"The Simpsons" Dude, Where's My Ranch? (TV Episode 2003) Poster

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8/10
Not a Highlight of the Fourteenth Season, but still Good,
lesleyharris3016 June 2015
Dude, Where's my Ranch is a great Simpsons episode with a very well written storyline and plenty of very funny scenes. It's a very funny episode that starts off great, as we see Springfield raving over Homers new hit song about Ned Flanders, I liked these scenes more than the main story, David Byrne delivered a great cameo and the joke concerning him and Moe had me laughing the most, particularly when we hear Moe singing at the end of the episode. I think the main story was pretty weak, Lisa falling for a boy is never a terrific or memorable moment in the series, the writers of the show are generally male and, in all honesty, I don't think they know how to write about a young girl falling in love, we can tell in the scenes between Lisa and Luke that they are not use to this. The side story was also very fun, I liked seeing Homer and Bart battling against a group of beavers, the addition of a once off character named Cookie was hilarious, and a brief cameo done by Lord of the Rings Andy Serkis was terrific. It's one of the weaker moments of the fourteenth season, but Dude, Where's my Ranch is still a very enjoyable Simpsons episode.

After Homer's new song starts spreading across Springfield, the family head out to a ranch for a few weeks to escape it.
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6/10
Alright episode
Popfanof20168 August 2023
Warning: Spoilers
I like the first act of the episode where Homer writes a hate song about Flanders, I think it's a pretty catchy song and it has been stuck in my head for a while.

However the rest of the episode isn't really much to be honest. I think Homer and Bart's beaver plot was kind of funny, but the plot with Lisa and Luke was a bit bland, and it actually made me feel really angry when Lisa sent his sister off into the forest to die because she thought she was his girlfriend. I'm at least glad Lisa's acts didn't go unpunished as Luke was disgusted by her actions.

Also a continuity error when Lisa claims this was her first crush when we all know this is not true. But the Simpsons isn't known for having good continuity so it's easy to just brush this aside.

I also liked Moe's song at the end thought it was funny.

I think this episode isn't one of season 14's best but I did enjoy some of the jokes in it. Might rewatch it again some day (mostly just for the first act though)
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6/10
Randy from Home Improvement on The Simpsons
studioAT5 February 2020
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Homer writes a Christmas song about Flanders (not a favourable one), gets sick of it, and then ends up at a ranch.

That is the plot in a nutshell in a weird but wonderful episode, that also features a sweet subplot about Lisa having a crush on an older boy (voiced by former teen star Jonathon Taylor Thomas).

I thought this episode was great, up there with the best from S14.
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