Yokel Chords " is the fourteenth episode of the eighteenth season of '' The Simpsons '' . It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 4 , 2007 . It was written by Michael Price , and directed by Susie Dietter . Guest starring Meg Ryan as Dr. Swanson , Peter Bogdanovich as a psychiatrist and Andy Dick , James Patterson and Stephen Sondheim as themselves . This also marked the return of director Susie Dietter who had taken a hiatus to work on '' Futurama '' and the film '' Open Season '' . This was her first episode in nearly nine years . It won the 2008 Annie Award for Music in an Animated Television Production
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