Oz! Of his familys station wagon. I like that, 5) Redditor 5: it has kid rock. Nah I prefer Nick. The episode seems to suffer from ADD as it cant focus on any topic for very long. Deleted scenes from the episode were also included in the box set. In fact, Dead Homer Society has not once used the episode for a "Quote of the Day" - they've gone back to the aforementioned wells on some occasions, even though they consider Season 11 the show's last gasp of dignity being stripped away. Homer you need to see a doctor. Waste this beeeeeyotch! Joe C yelled. Hugey! Oscar squealed and hugged Hugo. Thats the only part I think you got wrong. It makes only slightly more sense, in fact. Joined Nov 22, 2002 Messages 333 Location Iowa City, IA Jan 4, 2004 #4 Kill the Alligator and Run: F Simpson Safari: D- They both give me the dry heaves, but Simpson Safari is the "winner." C He's just a harmless maniac here to remind us of the precious gift of sanity. said Mr Burns. The Simpsons are barefoot, quickly walking across a bed of hot coals to reach the couch. And here comes Floridas most beloved and famous resident Captain Jack- said the tour guide. 4seven | Saturday 11 August 2018 | 15:00. A lot of the process of making Simpsons episodes involved the writers all getting together and making changes, and Swartzwelders particular style combined with him not being there to defend his work seemed to cause problems in some of his later episodes., 4) Redditor 4: You didnt like the episode?!? its a cartoon. Even with the excuse that this episode has a bunch of university students cutting loose, Homer goes beyond the pale of most of the partying students, and his behavior has Kid Rock and Joey C attempt to attack him, only to be held off by the sheriff who admonishes the two rockers. Im amazed Oscars dumb filler filled up a page said Bart. One put a franchise on ice, the other couldve in another world. Poison green monkeys said Dark Oscar in spirit form. You fell in the open grave! ! Bart whined. That'll be three dollars for on-couch delivery. Bart collected the Letters for Homer. He didnt care. Or has a growth hormone syndrome that stopped him growing said Hugo. Homer manages to break the chains, and the Simpsons get into the car and escape. Show everyone your boobs! Oscar exclaimed. Embarrassing. Just be glad that you never have to watch anything after The Blunder Years (except for How I Spent My Strummer Vacation, you do have to watch that one). The Simpson family get off the railway and end up at a secluded diner, where they work until the sheriff tracks them down. This is a terrible vacation. Oh no! What I ultimately am looking at in terms of analyzing the collapse ofThe Simpsonsis what the symptoms reflect. [2][6][7] Evans and Rose appear in a scene at the beginning of the episode, when Homer stays up late and watches Rose interview Evans on the television, hallucinating them threatening to kill him. No contest even the few amusing lines cant drown out the sheer awfulness surrounding them. Watchlist Share If anybody has a counterargument, however, Im all for it. The whole point of this was to help you relax. said Marge. Unlike most other bad Scully-era episodes which start off on a good note (or at least a good idea buried under zaniness), this episode already misfires at the starting gate. The episode was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Jen Kamerman. Predicted: 1994. What up mosh monkeys! Seen here in Kill the Alligator and Run is an absolute trainwreck of an episode, one that dispatches the shows prior standards of comedy, characterization, plotting, animation (which really feels stiff and lifeless in this episode), and even sanity in one of the most deranged episodes of non-Adult Swim-related television ever. It'll be real soon enough. Homer was um being weird Hehehe! Anyway, besides sticking out like a sore thumb because hes so uncool (gee, how familiar), he first thinks Joey Cs a missing kid and tries to tackle him. And theres Gallagher. Destroy us all! IMDb ID. Kid Rock and Joe C. also made guest appearances as themselves in the episode, performing at a concert in Florida that Homer attends. Simpsons Showdown! [9] All of Joe C.'s lines were recorded over the phone. I am having a private pool party! Bart: Well, that's great dad, except you were supposed to take us to the newspaper. Hugo woke up struggling to sleep and rolled his eyes. Worse I have complete and utter apathy to what happens to him since no matter what, he will not be fleshed out or held to account. Barts room. [8] Scully said in an interview with the Detroit Free Press that the staff of the show chose Kid Rock and Joe C. for the episode because the two "have a lot of stage presence" and visually are "a funny combination," and because the staff thought "they would be funny playing off Homer. (2008). The caf owner saying, "I like that." Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Scullyfied Simpsons: Kill the Alligator and Run (Season 11, Episode19), But as I mentioned in my review of Take My Wife, Sleaze, The Review Nebula Ranks Red Dwarf (AKA, "Happy 35th, Red Dwarf! Season 6, Episode 8: Lisa on Ice. It guest stars Diedrich Bader as the sheriff, Kid Rock as himself, Robert Evans as himself, Charlie Rose as himself and Joe C. as himself. (Have I told you yet that Ive grown to despise this character? Even in KOTHs weakest moments, it at least had some form of soul apparent behind it. