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The episode features multiple references to songs and themes. The song "Glove Slap" is a parody of the song "Love Shack". The B-52's sang both the original and the amended version used in the episode. [1] [6] The music playing during the sequence where the Simpsons begin farming is the theme tune from the television series Green Acres. [1]
"King-Size Homer" is the seventh episode of the seventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on November 5, 1995. [ 1 ] In the episode, Homer despises the nuclear plant 's new exercise program and decides to attain a weight of 300 pounds (136 kg) so he can claim a ...
"All Singing, All Dancing" is the eleventh episode of the ninth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on January 4, 1998. In the fourth Simpsons clip show, Homer claims he hates singing, so Marge shows family videos of
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]
When Homer is escorted by the hired goons into Burns' conservatory, a Burns-headed bird is sitting in the foreground. This is a reference to the shrieking cockatoo in Citizen Kane . [ 5 ] The page Mr. Burns reads from the monkey's typewriter ("It was the best of times, it was the BLURST of times!") is a reference to the first line of A Tale of ...
Homer and Bob go to Moe's Tavern, where Lenny gives Bob advice on how to murder Bart. The assailant shoots at Homer, before escaping in a tow truck. Bob suggests that Homer stay out of sight to be safe but Homer is named the King of the Springfield Mardi Gras and must ride on a float for the whole day. Bob is sure that someone rigged the ballot ...
Apu later joins as the lead singer when they hear him sing "Hopin' for a Dream", a song by the (fictitious) 1980s glam metal band, Sungazer. They call their band Covercraft and start playing shows. At a gig at the Cabbage Festival, Apu admits to Homer that he has stage fright, but Homer suggests that he picture himself alone at the Kwik-E-Mart ...
In this episode, Bart refuses to forgive Santa's Little Helper after he eats a bird that Bart nursed back to health. Race car driver Danica Patrick and Rachel Weisz guest starred. The episode received mixed reviews. The title of the episode is a reference to the 1952 song "How Much is that Doggie in the Window."