Homer's Phobia (2 of 2)
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- Homer's Phobia (2 of 2)
S08E15
"Homer's Phobia" is the fifteenth episode in the eighth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 16, 1997. In the episode, Homer dissociates himself from new family friend John after discovering that John is gay. Homer fears that John will have a negative influence on his son Bart and decides to ensure Bart's heterosexuality by taking him hunting.
It was the first episode written by Ron Hauge and was directed by Mike B. Anderson. George Meyer pitched "Bart the homo" as an initial idea for an episode while show runners Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein were planning an episode involving Lisa "discovering the joys of campy things". Oakley and Weinstein combined the two ideas and they eventually became "Homer's Phobia". Fox censors originally found the episode unsuitable for broadcast because of its controversial subject matter, but this decision was reversed after a turnover in the Fox staff. Filmmaker John Waters guest-starred, providing the voice of the new character, John.
The episode features numerous cultural references. The song "Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now)" by C+C Music Factory is played twice during the episode: first as the steel mill transforms into a disco, and second over the closing credits.[4] Homer's record collection includes music by The New Christy Minstrels and The Wedding of Lynda Bird Johnson, the albums Loony Luau and Ballad of the Green Berets by Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler. The song that John picks out and he and Homer dance to is Items in John's store include several buttons endorsing political campaigns of Richard Nixon, Dan Quayle, and Bob Dole as well as an issue of TV Guide owned by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis which features the title characters from the sitcom Laverne & Shirley on the cover.[3] When John takes the Simpson family on a driving tour of Springfield's shopping district, he points out a store where he claims that the Mexican film actress Lupe Vélez bought the toilet she drowned in. This is a reference to the urban legend that Velez was found dead with her head in the toilet the night of her suicide in 1944.
The series made several references to homosexuality before the episode aired. In the 1990 episode "Simpson and Delilah," the character Karl (voiced by Harvey Fierstein) kisses Homer, while the recurring character Waylon Smithers is often shown to be in love with his boss, Montgomery Burns, initially suggestively and since then more overtly. However, "Homer's Phobia" was the first episode to revolve entirely around homosexual themes. Two later episodes that explored LGBT issues were "Three Gays of the Condo" and "There's Something About Marrying".
When the episode aired, the production team received "very few" complaints about its content, with most of the response being positive. Alan Frutkin gave the episode a positive write-up in the LGBT-interest magazine The Advocate, calling it "vintage Simpsons." Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood stated in their book, I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, that: "Only The Simpsons could do this so tongue-in-cheek that nobody could get in a tizzy about it. Very good indeed." In the book Leaving Springfield, Matthew Henry praised the episode's critiquing of "the most common misconception about homosexuality: namely that gayness is somehow contagious", as well as its other themes. Catharine Lumby of the University of Sydney cited the episode as an example of good satire as it "managed to explore a lot of [homosexual] issues in quite a deep way without being overtly political", which she claimed, along with the episode's humor, made its anti-homophobia message more successful than that of other gay-themed shows like Queer as Folk.
It was placed fifth on Entertainment Weekly's top 25 The Simpsons episode list. In 2003, USA Today published a top 10 episodes list chosen by the webmaster of The Simpsons Archive, which had this episode listed in tenth place, and it was again placed tenth on AskMen.com's "Top 10: Simpsons Episodes" list. IGN.com ranked John Waters's performance as the ninth-best guest appearance in the show's history, with TV Guide naming him the third-best film-related guest star. In a 2008 article, Entertainment Weekly named Waters as one of the 16 best The Simpsons guest stars.[31] John Patterson of The Guardian wrote that Waters' appearance "felt to me like a summit meeting between the most influential pop-culture figures of the last 25 years".
In June 2003, Igor Smykov sued the Russian television channel REN TV on claims that The Simpsons, along with Family Guy, were "morally degenerate and promoted drugs, violence and homosexuality". As evidence, "Homer's Phobia" was shown to the judge to prove that The Simpsons promoted homosexuality, and thus should not be aired again on the channel. 1pp2p30eccmcv3443
“Dad why did you bring me to a gay steel mill?”
