We're on the Road to D'ohwhere

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"We're on the Road to D'ohwhere"
Episode no.	367
Prod. code	HABF04
Orig. Airdate	January 29, 2006
Writer(s)	Kevin Curran
Director	Nancy Kruse
Chalkboard	Teacher was not dumped -- it was mutual
Couch gag	A parody of the opening from Bonanza
SNPP capsule
Season 17 September 11, 2005 – May 21, 2006
Bonfire of the Manatees The Girl Who Slept Too Little Milhouse of Sand and Fog Treehouse of Horror XVI Marge's Son Poisoning See Homer Run The Last of the Red Hat Mamas The Italian Bob Simpsons Christmas Stories Homer's Paternity Coot We're on the Road to D'ohwhere My Fair Laddy The Seemingly Never-Ending Story Bart Has Two Mommies Homer Simpson, This Is Your Wife Million Dollar Abie Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore The Wettest Stories Ever Told Girls Just Want to Have Sums Regarding Margie The Monkey Suit Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play
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We're on the Road to D'ohwhere is the eleventh episode of the seventeenth season of The Simpsons. According to The Simpsons Archive it is the 367th episode of The Simpsons. It first aired in the USA on January 29, 2006 on FOX.

1 Synopsis
2 Trivia
3 Cultural References
4 Goofs
5 Quotes
6 Broadcasting Information

[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

While messing around in the school’s steam tunnels, Bart and Milhouse trigger a massive escape of steam that destroys the school. Skinner proposes that Bart be sent off to Upward Bound behavioral modification camp. Meanwhile, Moe announces that all of his frequent barflies will be going to Las Vegas, courtesy of him. Homer takes Bart to the airport to send him to the camp in northwest Oregon (preferably flying to Portland). But then he discovers that Bart is on the no-flight list and needs to be driven to the camp, thus excluding him from Moe's Vegas trip. After driving to a roadside diner, Bart escapes, and Homer has to duct-tape him to a chair and add chains. Meanwhile, Marge and Lisa have a yard sale. It is a total flop until Otto discovers that Marge is also selling the family's expired prescription drugs. Although reluctant, Marge soon makes lots of money selling prescription drugs, but Chief Wiggum quickly discovers the scheme and charges her with selling drugs illegally.

Homer gets Bart to the camp, but, after a moral dilemma, he decides to pick up Bart and take Bart to Vegas with him. In Vegas, Homer gets in a fight with a pit boss, loses track of Bart, and is thrown in Nevada State Prison. It is revealed that Bart stole his car and takes off on a joyride. The episode ends with Lisa receiving phone messages from both her parents, asking for bail money. She tells Maggie that she will get a job to provide for both of them and to get their parents out of jail.

[edit] Trivia

In Germany, this episode is dedicated to Elisabeth Volkmann. Elisabeth Volkmann, who voiced Marge in Germany, died after this episode. There was a sentence at the end of the episode which said "In dankbarer Erinnerung an Elizabeth Volkmann", this means "In thankful memory to Elizabeth Volkmann".

[edit] Cultural References

We're on the Road to D'ohwhere is a take on the Talking Heads song Road to Nowhere. It may also refer to the famous series of Bob Hope/Bing Crosby Road to... movies, which have been spoofed twice by Family Guy. This is at least the third time that the Talking Heads have been referenced by the Simpsons, not including "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" (which guest-starred David Byrne)
The song the band class plays is "Louie, Louie".
The song Flanders sings is the chorus from the hit Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat.
Intellectual Homer, who has been killed by Serious Homer, has written on the floor in his own blood "Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny". This is the famous statement of Ernst Haeckel's recapitulation theory about the similarity of the embryonic development of organisms to its evolutionary history. Ironically, it has been debunked as a scientific principle. Presumably, Intellectual Homer wrote this before it was debunked, a testament to how long he had been dead.

[edit] Goofs

When the steam come out of all the radiators, Wendell is in Mrs Krabappel's class and also in music. Which means he is at two places at once.

