Homer takes Bart to a steel mill to revel in a manly environment; however, the entire workforce is gay, which Homer learns when the steel mill turns into a gay disco during breaks. Sort: Relevant Newest # homer simpson # bart simpson # episode 2 # season 12 # 12x02 homer simpson # bart simpson # episode 2 # season 12 # 12x02 [1][3] According to Maxtone-Graham, Newman recorded his line with no rigmarole; "He just said, 'Sure, I'll do it', and he did it instantly. However, Homer recalls that there was no water in the quarry because something was blocking the inlet pipe. [4] Burly, the brand of paper towels featured in the episode, is based on the real brand Brawny Paper Towels. The next day, they went to the old quarry for a swim, and Homer jumped in, only to find that there was no water but only mud. Homer started screaming endlessly (and hit puberty as a result). The episode was originally titled "Bart Goes to Camp", but was renamed because the joke was too oblique. As Homer starts to reminisce, he starts screaming incessantly all through the night. The car that Marge drives in this episode would appear as a car for Marge in The Simpsons Road Rage video game. [6], The "gay steel mill" scene was written by Steve Tompkins. In its original broadcast, the episode was seen by approximately 8.4 million viewers. "[4] In the book Leaving Springfield, Matthew Henry praised the episode's critiquing of "the most common misconception about homosexuality: namely that gayness is somehow contagious", as well as its other themes. Filmmaker John Waters guest-starred, providing the voice of the new character, John. Homer fears that John will have a negative influence on his son Bart and decides to ensure Bart's heterosexuality by taking him hunting. # homer simpson # the simpsons # simpsons # scream # homer # season 2 # lisa simpson # episode 13 # screaming # screams # no # angry # community # fuck # frustrated [7], "Homer's Phobia" has been cited as a significant part of The Simpsons' exploration of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) themes. The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror The Shining S6 Episode treehouse of horror Vamazing episodeHalloweenYou wanna get souedNo TV and no beer makes homer go crazy [24] In his review of The Simpsons – The Complete Eighth Season DVD, Todd Gilchrist said that "Homer's Phobia" "certainly qualifies as one of the all-time greatest episodes". With Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith. [6] The staff asked Waters if he thought the gay community would find the episode offensive. Bart is confused until Lisa explains Homer thinks his son is gay. [3][4] The song that John picks out and he and Homer dance to is "I Love the Nightlife" by Alicia Bridges, and the song that Bart dances to is "The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)" by Betty Everett. One way to reassure the Screamapillar is to burp it like a baby. Homer is grateful to John for saving their lives and grudgingly accepts him. In The Frying Game, the Screamapillar is easily identified by its constant screaming—it even screams in its sleep. Sort: Relevant Newest # homer simpson # episode 4 # season 15 # 15x04 # homer screaming homer simpson # episode 4 # season 15 # 15x04 # homer screaming Finding nothing left of the corpse but a skeleton, they take its skull with them and travel through the pipe to emerge through a hatch in Mr. Burns's office. [19] The series made several references to homosexuality before the episode aired. The rest of the family joins John for the tour and enjoy his company. 76086 GIFs. Marge is disappointed when John, the shop owner, reveals her precious heirloom is a cheap liquor bottle of little value. The censors stated that they did not like the use of the word "gay", or the discussion of homosexuality at all, and closed with a paragraph that stated that "the topic and substance of this episode are unacceptable for broadcast". [5] The idea of using filmmaker John Waters as a guest star had been around for a while. At that point, the episode was titled "Smithers' Father's Apparent Murder" until the writers incorporated flashbacks to Homer's childhood that resembled the story of the film Stand By Me, based on the novella The Body by Stephen King. They find Chief Wiggum there and when Marge throws the Burly paper towels in, it absorbs the water where they find the corpse is now a skeleton. "Marge Simpson in: 'Screaming Yellow Honkers'" is the fifteenth episode of The Simpsons' tenth season. Marge and Lisa are using different special clothes in the talent show. He joked, however, about a negative reaction if his character would be made to look like fitness personality Richard Simmons. [1] The staff also debated how horrific Smithers' father's corpse would look. They confront him about the body, but he insists he did not murder anyone. It was first broadcast on Fox in the United States on December 9, 2001. As John drives everyone home, Homer tells Bart he is fine with however he chooses to live his life. Then, Bart was ramming the chainsaw at Homer's chest. This backfires when Bart craves slim cigarettes, considered effeminate because they are marketed to women. The Simpsons need money to pay for a $900 repair after Bart damages the gas line. The episode was written by Ian Maxtone-Graham while Steven Dean Moore served as the director. One of them read "Bart the homo", and Ron Hauge was selected to write the episode, with the story stemming from that line. He shows an old surveillance tape, filmed during the imminent meltdown in which Smithers' father