Could be worse... could be "DADDY" instead
HOT STUFF COMING THROUGH
@@eduardobarrezueta5247 leave the jokes to the show writers buddy
“I don’t know!!!” 😫😫😫
"the entire steel industry is gey"
Homer: "YOU'RE ALL SICK!!!"
Gay Guy: "Oh be nice!"
LMAO This episode has always cracked me up even growing up, when I first saw this at age 9.
did ya know that this episode was taken of the air for a while because some found it ''offensive''
In the Latin American dub. They answer something along the lines of "And it ain't the flu, sweet cheeks" which I always found funny
I like how they felt it necessary to add in a limp wrist XD
Liam Brennan Well the themes of this show are pro lgbt. Things like this were often taken off air.
they dont have my favorite part..when homer confronts marge..."he didnt give you gay, did he? DID HE?"
and oh..people getting offended is a load. its not offensive. its only offensive if YOU make it offensive. soft belly marshmallows....if we cant laugh at one another in a fun way then whats the point? homer is an idiot and thats whats funny about him...why do people take things so serious?
"you never went hunting before and you're perfectly straight"
"oh yeah, how long since you've had a baby?"
😂
Chan Best line in the episode
This line is so underrated its comical genius
i don't get it
@@johndutkiewicz9401 That, since he hasn't gone hunting, they haven't had more kids because even he's probably gay now.
In the Mexican dub goes like this:
Homer: “YOU’RE ALL SICK”
Gay Guy: “And it’s not the flu, you cutie”
It always gets me 😂😂😂
Fattie
Wait, for real? Is there a clip of that? 😂
coughcoughsigh there is! ruclips.net/video/3P4xK5Q5kQ4/видео.html
@@danielvillanueva3792 Why would the Spanish version use the flu subtitles and not the actual,"Oh, be nice!"?
@@kenterminateddq5311 sometimes it doesn't translate well
The ending was always the most hilarious thing to me, the music and the ”Dedicated to the steel workers of America" 😂😂😂
"Keep reaching for that rainbow" :)
This episode is an example of what made old Simpsons so great. It had joke after joke after joke
You cut out the best bit!!! When Moe, Homer, Bart and Barney are in the truck and Moe suggest to take Lisa out and make her into a man and Homer says “she’d never go she’s a vegetarian” and Moe replies “Aww jeez Homer jeez...you and Marge ain’t cousins are ya?” 😂
and the line where Bart says thinks that a group of guys hanging out in the woods together seems gay, and Homer is like "that's a very immature attitude Bart."
Lmao wow... That is a great part.
I love the delivery of that line! 😂
ruclips.net/video/BzXZnd9lBPw/видео.html
BEST SCENE EVER
I think the whole gay steel mill scene is my favorite joke in all of The Simpsons.
No one in particular I quote that part all the time. 😊
We work hard, we play hard
The Anvil was a real gay club in New York City. I think that's what they were referencing.
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Yeah, pretty sure there are few things in the world as funny as this.
My favourite line in this was
"Queer! That's what you like to be called, right?"
"Well that or 'John'"
It was funny and gets straight to the point that gay people are actually, you know, people and that being gay isn't their defining characteristic. Fantastic episode and a little trivia: The writers initially wanted to use the word 'fag' until John Waters said that was a little too much and suggested the word "queer" instead.
Too bad these days not considering their sexuality to be character defining is somehow homophobic. Same with race. If you see someone as an American or a human rather than a "black American" e.t.c, you are racist. It's completely backwards.
@@MC-wh3xm I highly doubt that. Maybe you have weird friends. But I ain't never heard of anyone who's like that. And I know quite a few gays, some of whom are idiots, but none of whom don't mind not being thought of as primarily gay.
P.S. apologies for the triple negative.
@@martinmaguire-music6692 He's not referring to gay people. He's referring to straight PC people, you know, groups like ANTIFA.
@@SergeantExtreme Um wtf. When did antifa = PC
@@SergeantExtreme You have absolutely no idea what you're talking about. Where do you even get those kinds of ideas?
John is so sweet and patient with Homer on this. Very wholesome character.
Yes, why did he not have any more episodes?
@@eleanorhogan8643They asked him back a couple of times but John Waters said he thought the first episode was perfectly done and didn’t need to be revisited, it served its purpose in making Homer realise there was nothing to be scared of from gay people and it also made a lot of people in real life realise that too.
