Homer vs. the 18th Amendment

Mayor Quimby enforces alcohol prohibition in Springfield.

This is an excellent episode with great humour and character moments.

The build up and general parody of Irish stereotyping is pretty funny if you have a laidback sense of humour about such things. The most interesting visual gag for me is the terrorism reference that probably seemed hilarious to the writers at the time, but I wonder if they would have been as quick to do it after 9-11-2001 or in a parody of Middle Eastern stereotyping. Wikipedia states it was cut for broadcast in the UK, but this is not true as I remember it clearly on television during my youth.

When the story becomes a parody of prohibition it delivers the best of the humour. All the speakeasy moments are wonderful and Homer's antics are exceptionally funny.

Numerous supporting characters are used superbly by the writers, such as Rex Banner, Chief Wiggum, Mayor Quimby, and Moe.