"Moe Goes from Rags to Riches" is the twelfth episode of the twenty-third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons.

The Duke was later accidentally hanged by the tapestry when he fell off a mountain; going to a cathedral before Vikings attacked it and Homer tore it; and then to the king of Persia (Nelson).

Nelson was then told 1001 stories by Scheherazade (Lisa), who releases his other wives who were thrown in a pit for being boring and decapitates him.

"[6] In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Irons commented that when he first received the script, "it said, 'The Bar Rag speaks in a very sonorous voice.'

[1] When airing the episode was watched by 5.1 million viewers, making it the second highest viewed program in the Animation Domination line up.

Childs criticized the episode for its lack of satire, and wrote that "some of the funniest and best episodes [of season twenty-three] have tended to be also the most outlandish, but 'Moe Goes From Rags To Riches' is a major exception, with very few good jokes coming out of the wildest premise of the season to date.

She thought that the use of the rag was pointless and that the subplot with Bart and Milhouse was filling time between scenes of the main plot.

[10][11][12][13] At the 64th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 2012, Hank Azaria was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his performance as Moe, Chief Wiggum, Carl, Comic Book Guy, Duffman and Mexican Duffman in this episode.

[14] Animators Lynna Blankenship, Sean Coons, Hugh Macdonald, Debbie Peterson, Charles Ragins, Lance Wilder, Darrel Bowen, John Krause, Kevin Moore, Brent M. Bowen, Brice Mallier, Steven Fahey, Dima Malanitchev, Karen Bauer, Eli Balser, and Anne Legge were nominated for the Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production at the 40th Annie Awards for this episode.