@@frasierfreak92 Oh...I still would have liked to see him in a few more episodes but fair enough.
Even as a straight guy that steel mill looks like a fun place to work.
is certainly better than any job i been to
as long as you don't mind it being "festive."
You're gay bro 💀
@@Matthew-rc1xt Don't have to be gay to have a good time
@@royalblanket 👀
I LOST IT when they decided that "Everybody Dance Now!" is the anthem of gay
Maybe they got problems to get "Relax".
I'd wish there were more songs with a voice similar to "Everybody Dance Now".
We work hard.
We play hard.
*"EVERYBODY DANCE NAAW"*
In Spanish the lines say:
Homer: you're all sick!
Gay: yes fatty, and it's not the flu!
That’s what it should’ve been 😂
Because the spanish dubbers are not as progressives and neither are Spanish countries.
in Portuguese is:Homer: you are all pervert! Gay: uhuuu, little naive
Lol!
@@ChillstoneBlakeBlast No, it's just a better sense of humor, you sad "progressive".
For once I agree with Lisa, shooting deer for fun is barbaric. Bart spoke sense when he said "something about a lot of guys alone in the woods, seems kind of gay"
Especially since it's for an especially dumb reason.
@@Igarappappa Excatly.
Cry about it
"We're you been Homer, whole steel industry is gay. And you know what else... Broadway!"
Homer's rightly alarmed confusion at the steam whistle, and "We work hard, we play hard" is top 5 of my Simpson moments.
"just my bones... and organs"
That ending 😂😂😂 he thinks I’m gay?! Everybody dance now!!!
Lol 😂
Hello forgotten Comment
Missed my favourite exchange...
"It's a miracle!"
"No. Ultrasuede is a miracle. This was just good timing."
A lot of good parts were cut, not to mention it was in two pieces... Such a shame.
Nice! One of my other favorite exchange:
Moe: What about Lisa?
Homer: She's a vegetarian.
Moe: Oh my god...Homer, you and Marge ain't cousins are you?
Yes, came looking for that very exchange. Also, "Santa is here, and he is kicking ass!"
"Looks like it's suicide for me again"
Moe is the cornerstone of everything that made the Simpsons great.
I was maybe 10 when I saw this episode. I didn't understand how John was different. But I noted how patient, decent, witty and fun he was.
This episode- and Kids in the Hall - was my first education about gay people, and how there was nothing threatening about them.
Moe is right about Broadway
I dont get it
@@PhantoMace2012 In the world of theater you will see a lot of gay people. It's sort of our unofficial profession. Not all, but a fair, memeable amount.
That and Jews
Look up the Spamalot song
@@TheReddShinobi13 it's true. I mean look at Nathan Lane
Moe's depression and frequent suicide attempts were the unsung hero of this show.
"we work hard "
"We play hard"
Best line ever
Laughter track be like: MY TIME TO SHINE
Ok but I love how John never got visibly upset or defensive about Homers homophobia. He just kept with the jokes, remained a nice guy and sill saved him after everything. So many gay people are portrayed as dramatic and 'over-the-top', so I'm glad Johns character was so uniquely normal (with a little bit of flare)
He's like Shore Leave of Venture Bros: reasonably gay.
He had depth, even as a one-off.
Ueah
"Fruit, fruit that is what you like to be called"?
"That or John". Lol
"No no, wait...Queer. That's what you like to be called, right?"
"Oh boy... It looks like it's suicide again for me"
This has got to be one of the funniest episodes of the show. So many genuinely clever, laugh-out-loud jokes!
homer should have dad of the year award. he kept bart up the entire time while being rammed into by reindeer😂
Best part is out “I don’t know, something weird about four men, out alone, in the woods”
Different message when it's three men and a boy alone in the woods.
Sounds kinda gay
*"Woods"*
I get that some people may have a problem with it, but ultimately the episode portrays homophobia in an extremely negative way and I think that's something to be celebrated
Also this was in the 90s, pretty cool
@@Ninnuam999 oh yeah absolutely it's totally about the time it was in
“You never went hunting and you’re not gay”
“How long has it been since you had another child?”
