Colonel Homer
| "Colonel Homer" | |
|---|---|
| The Simpsons episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 3 |
| Directed by | Mark Kirkland |
| Written by | Matt Groening |
| Original air dates | March 26, 1992 |
| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | "I will not conduct my own fire drills" |
| Couch gag | The cushions are missing. |
| Commentary | Matt Groening Al Jean Mike Reiss Dan Castellaneta Mark Kirkland |
"Colonel Homer" is the 20th episode of The Simpsons' third season.
Synopsis
Template:Spoiler Homer and Marge go see a movie but Homer doesn't shut up in the theater. He ends up giving the film away and the audience boos him. Marge yells at him, leaving him embarrassed. Homer drives off to a country bar to think about what happened when he meets a waitress named Lurleen Lumpkin who sings a song that he falls in love with. Homer returns home but can't get her song out of his head. He drives back and decides to get the song recorded. It is given to the local radio station and the song is an instant success. Homer becomes Lurleen's manager, much to Marge's objection. Lurleen wants more from Homer than him being her manager, but Homer cares for his wife and kids and decides he made the wrong choice.
Deleted Scenes
Before Lurleen's performance of "Bagged Me a Homer" at the recording studio, Bart and Lisa argue over country singers. This footage was included in a promo of the episode and can be found on the DVD, but the full scene is not.
Trivia
- The Springfield Googolplex is named after a very large number.
- This episode is the only time that it is ever mentioned that Krusty the Clown has a sister.
- This is the only episode in which Matt Groening receives an individual writing credit. (He did, however, write all 48 shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show.)
- According to the DVD commentary, the writers stated that they received comments that Homer was acting like a jerk in this episode, but Homer was only acting that way because he wanted to make Lurleen a star and was oblivious to her seducing him until the end.
- This is the first appearance of Lurleen Lumpkin on the series. She later appears in the Season 4 episode Marge vs. the Monorail she is briefly interviewed by Kent Brockman. When he asks her what she has been doing lately, she responds, "I spent last night in a ditch". She looks dirty and scuffed up, and the beautiful singing voice of Beverly D'Angelo is replaced with the harsh, croaky, gravelly voice of Doris Grau. (Apparently since Homer left her, she has not been doing too well.) She also has a cameo in the Season 4 episode Krusty Gets Kancelled as the center square on "The Springfield Squares", and appears in Team Homer as a member of the bowling team "The Home Wreckers".
- The sign of the Royal King Trailer Park, where Lurleen lives, reads "(14) Days Without a Tornado" in one scene. In a later scene, it reads "(2) Days".
Cultural references
- Col. Tom Parker – The episode title is a play on Elvis Presley's manager.
- Deliverance — The scene of the boy playing a banjo on a porch is much in the same vein as the "Dueling Banjos" sequence in the 1973 film. The same kid appears later waiting in line with his banjo to record a CD.
- "Hee Haw" – The country comedy show, "Ya-Hoo!" is a parody of the landmark country TV series, which ran from 1969-1992.
- Movies at the Springfield Googolplex:
- Honey, I Shrunk the Kids – parodied as "Honey, I Hit a School Bus."
- Look Who's Talking – parodied as "Look Who's Oinking."
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