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on April 30, 2000. After Homer accidentally kills the beloved town alligator, the family must go into hiding to avoid being arrested. Where to watch. When you invite comparisons to the Sixth Doctor, and the Sixth Doctor comes off the more sane character? Something that stressful would take a toll on anybodys mental health.). In fact,Dead Homer Societyhas not once used the episode for a Quote of the Day theyve gone back to the aforementioned wells on some occasions, even though they consider Season 11 the shows last gasp of dignity being stripped away. " Kill the Alligator and Run " is the nineteenth episode of season 11 of The Simpsons and the two-hundred and forty-fifth episode overall. The end in which Captain Jack makes an appearance is lifted from Alligator from 1980, only this time with less gory results. That is not hyperbole. Uh no we got a gator stuck in our toilet once when Mom got arrested for shoplifting at the Kwik E Mart. Such a waste of good melon Oscar sighed. End act 1, and any chance of me giving a damn about this character. Homer? This is a perfect vacation for Homer. Oh, you thought he was insane before? Which Marge even buys into. Or that time you dreamt Heckle and Jeckle were at your funeral with President Lenny and Cardinal Flanders Oscar sighed exasperated. Look! It sends Homer insane, to the point where he commits a couple of misdemeanors in the process, but gets off easily thanks to the town sheriff. I guess it speaks to how out of touch Springfield is, but come on, this is a stunning lack of common sense. All Rights Reserved. Whats up chew toys? said Kid Rock to the fans. 25/03/2020. There was a bull alligator swimming about in the mire. For those who dont know, John Swartzwelder stopped coming into the office when they wouldnt let him smoke there anymore and started writing his scripts at home and then sending them in. Live TV. There are a wide variety of opinions regarding the shows quality and how deep and when and even IF it declined. So, yeah, for every idiotic, selfish, deluded, insane, and horrific thing that he did in this episode, Homer is allowed to practically walk scot free, leaving behind a stunned town, and taking with him a family that would be traumatized in any other show by which I mean, earlier in this show, when the writers actively wrote moments for other characters rather than as add-ons. This, of course, works in theory, but is derailed by the fact that it is Spring Break! Hannah Montana money Oscar laughed. as if the show is required to be to your standard week after week. (Yes, this is one of the starting points for Marge turning from merely mildly oblivious to rock stupid.). Seriously if you take everything he does here, Homer would check off a disturbing amount of boxes on a psychiatrists list for meeting the standards for Antisocial Personality Disorder, or Psychopathy disorder. It passed testing. You heard him Marge! Elsewhere at the plant, Homer had gone completely nuts! He took the bed with him. Later on he takes his own test, which determines how long he has left to live. Fearing he only has three years to live, Homer takes the family on a vacation to Florida, where they become fugitives after seemingly killing a famous alligator.Fearing he only has three years to live, Homer takes the family on a vacation to Florida, where they become fugitives after seemingly killing a famous alligator.Fearing he only has three years to live, Homer takes the family on a vacation to Florida, where they become fugitives after seemingly killing a famous alligator. And stop annoying your brother! Look at all the stars you can see here. Animation Comedy Fearing he only has three years to live, Homer takes the family on a vacation to Florida, where they become fugitives after seemingly killing a famous alligator. Probably the only other thing close to an amusing bit in the episode has to be one of the MTV Spring Break Hosts getting hauled away when she announces that shes turned 25 (a reference to, Also, I guess I could argue that Homers fascination with We Built This City actually almost works, as well a quasi-rebel who instead comes off like a madman, singing a song about rockers arguing with executives, that just so happens to be written off by some rock publications as corporate rock. Because Florida is known for its orange juice. The Simpsons then went orange picking. Their conversation mentions Evans's films Love Story and The Two Jakes, as well as Vincent Canby. We went to Maudes funeral! Destroy us all!, He had chicken. Dont worry I wont leave this room. said Homer. I trust you dear. said Marge tying him to the bed. Oz thats in Sans Monique, a fictional Island in the Caribbean Hugo sighed. One of the worst ever though? This better not be like that time you aspired to be like Thomas Edison!. With the Doctor Demento show! Conversely, to fill the void of the WordPress comment box (and with no superior point in this project to insert it into asides from the zenith of Scully-era Homer here), I honestly have to wonder if Homers decline into Jerkass Homer during the Scully years is some form of bizarre character development, as Ive theorized for years. Um I think thats the least romantic score on the quiz. But I think the aforementioned train track scene stands out for indicating just how awful this show really has become. And really, it just barely misses. Remember those jokes you and Seth McFarlane wrote about all of Johnny Depps exes?!. To calm himself down, he and the . Lisa seethed at him. Im madder than Homer seethed at Bart. Is the monkey from Narnia? Oscar asked. What is the Spanish language plot outline for Kill the Alligator and Run (2000)? Same with the other characters who got derailed at some