawberry - "No hustle either, Skip."
Mr. Burns - "That's right, Darryl."
4. Dustin Hoffman - "Lisa's Substitute" - Hoffman plays Mr. Bergstrom, a substitute teacher who mostly teaches Lisa that there is life beyond the second grade (and the narrow-mindedness of Springfield.) Hoffman wouldn't allow his name to be used to promote the show; the producers invented "Sam Ettic" to replace it (Hoffman, of course, being Jewish, or "Semitic.")
Memorable Quote:
Mr. Bergstrom: "And, for the record, there were a few Jewish cowboys, ladies and gentlemen. Big guys who were great shots and spent freely."
3. Jon Lovitz - "A Streetcar Named Marge" - Lovitz has done Yeoman's work on the show, appearing in no fewer than eight episodes as seven different characters. Artie Ziff (Marge's high school boyfriend) gets the most airplay, and Jay Sherman (his character from The Critic) generated the most buzz, but his most interesting creation was Llewellyn Sinclair, the local theater director, who directs a musical rendition of A Streetcar Named Desire starring Marge as Blanche Du Bois and Ned Flanders as Stanley Kowalski.
Memorable Quote:
Llewellyn Sinclair: "I am not an easy man to work for. While directing 'Hats Off to Hanukah,' I reduced more than one cast member to tears. Did I expect too much from fourth-graders? The review, 'Play Enjoyed By All,' speaks for itself."
2. Glenn Close - 
"Mother Simpson" - It wasn't until the seventh season that it was revealed that Homer's mother wasn't actually dead; she was just on the lam. She was a 60s radical who wrecked Mr. Burns's germ warfare lab. Glenn Close proved to be a perfect choice for her voice in this touching episode.
Memorable Quote:
Grandma Simpson: "Can't reminisce. Sleeping."
1. Albert Brooks - "You Only Move Twice" - Brooks was one of the first big names to appear on the show (even though he was credited as "A. Brooks,") and has been a guest voice five times. He was never better than when he played Hank Scorpio, who was a friendly, "new-age" boss by day and cartoonish supervillain by night. Homer, who worked for him, was oblivious to all of this.
Memorable Exchange:
Hank Scorpio: "Look at my feet. You like these moccassins? Look in your closet; there's a pair for you. Don't like them? Then neither do I! Get the hell outta here! Ever see a guy say good-bye to a shoe before?
Homer: "Yes, once."
