Episode summary:Homer & Barney are recruited to be NASA astronauts, so the organization can be more appealing to the common man. Barney is about to join the program until he falls off the wagon. Homer takes over and causes various accidents while in space, including breaking the handle off the outer door. The only thing that can save the group as they return to Earth in an inanimate carbon rod.
Carl: I hate these "Worker of the Week Award" ceremonies. Lenny: Who even cares any more? Everyone at work sure has already got one. Carl: Except foooooor -- Homer: Hello! Well, today's the day for Homer J.! I KNOW I'm going to win this time. Lenny: Yeah? How come? Homer: Union rule 26. "Every employee must win 'Worker of the Week' at least once, regardless of gross incompetence, obesity, or rank odor."
Smithers: Attention, everyone. Let's have an awed hush please for Mr. Burns. [Everyone gasps] Burns: Compadres, it is imperative that we crush the freedom fighters before the start of the rainy season. And remember, a shiny new donkey for whoever brings me the head of Colonel Montoya. [Smithers whispers to him] Hmm? What? Oh, and by that I mean, of course, it's time for the "Worker of the Week Award". I can't believe we've overlooked this week's winner for so very, very long. We simply could not function without his tireless efforts. So, a round of applause for...this inanimate carbon rod! [Everyone cheers] Homer:[growls] Ooh...inanimate, huh? I'll show him inanimate! [stands perfectly still while his shadow elongates]
Homer: Ah, TV respects me. It laughs WITH me, not at me! [Turns it on; a man points at him] Man: You stupid -- [laughs uncontrollably]
Assistant: Sir, we've run into a serious problem with the mission. These Nielsen ratings are the lowest ever. [holds a piece of paper] Scientist: Oh my God...we've been beaten by "A Connie Chung Christmas!"
Scientist: Sir, how would you like to get higher than you've ever been in your life? Barney: Be an astronaut? Sure! Scientist: Well, welcome aboard. I think you'll find this will win you the respect of your family and friends. Homer:[gasps] Respect? Nooo! It was me. I made the crank call. I do it all the time! Check with the FBI: I have a file. I HAVE A FILE!!! Scientist: Ehh, better take both of them. [The assistant clubs Barney and Homer, knocking them out] I don't really think that was necessary; they wanted to be astronauts. Assistant: I know.
Scientist: Ladies and gentlemen and members of the press. I'd like to present the new generation of NASA astronauts: the average American. [Curtain rises to show Homer wearing a "Hail to the Chef" apron and Barney dressed as a golfer] Reporter: Jim Wallace, Associated Press. Is this a joke? Scientist: Far from it, Jim. One of these men will prove space travel is within the reach of the common man. Reporter: Toby Hunter, Minneapolis Star. No really, is this a joke? Scientist: No, Toby, and no more questions about whether this is a joke. [Everyone lowers their hand, dejected] Reporter: Uh, question for the barbeque chef. Don't you think there is an inherent danger in sending underqualified civilians into space? Homer: I'll field this one. The only danger is if they send us to [ominous] that terrible Planet of the Apes. Wait a minute... Statue of Liberty...that was OUR planet! You maniacs! You blew it up! Damn you! Damn you all to hell! [weeps] Barney:[burps] Oh -- [falls over] Scientist: Thank you, that's all we have time for.
Marge: You know, Homer, when I found out about this, I went through a wide range of emotions. First I was nervous, then anxious, then wary, then apprehensive, then...kind of sleepy, then worried, and then concerned, but now I realize that being a spaceman is something you have to do. Homer: Who's doing what now?
Scientist: Gentlemen, I'd like you to meet the two experienced astronauts who will accompany the winner into space: Race Banyon and Buzz Aldrin, the second man on the moon! Buzz: Second comes right after first.
Scientist: Gentlemen, you've both worked very hard. And in a way, you're both winners. But in another more accurate way, Barney is the winner. Homer:[downcast] Congratulations, Barney. Scientist: That's very gracious of you, Homer. Please join us in a toast...to the mission! [The four of them drink, and Barney looks slightly crazed] Barney: It begins...[grabs the bottle and chugs. The two men try to restrain Barney, but he breaks free and runs for a rocket backpack. Drunkenly yodeling a fanfare, he straps it on and blasts off. But it runs out of fuel in midair. Barney bounces repeatedly off the corrugated metal roof of a pillow factory, then lands in the middle of the road, only to be run over by a marshmallow truck.] Assistant: I don't understand it... that was NON-ALCOHOLIC champagne. Scientist:[resigned] Well, Homer, I guess you're the winner by default. Homer: Default? Woo hoo! The two sweetest words in the English language: de-fault! De-fault! De-fault! [assistant clubs him] Scientist: Where'd you get that, anyway? Assistant: Sent away.
Homer: Marge...I don't really want to go through with this. But being an astronaut is how I got you to respect me! Marge: Homer, when I met you, you weren't an astronaut. You didn't even know how to use a touchtone, but I STILL respected you and I always will, no matter what. [touchtone sounds come from the phone] Homer, you already dialed.
Bart: Go, Dad, go! Lisa: "How doth the hero strong and brave, A celestial path in the heavens pave." Everyone: Huh? Lisa: [quiet] Go, Dad, go.
