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| "'''Mommie Beerest'''" is the seventh episode of the ] of the American animated television series '']''. It first aired on the ] in the United States on January 30, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_simpsons/s16/e07|title=MOMMIE BEEREST|work=]|accessdate=12 May 2019|archive-date=December 4, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204211240/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/the_simpsons/s16/e07|url-status=live}}</ref> The episode was directed by ] and written by ].<ref name="Crazy">{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/episodes/mommie-beerest|title=Mommie Beerest|work=Simpson Crazy|accessdate=12 May 2019|archive-date=16 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316174942/http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/episodes/mommie-beerest|url-status=dead}}</ref> | |||
| "'''Mommie Beerest'''" is the seventh episode of '']''<nowiki>'</nowiki> ]. | |||
| ==Synopsis== | |||
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| In this episode, Marge becomes invested in the success of Moe's Tavern after Homer gets a new mortgage on his house to pay for repairs at Moe's. The episode received mixed reviews. | |||
| ⚫ | The Simpsons celebrate |
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| ⚫ | ==Plot== | ||
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| ⚫ | The Simpsons celebrate ] at a fancy restaurant to celebrate ] finally paying off the ]. After ] and ] celebrate with a food fight, Homer goes to celebrate at ], where the health inspector has come for his regular visit. Since the inspector is a friend of Moe's, he gives the bar a clean bill of health, regardless of numerous violations, but he dies upon consuming one of the expired ]. The new inspector immediately declares Moe's Tavern to be closed down until the violations are cleared up and the weekly garbage pickup disposes of his predecessor's corpse. | ||
| ⚫ | Later, while the regulars hold an Irish ] on the sidewalk, Homer is guilty about Moe's Tavern being closed down because of him visiting the tavern all the time, but decides to help Moe reopen the bar by getting a new mortgage for his home, forging with ], who becomes the new co-owner. Homer visits a cleaned-up Moe's with Marge running it to protect their investment, and she suggests Homer just concentrate on the kids. Marge also suggests that Moe's should become an English pub and to rename it The ] to improve its image. The Nag & Weasel is a success, and Bart and Lisa observe that Marge now spends more time at the establishment than Homer has ever done, leaving Homer worried. | ||
| ⚫ | Homer and Marge go to a movie together, only to be joined by Moe, and |
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| ⚫ | Homer and Marge go to a movie together, only to be joined by Moe, and Homer learns from ] and ] that Marge and Moe are having what is called an "emotional affair". Homer is also scared when Marge reminds him for the 11th time they are planning to attend a bartender convention in Aruba. Homer rushes to the airport, escorted by ], and gets to the plane as it is about to become airborne. Meanwhile, Moe finally confesses his true feelings for his partner that he has hidden in the dark for so long, spurred on by the alarming display he witnesses from the window seat. He tells Marge he loves her, and in a rush, asks her to marry him. Marge is shocked, but before she can answer, a soaking-wet Homer bursts out of the toilet seat in the bathroom and glares at Moe to leave his wife alone. Moe shouts back that Homer does not deserve Marge at all since he knows nothing about her: her favorite dish, for example. Homer does admit that he does not know much about his own wife, but despite his faults, Marge reassures him that he really is her true love, not the bartender. | ||
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| ⚫ | The three arrive in Aruba, where the miserable Moe attempts to drown himself because of his loss, only to be stopped by Marge and Homer. Marge explains to him that he is sweet enough a man to be loved by someone else, if only he is willing to make a few, minor changes. Moe seems to listen, but nevertheless reverts to his original scheme of sharing a hotel room with Marge (he has changed the booking on the sly). Marge instead forces Moe to share the bed with Homer while she settles down on the couch, only to then realize that no one is watching Bart, Lisa and ], who are shown to have traveled to ] to enter a ] race. | ||
| ==Trivia== | |||
| *This episode was dedicated to the memory of ], who died a week before this episode aired. | |||
| *The scene where there's a new computer-animated movie from ], ''Cards'', parodies many other computer-animated movies, specifically Dreamworks' ] and ], in the way that Dreamworks seems to always use big name stars to voice their animated characters. Also, computer animation is used for the first time since the episode "]". | |||
| *This also marks the return of the ] theme park. | |||
