He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs
He instructs Homer to wear his bowling shoes everywhere he goes to help instill confidence in everything he does. The episode had the highest demo ratings of any Simpsons episode since The Wife Aquatic , which aired January 7, 2007. Brian Tallerico of UGO gave the episode a mixed review (a C), expressing disappointment after the well received The Simpsons Movie.Homer and Marge head into the cockpit to see what the problem is, only to discover that the pilot had passed out. Bart convinces Homer that he should tell Marge what has happened and Homer calls her from a pay phone.
Once in the air, Marge can’t believe all the luxuries the private jet has to offer. When arriving in Chicago, Homer has the time of his life, but when returning, he becomes depressed he doesn t have the plane.
Burns takes him to Chicago on his private plane. On the plane, Homer is treated with luxury and gets serenaded by Lionel Richie.
Homer comes clean and explains to Bart that his job interview didn t go so well when his interviewer, the Rich Texan, discovered that Homer knows nothing about copper tubing. The bowling shoes work, Homer becomes a new man, and as a result he receives numerous new job offers.
Marge, pitying for Homer, decides to help and hires him a life coach named Colby Kraus (Stephen Colbert), who will help with Homer s dream. Homer shoves the pilot aside and takes hold of the jet’s controls.
When they land, Homer explains to Marge that flying in private jets is simply too dangerous and that he plans to go back to work at the Power Plant. This was the first new episode to air following the release of The Simpsons Movie, and the episode s opening sequence is a callback to the film. When asked to appear on the show, Stephen Colbert believed that he was merely going to an audition, but was thrilled when the production staff told him he actually had a part in the episode. To reward him, Mr.
He felt the writers went right back to their old clichés and sadly repetitive jokes . At the bowling alley and after watching Homer s daily habits for a few days, Colby realizes that bowling is the one thing Homer is good at and enjoys doing.
Homer pays a Marine to fly him into the air, so he can tell Marge up in the air with luxury so she would not get upset. Colby starts right away in his treatment with Homer by videotaping his every move.
He Loves to Fly and He D ohs , also known as He Loves to Fly , While on a shopping trip to the Springfield Mall, Mr. Homer decides to only go for an interview at Handyman s Choice Copper Tubing due to the fact that he would be required to fly in the company jet as part of his new job. However, the Rich Texan does not hire him, but Homer decides not to tell his family and pretends to go to work every day, although he is actually just going to the local Krusty Burger.
Thanks to Colby s motivation, Homer manages to land the plane safely on the ground. Marge pulls out her cell phone and calls Colby Kraus and frantically asks for his guidance.
But when Homer hears Marge’s happy voice he can’t bring himself disappoint her and tell her the truth about his new job. Burns and Homer walk into a salon called Ferris Bueller s Day of Beauty in a reference to Ferris Bueller s Day Off.
The rushing water nearly drowns him, but Homer arrives and pulls him out of the water, saving Mr. When going home, Homer tells Marge that he is tired of being a normal person and becomes depressed.
Burns s life. The next day, Bart s class stops at the Krusty Burger after a field trip and Bart is shocked to discover Homer sitting at a booth alone.
Homer says he likes Chicago deep dish pizza, so Mr. Homer sits Marge down to tell her the truth, but just before he can, the plane endures turbulence.
Instead he concocts a story about him having to fly on the company jet for work and instructs Marge to meet him at the airport in an hour. When they exit the salon, they are dressed as Ferris (Burns) and his friend Cameron (Homer), respectively. The episode averaged 9.7 million viewers and a 4.7 overnight Nielsen Rating and a 12 percent audience share.
He did praise the altered opening sequence. . As the jet is about to hit the ocean, Marge pulls the jet s yoke up giving the jet altitude.
Colbert was pleased that his character was named Colby and that his appearance was similar to that of his own, although he had not expected the animators to retain his glasses for the design. He based his performance on Tony Robbins, and described the recording sessions as the hardest job. While in Chicago, Mr.
Burns finds a penny in a water fountain and reaches in to grab it; while doing so he falls in. Burns offers to take Homer out to dinner.