point, you realize that investing in them is a lost cause since this show now treats them as setpieces instead of actual characters. Let me put it this way if Homers character decline is intentional character development, it is some of the most abjectly awful character development in TV history. Marge grunted as the car flipped upside down. During a Springfield Elementary School assembly, Kearney asks fellow bully Dolph to take a memo to "Beat up Martin" on his . No! Of course not. The Simpsons all packed up and drove to Florida. Im serious we had Jerkass Homer before, but this episode has him at probably his most sociopathic for a consistent length of time. Bill, bill, bill Death threat from Sideshow Bob to Bart bill bill Oh! Marge wants Homer to stay in his hotel room, but he escapes to party at a Kid Rock concert on the beach. What we get is a referral to go on vacation to Florida to rest. Homer yelped. A mother can't die. to Spring Break in Florida to Getting in trouble with the local authorities. Now, this next scene Im about to describe is something that I did not make up for the review. You'll have to watch and found out what. Menu. Unless this was meant to be a riff on the strictness of the Southern legal system, this is taking the Sins of the Father cliche a bit too seriously, right? The chalkboard gag is "I am not here on a fart ball scholarship." The couch gag is the Simpsons walking over hot coals and yelping in pain as they walk over the hot coals to get . Wanting Homer to get the rest and recuperation he needs, Marge tries to confine him to his hotel room, but he escapes to party and attends a concert featuring Joe C. and Kid Rock. In a way, its sort of like the show is having its life flash before its eyes as it slips into a fate worse than death. In an attempt to heal, the family takes a vacation to Florida. Homer frowned slightly but wasnt too disappointed. (2008). 10/10 Highly Recommended. (Of course, Ill be sad for the storyboard artists that will have to look for new work. I think those are the only gig or concert arenas in Florida Oscar snapped his finger or Thanos Snapped. We came during spring break! Marge groaned. This is a terrible vacation! Lisa groaned. No! No joke she said that. And secondly when we get round to that! You were talking about gophers the whole time! Marge ranted. Spring break! stated in. Take them off the glass!" "We built this city!" The Simpsons are arrested for accidentally murdering Captain Jack by the worst Sheriff of all time, including Maggie! Oh, God! A magazine with those light hearted quizzes I take too seriously and annoy people by asking them their answers to! Marge suggests a few lifestyle changes to make that number go up, naturally Homer is against that and has a mental breakdown, developing insomnia and going insane. No this isnt like that time I wanted to be an inventor like Thomas Edison Homer sighed. Views: 268. In 2008, it was released on DVD along with the rest of the episodes of the eleventh season. Because the show did, as apparently that night, the sheriff manages to hitch the trailer up to his sedan (just go with it), and still nobody singles him out as the cause of this whole nightmare. Now shut up! While there he accidentally kills a beloved alligator. It has gone from timeless to anachronism. TV Shows. Homer laughed. Kid Rock was there. Homer was suddenly dressed as a woman carrying a baby. Elsewhere Homer broke out of the hotel room still tied to the bed. Captain Jack, the alligator. said the tour guide. Lisa comments on the stars. He took a slug of his bottle of gin. subject named as. Here's the mail, Dad. Besides Kid Rock and Joe C, the episode has two other guest stars as themselves journalist Charlie Rose (since disgraced) and film producer Robert Evans as themselves, in what appears to be a pastiche of Roses PBS talk show. And I still insist yeah, its terrible. But I can at least see where they were going. "Take them off the glass! Saturday 30 April 2022 08:55 . This ones just dumb and annoying and all over the place, but its not so bad that it offends me (maybe it would if I lived in Florida, but I dont). Simpsons Scripts - Springfield! His black alarm clock radio went to radio. Im not paying you just for getting me the mail that I could have got myself. ! Lisa groaned. The Simpsons were on a hovercraft with those enormous fans on the back going about a swamp. Quiet, you two. One scene that was cut saw Captain Jack lying in state at the capitol in Florida, with Kid Rock being one of the people present to pay their respects to the alligator. (LogOut/ TV Show Episode Scripts. Sometimes, the writers thought they could go to war with fans. It originally aired on April 30, 2000. "Kill the Alligator and Run" was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Jen Kamerman. Click here for your invite! which, of course, ends the Homer is suffering a mental breakdown plot in favor of the Homer is a psychopath who should be tranquilized plot. Marge took Homer to therapy for what he did at work from his fear of death craziness. The eleventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons originally aired on the Fox Network in the United States between September 26, 1999 and May 21, 2000, starting with "Beyond Blunderdome" and ending with "Behind the Laughter".With Mike Scully as the showrunner for the eleventh season, it has twenty-two episodes, including four hold-over episodes from the season 10 . I hope so! Teacher says I'm whittling at a tenth-grade level. Whatever it was he regrets mentioning it. 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