"I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can" is the twelfth episode of the fourteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons.
In this episode, Lisa qualifies for the Spellympics spelling bee where she is asked to lose to a cuter contestant in exchange for a college scholarship.
At the Spellympics, hosted by George Plimpton, Lisa wins the semi-finals and secures a spot in the finals.
The other two finalists are Sun Moon, a Korean girl, and Alex, a cute boy with big round glasses and a speech impediment who proves to be extremely popular.
He agrees to the trade and takes off in the car, reaching the Spellympics finals just in time to see Lisa spell "intransigence" and encourage her.
A lengthy scene at the beginning of the show where Bart rushes to do everything he planned on doing during summer vacation was cut for time.
[3] Boobarella, who appears at the beginning of the episode, is a parody of Elvira, the seductive gothic character portrayed by Cassandra Peterson.
The song played during the TV ad for the Ribwich is a parody of "Like a Rock" by Bob Seger, which is best known as Chevrolet trucks' theme music from 1991 to 2004.
This is a reference to the famous line "what a long strange trip it's been" in the Grateful Dead song "Truckin'".
"[6] Colin Jacobson of DVD Movie Guide thought the episode was "one of the year's better shows" and enjoyed Homer's Ribwich subplot.
[9] On Four Finger Discount, Guy Davis and Brendan Dando thought it was "a pretty fun episode."