Homer the Moe
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| The Simpsons episode | |
| "Homer the Moe" | |
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| Episode no. | 272 |
| Prod. code | CABF20 |
| Orig. Airdate | November 18, 2001 |
| Show Runner(s) | Mike Scully |
| Writer(s) | Dana Gould |
| Director | Jen Kamerman |
| Chalkboard | "A burp in a jar is not a science project." |
| Couch gag | The family piles over a football. |
| Guest star(s) | R.E.M. (Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe) |
| SNPP capsule | |
| Season 13 November 6, 2001 – May 22, 2002 |
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"Homer the Moe" is the third episode of The Simpsons' thirteenth season. The episode aired on November 18, 2001.
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[edit] Synopsis
After Homer tells a bizarre story in which Bart digs a hole (possibly to China), at a visit to Moe's, Moe does not like Homer's story. Suddenly, he is found by Homer, Lenny, Carl, and Barney to be an uninteresting man. He learns that he has not been happy for a long time, and decides to leave for a time to go to his alma mater, Swigmore University, to get some inspiration on how to improve his bar from his old professor, who is dying of cancer. While he is gone, he lets Homer take care of the bar. He returns to Springfield, on a day that Homer thinks is a good day, with Moe renovating it. The bar eventually reopens as a high-class nightclub named "M". Homer, Lenny, Carl, and Barney are invited to the opening of "M", but they do not like it, because it attracts an affluent crowd and serves very expensive drinks. The foursome leave in disgust.
In return for the loss of Moe's, Homer fights back by forming his own bar in his garage. Later, he invites R.E.M. to play in the bar. Moe, admitting that his 'm' nightclub was a disappointment, comes to see Homer and finds out about Homer's unlicenced bar and is outraged but Homer informs him that it is actually a hunting club. Moe reads another part of the rulebook and says that Homer is required to let his club be engaged in the sport of hunting. Homer goes hunting for a Thanksgiving turkey, despite Lisa's objections. When Homer goes hunting, Moe and Lisa try to find a way to stop Homer from killing the turkey. They use a whistle that makes a cougar sound to stop Homer's attempt. Homer shoots Moe, thinking he is a cougar, by accident. In return, Homer apologises for shooting Moe, and Lisa invites R.E.M. to a Thanksgiving dinner at Moe's re-renovated bar, which returns to normal, with the dinner being a turkey substitute made entirely of tofu.
[edit] Cultural references
- The nightclub M is a reference to The W Hotel in Chicago.[citation needed]
- Swigmore College may be a parody of Swarthmore College or Skidmore College.
- Homer and his friends dance on top of the bar a la Coyote Ugly.
- Homer's anti-Moe song is sung to the tune of "I Love Rock and Roll", by The Arrows, and more famously Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.
[edit] Quotations
- Lisa: Where's Bart? His Mountain Dew's getting flat.
Marge: That's odd. He's outside digging.
Homer: Probably digging for drugs.
Marge: There's no drugs in the backyard.
Homer: (shiftily) No... of course not.
Lisa: It's not a school project - I'd've heard of it. I'd better go check it out. (goes outside and talks to Bart) What're you doin'?,
Bart: Diggin'.
Lisa: Why?
Bart: Make a hole.
Lisa: Hole for what?
Bart: More diggin'.
Lisa: Okay then... (walks backwards toward the house) - Marge: Bart, this is Dr. Kaufman. He's a special kind of talking doctor.
Robert Kaufman: Call me Bob. That's quite a nice hole you're digging.
Bart: Thanks, Bob.
Kaufman: You know, a hole is a good place to hide. Do you feel threatened by anyone?
Bart: My Dad's always yelling about Whitey keeping him down.
Kaufman: (taking notes) I see. - Homer: [walks up to Bart, whistling] Oh! Hello, young man. Beautiful day for digging, isn't it?
Bart: Yup.
Homer: Yeah. Um, digging for anything in particular?
Bart: Nuh-uh.
Homer: So, I guess you wouldn't mind if I was to dig a hole of my own.
Bart: Go for it.
Homer: Maybe I will.
Bart: What's stopping you?
Homer: Very little. [gets a shovel of his own and digs a few scoops of earth] [clutches his chest] Oh, God, I'm having chest pains. [runs in the house; in the yard, we hear his voice from inside] Where's the defibrillator? Clear! [zap] [walks back outside, carrying two defibrillator paddles] This thing pays for itself. - (Homer's alternate "It’s the End of the World as We Know It" lyrics)
Homer: Leonard what-his-name, Herman Munster motorcade,
Birthday party Cheetos, pogo sticks and lemonade,
Symbiotic stupid jerk, that's right Flanders, I am talking
about you! - Peter Buck: Michael, are you sure these men are millionaires?
Michael Stipe: Come on. Would a poor guy have a bar in his garage? - (at "M", Homer, Barney, and Carl are at the oxygen bar)
Carl (out of breath): Hey...Lenny...uh...jump on my chest.
Lenny (in a giant hamster wheel): I'm trapped! This is creative design run amok
Homer: That's it! I'm talking to Moe!
(jumps up, then begins to faint after taking off the oxygen tube. He puts it back on and continues to breathe) - Homer (singing): I'm-a walkin' down the street, gonna open Moe's bar, I'm-a singin' what I'm thinkin', hey look at that dog!
- Moe: That's okay, Homer. It's like my dad always said: Eventually, everybody gets shot.
- Homer: Moe, I'll be fine.
(Moe leaves, but just as he closes the door, an explosion occurs in the bar. He rushes back in)
Homer: I thought you were going. - Lisa: We should all be thankful to Michael, Peter, and Mike for supplying us with this turkey, made entirely of tofu.
Mike: Tofu and Gluten.
Bart: I'm thankful I ate before I came.
Michael: Oh, come on, Bart. Smell those curds. Mmm... Curds. - Carl (going into "M" and notices the video screens with giant eyeballs): Uh, what are these eyeballs suppose to represent? Eyeballs?
Moe: It's "Po-Mo"! (Homer, Lenny, Carl, and Barney stare blankly) "Post-modern?" (they still stare blankly) Alright, "weird for the sake of weird".
Homer, Lenny, Carl, and Barney: Ohhhhhh. - Homer: Jeez, Moe. You've been a real crank lately.
(Moe grabs his trusty shotgun and cocks it)
Moe: You take that back!! - Homer: (after laying out a Thanksgiving dinner plate as a trap for the turkey)Okay, cranberry sauce, stuffing, potatoes. C'mon turkey, join your friends!
Lisa: Do you really think the turkey is just going to climb onto the plate?
Homer: I would. - Moe: Okay, Lisa, you don't like me and I don't like you. But we both want to stop Homer from shooting a turkey.
Lisa: You don't like me? I like you.
Moe: (happily) Really? Then I like you too. Here, have a towelette. - Lisa: Dad, you shot Moe!
Homer: What? Oh, this time I really am gonna faint! (he does so, and his head gets caught in a bear trap) Ow! Son of a... - Homer: (after throwing himself out of m) I believe I had a hat. (Hat is thrown out) Suckers!
