The Simpsons: Season 13, Episode 5

The Blunder Years (9 Dec. 2001)

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A hypnotist uncovers a traumatic experience from Homer's childhood.

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Homer Simpson / Barney Gumble / Louie (voice)
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Marge Simpson (voice)
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Bart Simpson (voice)
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Lisa Simpson (voice)
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Burly / Mesmerino / Professor Frink / Carl / Moe Szyslak / Chief Wiggum / Waylon Smithers Sr. (voice)
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Ned Flanders / Pimento Grove Emcee / Waylon Smithers / Lenny / Montgomery Burns (voice)
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Waitress (voice)
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Fat Tony (voice)
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Himself (voice)
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Sexy Frink (voice)
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The Simpsons go to see stage hypnotist Mesmerino,who regresses Homer to his early teens when he and his friends discovered a rotting corpse in an old quarry. The police investigate and find the corpse's skeleton is still there. Mr. Burns explains that it is the corpse of the father of his adoring assistant Smithers,who died saving the town from a nuclear meltdown. Whilst Smithers is pleased to learn that his father died heroically Homer takes the skull home as a souvenir. Written by don @ minifie-1

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When 12-year-old Homer starts to pick up Smithers senior's corpse, his glasses are on, but when it is full view of the corpse, the glasses are gone. See more »

Quotes

Marge Simpson: I guess it was a pretty funny prank. I like the ones where nothing catches on fire.
Homer Simpson: Yeah. The only thing hurt are feelings.
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Spoofs The Matrix (1999) See more »

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"Mr. Sandman"
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Written by Pat Ballard
Performed by Hank Azaria, Dan Castellaneta, and Harry Shearer
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Similar to New Tricks and Cold Case
30 November 2009 | by (United Kingdom) – See all my reviews

This episode had everything; Humour, a hypnotist, an unsolved murder, laughs, a crank call and a dead body. Honestly, this episode is similar to New Tricks and Cold Case with the unsolved case and if Homer needed help from an unsolved case cop, he should have called either Detective Lilly Rush or Detective Superintandant Sandra Pullman instead of Police Chief Wiggum. The body was Smithers's dad who vanished 25 years previously and it was still a good episode all the way.

All in all, this episode is so New Tricks, Cold Case Squad, Cold Squad and Waking the Dead meets the Simpsons and this is a really good episode so if you you don't like it, that's your problem, not mine so there.


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