The Simpsons (1987)

16x08 Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass

The family goes to run down Springfield Park, where a carnival is being held to save it. Homer performs a wild crowd-pleasing dance at a local carnival, after beating Bart's performance in a game. Ned Flanders has captured the performance on videotape and Comic Book Guy (Jeff Albertson) puts it up on the Internet. The video gets worldwide attention, much to Homer's embarrassment but his tune changes when a football player wants to buy the rights to use his dance as his own end zone celebration. Homer turns the opportunity into a new lucrative occupation, which prospers as other athletes come to learn from him. Meanwhile Ned looks to create his own wholesome entertainment by creating his own versions of bible stories, which get the backing of Mr. Burns. Marge doesn't like his approach, which eliminates the good aspects of the stories, and only concentrates on the violence. She threatens a boycott, which gets Burns to remove his financial backing, leaving Ned with no creative outl

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Dan Castellaneta Dan Castellaneta As: Homer Simpson / Abe Simpson / Barney Gumble / Krusty (voice)
Julie Kavner Julie Kavner As: Marge Simpson / Patty Bouvier / Selma Bouvier (voice)
Nancy Cartwright Nancy Cartwright As: Bart Simpson / Nelson Muntz / Ralph Wiggum (voice)
Yeardley Smith Yeardley Smith As: Lisa Simpson (voice)
Hank Azaria Hank Azaria As: Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum / Apu / Comic Book Guy / Carl (voice)
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The family goes to run down Springfield Park, where a carnival is being held to save it. Homer performs a wild crowd-pleasing dance at a local carnival, after beating Bart's performance in a game. Ned Flanders has captured the performance on videotape and Comic Book Guy (Jeff Albertson) puts it up on the Internet. The video gets worldwide attention, much to Homer's embarrassment but his tune changes when a football player wants to buy the rights to use his dance as his own end zone celebration. Homer turns the opportunity into a new lucrative occupation, which prospers as other athletes come to learn from him. Meanwhile Ned looks to create his own wholesome entertainment by creating his own versions of bible stories, which get the backing of Mr. Burns. Marge doesn't like his approach, which eliminates the good aspects of the stories, and only concentrates on the violence. She threatens a boycott, which gets Burns to remove his financial backing, leaving Ned with no creative outl


Certification: TV-PG

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Aired: 07 February, 2005 at 4:00 am

Language: English

Country: United States

Runtime: 25m

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Cast

Dan Castellaneta

Dan Castellaneta

Homer Simpson / Abe Simpson / Barney Gumble / Krusty (voice)

Julie Kavner

Julie Kavner

Marge Simpson / Patty Bouvier / Selma Bouvier (voice)

Nancy Cartwright

Nancy Cartwright

Bart Simpson / Nelson Muntz / Ralph Wiggum (voice)

Yeardley Smith

Yeardley Smith

Lisa Simpson (voice)

Hank Azaria

Hank Azaria

Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum / Apu / Comic Book Guy / Carl (voice)

Maggie Roswell

Maggie Roswell

Luann Van Houten

Harry Shearer

Harry Shearer

Ned Flanders / Mr. Burns / Smithers / Skinner / Lenny (voice)

Pamela Hayden

Pamela Hayden

Milhouse Van Houten

Russi Taylor

Russi Taylor

Martin Prince

Marcia Wallace

Marcia Wallace

Edna Krabappel

Phil Hartman

Phil Hartman

Troy McClure

Tress MacNeille

Tress MacNeille

Agnes Skinner

Kunal Nayyar

Kunal Nayyar

Apu (voice)

Chris Edgerly

Chris Edgerly

Pamela Hayden

Pamela Hayden

Milhouse Van Houten

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