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The authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, wrote: "Good fun, with both Patty and Selma gaining a degree of humanity. Bart makes very good use of his new-found freedom as Skinner's pseudo-in-law, much to the annoyance of Groundskeeper Willie, making his first ...
Carlton Carlson (voiced by Harry Shearer in "Homer's Night Out" and "Brush with Greatness"; Hank Azaria from season 2 to 31; [58] [59] [60] Alex Désert since season 32) [60] [61] [62] is Homer's friend and co-worker (sometimes identified as his supervisor) at the Nuclear Power Plant and is often seen with Lenny. He likes to call himself "an ...
The episode sees Homer, after being hypnotized by the hypnotist Mesmerino while having dinner at the restaurant Pimento Grove, reminded by a repressed traumatic experience from his childhood, including the moment he discovered the dead body of Waylon Smithers' father while having a fun at an abandoned mine. The Simpsons set out to find the ...
"Homer's Enemy" is the twenty-third episode of the eighth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It was first broadcast on the Fox network in the United States on May 4, 1997. "Homer's Enemy" was directed by Jim Reardon and written by John Swartzwelder, based on an idea pitched by executive producer Bill Oakley.
Springfield Shopper headlines: "Simpson Says Safe!," "Dozens Cheer Homer Simpson," "Homer Simpson Strikes Again!," "Watch Out, Here Comes Homer," and "Enough Already, Homer Simpson!" In the scene where Homer and another man are making the announcement to everyone, if you look very carefully you can see a man in the background who looks like ...
In 2007, Entertainment Weekly ranked Homer ninth on their list of the 50 Greatest TV Icons, and in 2010, placed him first on their list of the Top 100 Characters of the Past Twenty Years. The Sunday Times referred to him as "the greatest comic creation of [modern] time", while TV Guide , in 2010, called him second-greatest cartoon character.
Throughout the episode, Homer dresses in homage to Dallas Cowboys player Tom Landry. Homer previously bought Landry's hat in "You Only Move Twice". The final scene took a long time to write, as the writing staff found it difficult to come up with a resolution that would end on positive terms for Bart and Homer. [4]
David Mirkin said that Homer's line, "Oh I wish, I wish I hadn't killed that fish", is one of his favorites, and that the alternate future in which the family is rich "breaks [his] heart every time". [3] Homer's line "close enough" from Time and Punishment was later used in the Stargate SG-1 episode "Moebius". [27]