Homer wanted to show Bart what it is to be a man by shooting a deer which doesn't teach him anything but when Homer did his fatherly duty, showed bravery and sacrificed himself to protect someone he loved, through complete accident he did exactly what he came out there to do HOOh!!
and thats how homer gets away with so much stuff. This is sort of what Frank Grimes was talking about
@@DJSamsonofficial - "If you lived in any other country, you would have starved to death long ago."
@@DJSamsonofficial thanks for explaining the show we all just watched
Back when Homer had a heart and we tolerated his behavior cause deep down he was good
And that's what was special about 90s Homer, a screwball with his heart in the right place.
"We Work Hard"
"We Play Hard"
lol the end.
DEDICATED TO THE STEELWORKERS OF AMERICA
KEEP REACHING FOR THAT RAINBOW!
Is that Santa from Futurama?
Starmadien2019 you're right!! And that potato in the store is Mr Potato from toy story
Paul dfgdfgdfg are you being sarcastic or just dumb
This episode came out before Futurama started.
No, that's "annual gift man" and he lives on the moon.
@@Romy---
Romy is correct.
Great how Bart stands up to his father about shooting a reindeer.
And equally great how Homer holds his son out of reach, to his detriment.
Stand still there’s a spark in your hair
gloomanddoom666 ughhh get it, get it
Dad, why did you bring me to a gay steel mill?
this really was one of the funniest episodes
"Oh be nice!" If you ever run into a gay-bashing homophobe, say this.
Dude, I'm straight and I would love to have dance breaks at work!
Sean Domhnall O Sullivan
*I was gonna say that!*
fyi.. you're not straight....
Woot!
definitely gay
Damn straight!
Well nobody gonna appreciate Homer for protecting Bart from the reindeers? I love Homer for such things. He might be stupid but he's lovable.
Strangles Bart a lot though.
Dumbass took him there in the first place
Lol "hot stuff, comin' through" 0:36
The bit where Moe says “we will do anything …ANYTHING”
Barney: "Is it okay to come out now Mr. Gay man, sir?"
"Dad! Are you hurt?!?!?!"
"Just.... My......bones......and......my.....organs!" LOL
Damn this show was amazing. It's still fun but in the 1990's it was the best thing on television.
"DEDICATED TO THE STEEL WORKERS OF AMERICA KEEP REACHING FOR THAT RAINBOW!"
Shout out to John Waters
As a straight man I would easily have applied to work at that mill. Looks awesome!
Gaaaaayyyyyy
you're definitely not str8. hate to break it to you..
Lol no straight man wud ever say that
Same. These other guys are probably just the kind that dont wash their butts because they think it would make them gay, so they walk around with poopy sweaty butts. Imagine the whiff and skidmarks on the bed. Urgh
Apply at any mill. They're all like that. The whole industry is like that.
"You'll thank me on your wedding night."
Urgh.
"and you know what else? Broadway"
Bart: He thinks I'm gay??
Cue music
Moe saying the entire Railroad is gay.... he really isn't wrong about that
Waters is the ambassador
I'm not gay but he certainly represents the lifestyle in an understandable and festive way!
Love that man! An American treasure
Homer’s Phobia is such a clever title for this episode. XD.
Normally I don't like the limp wristed, lisping gay stereotype that's common in media but I think it's actually really funny here
Bc its not just a character that was written by a straight person but am actually living gay guy: John waters the movie directior! He is just playing himself here
This whole episode had amazing line after line. Definitely a top ten episode for most people. But if I had to choose my favourite line it would be at the steel mill. I just love you got a spark in your hair.... arrrr get it get it get it 😂 also hot stuff coming through. I love it when he shouts your all sick..,, Benice lol. And the came out the closest line earlier in the episode is genius as it’s so simple and but very clever. I think it’s my 3rd favourite episode.
Omg John's character is lovely they should bring him back
Homer is so despicable.
“YOU’RE ALL SICK!”
“Oh, be nice!”
I love that line.
0:47
Oh be nice!
This and Mother Simpson are my favorite Simpsons endings. Maybe endings in general.
EVIL ROBOT SANTA FROM FUTURAMA before Futurama was a thing.
