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Encyclopedia > Homerpalooza
The Simpsons episode
"Homerpalooza"
Episode no. 152
Prod. code 3F21
Orig. airdate May 19, 1996[1]
Show runner(s) Bill Oakley &
Josh Weinstein
Written by Brent Forrester[2]
Directed by Wes Archer[2]
Couch gag The family enters in a black-light haze, lighting returns to normal when Homer turns on the lights.[2]
Guest star(s) Peter Frampton as himself
Cypress Hill as themselves
The Smashing Pumpkins as themselves
Sonic Youth as themselves
DVD
commentary		 Matt Groening
Bill Oakley
Josh Weinstein
Brent Forrester
Wes Archer
Ken Keeler
Season 7
September 17, 1995 – May 19, 1996
  1. Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)
  2. Radioactive Man
  3. Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily
  4. Bart Sells His Soul
  5. Lisa the Vegetarian
  6. Treehouse of Horror VI
  7. King-Size Homer
  8. Mother Simpson
  9. Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming
  10. The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular
  11. Marge Be Not Proud
  12. Team Homer
  13. Two Bad Neighbors
  14. Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield
  15. Bart the Fink
  16. Lisa the Iconoclast
  17. Homer the Smithers
  18. The Day the Violence Died
  19. A Fish Called Selma
  20. Bart on the Road
  21. 22 Short Films About Springfield
  22. Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"
  23. Much Apu About Nothing
  24. Homerpalooza
  25. Summer of 4 Ft. 2
List of all The Simpsons episodes

"Homerpalooza" is the twenty-fourth episode of The Simpsons' seventh season and originally aired on May 19, 1996 as part of the season finale. The plot focuses around Homer's depression about aging and no longer being cool, and his quest to become cool again by joining the "Hullabalooza" music festival as a carnival freak. The episode title is a play on the Lollapalooza music festival. It would prove to be the last Simpsons episode written by Brent Forrester and the last episode directed by Wes Archer. Peter Frampton and musical groups The Smashing Pumpkins, Cypress Hill and Sonic Youth guest star as themselves.[1][3][4][5] Simpsons redirects here. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (960x623, 474 KB) Promotional artwork for The Simpsons episode Homerpalooza. ©1996 TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. 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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. ... Wesley Archer is a television animation director. ... 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. ... Peter Kenneth Frampton (born April 22, 1950 in Beckenham, Kent) is an English musician, best known today for his solo work in the mid-1970s and as one of the original members of the band Humble Pie. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago in 1988. ... Sonic Youth is a seminal American alternative rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ... 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 ) is an Emmy Award-winning American cartoonist and the creator of The Simpsons, Futurama and the weekly comic strip Life in Hell. ... Bill Oakley (born in 1966) is an American televison writer, best known for his work on The Simpsons. ... This article is about The Simpsons writer Josh Weinstein. ... Brent Forrester is an American television writer. ... Wesley Wes Archer (born November 26, 1961) is a television animation director. ... Keeler at the 2003 Writers Guild Awards, after winning in the animation category. ... The Simpsons Season 7 DVD Digipak. ... is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 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Mother Simpson is the eighth episode of The Simpsons seventh season. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular is the tenth episode of The Simpsons seventh season, and is, as the title suggests, the 138th episode. ... Marge Be Not Proud is the 11th episode of The Simpsons seventh season. ... Team Homer is the 12th episode of The Simpsons seventh season. ... Two Bad Neighbors is the 13th episode of The Simpsons seventh season. ... Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield is the fourteenth episode of The Simpsons seventh season, first aired on February 4, 1996. ... Bart the Fink is the fifteenth episode of The Simpsons seventh season. ... Lisa the Iconoclast is the sixteenth episode of The Simpsons seventh season, and is probably the most important episode for Jebediah Springfield since The Telltale Head. // Spoiler warning: As Springfield celebrates its bicentennial, Lisa Simpson makes the shocking discovery that the towns beloved founder, the late Jebediah Springfield, was... Homer the Smithers is the seventeenth episode of The Simpsons seventh season, which originally aired February 25, 1996. ... The Day the Violence Died is the eighteenth episode of The Simpsons seventh season. ... A Fish Called Selma is an episode of The Simpsons from season seven. ... Bart on the Road is the twentieth episode of The Simpsons seventh season. ... 22 Short Films About Springfield is the twenty-first episode of The Simpsons seventh season, airing on April 21, 1996. ... Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in The Curse of the Flying Hellfish is the 22nd episode of The Simpsons seventh season. ... Much Apu About Nothing is the 23rd episode of The Simpsons seventh season. ... Summer of 4 Ft. ... The following is an episode list for the Fox animated television series The Simpsons. ... Simpsons redirects here. ... The Simpsons Season 7 DVD Digipak. ... is the 139th day of the year (140th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring rock, alternative rock, hip hop, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths. ... Brent Forrester is an American television writer. ... Wesley Archer is a television animation director. ... Peter Kenneth Frampton (born April 22, 1950 in Beckenham, Kent) is an English musician, best known today for his solo work in the mid-1970s and as one of the original members of the band Humble Pie. ... The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago in 1988. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Sonic Youth is a seminal American alternative rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ...

