"Homer the Moe" Reviews

[blockyourfather]

What did you think of Homer the Moe?

[rockdiva]

I'm always looking forward to a new episode.

[mr. broom]

Of course we're all looking forward to it, but some of us are a little concerned that it's going to be another weak story that leans on a gratuitous celeb cameo for support. Not that it won't be funny, of course. Even eps with contrived stories are generally funny.

[bartimus prime]

The episode shorts are funny!

Moe:No, ,no, not the face! Ok, ok, the face!

[Tomacco]

I don' think it'll be a good episode, but I'm still looking forward too it. Something tells me it'll be a bit all over the place. R.E.M. probably won't be in it too long, so I don't care about that.

[Voodoo Monkey]

I'm looking forward to it. Should be good.

[DotheBartman]

Basically, what Tomacco said, I think the story looks a little weak, and might could end up all over the place. As it is, the basic premise seems to be a slower paced version, in some ways, as Dumbell Indemnity, although that could my wild speculation. Also, like Tomacco, I think, and hope, that R.E.M. doesn't have a big role. The Simpsons has had nothing but bad luck with music guest stars, and not to mention forests (line from Lisa the Treehugger). So, I am looking forward to it, because it is new, but my expectations aren't really very high, so hopefully the writers will prove me wrong.

[Greg Durand]

Originally posted by rockdiva
I'm always looking forward to a new episode.

[Jessica Lovejoy]

Yeah, the plot sounds sort-of iffy, but who knows what the outcome will be... plus a new episode is always a good thing.

[James]

I guess I'm looking forward to it, but it seems like a typical Scully episode with it's unfocused sounding plot and wackiness. It looks like Homer might be in good character though, and I want new episodes badly. "Beyond Blunderdome", though, is the one of the Scullys I'm looking forward to most.

[Jake]

It looks like the show will be running late again this week as King of the Hill won't be starting on time.

Anyway, I just saw the commercial where Homer does a "Fonzie" by hitting the jukebox, but breaks the glass, cuts his hand and few quarts of blood go gushing out.

Hee-larious.

[cyben5150]

lets see....poorly planned plot...bad third act...pointless and unfunny guest appearance....another stupid homer injury. oh well, it could have been worse....maybe

[bartimus prime]

Just ended right now. Pretty cool, but not as funny as the Parent Rap.

[Handsome Pete]

Nah, I thought it was better than The Parent Rap. I liked when Homer was telling the end of his story at Moe's during the beginning of the episode. An A- or a B+.

[Tomacco]

One of the most all-over-the-place episodes ever. By the hunting scene, I forgot how the episode even started. It was poorly written, but there were enough laughs I think. 6/10 ish probably
The fact that they said Penis didnt bug me because so many shows have said it before, like King of the Hill even. Some people were surpised by it.

[Silent_G]

O.K. I'm going to have to watch it again because it was hard to follow. This episode was all over the place. It was like watching a bunch of Simpsons shorts without any wrap up.
See if you can follow it:

Bart's digging story... Homer telling it in Moe's... Moe going back to school...Homer running Moe's bar...Moe at school... Moe changing his bar to Post Modern "M"... Homer running a bar in his garage.. Moe unhappy with "M"... REM perfomance in Homer's garage.. Turkey hunt in the woods..Moe getting shot..Moe's "old" bar is back.. Simpsons having Thanksgiving Dinner in Moe's old bar with REM.

Wow I'm confused...what was the plot?

[Jake]

Yeah this plot was all over the place, but it had some really funny bits, like Lenny trapped in the wheel and saying: I'm trapped in the creative design run amok!", and the Russian lady saying: "All this yelling is taking away my horny." :LOL: Even though I'm not a big fan of REM, they did have a positive appearence and the episode wasn't around them.

Fortunetly, the only really, really stupid part was Homer hitting the Jukebox and bleeding all over.