sacrificed himself by going into an unstable reactor core in order to prevent the meltdown and succumbed to the radiation. The "screamapillar" as the family finds out is an endangered species and by law they are responsible for its well being. I didn’t cash, injuries to Hogan, Freeman and Reed (while not unexpected) were all crushing. There is an episode in which Homer is hypnotized and uncovers a terrible repressed memory, he spends the next several minutes screaming constantly and uncontrollably. Directed by David Silverman. [32] John Patterson of The Guardian wrote that Waters' appearance "felt to me like a summit meeting between the most influential pop-culture figures of the last 25 years". With help from Lisa and Marge, John uses a Japanese Santa Claus robot to scare away the reindeer and save the hunting party. Because the screamapillar only communicates by screaming, its lines were recorded last during recording sessions, as the screaming would "burn out" Castellaneta's voice. Claim: The character Goundskeeper Willie was once depicted in an episode of "The Simpsons" in similar horned attire worn by one of the pro-Trump rioters in D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021. Episode – "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" Despite Homer and Marge telling him the case has been solved, upon seeing Moe despondent, they decide to humour him by letting him show them his clues, which continues through the credits. The Screamapillar needs constant reassurance or it will die, is sexually attracted to fire, and is apparently a favored food of many animals, including birds and dogs. After Homer purchases a Canyonero sports utility vehicle, he discovers he bought the model intended for women, so he gives the vehicle to Marge. Raju Mudhar, "Springfield's coming-out party; Cartoon to reveal gay character And it might not be Smithers". The following is the list of episodes about him, or that feature him prominently. "[3] The episode also features Joe Mantegna, who plays a young Fat Tony. It was engaging and surprising and I really put heart into that episode. When they cannot find any deer, they decide to shoot reindeer at Santa's Village instead. Instead of Homer, Bart, Barney, and Moe going deer hunting and ending up at "Santa's Village" they would go back to the steel mill. With Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith. [2] The end of the episode originally had Chad Sexington showing up for his date with Marge, causing Homer to scream uncontrollably again;[4] however, it was cut in favor of Hank Azaria's improvisation as Moe, which, according to Simpsons writer Carolyn Omine, was Azaria's "favorite thing [he] had ever done" on The Simpsons. Votes: 3,232 New content will be added above the current area of focus upon selection Declaring the case of the haunted quarry solved, Homer stores the skull in his "Memories" box, despite Marge's insistence to give it to Smithers. Directed by Mark Kirkland. But there's more than meets the eye? ; Freudian Excuse: Burns' cover story for the death of Smithers' father (killed by Amazons) is implied to be the reason behind Smithers' homosexuality.At the very least it explains his freak out in the precedent episode when he was at a strip club. The next morning, Homer tells Marge that he likes John and suggests they invite him and "his wife" over some time. The episode features comic actors George Carlin as Munchie and Martin Mull as Seth. It was the first episode written by Ron Hauge and was directed by Mike B. Anderson. Homer sells his soul to the Devil for a donut, Bart contends with a gremlin on the side of the school bus which only he can see, and the family discovers that Mr. Burns is a vampire. [2] At this point, the writers changed the episode title to "The Blunder Years". Ned Flanders is given the most attention and involvement of any character in The Simpsons outside of the main five (Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie). Sort: Relevant Newest # homer simpson # episode 4 # season 15 # 15x04 # homer screaming homer simpson # episode 4 # season 15 # 15x04 # homer screaming Stephen Kiehl, "Homersexual debate splits Springfield", Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less), Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now), Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT), The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family, "The Prince of Puke talks porn, pubes and periods", "Legacy: 25th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1997)", "The World Animation Celebration: Pasadena's Festival", Leaving Springfield: The Simpsons and the Possibility of Oppositional Culture, "The Simpsons – The Complete Eighth Season", "The Simpsons Turns 400: We Name the Greatest Guests! With Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith. The writers then incorporated Homer's flashbacks, at which point the episode was titled "The Blunder Years", a parody on the television show The Wonder Years. Homer almost sits on her, causing her to scream. The first design was "more horrific" than the one seen in the episode, and it more closely resembled Smithers. [20] In the 1990 episode "Simpson and Delilah," the character Karl (voiced by Harvey Fierstein) kisses Homer, while the recurring character Waylon Smithers is often shown to be in love with his boss, Montgomery Burns, initially suggestively and since then more overtly. The new censors sent back merely one line: "acceptable for broadcast". [9], Ron Martin of 411mania was less enthusiastic about the episode. Homer volunteers, and