Contents

Plot

Sonic Youth

After the school bus is destroyed at the auto wrecking yard, Homer is forced to drive his (and other) kids to school. Along the way, he listens to a classic rock radio station that plays Grand Funk Railroad and is shocked to discover that all of the kids hate it, and have never heard of them. After several more days of the kids hating his music, Homer visits a music store and realizes that what he likes is no longer considered cool. As a result, Homer decides to take Bart and Lisa to the Hullabalooza music festival. At the festival, Homer tries to act cool by wearing a Rastafarian hat, but all he does is humiliate himself and is confronted by an angry crowd of Generation Xers. After being tossed out by the crowd, Homer angrily kicks a cannon, which shoots one of Peter Frampton's inflatable pigs (purchased at "Pink Floyd's garage sale") at his stomach. The festival head is impressed and Homer is hired as a part of the festival's freak show. Image File history File links Simpsons_Sonic_Youth. ... Image File history File links Simpsons_Sonic_Youth. ... Classic rock was originally conceived as a radio station programming format which evolved from the album oriented rock (AOR) format in the early-1980s. ... A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ... Grand Funk Railroad is an American rock band. ... Haile Selassie I Rasta, or the Rastafari movement, is a religion that accepts Haile Selassie I, the former Emperor of Ethiopia, as God incarnate, whom they call Jah. ... Generation X is a term used to describe generations in many countries around the world. ... Peter Kenneth Frampton (born April 22, 1950 in Beckenham, Kent) is an English musician, best known today for his solo work in the mid-1970s and as one of the original members of the band Humble Pie. ... Pigs are heavily featured in the artwork and stage shows of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. ... Pink Floyd are an English rock band that initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock music, and, as they evolved, for their avant-garde progressive rock music. ... Coney Island and its popular on-going freak show. ...


As a result, Homer gets to go on tour with the festival and hangs out with The Smashing Pumpkins, Cypress Hill and Sonic Youth. Homer suddenly finds himself living the high life: partying with big name rockstars and becoming respected among American youth, including Bart. As the tour approaches a stop in Springfield, Homer's stomach begins to hurt and he is sent to a veterinarian. The vet advises Homer that if he performs his act one more time, his stomach will burst and he will die. Homer shrugs this news off, not wanting to lose his popularity. At first he decides to do his job, but at the last second he loses his nerve and dodges the canonball. He is released from the festival and goes back to being not respected by his children[1][3][4][5] The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago in 1988. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Sonic Youth is a seminal American alternative rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ...


Production

The entire story of this episode is the brainchild of David Cohen, although it was written by Brent Forrester, who felt that Cohen at least deserved a "story by" credit.[6] To do research for this episode, Forrester went to one of the Lollapalooza concerts, which he thought would be a fun little perk, but ended up being a horrible experience. Several of the jokes in this episode are based on his experiences: cameras (including his own) were literally being seized and thrown in the garbage, there were numerous advertisements, several "sour faced teens", a real freak show and a random guy walked up to him and said "how's it going, narc?"[6] David X. Cohen (born 1966), born David Samuel Cohen, is an American television writer. ...

