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A man named Vance Connor is inducted into the Springfield Wall of Fame, and Homer recounts how he ran against Vance for class president in high school and lost. Later, at Moe's Tavern, Lenny and Carl confess to Homer that his old high school principal Harlan Dondelinger had ordered them to bury the ballot box containing the votes to the election.
The line Homer gives after Ned signs the contract is a reference to the 1997 film The Game. The song Homer and Ned listen to on the way to Las Vegas is "Highway Star" by English rock band Deep Purple. [2]
Homer seems to genuinely care for Ned, despite still expressing and often acting on feelings of loathing. [28] Nowadays Homer seems to regard Ned as more of a nuisance. An early running joke was that Marge considers Flanders to be a perfect neighbor, [25] and usually sides with him instead of her husband, which always enrages Homer. [29]
Homer realizes that music from his high school days is no longer considered cool after a hipster at a record store derides it. Hoping to impress them, Homer takes Bart and Lisa to the Hullabalooza music festival. Homer tries to act cool by wearing a Rastafarian hat, but an angry crowd of Generation Xers confronts him after mistaking him for a narc.
Homer drives to Humbleton and pleads with Ned to return, who, upon seeing the judgmental faces of the Humbleton residents glaring at him, agrees. Clay refuses to leave the house, despite Ned pointing out that his $200,000 check bounced, thus he legally still owns the property, but is persuaded once Ned and Homer overpower him by sheer force.
The Simpsons became the second highest-rated program in the 18–49 demographic in Fox's Animation Domination lineup that night, finishing with a higher rating than The Cleveland Show and American Dad! but a lower rating than Family Guy. The Simpsons was, however, the most-watched show in the lineup in terms of total viewers. [13]
Key takeaways. The Good Neighbor Next Door Program offers qualifying buyers a chance to purchase a HUD-owned property for half off the list price and a down payment as low as $100.
As Hurricane Barbara approaches Springfield, panicked citizens ransack the Kwik-E-Mart.After the storm, the Simpsons leave their basement to find their home unscathed, and their next-door neighbor, Ned Flanders, emerges from a heap of rubble to find his house destroyed, forcing the Flanders family to take shelter in the church basement.