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The Simpsons go to a car show where a salesman convinces Homer to buy a pickup truck mounted with a snowplow by saying Homer can make the payments by plowing people's driveways. Homer starts a plowing business called Mr. Plow but has trouble finding customers until Lisa suggests recording a commercial and airing it on public television. The ...
Louie's trapdoor is activated by a bust of Jon Bon Jovi, à la the 1960s Batman TV show. [3] Homer, Bart, Lisa, Ralph, and Milhouse parody a scene from Animal House, and sing "Shout" in togas. [4] "Mr. T is The Lion King" is seen on a billboard while Homer drives to Guidopolis. [4]
The end music is the theme to the 1960s British TV series The Avengers, [2] and the song playing when Homer is sitting and watching things go by while he is waiting five days for his gun is "The Waiting" by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. [6] Petty rarely let his music be used on television, but, being a fan of The Simpsons, he allowed them to ...
Homer Jay Simpson [1] is the bumbling husband of Marge and the father of Bart, Lisa, and Maggie Simpson. [2] [3] He is the son of Mona and Abraham "Grampa" Simpson.[4] [5] Over the first 400 episodes of The Simpsons, Homer held over 188 different jobs. [6]
A scene in the episode shows Homer buying new tires for his car. The scene was written by Brian Scully, who had been scammed by a Firestone Tire and Rubber Company dealer. [1] The episode's subplot was the result of the Simpsons writers trying to find activities for Marge and Lisa to participate in while Bart and Homer were at the Super Bowl. [1]
The Simpsons sit down as normal. An impostor Homer rips off a latex mask, and reveals himself to be Sideshow Bob. Bob then brandishes a knife and chases after Bart, knocking over the TV in the process, with the rest of the family cowering in fear. Commentary: Al Jean Tim Long Bill Odenkirk Matt Selman Raymond S. Persi Tom Gammill Max Pross ...
Throughout the series, Homer and Lisa's relationship is problematic, as Homer often struggles to understand Lisa, who in many ways is a little girl but who is also smarter than him. Karma Waltonen and Denise Du Vernay analyzed "Make Room for Lisa" in their book The Simpsons in the classroom: Embiggening the Learning Experience with the Wisdom ...
A Homer live segment was considered as early as 2007, as a potential promotion for The Simpsons Movie on The Tonight Show, but was ultimately decided against.After "Simprovised" episode writer John Frink proposed the idea for Homer to do "improv for real" at the end of the episode, the crew reassessed the quality of motion capture technology compared to 2007.