The members of No Doubt shown behind Homer.
The members of No Doubt shown behind Homer.

During Homer's confrontation with the Hullabalooza crowd, there is brief shot of Homer with the members of the then-unknown musical group No Doubt behind him. Gwen Stefani's brother Eric Stefani, who himself had been a former member of the band, was working as an animator at The Simpsons at the time and added them in.[7] Image File history File links Simpsons_No_Doubt. ... Image File history File links Simpsons_No_Doubt. ... No Doubt is a third wave ska band from Anaheim, California, United States. ... Gwen Renée Stefani (born October 3, 1969) is an American singer, songwriter, fashion designer and occasional actress. ... Eric Matthew Stefani (born June 17, 1967, in Fullerton, California) is an American pop musician, former Simpsons animator, and Grammy-nominated composer and writer. ...


Casting

The writers were aiming to have artists that represented several genres: hip hop (Cypress Hill), alternative and grunge (Sonic Youth, Smashing Pumpkins) and a classic rock singer. Originally, Bob Dylan was sought for this role, but he was replaced by Peter Frampton.[8] Neil Young and Pearl Jam[9] were also sought for the episode but turned down the offer. This article is about the recording artist. ... Neil Percival Young[1] OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and film director from Winnipeg, Manitoba. ... Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. ...


Originally, Courtney Love and Hole were wanted for this episode, but they declined.[10] According to the DVD commentary an unnamed group had said that if Courtney Love was in the episode, they would not be. An Entertainment Weekly article revealed that the group was Sonic Youth.[9] It was thought that Love would appear in the episode because she had recently done a movie with James L. Brooks, but she never responded to the request. Love was wanted specifically for one joke which would be in an exchange between her and Homer:
Courtney Love: Hi Homer I'm a big fan, Courtney Love.
 Homer: Homer Grateful![10]
However, she did not appear and the joke was reworded for Billy Corgan of the Smashing Pumpkins:
Billy Corgan: Billy Corgan, Smashing Pumpkins.
 Homer: Homer Simpson, smiling politely. Courtney Love Cobain[1] (born July 9, 1964) is an American rock musician and Golden Globe-nominated actress, best-known as lead singer for the now-defunct alternative rock band Hole and for her two-year marriage to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Entertainment Weekly (sometimes abbreviated EW) is a magazine published by Time Inc. ... James L. Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is a three-time Academy Award, nineteen-time Emmy and Golden Globe-winning American producer, writer, and film director. ... William Patrick Billy Corgan, Jr. ...


Cultural references

The flashback where Homer meets the guys in the van is based on Dazed and Confused.[8] Several of the scenes where Homer is hit with a cannonball are based on famous stock footage of a man being hit with a cannonball.[8] Otto's talking shoes are based on the opening of the extended version of the song "1999" by Prince.[8] Dazed and Confused is a 1993 American film written and directed by Richard Linklater. ... Stock footage, also termed archive footage, library pictures and file footage is film or video footage that is reused in a film. ... Prince (UK) singles chronology Lets Work (1982) 1999 (1982) Little Red Corvette (1983) Prince (UK) singles chronology The Holy River (1997) 1999 (1998) The Greatest Romance Ever Sold (1999) 1999 is one of Princes most well-known songs and a defining point in his rise to superstar status. ... Prince Rogers Nelson (born June 7, 1958 in Minneapolis, Minnesota) is an iconic artist, having released several hundred songs, both under his own name and through other artists. ...


Soundtrack

Shinin On - 1974 - 9 Tracks, by Capitol (11278) 1. ... Grand Funk Railroad is an American rock band. ... Mississippi Queen is a song originally done by the band Mountain (band). ... Mountain is an American rock band, popular in the early 1970s. ... Zero is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins. ... Leo Sayer (born Gerard Hugh Sayer, 21 May 1948, in Shoreham-by-Sea, Sussex) is a performing artist whose singing career has spanned four decades. ... Do You Feel Like We Do is a song by Peter Frampton originally on the Framptons Camel album released in 1973. ... Insane in the Brain was a hit single for the American hip-hop group Cypress Hill. ... Frankenstein is the name of several rock and roll songs: The 1972 song by that name was a rock instrumental featuring an early popularization of the synthesizer by the Edgar Winter Group from their album They Only Come Out at Night. ... Edgar Winter (born December 28, 1946 in Beaumont, Texas) is an American musician who had significant success in the 1970s and 1980s. ... Sonic Youth is a seminal American alternative rock group formed in New York City in 1981. ...

