Homer Alone

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The Simpsons episode
"Homer Alone"

Homer playing with Maggie
Episode no.	50
Prod. code	8F14
Orig. Airdate	February 6, 1992
Show Runner(s)	Al Jean & Mike Reiss
Written by	David M. Stern
Directed by	Mark Kirkland
Chalkboard	"I will not spank others"
Couch gag	The Family forms a pyramid
Guest star	Phil Hartman as Troy McClure
DVD commentary by	Matt Groening Al Jean Dan Castellaneta Julie Kavner Mark Kirkland Brad Bird
Season 3 September 19, 1991 – August 27, 1992
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"Homer Alone" is the fifteenth episode of The Simpsons' third season.

1 Synopsis
2 Trivia
3 Cultural references
4 External links

[edit] Synopsis

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Marge Simpson decides she needs a vacation, after all the stress at home. She leaves for a place called "Rancho Relaxo", putting Bart and Lisa into the care of Patty and Selma. Maggie stays home with Homer Simpson who invites Barney Gumble over to help him, but realizes how much he needs Marge to take care of things. He goes to see how the kids are getting on at Marge's sisters, and they're desperate to get away, after they are put into slavery by the sisters. Maggie goes looking for Marge after seeing how upset everyone is, including herself, and goes missing. After a long search from Homer and Barney, Homer calls a baby search. Marge has done everything she wanted to do in her vacation and calls Homer. She tells him she is coming back and he should pick her up in one hour at the train station. Maggie is found on the edge of the top of an ice-cream shop. Chief Wiggum thinks she is trying to commit suicide, but she is actually sleeping next to the statue of an ice-cream cone that looks like Marge's head. She is returned to Homer just in time for Marge's arrival, and everything is back to normal.

[edit] Trivia

Just as Homer puts Maggie to bed, all the lights appear on in the house.
This is the 50th episode of the show.
Les Claypool, The Bassist and founding member of the band Primus named his house Rancho Relaxo after the Hotel in which Marge Stays.
The sign at Phineas Q. Butterfat's Ice Cream Parlor, with the man's face being a cone and his hair being blue ice cream vaguely resembles Marge and her unique hair-do.

[edit] Cultural references

The title is based on the film Home Alone. The episode's writer David Stern is the brother of actor Daniel Stern, who co-stared in Home Alone and its sequel. homer even slaps his hands on his face & screams when he finds maggie missing.
In the beginning when the screen freezes on Bart and Homer, the reference is to the Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoons.
The song that plays while Homer is on hold on the missing child hotline is "Baby Come Back" by Player.