From: pi@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Raymond L. Gilbert)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: [9F01] Homer the Heretic
Date: 9 Oct 92 03:06:44 GMT
Organization: Indiana University

In article <BvtwMy.4y0@news.cso.uiuc.edu> pmm34393@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Dr. Vincent Vaugn ) writes:
>Truly a classic episode! A 10 on my scale, I laughed non-stop!

I second that!  This was IMHO by far the best episode of the new season.
Well, actually this was the first real episode of the new season, but I
think it was the best episode out of the new ones we've seen since the
end of summer. Except for the fact the opening sequence was recycled and
cut short.

Questions:
    Why was the title sequence recycled and cutoff this week?
    At the church, how come Ned was the first person to the door?  I
would have guessed he'd be sitting near the front, and be the last
person to get near the door?
    What did Homer win from the radio station?
    Was Johnny Calhoun a reference to anything/anyone?
    How could Homer know God's teeth were straight if he was so far away
from the head?
    God: You can't wait 6 months?  Is this forshadowing for the end of
this season?  Or will that time never come because the Simpsons are
eternally frozen in time?

Some things I liked like
    the womb--Homer's anatomy was "incomplete" ;-)
    the polar bear getting a fish out of the trash can
    Homer's butt crack shwoing *again*
    Maggie's tongue getting stuck to her car seat
    Homer's eyes move up and down when he thinks
    Maggie's formula is frozen
    Moon Waffle:
       Caramel
       Waffle Batter
       Liquid Smoke?
       a stick of butter
       Oooohh... Waffle Runoff!
       Oooohh... fattening
       [whatever happened to Mmmm...?]
    Marge's imitation of the motor when she couldn't start it
    "A 98 yard triple reverse ties the score at 63-63"
    Abe Lincon's head nods yes on the 1991 D penny
    Homers' Dream:
       "Uh-Oh" on the TV
       God petting the cat
       "I have to appear in a Tortilla in Mexico"
    Homer's voice echos in the bathroom--nice effect!
    "The Feast of Maximum Occupancy"
    The chase scene -
       a reference to all those cop show car chases
       the three eyed fish on the sign for Springfield Harbor
       Ned slams on the breaks with both feet
       Deep Purple reference? store on waterfront called:
           Smoke on the Water
    Itchy & Scratchy--they're finally back!!! (yeah!)
       "Flay Me to the Moon"
       no more than 7 stars in sky at time
    the screen slowly zooms in on Homer when he's talking about Jesus,
       to make him look like he's talking about something profound, then
       stops, then starts again, then zooms out when he doesn't know
       what he's talking about.  Hilarious! Same with Krusty when
       collecting for the Brotherhood of Jewish Clowns
    First Church of Springfield
       Today's Topic:
       When Homer Met Satan
    Homer reads Playdude
       he digs out his ear wax
       reads an interview with Lorne Michaels (SNL)
       Issue is dated July 1966
       Cover: Don't Laugh--It's a Car from Japan
    The Fire
       Several cans of Duff and several back issues of Playdude line the floor.
       boxes labeled "Oily Rags" and "Blasting Caps" in the cellar
       song Homer uses
           When the fire starts to burn
           There's a lesson you must learn
           something something then you'll see
           You'll avoid catastrophe!
           D'Oh!!
       The fire crew:
           Apu (chief)
           Chief Wiggum
           Krusty
           Barney
           Otto
           Milhouse's mother?
       Homer puts a cutout in the window when he bounces in the house
       rainbow over Flanders' house: Red-Yellow-Green-Blue-Purple
           In correct order, but missing Orange, and there isn't purple
       insurance--"Total Disaster Insurance"
    Ben Franklin plays shufflepuck with Jimi Hendrix in heaven
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