"The Simpsons" Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore (2006)

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Director:

Mark Kirkland

Writers:

Matt Groening (creator)
James L. Brooks (developer) ...

TV Series:

"The Simpsons" (1989)

Original Air Date:

9 April 2006 (Season 17, Episode 17)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Plot:

Homer gets sent to India when the power plant is relocated there. Selma and Patty kidnap Richard Dean Anderson after he spurns their MacGyver fan club. |

Plot Keywords:

Nuclear Power | Dysfunctional Family | Principal | House | Sitcom

Cast

Dan Castellaneta	...	Homer Simpson / Grampa / Barney Gumble / Krusty the Klown / Groundskeeper Willie / Mayor Quimby / Hans Moleman / Sideshow Mel / Others (voice)
Julie Kavner	...	Marge Simpson / Patty Bouvier / Selma Bouvier / Others (voice)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Bart Simpson / Nelson Muntz / Todd Flanders / Ralph Wiggum / Kearney / Others (voice)
Yeardley Smith	...	Lisa Simpson (voice)
Hank Azaria	...	Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum / Apu / Comic Book Guy / Cletus / Prof. Frink / Others (voice)
Harry Shearer	...	Montgomery Burns / Waylon Smithers / Ned Flanders / Kent Brockman / Rev. Lovejoy / Principal Skinner / Dr. Hibbert / Rainer Wolfcastle / Others (voice)
Richard Dean Anderson	...	Himself (voice)
Pamela Hayden	...	(voice)
Tress MacNeille	...	(voice)
Meher Tatna	...	(voice)
Karl Wiedergott	...	(voice)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

The Hindi song that appears during the end of the episode "Pal Bhar Ke Liye Koi Hamen Pyaar Kar Le" sung by the late Kishore Kumar is taken from the Bollywood movie 'Johny Mera Naam (1970)'

Goofs:

Factual errors: India and the US are roughly 12 hours offset from each other; it is unlikely for Homer to talk to the kids during the daylight hours (India) as they would, likely, be asleep in bed.

Quotes:

[Richard Dean Anderson has been kidnapped by Patty and Selma]
Richard Dean Anderson: You can't do this! People will know I'm missing. There's a liquor store I go to *every* morning!

Movie Connections:

References "MacGyver" (1985)

Soundtrack:

The End

Perhaps the best sub-plot in the entire series

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

This episode took place on 2 different places: India (which Homer mistakes for Indiana and to some extent Illinois) and back in Springfield. While Homer is running a nuclear plant in Springfield and begins to believe he is a god, Richard Dean Anderson, aka MacGyver and Major General Jack O'Neill (from Stargate SG-1) accidentally runs into a MacGyver convention run by Patty and Selma. After being kidnapped by the MacGyver crazed sisters, Richard Dean Anderson escapes his bindings through MacGyver-like means. So impressed with his experience, he returns to tell Patty and Selma to "do it again". After having Richard Dean Anderson escape several times, the sisters devise a plan to rid themselves of the annoying actor.

Richard Dean Anderson has been a fan of the Simpsons for years and the episode portrays his enthusiasm. The performance was well worth the wait.