Controller: Er, some good news, gentlemen. We have quite a treat for you. We've been able to coax superstar James Taylor in here to Mission Control to wish you well and play you a little bit of his own brand of laid-back adult contemporary music. Homer: Wow, former president James Taylor. Taylor: How ya doin', fellas? Buzz: With all due respect, Mr. Taylor, this isn't the best time for your unique brand of bittersweet folk rock. We have a potentially critical situation here. I'm sure you'll understand. Taylor: Listen, Aldrin, I'm not as laid back as people think. Now here's the deal: I'm going to play, and you're going to float there and like it. [sings] When you're down, and troubled, And you need a helping hand, And nothing, oh, nothing is going right...
Kent: We're just about to get our first pictures from inside the spacecraft with "average-naut" Homer Simpson, and we'd like to -- aah! [Camera shows a close-up of an ant floating in front of the three astronauts] Everyone: Aah! Kent: Ladies and gentlemen, er, we've just lost the picture, but, uh, what we've seen speaks for itself. The Corvair spacecraft has been taken over -- "conquered", if you will -- by a master race of giant space ants. It's difficult to tell from this vantage point whether they will consume the captive earth men or merely enslave them. One thing is for certain, there is no stopping them; the ants will soon be here. And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords. I'd like to remind them that as a trusted TV personality, I can be helpful in rounding up others to toil in their underground sugar caves. Marge: Mmm, don't worry, kids. I'm sure your father's all right. Lisa: What are you basing that on, Mom? [pause] Marge:[with forced cheer] Who wants ginger snaps?
Lisa: Come on, Dad. You can make it! Abe: Aw, of course he'll make it. It's TV.
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Post subject: Re: Simpsons EotM #46: DEEP SPACE HOMER (season 5)
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 3:59 am
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Homer drifting in the space ship eating potato chips is one of the greatest scenes of the series IMO.
Buzz warns him, "Homer, no!" But it's too late: Homer opens the bag nonetheless. The chips float about the cabin, and Race rues, "They'll clog the instruments!" Buzz is worried: "Careful! They're ruffled." Homer has the solution, however; he unbuckles his seat belt, and accompanied by "The Blue Danube Waltz", he floats about the cabin, eating the chips. But his head drifts perilously close to the ant colony.
Ant 1: Protect the queen! Ant 2: Which one's the queen? Ant 3: I'm the queen! Ant 1: No you're not! Homer: Nooo! [his head smashed the colony, and the ants float free] Ant 1: Freedom! Horrible, horrible freedom! Buzz: You fool! Now we may never know if ants can be trained to sort tiny screws in space.
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Post subject: Re: Simpsons EotM #46: DEEP SPACE HOMER (season 5)
Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 11:23 pm
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Garden of Stone wrote:
Homer drifting in the space ship eating potato chips is one of the greatest scenes of the series IMO.
Buzz warns him, "Homer, no!" But it's too late: Homer opens the bag nonetheless. The chips float about the cabin, and Race rues, "They'll clog the instruments!" Buzz is worried: "Careful! They're ruffled." Homer has the solution, however; he unbuckles his seat belt, and accompanied by "The Blue Danube Waltz", he floats about the cabin, eating the chips. But his head drifts perilously close to the ant colony.
Ant 1: Protect the queen! Ant 2: Which one's the queen? Ant 3: I'm the queen! Ant 1: No you're not! Homer: Nooo! [his head smashed the colony, and the ants float free] Ant 1: Freedom! Horrible, horrible freedom! Buzz: You fool! Now we may never know if ants can be trained to sort tiny screws in space.
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Post subject: Re: Simpsons EotM #46: DEEP SPACE HOMER (season 5)
Posted: Sat Mar 14, 2009 10:27 pm
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Tom: It's a lovely day for a launch, here, live at Cape Canaveral, at the lower end of the Florida Peninsula, and the purpose of today's mission is truly, really electrifying.
Man 2: That's correct, Tom. The lion's share of this flight will be devoted to the study of the effects of weightlessness on tiny screws.
Tom: Unbelievable, and just imagine the logistics of weightlessness. And of course, this could have literally millions of applications here on Earth -- everything from watchmaking to watch repair.
Homer: Boring. [tries to switch channels, but the batteries fall from the remote control] No! The batteries!
Tom: Now let's look at the crew a little.
Man 2: They're a colorful bunch. They've been dubbed "the Three Musketeers". Heh heh heh --
Tom: And we laugh legitimately. There's a mathematician, a different _kind_ of mathematician, and a statistician.
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Post subject: Re: Simpsons EotM #46: DEEP SPACE HOMER (season 5)
Posted: Thu May 14, 2009 6:51 am
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Garden of Stone wrote:
Homer drifting in the space ship eating potato chips is one of the greatest scenes of the series IMO.
Buzz warns him, "Homer, no!" But it's too late: Homer opens the bag nonetheless. The chips float about the cabin, and Race rues, "They'll clog the instruments!" Buzz is worried: "Careful! They're ruffled." Homer has the solution, however; he unbuckles his seat belt, and accompanied by "The Blue Danube Waltz", he floats about the cabin, eating the chips. But his head drifts perilously close to the ant colony.
Ant 1: Protect the queen! Ant 2: Which one's the queen? Ant 3: I'm the queen! Ant 1: No you're not! Homer: Nooo! [his head smashed the colony, and the ants float free] Ant 1: Freedom! Horrible, horrible freedom! Buzz: You fool! Now we may never know if ants can be trained to sort tiny screws in space.
one of my favorite scenes in anything ever
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