| *You can also hear ]'s beautiful singing voice from "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" in this episode. | |||
| * During the musical number, Moe's trademark catchphrase "whaaaa!?!" is included in the lyrics. | |||
| *On the map in the aircraft, ] is shown in the middle of the ocean. | |||
| *This episode actually has some of the most noises made by the rarely-speaking barflies Sam and Larry. They both unenthusiastically moan "Ugggh". | |||
| *Homer calls himself "Jerkass Homer", a possible nod to what Simpsons fans called him during the ] era (Seasons 9-12) | |||
| *Among the mourners seen alongside the regular barflies at the wake: ], ], ], Surly Duff and a Leprechaun. | |||
| *This is the third episode written by ]. He has also written popular episodes ] and ] which has led some Simpsons fans to call him one of the shows best current writers. | |||
| *], ], ] and the ] were seen in the plane. The ] could be ]. | |||
| *During the food fight between Bart and Lisa during the brunch scene, Lisa throws a shrimp at Bart. However, in the episode ], it is revealed that Bart has a shrimp allergy. | |||
| * ] is revealed to have a secret (younger) wife and three kids in this episode. | |||
| ==Dedication== | |||
| ⚫ | == |
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| This episode was dedicated to ], who died a week before this episode aired.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/news/new-episode-01-30-05-mommie-beerest|title=New Episode: 01/30/05 Mommie Beerest|work=Simpson Crazy|date=30 January 2005|accessdate=12 May 2019|archive-date=3 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903062032/http://www.simpsoncrazy.com/news/new-episode-01-30-05-mommie-beerest|url-status=dead}}</ref> Carson also guest-starred as himself on the season-four finale "]".<ref>Reiss, Mike. (2004). DVD Commentary for "Krusty Gets Kancelled", in ''The Simpsons: The Complete Fourth Season'' . 20th Century Fox.</ref> | |||
| *The title is a play on the ] movie '']''. | |||
| *Over the end credits, Homer and Marge sing ]'s song "Love Will Keep Us Together"; this was actually a deleted scene from '']''. | |||
| * In the scene where Homer chases Moe and Marge's plane on the tarmac is a spoof on the ] movie '']''. | |||
| *Due to the closure of his bar, Moe tells his patrons to get their beer from a gay bar across the street from which "]" by ] is playing. This is a reference to Minogue's status as a ]. | |||
| *Like Homer, in James Joyce’s novel <I>Ulysses</I>, Leopold Bloom is also shamed by a judgmental cuckoo clock that marks the hour by crying “cuckold” instead of “cuckoo”. | |||
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==Reception== | ||
| ===Viewing figures=== | |||
| *This episode would win writer ] the 2006 WGA Award for writing in animation. It marked the third year in a row a Simpsons episode won the award. No matter what, The Simpsons would have won because all six nominees were Simpsons episodes (also nominated were ], ], ], ], ]. (See ] for more info) | |||
| The episode earned a 3.6 rating and was watched by 9.97 million viewers, which was the 42nd most-watched show that week.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=] Medianet|date=February 1, 2005|url=http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=020105_07|title= Weekly Program Rankings|access-date=November 27, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081221202428/http://abcmedianet.com/web/dnr/dispDNR.aspx?id=020105_07|archive-date=December 21, 2008}}</ref> | |||
| ===Critical response=== | |||
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| Colin Jacobson of ''DVD Movie Guide'' wrote that he had seen role reversal episodes previously. He said, "othing terrific develops, but there's a decent level of entertainment."<ref>{{cite web|first=Colin|last=Jacobson|date=December 11, 2013|title=The Simpsons: The Complete Sixteenth Season (2004)|url=http://www.dvdmg.com/simpsonsseasonsixteen.shtml|website=DVD Movie Guide|access-date=November 16, 2024|archive-date=September 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927063408/http://www.dvdmg.com/simpsonsseasonsixteen.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| *During the brunch, when Homer is eating the poached salmon, he begins by tearing out a piece from the side that's facing the camera. However, when he picks it up to take anotehr bite out of it, that side is suddenly whole again. | |||
| *When Marge tells Homer she and Moe are going to Aruba, the alarm clock changes from digital to analog. | |||
| *Itchy & Scratchy Land is shown to be within a few hours driving distance of Springfield. However, in ], it is shown to be several thousand miles away. | |||
| *Earlier in the episode, Moe introduces the health inspector as 'an old friend', but later on he claims never to have had any friends. | |||
