Background Blues

Background Blues is the first half of the 4th episode of Season 3. It first aired on October 12, 1998 with "And Now Let's Talk to Some Kids".

Summary
Muffy and Francine turn an ancestor research project into a competition, and start making up things to make their families seem more important.

Trivia

 * In Muffy's fantasy, her great aunt asks, "Is that you, Anastasia?". This is a reference to Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna of Russia, who was rumored to have survived her family's execution in 1918.
 * Arthur's future ancestors, R4 and 3W are shown in the prologue and epilogue of this episode. It also takes place 100 years ago.