The episode won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series at the 39th Primetime Emmy Awards , a Humanitas Prize for 60 Minute Network or Syndicated Television at the 13th annual ceremony held in 1987 and a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Screenplay - Episodic Comedy at the 40th annual Writers Guild of America Awards 1987 ceremony held in 1988 for writers Gary David Goldberg & Alan Uger . It also won the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series at the 40th Directors Guild of America Awards for director Will Mackenzie . It also earned a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series nomination for Will Mackenzie . In addition it won an Outstanding Technical Direction/Electronic Camerawork/Video Control for a Series Emmy for Parker Roe ( technical director ) , Paul Basta ( cameraperson ) , Tom Dasbach ( cameraperson ) , Richard Price ( cameraperson ) , John Repczynski ( cameraperson ) , and Eric Clay ( senior video control )
39th Primetime Emmy Awards
39th Primetime Emmy Awards
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