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Encyclopedia > Colonel Homer
The Simpsons episode
"Colonel Homer"
Homer with Lurleen Lumpkin
Episode no. 55
Prod. code 8F19
Orig. airdate March 26, 1992
Show runner(s) Al Jean & Mike Reiss
Written by Matt Groening
Directed by Mark Kirkland
Chalkboard "I will not conduct my own fire drills"
Couch gag The cushions are missing.
Guest star(s) Beverly D'Angelo as Lurleen Lumpkin
DVD
commentary		 Matt Groening
Al Jean
Mike Reiss
Dan Castellaneta
Mark Kirkland
Season 3
September 19, 1991 – August 27, 1992
  1. Stark Raving Dad
  2. Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington
  3. When Flanders Failed
  4. Bart the Murderer
  5. Homer Defined
  6. Like Father, Like Clown
  7. Treehouse of Horror II
  8. Lisa's Pony
  9. Saturdays of Thunder
  10. Flaming Moe's
  11. Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk
  12. I Married Marge
  13. Radio Bart
  14. Lisa the Greek
  15. Homer Alone
  16. Bart the Lover
  17. Homer at the Bat
  18. Separate Vocations
  19. Dog of Death
  20. Colonel Homer
  21. Black Widower
  22. The Otto Show
  23. Bart's Friend Falls in Love
  24. Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?
List of all The Simpsons episodes

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The three people are caricatures of (left to right) Rich Moore, Wes Archer and David Silverman[1] The following is a list of directors who have worked on the Fox animated television series The Simpsons. ... Mark Kirkland is a director of episodes of The Simpsons. ... Bart writes The Pledge of Allegiance does not end with Hail Satan The chalkboard gag is a running visual joke that occurs during the opening credits of many episodes of The Simpsons. ... The couch gag is a running visual joke in the opening credits of the animated television series The Simpsons. ... (left to right) Elvis Costello, Tom Petty, Keith Richards, Homer, Mick Jagger, Lenny Kravitz and Brian Setzer guest starred in the heavily promoted season 14 episode How I Spent My Strummer Vacation. This is a list of guest stars who appeared on The Simpsons. ... Beverly DAngelo (born November 15, 1951 in Columbus, Ohio) is an American singer and actress. ... Lurleen Lumpkin Lurleen Lumpkin is a fictional character from The Simpsons voiced by Beverly DAngelo. ... The Simpsons DVD season boxsets have been released since 2001 in different regions all over the world. ... Matthew Abram Groening (born February 15, 1954[2] in Portland, Oregon;[1] his family name is pronounced , rhymes with raining) is an Emmy Award-winning American cartoonist and the creator of The Simpsons, Futurama and the weekly comic strip Life in Hell. ... Al Jean is a TV comedy writer most known for his work on The Simpsons. ... Mike Reiss is an American TV comedy writer. ... Daniel Louis Castellaneta (born October 29, 1957) is an Emmy award winning American voice actor, actor and comedian best known for providing the voice of Homer Simpson and other characters on the long-running FOX animated series The Simpsons. ... Mark Kirkland is a director of episodes of The Simpsons. ... The Simpsons Season 3 DVD. 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Treehouse of Horror II (onscreen: The Simpsons Halloween Special II) is the seventh episode of The Simpsons third season, the second Simpsons Halloween episode, and the first Halloween episode where names in the closing credits were replaced by spooky name parodies. ... Lisas Pony is episode eight of the The Simpsons third season, which aired on November 7, 1991. ... Bart the Murderer is an episode of the The Simpsons third season. ... Flaming Moes is the 10th episode of the The Simpsons third season. ... “Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk” (German: Burns to Sell [sic] the Power Plant) is the eleventh episode of The Simpsons’ third season; the title uses incorrect German grammar—see below. ... I Married Marge is the 12th episode of the The Simpsons third season. ... Radio Bart is the thirteenth episode of The Simpsons third season. ... Lisa the Greek is the fourteenth episode of The Simpsons third season. ... Homer Alone is the fifteenth episode of The Simpsons third season. ... Bart the Lover is the sixteenth episode of The Simpsons third season which is an early look at the personal life of Mrs. ... Homer at the Bat is the seventeenth episode of The Simpsons third season. ... Separate Vocations is the 18th episode of The Simpsons third season. ... Dog of Death is the 19th episode of The Simpsons third season. ... Black Widower is the 21st episode of The Simpsons third season. ... “The Otto Show” is the 22nd episode of The Simpsons’ third season. ... Barts Friend Falls in Love is the 23rd episode of The Simpsons third season. ... Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes? is the 24th episode of The Simpsons third season. ... The following is an episode list for the Fox animated television series The Simpsons. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... The following is an episode list for the Fox animated television series The Simpsons. ...

Contents

Plot

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. Lurleen Lumpkin Lurleen Lumpkin is a fictional character from The Simpsons voiced by Beverly DAngelo. ...


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.
  • The sign at the Googolplex says Ernest Vs. The Pope but Bart calls out that he wants to see Ernest Cuts The Cheese.
  • This episode is the only time that it is ever mentioned that Krusty the Clown has a sister.
  • This is the only episode in the series in which Matt Groening receives an individual writing credit.
  • According to the DVD commentary, Matt Groening (who wrote the episode and is creator, developer, Executive Producer, Character Designer and Creative Consultant on the show) 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". She will also appear in a big role in an upcoming episode of Season 19; with D'Angelo as her voice again, and it may be possible that Groening will write that episode with Lumpkin's second big role.
  • 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". Probably because they had a tornado between the first time Homer goes to the trailer and the next.
  • In the season 7 episode Bart on the Road, Lurleen Lumpkin's name can be seen briefly on a sign in Branson, MO.

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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."
  • Ernest - parodied as "Ernest Vs. The Pope."

Colonel Tom Parker (born Andreas Cornelius van Kuijk on June 26, 1909 – January 21, 1997), was an American/Dutch entertainment impresario known best as the manager of Elvis Presley. ... Elvis Aron Presley (January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977), often known simply as Elvis and also called The King of Rock n Roll or simply The King, was an American singer, musician and actor. ... Deliverance is a 1972 Warner Bros. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is a 1989 comedy film released through Walt Disney Pictures. ... Look Whos Talking is a 1989 comedy film which stars John Travolta (James Ubriacco) and Kirstie Alley (Mollie). ... Ernest P. Worrell is a fictional character portrayed by American actor Jim Varney in a series of television commercials and later in a television series and a series of motion pictures. ...

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Colonel Homer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (555 words)
"Colonel Homer" is the 20th episode of The Simpsons' third season.
Homer drives off to a country pub to think about what happened when he meets a waitress named Lurleen Lumpkin who sings a song that he falls in love with.
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.
Last Exit To Springfield >> Episode Guide >> Season 3 (3063 words)
Homer needs to pick up a reed for Lisa's sax so she can play at the talent show that night, but Homer turns up too late and she's made a spectacle of herself already.
Homer is kept on the bench, and with scores tied and bases loaded, Burns sends him in to pitch.
Homer drives off to a country pub to think about what happened when he meets a waitress called Lurleen who sings a song that he falls in love with.
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