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THE SIMPSONS — UPN — Channel 44 10PM
HOMER BECOMES A MISSIONARY
Be sure to check out this great episode of the Simpsons. Homer fraudulently pledges$ 10,000 dollars to PBS in order to get through the pledge section of a special fundraiser. All of this, because he wanted to return to some English show where they called each other ‘wankers’ and beat each other up. So, in order to get back to the show, he pledges the money (of course, which he doesn’t have any intention of paying). PBS, with celebrities such as ‘Bender’ from futurama, The Super, Hank Hill all in the background dutifully taking down pledges, traces the call and the PBS PledgeVan arrives at Homer’s front door. He takes the PBS Crew to his bank and feebly looks through the business window as if it was closed and says ‘It sure does look like a ghost town in there’; it was 12:15. People were coming in and out and bustling about. It was hilarious.
In an effort to circumvent the pledge posse, Homer runs and seeks sanctuary inside his church and to avoid the mob coming after him, gets shipped off by Reverend LoveJoy to some primitive island as a missionary. It was great. He got them gambling, drinking, fighting and in the process, developed a liking to licking orange frogs. His pupils get huge and he began to walk around with spare frogs in his pocket. When he needed a ‘jolt’ he took out a frog, licked it and afterwards, haphazardly tosses it over his shoulder.
In the end, Homer recognizes the error of his ways and begins to build a incomplete chapel (a body of work Homer inherits from the previous missionaries, who, upon Homer’s arrival, hop on his plane eager to return to mainland US and state ‘We’ve belittled and degraded their current religion, you can take it from here!’) He rallies the support of the tribe by stating ‘either pick up a rock and help or you’ll go to hell!’ It was classic Homer gone-​bad-​gone-​good at the innocent pace of a simple-​minded, well-​intentioned, fun loving, and mildly addicted buffoon.
And people wonder why The Simpsons are the longest running animated show… Another Simpsons Classic!