Grade: B+ (Thank gawd this wasn't another "Tale of Two Springfields")

Jake

[Miggs]

I thought it was pretty darned good. The plot wasn't hard to follow...yes it was all over, but it still made sense. And it was funny. The Fonzie gag was sooo funny, a little bloody, but hilarious! And the whole digging thing was funny too! He he.

Grade: A

[James]

I really, really didn't like this episode. It was, as Tomacco said, disjointed and the plot had very little comedic or dramatic development. It was among the most incoherent Scullys, and, to be honest, it wasn't that original either. It had great similarity to the great "Flaming Moe's", although it was done terribly, and with no skill. It was all disjointed, and Homer was overly wacky. Badly planned, badly charactered, badly made, and badly written, it was so ineffective I could barely watch! A few funny scenes at the University and in M's didn't count enough to save this disaster.

Overall Grade-D+

[Jillian]

One question: Will there be an episode this season that doesn't have Homer bleeding?

I didn't like this one that much. The plot was alright until the turkey hunt...that was so stupid, out of no where. And Moe getting shot? This show is becoming more cartoonish each episode. REM's appearance was pretty good, could have been better. I didn't even think this episode was all that funny. I did like when Carl said he was an urban Lenny and when they were dancing on the bar. Overall grade: meh.

[Smilin'JoeFission]

I give this episode "seven thumbs up"

Homer trying to sing along with R.E.M.-hilarious
Moe's professor dying-took too long...
Moe's running line "Whaaa-"-getting old.
"Mmmm....curds..."-so good, I added it to my siganture
"m" bar- very very cool.
The slow-dancing on the table routine-supoib!

Just one request...Make Barney drunk again!!!!

R.E.M. rulz.

[blockyourfather]

Originally posted by Jillian
One question: Will there be an episode this season that doesn't have Homer bleeding?
It's not looking that way.

[thecapecoddah]

Definitely disjointed, but hilarious at times too with several memorable lines. I'm disappointed in the first scene with Bart digging... looking back at that part, it seems like such a waste. As for R.E.M.'s role, at least they got a bunch of good lines in unlike some certain tennis stars in a Season 12 episode.

Hilarious moments: Homer's robot: "Faaaather!"; the crank call from Bart to Homer; Fonzie scene

I also enjoyed this episode slightly more than "The Parent Rap"

Grade: B

[Tomacco]

Check out my detailed review here:

www.thespringfieldshopper.com/reviewcabf20.htm

I actually think many of you will agree with my review.

[Lenny]

Okay, let's see:

first act: Bart digging holes, that was very stupid. The writers cant think of a way to start the episode, so they stoop this low with this stupid pointless story.
Barney: Okay, Barney drinks coffee now, and it continues his character change from a few seasons ago, but come on writers, why do you have to keep his character like this?? Barney is known for being a drunken slob. It's COMPLETELY out of character for him to drink coffee, with his hair slicked back. Come on, won't we ever hear him blech again?!?! Bring back the old Barney!! Overall, the first act of this episode sucked, with no funny moments except a few lines by Lenny and Carl(which I cant remember.)

second act: Homer running the bar is stupid. Homer always gets these type of jobs. Why not have Lenny run the bar? Or Carl? The dancing on top of the bar was really stupid. Having them dance in step is so out of character. And then Homer smashing his hand and blood going everywhere: how dumb is this? Im so sick of the blood and the gore. Homer's song as he's walking down the street was pretty funny. Also, the Alien Headquarters line was funny. Moe's new bar was okay. Except for that penis joke. I never thought the writers would have to stoop to vulgar language for a laugh. well, I didnt laugh, I thought it was very stupid actually.

third act: Okay, so Homer gets kicked out of Moe's bar and now has a grudge against Moe. Hmmmmm, can you say "Flaming Moe's", or "Dumbell Indemnity"? Homer's grudges against Moe keep getting dumber and more repetitive. Marge mentions something like, 'dont you ever work at your real job anymore?' yeah really. Does he? The writers are killing themselves with this line. They realize that Homer is never at the SNPP, and they think it's funny, and shows his laziness or something. But actually, it's just stupid, repetitive and unrealistic. I thought Homer's bar was pretty funny though. The urinal was great, and Homer singing with REM was hilarious. I thought REM had a strong presence overall. Anyone who knows REM would have thought it was funny (sweeping up the shards, the tofu, etc.). The hunting scene at the end was okay. I really liked the Cougar call though. that was great. But Homer shooting Moe was just stupid. The dinner at Moe's was meh. It was an okay ending. A lot better than most of last seasons endings I must say.

