Diedrich Bader guest starred in the episode as a sheriff that tries to arrest the Simpson family, while Robert Evans and Charlie Rose guest starred in a scene in which Homer watches the two in an interview on television. A magazine with those light hearted quizzes I take too seriously and annoy people by asking them their answers to! He visits sick kids in hospital dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow! Oscar yelled. This episode is totally hilarious, from Homer's paranoia about the T.V. And three makes three. He paid Bart three dollars. What's he doing? The safety inspector yelled. A lost child! What else can I say about this turd here (other than the fact that Jerkass Homer at this stage could basically be carted off to a mental asylum with actual justification as opposed to the misplaced diagnosis in Stark Raving Dad (otherwise the episode that now no longer exists according to FOX/Disney because the shows crew grasped at straws for public attention)) without repeating the well-trodden criticisms of countless other Simpsons fans? Gen. Join to talk about the wiki, Simpsons and Tapped Out news, or just to talk to other users. No! Other times, they thought they could juggle an ability to tell an emotionally moving story with revenge against an errant voice actor and the quest for ratings. The Simpsons on trial (LogOut/ not every episode can be the best. Kill the Alligator and Run vs. Simpson Safari - YouTube 0:00 / 13:12 Simpsons Showdown! I think its a testament to how FOX treats their properties that everybody involved in the production wasnt fired the morning after. I dont like you stalking celebrities. Marge sighed and made an anecdote about a time one of them stalked an obscure celebrity because they thought they had slighted them in some way. (Though Homer rejects the former state because he dislikes its odor. That's it. Lisa Goes To Washington wasnt, you know, my personal favorite episode of theentire frigging show. Interesting take, and I have to say that I sort of agree there. It originally aired on April 30, 2000. A rather sad fact Joe C. died a few months after this episode aired. At least with previous episodes (and even the previous scenes, including the Spring Break one), there was some level (however small) of logical consistency for a cartoon where its just filled with short gags that had no lasting effect (the Teletubbies shooting lasers in Battlesore Galactica, for example, didnt cause the BBC or any Springfieldian to examine whats essentially sentient Teletubbies in another arc). Well, why isn't my baby gaining weight? Homer cried. animated, comedy, situation comedy Sunday 30 April 2000 Homer has a mental breakdown, so the family goes to Florida so he can unwind. Ay carumba! Wheres the rum gone?. Marge sighed. We are at the third episode this season that is almost universally considered a contender for the worst episode ever, and this one is probably the most universally and virulently despised overall. Okay, Ive actually finished the episode. 'Kill the Alligator and Run' is the nineteenth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated television sitcom The Simpsons . Whoo! Of course, hes then turned into a plot device when hes fatally struck, leading to the arrest of all ofthe Simpsons. One of the worst ever though? Yknow, his wife who died as a result of Homer dodging flying T-shirts and parking in the ambulance zone in one go. Um I dont know anything about him. It guest stars Diedrich Bader as the sheriff, Kid Rock as himself, Robert Evans as himself, Charlie Rose as himself and Joe C. as himself. Fearing he only has three years to live, Homer takes the family on a vacation to Florida, where they become fugitives after seemingly killing a famous alligator. His current girlfriend Vanessa says hes very loving! [11] On October 7, 2008, "Kill the Alligator and Run" was released on DVD as part of the box set The SimpsonsThe Complete Eleventh Season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 30, 2000. "The Simpsons" Kill the Alligator and Run (TV Episode 2000) Movies, TV, Celebs, and more. Kid Rock!. ARRESTED. It also says something that Homer was more antagonistic in this episode than Charles Montgomery Burns. Firewalker (Humor him.) It has gone from timeless to anachronism. The episode seems to suffer from ADD as it cant focus on any topic for very long. I dont know how else to guess the thought process that was behind Kill the Alligator and Run. I'm only 25!. (To which I argue that they merely mocked his candidacy back in 1999.). Oscar winced exasperated. Lets just get this over with theres a party, the Simpson clan are taken to aid the upper crust of the party, and use it as an excuse to escape. Kill The Alligator and Run, meanwhile, really has