"The Simpsons"
Dancin' Homer (1990)

Director:

Mark Kirkland

Writers:

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

TV Series:

"The Simpsons" (1989)

Original Air Date:

8 November 1990 (Season 2, Episode 5)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Plot:

Homer's heckling of the Springfield Isotopes baseball team's mascot during one of their games leads to his appointment as the new mascot. |

Plot Keywords:

Actress Playing Multiple Roles | Nuclear Energy Promotion | Tavern | Brother In Law Sister In Law Relationship | Deus Ex Machina

Cast

Dan Castellaneta	...	Homer Simpson / Barney Gumble (voice)
Julie Kavner	...	Marge Simpson (voice)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Bart Simpson (voice)
Yeardley Smith	...	Lisa Simpson (voice)
Harry Shearer	...	Montgomery Burns / Waylon Smithers / Ned Flanders / Announcer (voice)
Tony Bennett	...	Himself (voice)
Tom Poston	...	Capital City Goofball (voice)
Hank Azaria	...	Moe Szyslak (voice)
Daryl Coley	...	Bleeding Gums Murphy (voice) (as Daryl L. Coley)
Pamela Hayden	...	Milhouse Van Houten (voice)
Ken Levine	...	Dan Horde (voice)

Series Cast

These people are regular cast members. Were they in this episode?

Doris Grau

...

Lunchlady Doris (voice)

Runtime:

Argentina:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

This is the first episode in the series to feature a guest star as himself, in this case, Tony Bennett.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Proud Family Movie (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Baby Elephant Walk

Keep On Dancin'

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

Dancin' Homer.

My opening confession. I don't much care for sports and have little knowledge of most of them. That includes baseball. So some of the jokes did fly waaaaaaaaaaaaay over my head, but for the most part I did find the episode very amusing and entertaining, particularly for taking The Simpsons view of taking typical TV plots (shows have had characters getting involved with a sports team.) it refrains from the major teams and to the more realistic, obscure small town teams. (Except for Capitol City which comes later in the episode)

The show at the time in it's infancy (hard at times to believe that the show was once fairly new.) and it suffers from a major character being moved into the background. Specifically the only time the Capitol City Goofball has had a vocal appearance (guest star Tom Poston) but I think Homer's capering as Dancin' Homer is very heart-warming as well as funny.

The episode ends on quite a sombre note (despite the reassurance that he told a great story, Homer spends much of his time in Moe's quite down-beat) but it's a fun feel-good ride for the most part.