Overall, the plot was all over the place, and there weren't enough funny moments. I'll give this episode a D+

[bartimus prime]

Oh yeah Number One, the robot scene was hilarious...

Father, give me legs.... Father

[barneybeergumble]

This sucks, I forgot Homer the Moe was on and missed it. :mad: :mad: When will it be showed on next?

[blockyourfather]

Unfortunately, you may have to wait a whil before it airs again. On the other hand, you didn't miss an Earth-Shattering episode.

[Rowdy]

To tell the truth, I actually liked the plot. Probably because it floated around and never got too old. However, there were far too many throwaway jokes. Luckily, all the acts had enough worthwhile bits to make up for that and it came out nice and swell.

Grade: 4/5

First Three Season 13 Episodes: 9/15
First Three Season 12 Episodes: 10/15

Season 12 is now barely keeping its lead. However, next time Season 12 will gain a great deal with a 15/20 thanks to the 5/5 I gave to Lisa The Treehugger. Will Season 13 ever make a comeback? Will Al Jean be better than Scully as an Exec-Producer this time around? Will Hanson ever return to their former glory?

[Doaho]

I can see "Mike Scully" on the ending credit list....
Is that mean he is executive producer for some season 13 episodes?

As for this episode, I am just glad the prank call is back. :LOL:

[Lance_Murdock]

Ok, for those of you who may have taped the episode...

When Moe is rambling away about the Maylasian Beer (being the one that replaced Duff in the new bar), Moe is holding a bottle with a Yin-Yang symbol on it. A few seconds later, they show him holding a DUFF bottle with a greenish label. Rewind and see it for yourself...

;)

[Jake]

Originally posted by Lance_Murdock
Ok, for those of you who may have taped the episode...

When Moe is rambling away about the Maylasian Beer (being the one that replaced Duff in the new bar), Moe is holding a bottle with a Yin-Yang symbol on it. A few seconds later, they show him holding a DUFF bottle with a greenish label. Rewind and see it for yourself...

;)

Insert Cliched character reply here:

HOMER: DAMN YOU! DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!!! <punches ground>

[Beyerstein]

I liked this episode alot more than last weeks.
Is Barney permenatly sober or was that justa gag?
REM was cool!
Why does it say Executive producer Al Jean at the begining but Executive producer Mike Scully at the end?

[Beyerstein]

Originally posted by Tomacco
Check out my detailed review here:

www.thespringfieldshopper.com/reviewcabf20.htm

I actually think many of you will agree with my review.

I actually thought the Halloween and last weeks episode seemed more like Family Guy. This episode wasnt as wacky, except when homer was bleeding in the bar. But I thought like starting out with one plot then changing into another was like a Simpsons thing.

But anyway i dont like Family Guy and I hope the Simpsons doesn't become Family Guy.

[Jake]

Originally posted by Beyerstein
I liked this episode alot more than last weeks.
Is Barney permenatly sober or was that justa gag?
REM was cool!
Why does it say Executive producer Al Jean at the begining but Executive producer Mike Scully at the end?

Maybe they had equal input in the show...

[Millhouse]

i think it wa about 10X funnier than parent rap ;) :LOL:

[morbot]

The whole thing with Bart digging was done poorly... I was just thinking about it now... approx. 1.5 hours after the showing... and it took me a few minutes to even remember why the heck that entire scene was in the show, it was pretty pointless.

