- Homer Badman
]
Cultural references
The action sequence at the Candy convention is "based on every
Bruce Willis movie ever made." Homer's imagination of living underwater is a parody of the song "Under the Sea " from theDisney film "The Little Mermaid". David Mirkin says he thought the sequence would be funny because Homer would eat all of the characters from "The Little Mermaid". Groundskeeper Willy is referred to as Rowdy Roddy Peeper, a reference to "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, a wrestler who uses a Scotsman gimmick. Among the TV shows parodied during the episode: "Hard Copy ",Sally Jessy Raphael , the "Late Show with David Letterman " and media coverage of theO.J. Simpson standoff.Reception
According to David Mirkin, this episode is very highly ranked among Simpsons fans. In "
Entertainment Weekly "'s top 25 "The Simpsons" episodes in 2003, "Homer Badman" was placed eighteenth. [cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,417748_4,00.html|title=The Family Dynamic|accessdate=2007-02-10|date=2003-01-29 |publisher=Entertainment Weekly] The Quindecim, a college newspaper, made their own top 25 list, with this episode at 15th place. [cite web|url=http://media.www.thequindecim.com/media/storage/paper618/news/2003/02/19/ArtsAndEntertainment/The-Simpsons.Top.25.Episodes-372979.shtml?sourcedomain=www.thequindecim.com&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com|title=The Simpsons' Top 25 Episodes|accessdate=2007-02-10|author=Culp, Sarah|date=2003-02-17 |publisher=The Quindecim] "The Daily Telegraph " characterized the episode as one of "The 10 Best Simpsons TV Episodes." [cite news | last =Walton | first =James | coauthors = | title =The 10 Best Simpsons TV Episodes (In Chronological Order) | work =The Daily Telegraph | pages =Page 3 | language = | publisher = | date =July 21, 2007 | url = | accessdate = ]References
External links
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* [http://www.thesimpsons.com/episode_guide/0609.htm "Homer Badman"] episode page at The Simpsons.com
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701109/ "Homer Badman"] at theInternet Movie Database
* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/simpsons/episodeguide/season6/page9.shtml "Homer Badman"] at BBC.co.uk, also contains a list of the "Rock Bottom" corrections"
* [http://www.tv.com/the-simpsons/homer-badman/episode/1397/summary.html?tag=ep_list;title;8 "Homer Badman"] atTV.com
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