| On ''Four Finger Discount'', Guy Davis and Brendan Dando liked the episode but thought viewers needed throw "logic out the window" to not deal with the consequences of the episode.<ref>{{cite podcast|first1=Guy|last1=Davis|first2=Brendan|last2=Dando|title="Mommie Beerest" Podcast Review (S16E07)|work=Four Finger Discount (Simpsons Podcast)|date=September 8, 2022|url=https://www.fourfingerdiscount.com.au/episodes/mommie-beerest-simpsons-podcast-review|time=1:15|access-date=November 16, 2024|archive-date=October 15, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241015020912/https://www.fourfingerdiscount.com.au/episodes/mommie-beerest-simpsons-podcast-review|url-status=live}}</ref> | |||
| ==Quotes== | |||
| *''(The rendition of "Love Will Keep Us Together")''<br/>'''Marge:''' Love...love will keep us together.<br/>'''Homer:''' Think of me, babe, whenever/Some sweet-talking guy in a ]/Hands you a bong/Don't take a hit/You just got to be strong<br/>'''Marge:''' You'd better stop<br/>'''Homer:''' Cause I want a sandwich<br/>'''Marge:''' I said stop<br/>'''Homer:''' Or maybe a ]. | |||
| *''(lyrics to 'Welcome to Moe's')'' <br/> '''Marge:''' This place is a diamond, <br/> but it's trapped in the rough. <br/> '''Moe:''' Yeah well the sign still says "Moe's" <br/> So enough of your guff. <br/> '''Marge:''' Here's my new idea, to serve both beer and grub <br/> We will turn this filthy dive into a proper ol' time British pub <br/> '''Moe:''' A British whaaaaaaaaaa?! <br/> (Bart, Lisa, Lenny and Carl enter) <br/> '''Bart and Lisa:''' Darts and meat pies and lager in pint glasses <br/> What a classy way to get drunk off your asses. <br/> '''Moe:''' Hey, hold the phone. A English pub? That just might work! <br/> '''Everyone:''' In song! <br/> '''Moe:''' (trying to sing) Or my bar could be British instead of arm-pit-ish so why don't we all... (failing) Ah, screw it. Let's get renovating! <br/> (Moe knocks a support bar which causes the entire building to collapse) <br/> '''Marge:''' I was thinking of some drapes and paint, but your idea is good too. <br/> '''Moe:''' (depressed) Thanks. | |||
| *'''Moe:''' I'm going to call the ] hotline now. ''(dials and gets a tone)'' And they've blocked my number. OH GOD! ''(begins crying)'' | |||
| *'''Moe's brain:''' Oh, Marge, I'm so in love with you. And tonight after some surf and turf and a bottle of ], maybe some ] pie, I'll explain how the hotel made a little "mistake" and we have to stay in the same room! Heh-heh-heh, oh yeah! | |||
| *'''Homer (making a mad drive to the ]):''' Hang on, Marge! Homie's coming! I won't let that man make you happy! ''(] sirens)'' Ohhhhh! <br/> '''Wiggum (in a ]; Homer is pulled over):''' Simpson, you were going a hundred in a twenty-five zone. You're not gonna flirt your way out of this one. <br/> '''Homer:''' But I have to get to the airport to save my marriage! <br/> '''Wiggum:''' Really? Hey, why didn't you say so? Let's roll. <br/> '''Lou:''' Uh, Chief, you didn't work this hard to save ''my'' marriage. <br/> '''Wiggum (annoyed):''' Oh, for the last time, Lou, she was well out of your league. | |||
| *'''Moe:''' Hey Marge, I just had a great idea. I think we should change the names on the bathrooms to "Dukes" and "Dames" instead of the ones we have—"stand-ups" and "sit-downs". | |||
| *'''Marge:''' Oh no! Who's watching the kids?<br/>''(Bart, Lisa, and Maggie in a hot air balloon)''<br/>'''Lisa:''' Are you sure mom and dad want us to enter in a European balloon race?<br/>'''Bart:''' Sure, why not? | |||
| *'''Moe:'''(looking at the airplane TV) Hey! What's that? | |||
| ===Awards and nominations=== | |||
| The episode won writer ] the ] at the ], marking the third year in a row that an episode of ''The Simpsons'' won the award.<ref name="WGA">{{cite news|url=http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1517|title=Awards Winners|accessdate=2010-06-09|publisher=]|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120525050852/http://www.wga.org/awards/awardssub.aspx?id=1517|archivedate=2012-05-25}}</ref> | |||
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| == External links == | |||
| {{Wikiquote|The_Simpsons/Season_16#Mommie_Beerest|"Mommie Beerest"}} | |||
| {{Portal|The Simpsons}} | |||
| * {{IMDb episode|0763036}} | |||
| {{The Simpsons episodes|16}} | |||
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7th episode of the 16th season of The Simpsons
| "Mommie Beerest" | |||
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| The Simpsons episode | |||
| Episode no. | Season 16 Episode 7 | ||
| Directed by | Mark Kirkland | ||
| Written by | Michael Price | ||
| Production code | GABF01 | ||
| Original air date | January 30, 2005 (2005-01-30) | ||
| Episode features | |||
| Couch gag | The living room is made of sand. The family, looking haggard and dehydrated, crawls in, but end up lying under the desert sun when the living room collapses. | ||
| Commentary | Al Jean Matt Selman Tim Long Michael Price Tom Gammill Max Pross Hank Azaria Tress MacNeille | ||
| Episode chronology | |||
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| The Simpsons season 16 | |||
| List of episodes | |||
"Mommie Beerest" is the seventh episode of the sixteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 30, 2005. The episode was directed by Mark Kirkland and written by Michael Price.