neither. But heres the full context of their counterpoints, including the grammatical errors so you know Im quoting verbatim: 1) Redditor 1: Oh calm down! [15], Scully, Mike. In the episode, Homer suffers from a nervous breakdown after taking a quiz that reveal Forget badSimpsons, this is downright badtelevision. Homer cried in pain as he was being beaten up. TV Shows. This, of course, works in theory, but is derailed by the fact that it is Spring Break! This family has hit a new low! Im basing his mannerisms off of Ayam Aghoul. I will now read the jurys verdict. Kill Homer Simpson! said Mendoza. It'll be real soon enough. Homer was um being weird Hehehe! Okay I get it! Marge suggests a few lifestyle changes to make that number go up, naturally Homer is against that and has a mental breakdown, developing insomnia and going insane. What am I supposed to do? D'fhach 7.46 millin duine ar an eipeasid. This better not be like that time you aspired to be like Thomas Edison!. He sighed. What is your life expectancy. Maybe this: the plot is two King of the Hill episodes smashed together, The Order of the Straight Arrow (a character kills a whooping crane/alligator who later conveniently returns to life to save the heroes) and Escape from Party Island (characters go to a quiet vacation spot to relax, only to find Spring Break has beat them there). Ooooooh Hubba Hubba! Oscar moaned pervertedly. When fleeing the Sheriff, the Simpsons jump over a railroad crossing onto what is clearly pavement. 28 October 2013. Simpsons Showdown! And secondly when we get round to that! (Of course, Ill be sad for the storyboard artists that will have to look for new work. The Simpsons and the tour guide, exasperated with Oscar went looking for Captain Jack, the alligator not the pirate. Oz were not cutting ties with Sergio just because you dont like him said Bart. Emotionally disturbed, he goes off the deep end, to a point where a psychiatrist recommends that he takes a vacation down in Palm Corners, Florida. Views: 268. And just when you think theres a small return to normalcy with the students going back to school, Homer decides to continue Spring Break for another few days. And I still insist yeah, its terrible. The debauchery makes Homer feel better, but he is disappointed to learn spring break is over and the students are returning to their studies. Your father got out and is in the mosh pit!. Its pretty ironic that Im reviewing an attempt to satirize Spring Break a few days after Lori Loughlin got nailed (alongside many other people) in a college application scam for her daughter so that she could experience partying and going to USC games. Shame you lost most of your teeth Hugo said Lisa. Oz! I also own none of the screenshots, nor do I own 99% of the images here. We're almost to Palm Corners. Chris was dealing with the evil monkey in his closet. The Simpsons: Kill The Alligator And Run The Simpsons (1999) Animated, Comedy | United States. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. Marge darling, can they be honey braised? Homer asked. No this isnt like that time I wanted to be an inventor like Thomas Edison Homer sighed. Why are you trespassing on my property? Dr Demento frowned. Right now, what Im sensing is that the show collapsed due to a fatal combination of arrogance, inexperience, and the limitations of the traditional story engine, sourced from the writers room and the FOX Network executives, at war with both increasingly disillusioned fans and worn-down staff (animators and voice actors, respectively.) Ill catch him! Homer tackles Joe C. You idiot! Season 11 > Kill the Alligator and Run. The Simpsons then went orange picking. Dedicated to The Simpsons and host to thousands of free TV show. I dont mean disturbing in a good way, yet paradoxically, this might be the highlight of the episode. In the episode, Homer has a nervous breakdown after taking a quiz that suggests he only has three years left to live. To my eyes, that alone puts it in contention for the title of Worst Episode Ever. When you invite comparisons to the Sixth Doctor, and the Sixth Doctor comes off the more sane character? I love that guy. Ah, good times. 4seven | Saturday 11 August 2018 | 15:00. Spoiler alert the word divorce is not mentionedonce in this episode. Or that time you dreamt Heckle and Jeckle were at your funeral with President Lenny and Cardinal Flanders Oscar sighed exasperated. Kill the Alligator and Run - Vicipid Kill the Alligator and Run Alt Pl Ligh Cuir in eagar Cuir foinse in eagar Fach ar stair Craoladh an nao eipeasid dag, "Kill the Alligator and Run", den aon sraith dag The Simpsons ar an 30 Aibren 2000. High pitched singing and string instrument plucking. The chalkboard gag is I am not here on a fart ball scholarship.. It's easy, free, and your work on the wiki can be attributed to you. Simpson, we got a problem. Marge mildly chides Homer for the debacle, thus proving that this marriage is collapsing into something akin to Stockholm syndrome, all before they pick up odd jobs at a diner in the middle of nowhere, while the proprietor lets them live in her trailer. Theres Peewee Herman! said Oscar. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheSimpsonsS11E19KillTheAlligatorAndRun. Grrrr! Go on now! Look! My solution to this is stupid said Marge. Lets, for example, take his behavior at the Kid Rock concert. "Kill the Alligator and Run" was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Jen Kamerman. Im calling it Americas wang Homer snarled. Animation Apr 30, 2000 21 min Information Genre Animation Released 2000 Run Time 21 min Rated TV-PG [9], The episode originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 30, 2000. Whats up chew toys? said Kid Rock to the fans. Granted, Reddit isnt exactly representative of the majoritys voice but it also tends to attract sheep and shills (and it was from the official Simpsons Reddit), so Id say its at least a somewhat accurate representation of what a significant portion of the fandom thinks. Do you drink? He rents an airboat and they go through the swamp, accidentally running into the town's most famous resident, an alligator named Captain Jack. I mean, I personally consider Alone Again worse on the grounds that it was trying to be sincere, whereas this is just a bunch of stuff that happened in the worst way possible. Yeah, screw both of these stories. We better leave before we get caught trespassing. said Oscar. You know your father's had a breakdown. said Marge sharply to Bart and Lisa. Regardless, its still probably the most consistently awful episode of the Scully era a failure on virtually every level possible. (LogOut/ Homer Simpson: It worked! And how does nobody throw the madman under the bus? Both The Twin Dilemma and Kill The Alligator and Run are rather nauseating. Lego 41027 - Der TOP-Favorit unserer Produkttester. subject named as. TV Show Episode Scripts. Wow. Partying college Frat boys swapped the letters in Fart back to Frat and cheered. If I wasnt so lazy. Watchlist Share Florida? Eh As long as he doesnt embarrass us or get into trouble said Bart. Conversely, to fill the void of the WordPress comment box (and with no superior point in this project to insert it into asides from the zenith of Scully-era Homer here), I honestly have to wonder if Homers decline into Jerkass Homer during the Scully years is some form of bizarre character development, as Ive theorized for years. ? Bart yelled. Homer becomes the life of the spring break party. Season 6, Episode 8: Lisa on Ice. Hrrrrrrrmmmmm! Its nonsensical! They mess with his equilibrium and are thwarting the rise of the glorious clown regime! Marge wants Homer to stay in his hotel room, but he escapes to party at a Kid Rock concert on the beach. More about series. Well aint that a kicker! Eh? Homer laughed. Also, remember back when during plant inspections, he hid the most incompetent employees deep into the basement? Kill the Alligator and Run is the nineteenth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated television sitcom The Simpsons. Im madder than Homer seethed at Bart. I mean, all through the 90s and 2000s, Spring Break was the legendary college experience, and nobody even noticed? Some of us have Grammar school today! Lisa groaned. And I'm a mother. Fine! Dont worry I wont leave this room. said Homer. Anyway, besides sticking out like a sore thumb because hes so uncool (gee, how familiar), he first thinks Joey Cs a missing kid and tries to tackle him. Destroy us all!. (LogOut/ That's it. Menu. It was the third highest-rated broadcast on Fox that week, following an episode of Malcolm in the Middle (which received an 8.2 rating) and an episode of The X-Files (which received a 7.7 rating). Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Really, it reads like a five year old describing how their day went while playing with friends at recess! Spring break! Students cheered. Simpsons Scripts - Springfield! July 15, 2020, 1:30 PM PDT By Gwen Aviles A North Carolina man is hoping he doesn't see the alligator who slammed into his boat later. At least it was satisfied and now I can go the rest of my life without watching another episode from the double-digit seasons. They're only in Florida in the first place because Homer came down with a bad case of Sanity Slippage due to Mortality Phobia after his death was predicted by a magazine quiz. He didnt care. Pete Joyce, a firefighter and paramedic, said he was. Uh no. [13] Nancy Basile of About.com thought the best scene of the episode is