But after thinking about it, I guess it was supposed to be kinda dumb, pointless, and disjointed because that part was Homer telling a bar tale. But it could have been done better... all they needed was a reason for Homer to be in Moes, and that crazy story is the only way they could figure out how to get Homer in Moes?

[blinkie@3eyes]

I guess I don't grade as harshly sa some of you people, or are tastes are diffrerent. I thought this was a great episode. Better than the parent rap. So many funny moments. I'm in Hawaii so I see the eps last. So forgive me for repeating other people's highlights...

Moe saying 'nice hole, nice soul'

The bar dance.

Homer saying 'Cecil is a girls name'

Formica and the Russian girls were cool.

The unfinished 'Father give me legs' robot.

Homer singing along to/against 'end of the world'

Mike Mills not being able to piss at the urinal


I liked.

[leaderbean]

eh, it was okay

[gil]

Much, MUCH funnier than last week...nice to see them focus on someone BESIDES the Simpson family...something they do all too rarely. Yeah, it's an odd plot and all over the place, but did you ever watch a show called "Seinfeld"?? C'mon people...if you can't follow it...then...<insert empty threat>

~gil

[Greg Durand]

This episode was definitely unfortunate and worse than the Parent Rap, this season's première. I thought it didn't stand up to its name, as Homer was only 'Moe' for about 5 minutes of the episode. Some parts didn't make sense either, like where Moe's professor walked in to the river and Homer, Lenny, Carl and Barney not being welcome to go to Moe's seemed a bit like something I've seen before. Anyway, I've seen better.
Grade: C+.

[James]

The prof walking into the river is a reference to the ending of "A Star is Born", a 50's movie, where, at the end, James Mason walks into a lake.

[J.Re*]

My In Depth Review With A Different Logic (http://www.happy-dude.cjb.net)
At the time of this post it is the first article.
I put special comparisons so it didn't get unjustly treated

[Voodoo Monkey]

The plot was all over the place, and, sadly, the best part of the episode probably was before the first commercial break. The digging.

[Wiggle Puppy]

I thought it was better than THE PARENT RAP, but it could have been better.

I believe I had a hat... WOOHOO!!!!!!!

[Tomacco]

Can someone who taped the episode do me a quick favor? For my COmplete Guide, I need somebody to check their closed-captioning for what Homer says when he's singing with REM. I've got it all figured out except for one part:

"...birthday party, chinos, ______________ and lemonade."

I thought originally it was "poker 6 and lemonade", but I've never heard of a "poker 6" before, so, someone please help me out. ;)

[rockdiva]

I liked it. I was glad that Bart made a prank call because I havern't seen him make one in seasons. That was a pretty funny moment. I'm pissed because I was tapping it and I ran out. Oh,well. It's not the end of the world.

[thugie]

I agree with flandersevil's review. However, I did find Bart's hole digging funny. The fact that his family was disturbed by Bart's pointless tedium was amusing to me.

Except for a couple of chuckles here and there it was a Simpson's craptacular.

[DotheBartman]

When I first heard about this episode, I thought the plot sounded stupid, and that the episode wouldn't be that great. I'd like to follow up that thought with a "Boy was I wrong!", liked I hoped I could, but I can't. The episode was a bomb.

I liked very few things in this episode. The few things I did like, were the wiping the TV clean gag, the robot with no legs, Bart's first prank call in years (they'd better do more of these), and the fact that the Devil's Advocate pinball machine from Insane Clown Poppy made a reappearance in Homer's garage/bar. Other than maybe a few other things, the whole episode was crap. The story was all over the place, and stole ideas used in Flaming Moes and Dumbell Indemnity. To bad they used the ideas terribly this time around. Plus, most of the jokes were just stupid. The professor killing himself; what the hell was that? This isn't a halloween special. Homer cuts himself and bleeds all over; that was just disgusting, this isn't an Itchy and Scratchy episode! And the dancing in the bar part? What the hell was the point of that? R.E.M. provided few memorable jokes, and Moe's new bar was in a similar boat. As for the end, its nice that they tried to be touching, but they did so in such a poor way, I would have prefered one of the wacky endings from some of the season 10-12 episodes. Flaming Moes and Dumbell Indemnity did the touching ending thing better, as did many other episodes, including The Parent Rap. Overall, this was the worst episode aired since Simpsons Safari.

