Homer's Night Out (25 Mar. 1990)

Bart uses his new miniature "spy" camera to take candid pictures around the household; meanwhile, Homer is preparing to go to a bachelor party for his co-worker at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. While at the party, Homer is invited to dance on stage with a stripper. Bart (who is dining with the rest of the family in the next-door restaurant) uses his camera to snap a photo of Homer and the ... See full summary »

Director:

Rich Moore

Writers:

Matt Groening (created by), James L. Brooks (developed by),

Stars:

Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Dan Castellaneta	...	Homer Simpson / Rusty Barnacle Waiter / Mike's Co-Worker / Barney Gumble / Man in Audience #2 (voice)
Julie Kavner	...	Marge Simpson (voice)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Bart Simpson / Photography Club Member #2 / Boy in Library / Boy at Kwik-E-Mart (voice)
Yeardley Smith	...	Lisa Simpson (voice)
Harry Shearer	...	Eugene Fisk's Father / Lenny / Rev. Lovejoy / Waylon Smithers / Montgomery Burns / Man Outside Kwik-E-Mart / Bouncer #2 / Man in Audience #4 (voice)
Sam McMurray	...	Gulliver Dark (voice)
Hank Azaria	...	Moe Szyslak / Eugene Fisk / Carl / Mike / Apu Nahasapempetalon / Man at Kwik-E-Mart / Bouncer #1 / Bouncer #3 / Burlesque Show Director / Man in Audience #1 / Man in Audience #3 (voice)
Jo Ann Harris	...	Martin Prince / Photography Club Member #3 / Lewis (voice)
Pamela Hayden	...	Milhouse Van Houten (voice)
Maggie Roswell	...	Princess Kashmir / Fe-Mail-Man / Photography Club Member #1 / Churchgoer (voice)

Storyline

Bart uses his new miniature "spy" camera to take candid pictures around the household; meanwhile, Homer is preparing to go to a bachelor party for his co-worker at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. While at the party, Homer is invited to dance on stage with a stripper. Bart (who is dining with the rest of the family in the next-door restaurant) uses his camera to snap a photo of Homer and the dancer having a great time. At school, Martin develops the picture, which - after he compliments Bart's work - gets distributed around school, and eventually around town. Marge sees the photo and is outraged. Homer arrives home, where Marge immediately confronts her husband and kicks him out of the house. Eventually, Marge agrees to let him back in on the condition he take Bart around to meet the stripper and show that she is not a sex object. After almost winding up on stage at another of the dancer's performances, Homer does as he is asked and all is forgiven.

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Plot Keywords:

stage | bachelor party | spy camera | restaurant | strip club | 

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Family

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 March 1990 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Gracie Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The song being sung during the production number at the end -- "I Could Love A Million Girls" -- is the same song that was being performed on June 25, 1906, when Harry Thaw shot and killed Stanford White on the rooftop restaurant of the old Madison Square Garden in New York City.

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Goofs

During the scene after Carl talks to Homer about Princess Kashmir, Lenny turns around and says something to Homer but no words are heard.

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Quotes

Barney Gumble: In case you get hungry, there's an open beer in the fridge.

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Connections

Featured in Catch That Kid (2004)

User Reviews

A So-So Story With A Good Message

Homer's Night Out

Despite the title, the title only takes up a small amount of the episode, although the repercussions do make up a large part of the episode. It's the second consecutive Homer/Marge episode and is slightly less conventional in it's message than Life In The Fast Life, but the writing isn't really as strong.

The jokes aren't as strong, but have a couple of good moments and the lounge singer at the end (his name espcapes me) is a particularly strong character, just a shame he wasn't expanded upon in future episodes, though I believe he was voiced by a guest star (whose name also escapes me.)

The episode does progress nicely and the sequence that shows Bart's picture spread is somewhat well written and well-paced, and the episode somewhat regains it's stride near the end, but it's not overly strong just a kinda good episode.