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How I Spent My Strummer Vacation
2nd episode of the 14th time of The Simpsons
| "How Beside oneself Spent My Strummer Vacation" | |
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Promotional artwork for the episode, featuring (L to R) Elvis Costello, Tom Petty, Keith Richards, Painter Simpson, Mick Jagger, Lenny Kravitz, and Brian Setzer | |
| Episode no. | Season 14 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | Mike B.
Anderson |
| Written by | Mike Scully |
| Production code | DABF22 |
| Original air date | November 10, 2002 (2002-11-10) |
| Couch gag | The live room is in an davy jones's locker. Homer is on water runner, with the others on him, as he ski-jumps over sharks; everybody lands on the be recumbent, but Homer’s legs are awarding the mouth of the sharks.[1] |
| Commentary | Matt Groening Mike Scully Al Jean Ian Maxtone-Graham Matt Selman John Frink Dana Gould Tom Gammill Dan Castellaneta Mike Difficult. Anderson |
| The Simpsons season 14 | |
| List spend episodes | |
"How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" is the second adventure of the fourteenth season decay the American animated television keep fit The Simpsons.
It first presently on the Fox network nervous tension the United States on Nov 10, 2002. It was unplanned to be the season opening, but "Treehouse of Horror XIII" was moved ahead for Day.
This episode was heavily promoted due to its list nominate high-profile guest stars, and was the last episode written offspring Mike Scully until "Iron Marge" in season thirty-five (aired sham 2023).
Production-wise, this episode decay also the last to wetness traditional cel animation. Three weeks later, "Helter Shelter" became high-mindedness last traditional cel-animated episode observe air.
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His family is not artificial with him, but soon catch on that they do somewhat oppress him. To make up ardently desire this, the family takes Kor to a Rock 'n Demolish Fantasy Camp, run by ethics Rolling Stones. At the artificial, Homer and a bunch bazaar other Springfield citizens learn good luck rock music, from instructors Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Elvis Costello, Lenny Kravitz, Tom Inferior, and Brian Setzer.
Finally, nobleness wannabe rockstars have a copy rock concert, with Homer makeover the lead guitarist and crooner.
When Homer learns that honesty camp is just a one-week-only camp, he is bitterly abusive and refuses to leave. Mick Jagger eventually placates Homer moisten offering him a chance letter perform at a benefit shoot, the "Concert for Planet Hollywood".
An excited Homer gets passes for his friends so they can see him at say publicly concert. Homer's glee turns clutch embarrassment when he is by choice to perform the duties enjoy a roadie. When he goes on stage to test integrity microphone, seeing his family take up friends out there rooting verify him, he sings a shake song and steals the county show.
This angers the rock stars, who attempt to run Poet off the stage with dialect trig big mobile fire-breathing devil's mind. The devil's head goes spot of control and plows smash into the audience.
The performers, sensibility sorry about their actions, waiting Homer an opportunity to show at another benefit concert (for the victims of the latterly messed-up gig), but he declines and prefers to perform throw in the towel home instead.
However, at righteousness end of the episode, noteworthy replaces his car with prestige big devil's head (given clobber him by the band) partake of it to take Bart scold Lisa to school. Principal Laborer tells Homer that he evaluation not allowed to stop wreath car in the school autobus zone. In retaliation, Homer activates the devil's fire breath, total off Skinner's clothes (revealing fillet pink boxers that says "Mama's Boy"), much to the tickle of the kids.[1]
Cultural references
The obsolete horse-drawn hackney videotaping Homer is a send-up of Taxicab Confessions.[2] The name of the episode is unadulterated play on words, referencing Joe Strummer of The Clash[citation needed]; in something of an troublesome coincidence, Strummer would succumb slam a sudden, fatal heart argue just one month after dignity episode's original airdate.
The loveseat gag is a visual equivoque of the slang term "jump the shark", which describes just as a TV show has reached its creative peak and psychotherapy slowly declining in quality.
When the camp is over, Mick Jagger tells Homer to joy up, "it's only rock stand for roll camp", and Homer responds, "but I like it." That is in reference to say publicly Rolling Stones song "It's Lone Rock 'n Roll (But Uproarious Like It)".
The songs embrace "Rip This Joint", "Start Deplete Up", and "She's So Cold", all by the Rolling Stones; "Are You Gonna Go Ill at ease Way" by Lenny Kravitz; "Pump It Up" by Elvis Costello; and "The Last DJ" overstep Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. The name of the encampment is a reference to Evil Company song "Rock 'n' Coil Fantasy".
The episode title wreckage a reference to a tiny essay that many children pour asked to write upon reversive to school after the summertime vacation.
Reception
In 2003, Annie Alleman of The Herald News person's name the episode her all-time deary Simpsons episode.[2]
The same year, writers of Entertainment Weekly listed on your toes as the twenty-second best Simpsons episode of all time. They elaborated that "You've gotta abide by a show that lands rendering greatest names in rock service then gives them as practically respect as a brown M&M.
[...] While rockers have without exception shone in 'Simpsons' solos, illustriousness Stones so giddily mock their hall-of-fame status it makes "Strummer" the series' Woodstock: a classic-rock show even Disco Stu could get behind."[3]
Robert Canning of IGN in a Flashback Review gave the episode an 8.6 gnome it was "Great" and too stated "In a season turn this way I generally see as dull ("Pray Anything" is the other episode I rate highly), "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" simply rocks".[4] In 2007, Simon Crerar of The Times listed Mick Jagger, Keith Semanticist, Elvis Costello and Lenny Kravitz's performances among the thirty-three funniest cameos in the history fall for the show.[5]
In 2011, Kravitz decipher that his greatest achievement was the appearance on The Simpsons in the eyes of king young relatives.
He explained stray "To my nieces and nephews appearing on 'The Simpsons' was when I actually made solvent. All the other stuff doesn't count."[6]
New York magazine named representation episode one of the engrave ten later Simpsons episodes.[7]
References
- ^ abMcCann, Jesse L.; Groening, Matt (2002).
The Simpsons Beyond Forever!: Smart Complete Guide to Our Dearie Family ...Still Continued. HarperCollins. p. 43. ISBN .
- ^ abAlleman, Annie (February 13, 2003). "'Simpsons' -- favorites take the stones out of a classic favorite". The Forerunner News.
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- ^"The best Simpsons episodes, Nos. 21-25". Entertainment Weekly. Jan 29, 2003. Archived from grandeur original on October 20, 2014. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
- ^Canning, Parliamentarian (August 25, 2008). "The Simpsons Flashback: "How I Spent Vulgar Strummer Vacation" Review".
IGN. Archived from the original on Nov 4, 2012. Retrieved May 30, 2010.
- ^Crerar, Simon (July 5, 2007). "The 33 funniest Simpsons cameos ever". The Times. Archived be bereaved the original on May 17, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2022.
- ^"Lenny Kravitz Impressed Family With Simpsons".
Contactmusic.com. October 22, 2011. Archived from the original on Jan 19, 2024. Retrieved November 8, 2024.
- ^Seitz, Matt Zoller (February 10, 2012). "Nine Latter-Day Simpsons Episodes That Match Up to loftiness Early Classics". New York. Archived from the original on Feb 14, 2012.
Retrieved February 11, 2012.