Grade: D-

[Lance_Murdock]

The dancing on the bar was a reference to "Coyoyte Ugly." And while it was stupid, so was "Coyote Ugly," so there's the joke.

I liked the episode and wasn't bothered by Homer bleeding by the jukebox. It was just another reference to Happy Days (and I always wondered why the Fonz didn't break his hand). It's like when kids mimic stuff on T.V. and get hurt. It's just more evidence of Homer's stupidity and his inability to discern fantasy and reality.

;)

Did anybody catch the Malaysian Beer Bottle switch, when it turned into a Duff bottle (in Moe's hand)?

[Boiker]

it seems to me that i'm the only one that laughed the quick pace of the episode. Homer's digging a hole story was confusing at first, but when we zapped back to reality and he was telling the story to his buddies at the bar. PURE HOMER GOLD. The writers new exactly what they were doing. Homer hasn't made a lick of sense in the last 5 years, why should his story be any more coherant. Moe's discussion with the bar flies about loosing his interest was a great sequence. the college part kind of bugged me. I know that the writers want to try to bring back some of the parody humour into the episodes, but having that prof. insist he's dying then just walk into the lake didn't work for me. The fonzie routine was great, minus the extreame blood. The coyote ugly scene was funny. I like how he made Lisa cut the lemons. From homers logic, what's a bar without cut lemons?
I thought the hunting scene was going to be a bomb for an already funny but confusing episode. the cougar call saved it. I'm rambeling, it's been two days since i've seen it. overall, this was much better than the parent rap, even with it's crazy plot.

Grade: A-

since i forgot to vote last week:
Parent Rap: C+

[Boiker]

Originally posted by Fat Morbo
The whole thing with Bart digging was done poorly... I was just thinking about it now... approx. 1.5 hours after the showing... and it took me a few minutes to even remember why the heck that entire scene was in the show, it was pretty pointless.

But after thinking about it, I guess it was supposed to be kinda dumb, pointless, and disjointed because that part was Homer telling a bar tale. But it could have been done better... all they needed was a reason for Homer to be in Moes, and that crazy story is the only way they could figure out how to get Homer in Moes?

well, they could have just opened the episode with homer in moe's, they've done it before. But i like getting a good mental picture of homer. That story was odd, but funny when you realized who is telling it.

[Ilia]

Originally posted by Tomacco
Can someone who taped the episode do me a quick favor? For my COmplete Guide, I need somebody to check their closed-captioning for what Homer says when he's singing with REM. I've got it all figured out except for one part:

"...birthday party, chinos, ______ and lemonade."

I thought originally it was "poker 6 and lemonade", but I've never heard of a "poker 6" before, so, someone please help me out. ;)

"...birthday party, Cheeto's, pogo sticks and lemonade." hope this helps

[Tomacco]

Ilia, did you get that from the CC? Cuz if you did, I might as well run the rest of it by you. The only other thing that might be wrong is the first word. Thanks!

Leonid what's his name, Herman Munster, motorcade, birthday party, Cheeto's, pogo sticks and lemonade, you symbiotic stupid jerk, that's right Flanders, I am takin' about you"

[Drew]

I didnt pay attention to most of the episode (talking on the phone to some chick :) ) But from the parts I did see I thought they were funny as hell. So I think this was a good episode.

[Ilia]

everything seems to be correct, 'cept the first name is Leonard, and you wrote takin' instead of talkin', but that's obviously a typo.

[Tomacco]

Okay thanks! I'll have the Guide up as soon as I snag some framegrabs.

