The Simpsons go to a movie theater to see The Poke of Zorro. Afterwards Homer, imitating Zorro, frightens Snake away by challenging him to a duel by slapping him with a glove, he starts to use his dueling glove to get anything he wants from people. First up is Moe, for calling him "heavyset" but after a slap, he gives Homer a free beer. Thus begins a montage to the tune of "Glove Slap" a parody of The B-52's song "Love Shack". When a gun-toting, Southern colonel actually accepts Homer's challenge, Homer finds himself bound to a duel at dawn the following day. The colonel and his wife set up camp outside the house in his RV (which bears bumper stickers like "Honk if You Demand Satisfaction"), awaiting the duel.
With Homer fearing for his life, the family sneak out and search for a temporary home. Along the way they spy Jimmy Carter's Habitat for Humanity: Homer calls Carter a lazy bum, who responds by pulling off his glove to slap him, as Homer has been doing. They find Grampa's old farmhouse on Rural Route 9 outside of Springfield, where they decide to live and, despite the land's poor reputation for growing crops, Homer becomes a farmer.
Homer calls Lenny and requests that he send plutonium to make the crops grow "real big, real fast". They do eventually grow, but since Homer scattered seeds indiscriminately, his main crop is tomacco, a mix of tomato and tobacco, which tastes bitter but is very addictive. It is such a success that executives from Laramie Cigarettes offer to buy the rights to Tomacco for $150 million.
Homer rejects the offer as insulting, demanding $150 billion for tomacco, which they refuse to pay. Dumped back at the farmhouse, the family see tomacco-addicted animals from other farms eating their crops. Homer saves the last plant, but when the rest of the animals attack the house, he tosses it into the air and it lands right into the hands of a Laramie executive.
The Laramie executives' helicopter leaves, but a tomacco-addicted sheep has sneaked on-board and creates mayhem, causing the helicopter to fly out of control and crash, destroying the final tomacco plant and killing the executives (the sheep inexplicably survives). With all the tomacco crops gone, the Simpsons return to Springfield, forgetting that the Colonel is still there. The Colonel shoots Homer in the arm, but Homer says he'll only go to the hospital after he tries some of Marge's mincemeat pie.
Lady: What part of "stop cutting my dress off" don't you understand? [her dress falls off] Zorro: [laughs, then notices something cut into the lady's slip] "SP?" The Scarlet Pimpernel. Lady: We're just, uh, friends. Bart: [in audience] She's lying! Slice her head off!
Snake: [pushing Marge aside] Ho, Move it, Q-tip. Haw. Marge: Hmph. Homer: Why that little -- he insulted your honor. [grabs a glove hanging from a custodian's back pocket] Sir, I demand satisfaction. [slaps Snake with the glove] Snake: Are you crazy, dude? Homer: I challenge you to a duel. [slaps Snake again] Snake: Huh, ho. The dude is crazy! Homer: Will you duel, or are you a coward? Snake: [menacing] Would a coward to this? [reaches under his jacket, as if for a weapon] Bye! [runs out of the theater. The crowd cheers Homer] Marge: [kisses Homer] My hero! [Homer grabs a ketchup bottle from the condiment stand and, with a flourish, squirts it at Marge. The stain forms an "H" on her dress] Homer: "H" is for Homer! Marge: [not thrilled] Thanks, Homer.
Homer: Flanders, you've gotta help me. Is there a Southern couple parked in front of my house? Ned: Ooh yes indeedy, Homer. It looks like they're settling in for a long stay. [pan to the couple. The wife sets up some wind chimes, while the husband barbecues lunch] Homer: I was afraid of that. Well, goodbye my gentle neighbor. You know, I've always wanted to tell you how much -- Operator: To continue talking, please deposit ten cents. Homer: Eh, screw it. [hangs up]
Homer: The Simpsons will be reborn as a bunch of gap-toothed bumpkins. Bart: I'll dig an outhouse! Lisa: I'll weed the floor. Marge: I'll repress the rage I'm feeling. [forces a smile]
Marge: More tumbleweed, Lisa? Lisa: No thankth. I'm thtill finithing my thithleth. Bart: Dad, if we leave for town right now, we can still catch the dinner special at Krustyburger. Homer: Sorry boy, going back to Springfield would be a coward's way out. Bart: Wasn't skipping town in the first place a coward's way out? Homer: Oh, you're right! I'm a coward. I made such a mess of things! If only there was some magic potion that would make those crops grow. [brightens] Wait a minute. [gets up and cranks the handle on the phone. At the power plant, Lenny answers] Lenny: Plutonium? Gee, Homer, isn't that kind of risky? [pause] Yeah, I guess you're right. It's not.
Mindy: Homer, we're in a bit of a pickle. Kids are crazy about tobacco, but the politicians won't let us sell it to them. Homer: Those dirty, rotten -- Mindy: Tell me about it. But there's no law against selling kids tomacco. That little "m" is worth a lot of money to us -- and to you. Homer: How much? Exec: Well, let's say a hundred ... Homer: [gasps] Exec: ... and fifty ... Homer: [gasps louder] Exec: ... million dollars. Homer: [excited] One hundred and ... [calmly] May I speak to my family for a moment? [the Simpsons crowd into the limousine's small bathroom] Did you see the Emil's looking at Mindy? I think something's going on there. Marge: Shouldn't we be talking about the $150 million offer? Homer: Oh yeah, let's take it. Lisa: Dad, it's a tobacco company. They make billions off the suffering and death of others. Bart: She's right, Dad. They can afford a lot more. Lisa: No -- Marge: I'm with Lisa. Let's take them to the cleaners.
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Post subject: Re: Simpsons EotM #42: E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 6:43 am
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i was looking at the back of the season 11 dvd set, and noticed this was on there. i guess it was around here/a little after that the show started going downhill? 4-8 are still my favorites, but i think after 11 the good episodes are few and far between.
Post subject: Re: Simpsons EotM #42: E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)
Posted: Tue Nov 04, 2008 6:51 am
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Play C3 wrote:
i was looking at the back of the season 11 dvd set, and noticed this was on there. i guess it was around here/a little after that the show started going downhill? 4-8 are still my favorites, but i think after 11 the good episodes are few and far between.
pretty much
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