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The segment "Homer 3" is a parody of The Twilight Zone episode "Little Girl Lost", in which a girl travels through a portal to the 4th dimension. At one point, Homer compares the situation to "that twilighty show about that zone". [15] Homer passes by the library from Myst, a reference to the famed computer game of the era. Series creator Rand ...
There was originally going to be a second joke involving Family Guy, but as the show had recently been cancelled, the staff of The Simpsons didn't want to "kick 'em when they're down", so they cut it. [4] Family Guy would turn the tables during the opening of their episode "PTV", where Homer makes an appearance similar to The Simpsons intro ...
Upon meeting Homer Barbera, Homer remarks that Homer Barbera sounds like Art Carney, whose character from The Honeymooners, Ed Norton, is reportedly the inspiration for Yogi Bear. [15] " Be Nine, Rewind" is a reference to the 2008 film, Be Kind Rewind , and a parody of the 2017 film Happy Death Day and the 2019 television series Russian Doll .
When Homer first meets Mindy, he imagines her as Venus in Sandro Botticelli's painting The Birth of Venus. [1] To deal with Homer and Mindy charging room service to the company, Mr. Burns unleashes flying monkeys à la the Wicked Witch of the West in The Wizard of Oz (1939). However, the attempt fails as the monkeys all fall to their deaths. [2]
"Homer the Great" is the twelfth episode of the sixth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on January 8, 1995. In the episode, Homer joins an ancient secret society known as the Stonecutters. The episode was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Jim Reardon.
Homer Jay Simpson is the main protagonist of the American animated television series The Simpsons who is part of the Simpson family. Homer made his television debut in the short "Good Night" on The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. Cartoonist Matt Groening created and designed Homer while waiting in the lobby of James L. Brooks's office.
"Homer's Enemy" is considered to be one of the darkest episodes of The Simpsons, and it split critical opinion. It is a favorite of several members of the production staff, including Swartzwelder, Bill Oakley, Josh Weinstein and Matt Groening , but it is one of the least favorites of Mike Reiss .
"Treehouse of Horror VIII", titled onscreen as "The Simpsons Halloween Special VIII", is the fifth episode of the ninth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on Fox in the United States on October 26, 1997.