Mom and Pop Art
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| Mom and Pop Art | |
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| Episode Number | 222 |
| Production Code | AABF15 |
| Original Airdate | April 11, 1999 |
| Blackboard Text | "A trained ape could not teach gym" |
| Couch Gag | The family ride the couch as it drops for a bomb bay door. |
| Special Guest Voices | Jasper Johns as himself and Isabella Rossellini as Astrid Weller |
| Written By | Al Jean |
| Directed By | Steven Dean Moore |
Mom and Pop Art is the nineteenth episode of the tenth season and first aired on the 11th April 1999. The episode shows the rise and fall of Homer accidentally becoming an artist after messing up an attempt at building a barbeque pit. It was written by Al Jean and directed by Steven Dean Moore.
[edit] Plot
Marge tells Homer that she wants him to do some work around the house and yard. Because of this, Homer takes Bart to the Mom & Pop Hardware store to pick up some supplies. But, instead of buying working equipment he instead buys a D.I.Y barbeque pit. Homer tries to assemble the pit but drops it some wet cement. Homer frantically tries to get the barbeque out of the wet cement before it starts to set but makes things much worse. He gets angry at the barbeque and starts to beat it which bends and deforms it. Homer, thinking he can get his money back, takes it back to the hardware store and is refused a refund. On the way home from the hardware store, the barbeque mess falls out of the wagon after Homer looses control of the car. It falls onto a highway and hits a womans car. The woman, Astrid Weller, gets out of her car and states that his barbeque mess is an artistic masterpiece. After she tracks Homer down, because he ran away, she informs him of this and decides to send it to the Louvre: the American Style museum and it becomes a huge success.
However, Marge soon becomes jealous after Homer becomes an artist and creates more 'masterpieces' because it is what she always wanted to do. Astrid Weller tells Homer that he is going to appear on "Art of America" but, everyone claims his new masterpieces are the same as his first one was.
Homer now needs some inspiration in order to create more art and so, by the advice of Lisa, decides to go to the Springfield Art Museum. But this gives him no ispiration and makes him feel even worse after seeing other artist work and has a nightmare of his art attacking him. Lisa tells Homer about an artist named Christo and how his art was groundbreaking. Homer finds inspiration from this and that night he and Bart open all the fire hydrants in town and cover the drains with doormats and finally give all the animals in the zoo a snorkle. Everyone are very impressed with Homer creating the 'Grand Canals of Springfield'. The episode ends with Homer and Marge sitting down together observing his work
[edit] Characters
- Homer Simpson
- Ned Flanders
- Marge Simpson
- Bart Simpson
- Squeaky Voiced Teen
- Principal Seymour Skinner
- Mrs. Krabappel
- Lisa Simpson
- Clancy Wiggum
- Fat Tony
- Legs and Louie
- Maggie Simpson
- Astrid Weller
- Cletus Spuckler
- C. Montgomery Burns
- Mr. Smithers
- Santa's Little Helper
- Moe Szyslak
- Barney Gumble
- Carl Carlson
- Lenny Leonard
- Luann Van Houten
- Tom
- Rich Texan
- Kent Brockman
- Maude Flanders
- Milhouse Van Houten
- Professor Frink
- Eddie
- Lou
- Sarah Wiggum
- Luigi Risotto
- Snowball II
[edit] Trivia
- The writer of this episode, Al Jean, partially wrote this episode whilst waiting in line for an amusement attraction. This was heard in the audio commentary from Season 4's episode Selma's Choice.
- When Casper John is seen stealing a light bulb in the art museum, the light continues to shine even when he takes the bulb out and runs off.
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