[Cletus Del Roy]

I seriously don't see why people bad mouth new episodes this season. Homer the Moe was terrific! The whole teacher walking into the water thing was hillarious, as where the scene with Homer hunting.

Moe: "You don't like me, and I don't like you"
Lisa: "You don't like me? I like you."


Hahaha. I love it. Every moment was hillarious.

[:bang:]

I thought it was OK, but I had much higher expectations based on the plot. There was a bar I used to go to every once and a while that did the same thing as Moes, with hilarious concequences! There were just too many dead spots. REM was actually cool, Stipe wanting to kick Homer's ass was priceless. That's not the REM way. Some of the jokes just fell flat. I liked the Parent Rap better:
C+

[PrinceBejeeta]

I thought it was poor I liked the parent rap better.
So far season 13 has been kinda rubbish.

[Voodoo Monkey]

You guys got what you wanted. Bart (kind of) prank called Moe.

[Cole]

I thought the episode was decent. The plot was. . . well. . . week at best. But it did have its shining moments. The REM part was much better than I had expected (can't wait to see Phish on!). Moe changing his bar was very funny. The Hunting scene was semi-funny. The story at the beggining (Bart digging) was pointless. The part where Moe went back to the University went on way to long (The Professor killing himself did not fit in with the pace of the episode). But, I still enjoyed it.
I give it a B-

[DotheBartman]

Lets see, so far the grades for season 13 are B, B, D-

[PrinceBejeeta]

Originally posted by DotheBartman
Lets see, so far the grades for season 13 are B, B, D-
Yeah that seems about right to me.

[SuperShaneSpear]

I'd go B, C, C+

[Voodoo Monkey]

I'd say B-, B+, C+

[Cole]

My Vote goes for B, B, B-

[Rococo Fox]

Great episode with a multi-faceted and well-paced plot featuring entertaining scenes throughout. Homer's characterization was kind of overdone--a bit too stupid, childlike, and jerkassy--but he still had plenty of good moments to pretty much make up for it. Moe was great, as usual. It was also refreshing to see the episode end with a sweet moment instead of a joke. All in all, a satisfyingly good episode. 4/5

[TriforceBun]

Whoa, this thread is a blast from the past. Very nostalgic.

Tomacco, whatever happened to your reviews, episode guides, and Springfield Shopper as a whole? Those were really great for post-episode viewing.

I remember some sort of legal issue with the guides, but I'd like to see you keep a review archive still...

[HOMR]

I think we have a new record for biggest bump ever. 2360 days.

Anyways, I haven't seen this episode in a long time, and probably won't, since it's one of my least favorite episodes. The plot is reeeally disjointed, and there are so many stupid jokes.

[D'ohmer]

I don't understand the hate for this episode. It has some Scullyish moments that some fans may not like, such as Homer shooting Moe, but I still think it has a great plot and great humor. The only thing I didn't like is Bart digging a hole, which felt like a filler. Overall, I think this is an underrated episode that I enjoy. B+

[I-CloWn-I]

i REALLY didnt like this episode its very boring and lame
C-

[General Bart]

Horrible episode, makes my bottom 10. No plotflow at all and Homer's way too much of a jerkass. The plot rips off Flaming Homer, and Homer hitting his hand on the jukebox is too Family Guy-esque. F

[Moe Nopoly]

A really like this episode
Funny and entertaining story and two of my favorite characters with Homer and Moe.
Maybe not an outstanding episode, but really good one for me.

4/5

[Green_Peaness]

The untrue Bart digging thing was an interesting way to fill time in an episode. Even though it in itself isn't funny, the fact that it's there for no reason makes me laugh. Having said that, the plot is too damn disjointed and unmemorable, and the jokes don't make up for it. It has several funny moments but on the whole it doesn't add up to anything. 2.5/5

[I-CloWn-I]

Horrible episode, makes my bottom 10. No plotflow at all and Homer's way too much of a jerkass. The plot rips off Flaming Homer, and Homer hitting his hand on the jukebox is too Family Guy-esque. F
Agreed