the one where the Simpsons have become hillbillies and are sitting on their porch, and Bart says "I'm getting used to this country life. Discussion; Bug Reporting; Delete/Combine Pages And then it just keeps going with the chain gang, and when the scene lasted long enough that I was forced to think why the children were part of the chain gang in the first place yeah, THAT was when I gave up. He drooled and smooshed his face against the window while the girl was continuing to smoosh her boobs against the window. This wouldnt irritate me as much if Mr. Students partied and a song played, I dunno probably Duran Duran. Oh God, fuck this episode. Its got one the funniest lines ever: No listening, ya hear me? And when the accuser said It wasnt funny to me, the Redditor said, Well then youre dead inside. Turns out the Alligators real name was Robert Ewing all along! https://simpsonswiki.com/w/index.php?title=Kill_the_Alligator_and_Run&oldid=1188973, "I am not here on a fartball scholarship.". Homer? Can you stop hiring Sergio Aragons as a guest illustrator for your comics! Oscar yelled at Bart. Were all fictional Oscar broke the fourth wall He climb up our toilet any day Bart was admiring the alligator. And Im not going to restate my arguments here, since it would be a waste of time for all involved. That said, I can at least see where they were getting at with the change in the Doctors character an attempt to make him distinct from his predecessor, and maybe expose the effects of some of his more recent traumas (Earthshock, for example). To calm himself down, he and the rest of the Simpson . The eleventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons originally aired on the Fox Network in the United States between September 26, 1999 and May 21, 2000, starting with "Beyond Blunderdome" and ending with "Behind the Laughter".With Mike Scully as the showrunner for the eleventh season, it has twenty-two episodes, including four hold-over episodes from the season 10 . Im amazed Oscars dumb filler filled up a page said Bart. Oh, you thought he was insane before? Homer wakes up the next day, rushing outside ready to party, but spring break is over: The students are returning home. Learn how your comment data is processed. Lost in the wilderness and on the run, the family come across a diner, where they are given employment. Death/The Grim Reaper was there laughing maniacally. Wiki edit history. The American alligator is classified by the US Fish and Wildlife Service as similarity of appearance to a threatened taxon. This is one of the most expensive TV shows on the entire network. What I ultimately am looking at in terms of analyzing the collapse ofThe Simpsonsis what the symptoms reflect. Cant sleep gonna die cant sleep gonna die Homer groaned in his sleep. Is the monkey from Narnia? Oscar asked. That comedian dressed as a mime who smashes watermelons. said Bart. How'd you do on your science test? Hugo asked him. You win. " Kill the Alligator and Run " is the nineteenth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. Even with the excuse that this episode has a bunch of university students cutting loose, Homer goes beyond the pale of most of the partying students, and his behavior has Kid Rock and Joey C attempt to attack him, only to be held off by the sheriff who admonishes the two rockers. It was scripted and animated. The next morning Homer exhausted eventually nodded off. Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window), Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window), Scullyfied Simpsons: Kill the Alligator and Run (Season 11, Episode19), But as I mentioned in my review of Take My Wife, Sleaze, The Review Nebula Ranks Red Dwarf (AKA, "Happy 35th, Red Dwarf! She gasped. Summary: Homer is suffering from insomnia due to stress. He took a slug of his bottle of gin. Here? Seriously, this episode alone is a good argument that the shows finale (if it gets one, and frankly it shouldnt get a special finale at this point) should consist of Homer getting his ass tossed out onto the street with prejudice. ! Bart whined. His wife died six months ago! Marge yelled. This time the family takes him to Florida. Oooooh! Or Dr Kanaga and Tee Hees alligator and crocodile farm said Oscar. See?. Its an Oompa Loompa! Oscar yelled. Oh no! Suddenly there was a Tyrannosaurus Rex outside the car staring in at them and growling. Hes not possessed by a demon! Oscar yelled. It is so perfectly indicative of how this show considers its characters. As far as Im concerned, this episode is awful in that it has both a disjointed plot, poorly-executed comedy, glaring errors in logic, and utterly bastardized characterization. But one of the worst of the series? 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