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"Homer vs. Dignity" is the fifth episode of the twelfth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 26, 2000. In the episode, Mr. Burns hires a cash-strapped Homer as his "prank monkey", paying him to play pranks on others and humiliate himself in public.
On November 2, 2004, the episode was released in the United States on a DVD collection titled The Simpsons Christmas 2, along with the twelfth season episodes "Homer vs. Dignity" and "Skinner's Sense of Snow" and the fourteenth season episode "Dude, Where's My Ranch?".
The subplot of Homer entering the childproofing business was inspired by an instance when a salesman visited Payne and his pregnant wife to see if their home was safe for children. [4] In an interview with Star-News, Payne commented: "You hire this person to come into your home to look for changes you can make. They make you feel like the most ...
To add insult to injury, the hunter's tape is shown on the news, and Homer is mocked by many. Homer hires the hunter, named Grant, to assist him in confronting the animal. Homer makes a near-useless suit of armor: despite Marge's objections, Bart, Lenny and Carl join him as they start on their quest. The four of them make camp in the woods.
Homer is taken to "The Island", a parody of "The Village" in The Prisoner. "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes" makes fun of use of the Internet, which was rapidly growing in popularity at the time. The Internet was just starting to turn into a serious waste of time around this point in history", staff writer Matt Selman said in the episode's DVD ...
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— Barney Gumble ("The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson") Portal:The Simpsons/Character quote/41 You need to focus on the neglected food groups, such as the Whipped group, the congealed group and the Chocotastic!
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