[edit] Quotes

Homer: D'OHHHHHH! (after hearing that Bart can only travel to Oregon via car)
(D'oh echoes to Moe's)
Carl: Oh, dang, Homer ain't comin'.
Nelson: Haw, haw!
Carl: And Nelson saw something funny! audio clip
Homer: Did you know that in Massachusetts it's legal for a guy to marry his son?
Pilot (over PA): Welcome to Atlanta. Please keep your seat belt on until we've come to a complete stop.
Bart: No one tells Bart Simpson what to do! (unbuckles seat belt, which sets off an alarm)
Pilot (over PA): Thanks a lot, Row 34 C! Now we have to fly back to Minneapolis and I'm very tired!
(everyone groans as the plane makes a U-turn and takes off again)
Waylon Smithers: How much for this estrogen?
Marge: But that's a female replacement hormone.
Smithers: Uh-huh, it's for a friend who's trapped in the body of another friend.
Homer: I'll have the smiley face breakfast special. Uhh, but could you add a bacon nose? Plus bacon hair, bacon mustache, five o'clock shadow made of bacon bits and a bacon body.
Waitress: How about I just shove a pig down your throat?
(Homer looks excited)
Waitress: I was kidding.
Homer: Fine, but the bacon man lives in a bacon house!
Waitress: No he doesn't! audio clip
(inside Homer's head)
Fun Homer: Aw, Come on, Serious Homer, lemme out! We can get a monkey drunk and push him down the stairs!
Serious Homer: (whacks Fun Homer with his gun) I'll kill you, the way I killed Intellectual Homer!
Milhouse: Wow, the valve room. Now we can leave without touching a valve. What a story that will be!
Skinner: To help show the seriousness of Bart's offense, Superintendent Chalmers will be joining by video link.
Chalmers: And joining me by video link, State Comptroller Atkins.
Atkins: Can we move this along? I'm attending an important conference here in Scottsdale.
Chalmers: You're in Scottsdale? I'm in Scottsdale! The Hilton. Room 381.
Atkins: Get out! I'm in 502! Hey, do you guys have any ice buckets down there?
Chalmers: No, we've been using shower caps. (Skinner turns off the TV) Skinner!
Homer: (Homer and Bart laugh) You made that TV show really mad.
Carl: But why you being so generous? You're usually so stingy and rat like.
Moe: Yeah well you remember that time I tried to hang myself and the rope broke? Well, I sued the rope company and I got a huge settlement...and a new rope!
(Homer's car is just hanging over a cliff)
Bart: If I help you, what are you gonna do to me?
Homer: Shower you with love, because this experience has taught me just how precious you are. (Bart pushes the car down) I'LL KILL YOU!! I'LL KILL YOUR WHOLE FAMILY!! (Bart moves the car up, threatening to send Homer over the cliff) Kidding, I'm kidding. We can do that; we have a special friendship. (car down) I'M GONNA DOUBLE KILL YOU!! THEN I'M GONNA BURY YOU IN A SHALLOW GRAVE!! THEN I'LL DIG YOU UP AND KILL YOU AGAIN!! THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF A SHALLOW GRAVE!! (car up) You sweet little angel, I'm (car down) GONNA RIP YOUR HEAD OFF AND SPIT (car up) down your adorable little neck, (car down) because I WANNA SMASH YOUR LITTLE STUPID HEAD!! (car up) Oh but I love you; we'll go on a fishing trip. (car down) BUT FIRST, I'M GONNA PUT YOU ON A SAW MILL AND PUNCH YOUR LITTLE FACE OUT!! THAT'S WHAT I'M GONNA DO!! audio clip
Jimbo: Uh, I'm here for the, um...yard sale.
Marge: But that was yesterday.
Jimbo: Oh right, "yard sale".
Marge: What are you talking about?
Jimbo: Can I buy some pills?
Marge: Well, maybe someone else can help you, because I'm not a drug grocer. (closes door, then hears knocking) (screaming) Oh, I'm out of drugs! See how much money I've made! (sees Chief Wiggum at the door) (gasp) Chief Wiggum! Uh, are you still involved with the police department?
Wiggum: Save it for the judge, Ma Peddle!
Lou: "Ma Peddle"?
Wiggum: It's a reference to Ma Kettle, the popular movie character from the '40s.
Lou: If you have to explain it, it's not good, Chief.
Bart: Oh, my God! My Dad had a long talk with me about this, but you never believe it until you see it! The cafeteria loading dock! We're having pizza tomorrow.
Milhouse: I'm gonna have a light breakfast.
Ralph (after steam engulfs the band room): I have two kinds of wet in my pants.
Lisa (everyone is playing Louie Louie but their instruments make funny noises):Our instruments are rusting!
Largo:W'ere doing a capella,people!(everyone hums Louie louie)
Marge's voice on the answering machine:Homer, I hope you get this, I'm in jail and I need $10,000 bail! Hurry!(beep!)
Homer's voice on the answering machine:Uh, Marge, me and Bart got in a fight with this really uncool pit boss and now I'm in Nevada state prison. Also, I don't know where Bart is, if you see him, say Hey!(beep!)
Lisa:(sigh)Well, Maggie, I always knew someday it would boil down to just you and me. I'll look for work in the morning.