High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Bart`s Comet" is the 14th episode of The Simpsons` sixth season. The episode originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 5, 1995. In the episode, Bart Simpson accidentally discovers a comet, which is heading towards Springfield. The show`s writing staff saw an issue of Time magazine which presented the threat of comets hitting Earth on its cover, and decided to create an episode in a similar vein. John Swartzwelder wrote the script, while Bob Anderson directed. "Bart`s Comet" contains references to Where`s Waldo? and The Twilight Zone, and received positive commendations from reviewers.