| The Simpsons episode | |
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| "My Fair Laddy" | |
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| Episode no. | 368 |
| Prod. code | HABF05 |
| Orig. airdate | February 26, 2006 |
| Written by | Michael Price |
| Directed by | Bob Anderson |
| Couch gag | Filmed in claymation, six balls roll in and bump into each other before turning into Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie, and Gumby |
| Season 17 September 11, 2005 – May 21, 2006 |
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| List of all The Simpsons episodes | |
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Plot
When the old gym teacher announces that she will be gone until fall because of her sex change operation, a substitute takes her place. Sex reassignment surgery (SRS gender reassignment surgery, or sex-change operation is a term for the Surgical procedures by which a person's physical Every gym class, he has them play a game called "Bombardment," which basically just involves him throwing dodgeballs at the students. See also Dodgeball The following is a list of rules variations for the collection of games known as Dodgeball. Dodgeball is a traditional team sport played in Physical education classes in the U When Bart gets sick of the constant bullying, he fills a ball full of water and sticks it in the freezer overnight (Nelson calls it an Ice-ball). Bartholomew J "Bart" Simpson is a character in the animated television series The Simpsons The next day, he throws it at the gym teacher, who ducks, and the ball crashes through the window and hits Willie's shack, destroying it. Groundskeeper Willie is a recurring character on The Simpsons, voiced by Dan Castellaneta. When Marge picks up Bart from school and sees Willie is homeless and sitting alone in the pouring rain, she offers to let him stay at their house, and he accepts. Marjorie "Marge" Simpson (née Bouvier) is a Fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons Homelessness is the condition and social category of people who lack housing because they cannot afford or are otherwise unable to maintain regular safe and adequate shelter When there, Lisa has Willie realize that his life could be much better, and she decides to turn him into a proper gentlemen. Lisa Marie Simpson is a Fictional character in the animated Television series The Simpsons and is voiced by Yeardley Smith. Bart, however, does not believe that she can do it, but Lisa bets that she can do it in time for the school science fair.
Meanwhile, Homer comes home with his last pair of blue pants ripped and torn after his seat breaks at the go-cart track. Homer Jay Simpson is a main fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and father of the eponymous family. Blue is a Colour, the Perception of which is evoked by Trousers are an item of Clothing worn on the lower part of the body from the waist to the ankles covering both legs separately (rather than with cloth stretching across For other meanings see Kart (disambiguation Kart racing or karting is a variant of Open-wheel Motor sport with As he searches through town for a new pair, he finds no store that sells his favorite type of pants. When he goes to the factory that sells them, the manager tells him that they do not make blue pants anymore due to poor sales, but Homer tells him that he'll get more customers. He does this by writing "Buy blue pants" on the back of his head (when he turns out the light, Marge observes that the writing glows in the dark, to which a rather scared Homer replies, "It's not supposed to. Marjorie "Marge" Simpson (née Bouvier) is a Fictional character featured in the animated television series The Simpsons "). Homer's advertising campaign pays off and soon everyone is wearing blue pants. However, Marge is annoyed when Homer begins putting other advertisements on his head.
While this is happening, Lisa is struggling to teach Willie how to act sophisticated. Soon, it is the day before the science fair, and he is still his same old self. When he sees how disappointed Lisa is, he suddenly surprises both Bart and Lisa by correctly (and with a 'proper' accent/dialect) saying a sentence she gave him. At the science fair the next day, he impresses everyone with his politeness and veral dexterity. However, no one actually knows that it is the old groundskeeper until Lisa announces it to everyone. Once again, she wins the science fair, and the bet along with it.
Even though he is respected by everybody, Willie misses his old life and feels out of place working as the maitre'd at a fancy restaurant, but his job and his shack were both taken by the music teacher. He explains to Lisa that he wishes to go back to the way things were, and she understands. Soon, he is back to living in his loving restored "crap shack".
Cultural references
- The title is a take-off of My Fair Lady. My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw 's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner Also, the episode features songs similar to the style featured in the play.
- The wager that Jimbo Jones makes with Kearney is a reference to Around the World in Eighty Days, by Jules Verne. This is a list of the students who attend the fictional Springfield Elementary School from The Simpsons. This is a list of the students who attend the fictional Springfield Elementary School from The Simpsons. Around the World in Eighty Days (Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours is a classic Adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first Jules Gabriel Verne ( February 8 1828 &ndash March 24 1905) was a French Author who pioneered the science-fiction
- The music heard in the Super Bowl commercial for Blue Pants is "Baby Elephant Walk" by Henry Mancini, composed for the film Hatari!, and frequently used in Dancin' Homer. professional American football, the Super Bowl is the Championship game of the National Football League (NFL "Baby Elephant Walk" is a tune written in 1961 by Composer Henry Mancini, for the 1962 release of the movie Hatari! Henry Mancini ( April 16, 1924 &ndash June 14, 1994) was an Academy Award winning American Composer, conductor Hatari! is a 1962 American film directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne. " Dancin' Homer " is the fifth episode of The Simpsons ' second season.
- Krusty calls Willie, 'The Duchess of Cornball,' punning on Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall. The Duchess of Cornwall is the title held by the wife of the Duke of Cornwall.
- The scene where Bart threatens Coach Krupt with the ice filled dodgeball is based on the scene in Full Metal Jacket when Private Pyle shoots Drill Instructor Gunnery Sergeant Hartman played by R. Lee Ermey. Full Metal Jacket ( 1987) is a War film based on the novel The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford. A drill instructor (or Drill Sergeant) is a Non-commissioned officer in the Armed forces with specific duties that vary by country Gunnery Sergeant insigniaUS Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant ( GySgt) is Ronald Lee Ermey (born March 24 1944 is a former US Marine Corps Drill instructor and later Golden Globe -nominated Actor, often playing
- This episode, along with the season eleven episode, Pygmoelian, are parodies of the plot of the play Pygmalion. " Pygmoelian " is the sixteenth episode of the eleventh season of The Simpsons. Pygmalion (1913 is a play by George Bernard Shaw based on the Greek myth of the same name. Both episodes are about an ancillary Simpsons character known for being ugly and/or ill-mannered (Moe in "Pygmoelian" and Groundskeeper Willie in "My Fair Laddy") getting made over to be more pleasing (Moe gets plastic surgery and becomes a handsome soap opera star and Groundskeeper Willie is groomed to be a proper gentleman and works at a fancy restaurant).
- The company that makes the Blue Pants is called 'Worldwide Pants', a reference to David Letterman's production company Worldwide Pants Incorporated. David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American late-night Talk show host and Comedian and the host since 1993 Worldwide Pants Incorporated is a Peabody Award -winning American television production and Film production company owned by Comedian
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