Barney: "Lets go back to the bar and shoot rats."
Moe: "Hey, those ain't your rats Barn."
wow i’ve never seen that dedication at the end before
The writing in this episode DOES NOT LET UP for a minute....one of, if not THE BEST...
I don’t know how often it aired after the season airing
That santa toy is robot santa from futurama
IOnceAteAPinecone This aired before Futurama started though.
Homer seem to know next to nothing about gays here.
0:53 the whole world's gone gay.
the simpsons predicted it again
I want to go to The Anvil. I'm not gay, but hell, looks like a great place to go clubbing :D
Hey!! We owe this guy, and I don't want you calling him a sissy!
*This guy's a FRUIT!"*
*John's face*
"Bart I'm gonna turn my back and when I turn around I wanna see a whole pile of dead reindeer" OR WHAT? YOU'LL DISOWN HIM? GO TO HELL YOU PATHETIC EXCUSE FOR A FATHER
That dedication is ridiculously hilarious 😂
This show was so great.
the ending of this episode is gold
I don’t get what straight men have against homosexuals. They are not competing for the women and take another guy with them.
I think they’re afraid that the gay guy will find them attractive and turn them gay.
lawnmowerdude Makes sense I guess.
@@lawnmowerdude What you described is a very common scenario for gay porn.
@@goatlover6312 GradeAUnderA, is that you?
carultch I don’t think so?
0:36 he is carrying a thick metal cauldron filled to the brim with molten metal with his own 2 hands and towels to keep his hands getting burned. That thing must weigh hundreds of pounds and he's carrying it like it's nothing!
Gay people have superpowers
Q: "Dad, why did you bring me to a gay steel mill? Homer: "I don't know!" 0:38
Must have seen this episode a dozen times when younger and only now do I appreciate Moe's comment about Broadway as a classic Simpsons joke. I mean Broadway has always had a gay reputation even way back in the day, so Moe mentioning it as an example of another gay industry (a reputation likely familiar to the audience) right after saying that the whole steel industry is (incongruously) gay is lol. Sorry if obvious...
I actually don't think it's obvious at all, which is what makes it great. It's a very subtle joke, the kind you don't really see in the Simpsons anymore.
It's supposed to portray how oblivious the characters are to the outside world and poke fun at their outdated thinking. The way Moe says it so matter-of-factly is what makes it funny.
Ah... The old reality grounded truly GOOD episodes
Homer: “YOU’RE ALL SICK”
The true.
I wish Bart smiled at the end, because he knew he could use that information in a prank against Homer in the future lol.
I mean it took him the whole episode to finally realize that so he was just more or less like processing 😂😂
Didn’t include one of the best parts when Homer and Bart were in the truck.
Homer: “I love you, son.” (pauses)....”As a father!! As a father!!”
Dun...Dun dun dun EVERYBODY DANCE NOW!!
I love Jon's laugh. "hoo!"
This episode would a perfect choice for Gay Pride Month which takes place annually in June. 🤣🤣🤣 🏳🌈
One of the TAs at my old high school thought me and my bestfriend was both gay and in a relationship. I guess she's unaware of the concept of bestfriends, lol
Homer: "ESTAIS ENFERMOS"
Gay Guy: "PA LOCA TU CALVA"
"Name me one gay Indian!"
BRUHHHH!! 💀💀 xD
Aren't a lot of us gay? I'm bisexual. Maybe I'm a large gray area,
@@TheNativeEngine Bisexual dosent mean Lesbian it means you're attracted to both sex's
How long since you had a baby?
HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAH
I have a uncles who’s also my god father who’s also gay
I can say he actually understood what joke they were going for this episode
The Anvil looks fuckin lit
"state park converted to astroturf" lol
Somehow I've never noticed the "name me one gay Indian" line. Classic!
He thinks youre gay
He thinks im gay?
EVERYBODY DANCE NOW!!!
It's Homer's "I don't know" at 0:41 that always gets me. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
1:27 - LOL!!! XDI love it!
"When the state park converted to astroturf" lmao
2:28 The fact that Bart can tell the difference between regular deer and reindeer
The Santa Clause joke is just thrown in there for no reason and I love it.
#PETA