Reception

Rover Hendrix.
Rover Hendrix.

The BBC website called the episode "One of the most memorable episodes, if not one of the greatest - the satire on youth counterculture is well handled, and Homer's flashback to his youth is fabulous."[2] and IGN.com would also state that the episode was one of the best of Season 7.[11] The episode earned a 7.4/10 on IMDB,[12] 8.4/10 out on TV.com[13] and C+/B- (2.78) on The Simpsons Archive.[3] In a list of the 25 greatest guest voices on the show, released September 5, 2006, IGN.com ranked the Hullabalooza performers 23rd.[14] The "Grunge rock" version of the end credits performed by Sonic Youth has been ranked among the best versions of the theme by Matt Groening[14][15] and also by Chris Turner in his book Planet Simpson.[16] Bill Oakley has said that Peter Frampton is one of his favorite guest stars and he wished he could have done a TV show with him.[17] Alternatively, the Rover Hendrix act break joke has been called one of the worst jokes in Simpsons history by the writers and producers.[6][8][15][17] The episode placed 45th (out of 94) in weekly ratings the week it aired, airing at the same time as NBC's Mad About You, which had 21 million viewers.[18] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... IGN is the oldest and most visited general gaming website, and runs one of the most popular forums on the Internet. ... The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) [1] is an online database of information about actors, movies, television shows, television stars and video games. ... TV.com is a website belonging to the CNET Games and Entertainment family of websites. ... The Simpsons Archive (www. ... IGN is a multimedia news and reviews website that focuses heavily on video games. ... Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation or Planet Simpson is a book about The Simpsons which examines its satirical humour and its impact on pop culture. ... The National Broadcasting Company (NBC) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... Mad About You is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 23, 1992, to May 24, 1999. ...


References

  1. ^ a b c "Homerpalooza" The Simpsons.com. Retrieved on February 5, 2007
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Homerpalooza BBC.co.uk. Retrieved on February 8, 2007
  3. ^ a b c Episode Capsule at The Simpsons Archive
  4. ^ a b Richmond, Ray; Antonia Coffman (1997). The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to our Favorite Family. Harper Collins Publishers, p. 173. ISBN 0-00063-8898-1. 
  5. ^ a b c d e Martyn, Warren; Adrian Wood (2000). I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide. Virgin Books. ISBN 0-7535-0495-2. 
  6. ^ a b c Forrester, Brent. (2005). The Simpsons season 7 DVD commentary for the episode "Homerpalooza" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
  7. ^ Archer, Wes. (2005). The Simpsons season 7 DVD commentary for the episode "Homerpalooza" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
  8. ^ a b c d e Weinstein, Josh. (2005). The Simpsons season 7 DVD commentary for the episode "Homerpalooza" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
  9. ^ a b c HOMERIC VERSE EW.com. Published May 10, 1996, Retrieved on February 8, 2007
  10. ^ a b Keeler, Ken. (2005). The Simpsons season 7 DVD commentary for the episode "Homerpalooza" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
  11. ^ The Simpsons: 17 Seasons, 17 Episodes, Page 2 IGN.com
  12. ^ Homerpalooza IMDB. Retrieved on February 7, 2007
  13. ^ Homerpalooza TV.com. Retrieved on February 7, 2007
  14. ^ a b Top 25 Simpsons Guest Appearances IGN.com
  15. ^ a b Groening, Matt. (2005). The Simpsons season 7 DVD commentary for the episode "Homerpalooza" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
  16. ^ Turner, Chris. Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation. ISBN 0-679-31318-4. 
  17. ^ a b Oakley, Bill. (2005). The Simpsons season 7 DVD commentary for the episode "Homerpalooza" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.
  18. ^ Scenes from a Marriage EW.com. Published May 31, 1996, Retrieved on February 9, 2007

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