When You Dish upon a Star

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The Simpsons episode
"When You Dish Upon a Star"
Episode no. 208
Prod. code 5F19
Orig. Airdate November 8, 1998
Show Runner(s) Mike Scully
Writer(s) Richard Appel
Director Pete Michels
Chalkboard "butt.com is not my e-mail address"
Couch gag Marge, carrying a laundry basket, hangs the rest of the family up to dry.
Guest star(s) Alec Baldwin as himself
Kim Basinger as herself
Ron Howard as himself
Brian Grazer as himself
SNPP capsule
Season 10
August 23, 1998 – May 16, 1999
  1. Lard of the Dance
  2. The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace
  3. Bart the Mother
  4. Treehouse of Horror IX
  5. When You Dish upon a Star
  6. D'oh-in in the Wind
  7. Lisa Gets an "A"
  8. Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"
  9. Mayored to the Mob
  10. Viva Ned Flanders
  11. Wild Barts Can't Be Broken
  12. Sunday, Cruddy Sunday
  13. Homer to the Max
  14. I'm with Cupid
  15. Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"
  16. Make Room for Lisa
  17. Maximum Homerdrive
  18. Simpsons Bible Stories
  19. Mom and Pop Art
  20. The Old Man and the "C" Student
  21. Monty Can't Buy Me Love
  22. They Saved Lisa's Brain
  23. Thirty Minutes over Tokyo
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"When You Dish Upon a Star" is the fifth episode of The Simpsons' tenth season. It aired on November 8, 1998.

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[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

The Simpson family decide to spend a day out on Lake Springfield, where Homer soon gets involved in a paragliding accident. Crash landing in the bedroom of Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger's vacation house, he convinces them that he should work for them as a personal assistant, while keeping a secret that they are in Springfield.

Eventually Homer becomes good friends with the celebrity couple, though he creeps the visiting Ron Howard out and tries unsuccessfully to pitch a script about a killer robot driving-instructor that travels back in time and a talking pie.

Eventually Homer's inability to keep a secret sees him get fired, and he starts a mobile museum of "Hollywood Jerks" to get back at them. Predictably, the celebrities aren't impressed by this and angrily confront him. Homer escapes but is stopped by Basinger, though not before injuring Ron Howard.

Ultimately Homer is court-ordered to keep away from any celebrity while Ron Howard successfully pitches Homer's script to Brian Grazer and 20th Century Fox.

[edit] Cultural references

  • Homer's rant about "appearing in commercials dancing with vacuum cleaners" is a reference to a 1997 TV advertisement that depicted Fred Astaire dancing with a Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner.
  • Homer: "We can't even pay our bills, and they're drinking Royal Crown Cola!" Royal Crown Cola is a cheaper brand than Pepsi or Coke, so Homer is really just being irritated for no good reason.
  • Apu's sandcastle is a very detailed replica of India's famous Taj Mahal.
  • PETA is an animal-rights group whose name stands for People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals. They have several celebrity members.
  • Homer's dream is a spoof of Hanna-Barbera's Yogi Bear. When he falls asleep again he starts thinking he's Magilla Gorilla.
  • Homer angrily addresses Ron Howard as "Potsie" (another Happy Days character) and "Horshack" (a character from Welcome Back, Kotter).
  • The ripples in their water when the crowd of people come is a reference to Jurrasic Park.


[edit] External links

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