The Lastest Gun in the West

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The Simpsons episode
"The Lastest Gun in the West"
Episode no. 281
Prod. code DABF07
Orig. Airdate February 24, 2002
Show Runner(s) Al Jean
Writer(s) John Swartzwelder
Director Bob Anderson
Chalkboard "Making Milhouse cry is not a science project."
Couch gag The pimple-faced teenager is making out with a girl on the couch.
Guest star(s) Dennis Weaver as Buck McCoy
SNPP capsule
Season 13
November 6, 2001 – May 22, 2002
  1. Treehouse of Horror XII
  2. The Parent Rap
  3. Homer the Moe
  4. A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love
  5. The Blunder Years
  6. She of Little Faith
  7. Brawl in the Family
  8. Sweets and Sour Marge
  9. Jaws Wired Shut
  10. Half-Decent Proposal
  11. The Bart Wants What It Wants
  12. The Lastest Gun in the West
  13. The Old Man and the Key
  14. Tales from the Public Domain
  15. Blame It on Lisa
  16. Weekend at Burnsie's
  17. Gump Roast
  18. I Am Furious Yellow
  19. The Sweetest Apu
  20. Little Girl in the Big Ten
  21. The Frying Game
  22. Papa's Got a Brand New Badge
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The Lastest Gun in the West is a season 13 episode from the television series The Simpsons, which February 4, 2002. It guest stars Dennis Weaver.

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[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Bart is chased by a dog and winds up in the backyard of a has-been actor named Buck McCoy. Buck was a famous Western star back in the day, and Bart takes the elder on as his hero. Bart gets Buck a job on the "Krusty the Clown" show, but Buck is actually an alcoholic and reverts to his drinking ways while on the air. Homer on the other hand, wants Bart to acknowledge him as his hero. Homer pursues in doing so.

[edit] Trivia

  • Buck McCoy looks a lot like Ronald Reagan, an actor in many Westerns.
  • In one scene, the audio has Lisa saying "Dad, I'm on the line". But the closed captions say Operator: "First, pay your phone bill".

[edit] Cultural references

  • The plot seems to be loosely modeled after the 1950 classic film-noir Sunset Boulevard.
  • The weapons that Snake and his gang use in the bank robbery are the pulse rifles from Aliens.

[edit] Goofs

  • Marge and Homer pour Buck's booze down the sink. A bottle to the right is seen as nearly full. There's a quick closeup of Marge, then a cut back to the sink and the same bottle, now nearly empty. No one had time to pour it down the sink in that brief cutaway.

[edit] Quotes

  • Buck McCoy: Good bye, Bart. Never bother me again.
  • Bart (in cowboy attire) I was thinkin' this could be a new fad.
    Martin: What about Hawaiian shirts? (Bart lassos off Martin's shirt)
    Milhouse: Hey! You're not fun! You're fat!
  • [During the shootout]:
    Thug: I'm firing at the lasso, but the bullets just go through the middle!
    Snake: It's the ultimate weapon!
  • Homer: Eh, I'm sick of this Tarzan movie.
    Lisa: Dad, it's a documentary on the homeless.
    Homer: Oh, right.
  • Grandpa Simpson: Buck McCoy!? He was the greatest of them all. He was bigger than opium!
    Lisa: I met one of my heroes today, she started the...
    Grandpa Simpson: Buuuuuuuuck McCoy! I still carry this. Junior Buckaroo, second class. Little Grampa Simpson.
  • Bart: He's drunk!
    Homer: I've seen drunker.
  • Bart: Everything tastes better when it's lasso'ed.
    Milhouse: Would you lasso me a banana?
    Buck McCoy: Now how the hell would I do that?
  • Lisa: I'm Annie Oakley!
    Nelson: I'm Kevin Costner in one of his Western roles!
    Ralph: I'm a gulch!
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