In this episode, Marge becomes invested in the success of Moe's Tavern after Homer gets a new mortgage on his house to pay for repairs at Moe's. The episode received mixed reviews.
Plot
The Simpsons celebrate brunch at a fancy restaurant to celebrate Homer finally paying off the mortgage. After Bart and Lisa celebrate with a food fight, Homer goes to celebrate at Moe's, where the health inspector has come for his regular visit. Since the inspector is a friend of Moe's, he gives the bar a clean bill of health, regardless of numerous violations, but he dies upon consuming one of the expired pickled eggs. The new inspector immediately declares Moe's Tavern to be closed down until the violations are cleared up and the weekly garbage pickup disposes of his predecessor's corpse.
Later, while the regulars hold an Irish wake on the sidewalk, Homer is guilty about Moe's Tavern being closed down because of him visiting the tavern all the time, but decides to help Moe reopen the bar by getting a new mortgage for his home, forging with Marge, who becomes the new co-owner. Homer visits a cleaned-up Moe's with Marge running it to protect their investment, and she suggests Homer just concentrate on the kids. Marge also suggests that Moe's should become an English pub and to rename it The Nag & Weasel to improve its image. The Nag & Weasel is a success, and Bart and Lisa observe that Marge now spends more time at the establishment than Homer has ever done, leaving Homer worried.
Homer and Marge go to a movie together, only to be joined by Moe, and Homer learns from Lenny and Carl that Marge and Moe are having what is called an "emotional affair". Homer is also scared when Marge reminds him for the 11th time they are planning to attend a bartender convention in Aruba. Homer rushes to the airport, escorted by Chief Wiggum, and gets to the plane as it is about to become airborne. Meanwhile, Moe finally confesses his true feelings for his partner that he has hidden in the dark for so long, spurred on by the alarming display he witnesses from the window seat. He tells Marge he loves her, and in a rush, asks her to marry him. Marge is shocked, but before she can answer, a soaking-wet Homer bursts out of the toilet seat in the bathroom and glares at Moe to leave his wife alone. Moe shouts back that Homer does not deserve Marge at all since he knows nothing about her: her favorite dish, for example. Homer does admit that he does not know much about his own wife, but despite his faults, Marge reassures him that he really is her true love, not the bartender.
The three arrive in Aruba, where the miserable Moe attempts to drown himself because of his loss, only to be stopped by Marge and Homer. Marge explains to him that he is sweet enough a man to be loved by someone else, if only he is willing to make a few, minor changes. Moe seems to listen, but nevertheless reverts to his original scheme of sharing a hotel room with Marge (he has changed the booking on the sly). Marge instead forces Moe to share the bed with Homer while she settles down on the couch, only to then realize that no one is watching Bart, Lisa and Maggie, who are shown to have traveled to Paris to enter a hot-air balloon race.
Dedication
This episode was dedicated to Johnny Carson, who died a week before this episode aired. Carson also guest-starred as himself on the season-four finale "Krusty Gets Kancelled".
Reception
Viewing figures
The episode earned a 3.6 rating and was watched by 9.97 million viewers, which was the 42nd most-watched show that week.
Critical response
Colin Jacobson of DVD Movie Guide wrote that he had seen role reversal episodes previously. He said, "othing terrific develops, but there's a decent level of entertainment."
On Four Finger Discount, Guy Davis and Brendan Dando liked the episode but thought viewers needed throw "logic out the window" to not deal with the consequences of the episode.
Awards and nominations
The episode won writer Michael Price the Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation at the 58th Writers Guild of America Awards, marking the third year in a row that an episode of The Simpsons won the award.
References
- "MOMMIE BEEREST". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on December 4, 2017. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
- "Mommie Beerest". Simpson Crazy. Archived from the original on March 16, 2015. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
- "New Episode: 01/30/05 Mommie Beerest". Simpson Crazy. January 30, 2005. Archived from the original on September 3, 2014. Retrieved May 12, 2019.
- Reiss, Mike. (2004). DVD Commentary for "Krusty Gets Kancelled", in The Simpsons: The Complete Fourth Season . 20th Century Fox.
- "Weekly Program Rankings". ABC Medianet. February 1, 2005. Archived from the original on December 21, 2008. Retrieved November 27, 2011.
- Jacobson, Colin (December 11, 2013). "The Simpsons: The Complete Sixteenth Season [Blu-Ray] (2004)". DVD Movie Guide. Archived from the original on September 27, 2023. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
- Davis, Guy; Dando, Brendan (September 8, 2022). ""Mommie Beerest" Podcast Review (S16E07)". Four Finger Discount (Simpsons Podcast) (Podcast). Event occurs at 1:15. Archived from the original on October 15, 2024. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
- "Awards Winners". Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on May 25, 2012. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
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