Careful, wild homer!

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Episode of the series The Simpsons
title Careful, wild homer!
Original title The Call of the Simpsons
Country of production United States
original language English
length approx. 22 minutes
classification Season 1, episode 7
7th episode overall ( list )
First broadcast February 18, 1990 on FOX
German-language
first broadcast		 November 29, 1991 on ZDF
Rod
Director John Swartzwelder
script Wesley Archer
music Richard Gibbs
cut Ric Eisman
Brian K. Roberts
Guest appearance (s)
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Careful, wild homer! ( English original title: The Call of the Simpsons ) is the seventh episode of the first season of the American cartoon series The Simpsons .

action

When Homer sees Ned Flanders pulling up in front of his house with his newly bought luxury motorhome , he becomes jealous of him. When Homer asks how he could afford it, Ned replies that he bought it with a loan. The family then goes to a car dealer. Although Marge just wants to look around there, Homer has the plan to buy an even better motorhome than the Flanders '. But after the seller finds that Homer's credit is poor, he sells him an overpriced used car .

Shortly afterwards, the family goes on a trip with him. But when they get lost in the forest, the car crashes into a ravine, while the family barely survives. Without their equipment or any idea where exactly they are, they are now stuck in the forest. In the following years, Homer and Bart get lost in the forest in search of people. When they lose their clothes as a result, they begin to look for food in the wild, but this fails.

Meanwhile, the runaway Maggie is taken in by bears, who take care of her lovingly, while Marge and Lisa set up camp. The next day, Homer is followed by bees after taking honey from her hive . To escape them, he rolls in mud, and is accidentally filmed by an amateur filmmaker who thinks he is Bigfoot and runs away. The latter then sells the video to a television station, which broadcasts the video and offers a reward for the capture of Bigfoot.

After this incident, Bigfoot hunters appear in the forest, as well as television channels reporting on the hunt. After Marge sees a picture from the recorded video from a reporter, she recognizes her husband in it and is interviewed by dozens of reporters. At the same time, Homer and Bart find Maggie with the bears and take them back with them. But when they are discovered by hunters shortly afterwards, they take Homer prisoner. To determine whether he is really the beast he is looking for, he is examined by scientists. But they cannot find any clear results.

production

This episode was written by John Swartzwelder while Wesley Archer directed.

A scene in this episode with Marge and Lisa sitting by a campfire was originally longer and included a conversation between the two of them about the two male family members. In the end, however, this scene was cut out of the episode. In another scene where Homer and Bart cover their private parts with moss, they were originally not talking; But Sam Simon thought it was funnier to have a dialogue at this point.

Actor Albert Brooks had a guest appearance in this episode as the original voice of the car dealer "Bob". Brooks wasn't sure if he wanted to be identified with an animated series at the time, something other guest stars in The Simpsons considered. Therefore, he was only named “A. Brooks ”.

The episode was a satire of the Bigfoot specials that were airing on US broadcaster Fox when the episode was written. According to the contributors, a lot of funds had to be raised for the background of the episode, for example to make it look realistic with trees, stones and fences. The fast food chain Burger King also made figures from the Simpsons in the forest design from this episode.

reception

The first broadcast of The Call of the Simpsons on February 18, 1990 ended the Nielsen Ratings on that day with a rating of 14.6 and a share of 22 percent in third place.

The episode was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1990 for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy Series or a Special . The Internet site IGN.com declared Albert Brooks' guest appearance in this episode, along with his other appearances in The Simpsons, as the best guest appearance in the history of the series.

The authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide , Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, praised and criticized the episode, writing: “The episode is a little less than the sum of its parts. The early part at the dealership is way better than the main camping story, although Marge and Lisa have a nice relationship and who could resist Maggie and the bears? ”In a DVD review of the series' first season, David B. Grelck gave the episode a rating of 1.5 out of 5, adding, “ Homer's surrealism as Bigfoot is a huge misstep. That kind of gag would be very different nowadays [...] "Jon Bonné described the episode on MSNBC as" a perfect example of the bizarre and successful balance between the nervous mood and mild neuroses of the first season ". He said that it was this combination “that made Groening's shorts so convincing for the Ullmann Show ”, which ultimately made it possible for the series to “break the molds of network television”. Colin Jacobson wrote in another review, "While [the episode] doesn't show the constant heights of the best Simpsons, it's a generally solid show." He added that the episode used a crazier tone than was common at the time, “But it works and the program is consistently fun”.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Wes Archer , Al Jean , Mike Reiss . (2001). DVD commentary for the episode “Beware, Wild Homer!”. In: The Simpsons: The Complete Season One [DVD]. 20th Century Fox .
  2. ↑ Simpsons Ratings , rec.arts.tv. January 21, 1991. Retrieved August 8, 2008. 
  3. ^ "The Simpsons" (1989) - Awards In: IMDb.com . Retrieved May 15, 2012.
  4. ↑ Eric Goldman, Dan Iverson, Brian Zoromski: Top 25 Simpsons Guest Appearances . IGN. Archived from the original on September 2, 2007. Retrieved May 6, 2007.
  5. ↑ Call of the Simpsons In: BBC.co.uk . Retrieved August 6, 2008.
  6. ↑ David B. Grelck: The Complete First Season . WDBGProductions. September 25, 2001. Archived from the original on February 2, 2009. Retrieved on September 15, 2011.
  7. ↑ Jon Bonné: 'The Simpsons' has lost its cool . MSNBC. October 2, 2000. Retrieved August 8, 2008.
  8. ^ Colin Jacobson: The Simpsons: The Complete First Season (1990) . DVD Movie Guide. Retrieved August 29, 2008.