S7.E12

Team Homer

Episode aired Mar 31, 1996
PG
30m

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Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, and Harry Shearer in The Simpsons (1989)

Homer starts a bowling team with Moe, Apu and Otto, but Mr. Burns insists on joining after learning that the team was funded with his money; Springfield Elementary introduces uniforms.Homer starts a bowling team with Moe, Apu and Otto, but Mr. Burns insists on joining after learning that the team was funded with his money; Springfield Elementary introduces uniforms.Homer starts a bowling team with Moe, Apu and Otto, but Mr. Burns insists on joining after learning that the team was funded with his money; Springfield Elementary introduces uniforms.

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Dan Castellaneta

Homer Simpson
(voice)
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Julie Kavner

Marge Simpson
(voice)
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Nancy Cartwright

Bart Simpson
(voice)
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Yeardley Smith

Lisa Simpson
(voice)

Hank Azaria

Comic Book Guy
(voice)
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Harry Shearer

Otto
(voice)
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Marcia Wallace

Edna Krabappel
(voice)

Doris Grau

Lunchlady Doris
(voice)

Pamela Hayden

Russi Taylor

Martin Prince
(voice)

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Trivia
Towards the end, Homer tells Marge: "We were so close to winning the championship. Now, thanks to Burns, it's never going to happen. And I spent so much time building that trophy case." The scene then cuts to the trophy case with an Academy Award in it that Homer has stolen, with Don Ameche's name being crossed out. In the original broadcast, it was Haing S. Ngor's name who had been crossed out. Ngor was murdered between this episode's original air date and the subsequent repeat broadcasts, and his name was changed to Ameche's because the producers were afraid it would be implied that Homer may have murdered Ngor to steal his Oscar.

Goofs
During the scene where the students riot in Bart's classroom, Ralph Wiggum is shown eating paste. Ralph has repeatedly been shown to be in Lisa's class.

Quotes
[after getting school uniforms]
Bart: These uniforms suck.
Marge: Bart, where did you pick up words like that?
Homer: Yeah, Moe, that team sure did suck last night. They just plain sucked. I've seen teams suck before but they were the suckiest bunch of sucks that ever sucked.
Marge: Homer! Watch your mouth!
Homer: I gotta go, my damn wiener kids are listening.
Bart, Lisa: We are not wieners!
Homer: Then why are you dressed like that for?

Alternate versions
When the episode "Team Homer" (where Homer forms a bowling team) first aired on Fox, Homer displayed an Academy Award belonging to Dr. Haing S. Ngor (Best Supporting Actor 1984 for "The Killing Fields"). After Ngor was killed, the inscription was changed for a time to Don Ameche (Best Supporting Actor 1985 for "Cocoon"). The change remains in some syndicated reruns.

Connections
Featured in The Simpsons: 22 Short Films About Springfield (1996)

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Spanish Flea
(uncredited)
Written by Julius Wechter and Cissy Wechter
Performed by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass

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9/10

Burns Strikes Again

When Homer and the gang start a bowling team using Mr. Burns money, they soon realize what eventually the caustic old fart will get his pound of flesh. He joins the team. This is a solid effort with some great byplay among the regulars. Even Apu proves to be quite skilled. We have a separate plot where Bart creates a "Down with Homework" teeshirt causing enormous disruption at the elementary school.