Excellent episode that today would raise more than one protest. In the first place, it clearly and overwhelmingly denounces those who want to take advantage of a system designed to help the unfortunate. Secondly, in full growth of obesity, it launches a warning in favor of protecting health. Yes, it does it in a comical, acid way and surely some of the viewers today will make them feel uncomfortable (more now than when it was released). But there is no bad intention behind it beyond denouncing lifestyles that are poisonous to society, at a time when YouTube and Memes did not exist, so direct phrases such as Bart washing himself with a stick could not be thrown in the face as now. Let's remember that the average American man has gone from weighing 175 pounds in 1960 to 195 in 2010 and the woman from 140 to 175. This topic will be dealt with again 19 years later in the episode "Walking big & Tall" in a more direct and less funny. I personally prefer King Size Homer, because the best way to deliver a message to the heart is to entertain.
Review of King Size Homer