Mesmerino hypnotizes him into thinking he is twelve years old again. Homer starts to recall the events leading up to the scream-inducing incident: beginning when he, Lenny, and Carl were hiking in the woods and were confronted by a young Fat Tony, only to be saved by a young Moe. The normal procedure is for an episode's script to be sent to the censor and then faxed back with a list of lines and words that should be substituted. "The Blunder Years" is the fifth episode of The Simpsons’ thirteenth season. Summary: Homer's ordered Marge an anniversary gift, a pond for the backyard. "[23] Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood stated in their book, I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, that: "Only The Simpsons could do this so tongue-in-cheek that nobody could get in a tizzy about it. [25], In 1998, TV Guide listed it in its list of top twelve Simpsons episodes. [4] Homer's record collection includes music by The New Christy Minstrels and The Wedding of Lynda Bird Johnson, the albums Loony Luau and Ballad of the Green Berets by Staff Sgt. [11] Alan Frutkin gave the episode a positive write-up in the LGBT-interest magazine The Advocate, calling it "vintage Simpsons. He first pitched that Homer and Bart would encounter longshoremen, but it was too much work to animate the lading of ships, so a steel mill was used instead. Upon learning all of this, Homer remarked, "You sure God doesn't want it to to be dead?" ", "Springfield of Dreams: 16 great 'Simpsons' guest stars", "Five of the Best ... 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"Homer's Phobia" was the show's first episode to revolve entirely around gay themes and received a positive critical response both for its humor and anti-homophobia message. Despite disliking it at first, Marge grows fond of it, and quickly develops clear road rage against other motorists. S14 E20 - Brake My Wife, Please When Homer loses his driver's license, he embraces walking. [3], The episode's title is a reference to the television show The Wonder Years. [33] When The Simpsons began streaming on Disney+ in 2019, former Simpsons writer and executive producer Bill Oakley named this one of the best classic Simpsons episodes to watch on the service. [1][2] As thanks for his performance, the show's staff sent Waters an animation cel from the episode, which he now has hanging in his office. Episode - 9F08 First Aired - 12/3/1992 While waiting for Maggie to say her first word, Homer and Marge tell the story of their life after Bart was born (where they lived in an apartment in a neighborhood that looks like it was from the early 20th … With the use of some Indian Memory Tea, Homer and Moe, recall when they were twelve and Homer found a dead body, which he never reported. [7], Writing for DVD Verdict, Jennifer Malkowski gave a favorable review of the episode, giving a B rating and pointed at the scene in which "Homer says finding a corpse explains everything that's gone wrong in his life—especially his fear of corpses" as the highlight of the episode. However, Smithers admits that he is glad that his father died as a real hero rather than from a tribe of savage Amazon women, which Burns told him earlier. The video recorded by Mr. Burns' security camera was originally supposed to be shot in the same angle as a real security camera, but according to director Steven Dean Moore, to follow the narrative, the staff "had to lose [the camera angle]". Directed by Rich Moore. "[35] In June 2003, Igor Smykov sued the Russian television channel REN TV on claims that The Simpsons, along with Family Guy, were "morally degenerate and promoted drugs, violence and homosexuality". In the episode, Homer dissociates himself from new family friend John after discovering that he is gay. Hoping to ensure Bart likes girls, Homer forces him to stare at a cigarette billboard featuring scantily clad women. Bart is stunned as their car drives away blaring a gay anthem. Barry Sadler. Usually the censor notes are ignored as the offending lines and problems are dealt with after the episode has been animated. [3] Items in John's store include several buttons endorsing political campaigns of Richard Nixon, Dan Quayle, and Bob Dole as well as an issue of TV Guide owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis that features the title characters from the sitcom Laverne & Shirley on the cover. [11], The episode features numerous cultural references. [2] However, the scenes in the quarry were based on the coming of age film Breaking Away, directed by Peter Yates. George Meyer pitched "Bart the homo" as an initial idea for an episode while show runners Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein were planning an episode involving Lisa "discovering the joys of campy things". Upon noticing that his bar was empty, the present-day Moe arrives at the Simpsons' home and recalls that while they sat by a fire that night, they saw a near-meltdown at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. The next day, Homer's co-workers Lenny and Carl bring him home early from work, still screaming, and Lisa and Marge finally manage to calm him down with some Yaqui tea. [6] Welsh singer-songwriter Judith Owen, wife of Simpsons' cast member Harry Shearer, also makes an appearance in the episode. Marge uses Burly paper towels to drain the water from the quarry. But Marge begins to suffer from stress when the pressure of being the only full-time driver in the house takes its toll-and ends up running Homer over in her car.
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