Given that length of time, it isnt a big shock that baseball would play a central role in at least one episode. The showrunners for the third production season were al jean and mike reiss who executive produced 22 episodes for the season, while two other episodes. The season contains six holdover episodes from the season 15 fabf production line. The episode s title is a play on the ernest lawrence thayer poem casey at the bat. Among those standout episodes is homer at the bat, season 3 episode 17, and a particularly important one for me personally, since it was the fifth simpsons episode i ever saw, but most. The simpsons homer at the bat tv episode 1992 imdb. Professor frink invents a cryptocurrency that makes him the richest man in springfield, a title mr. Homer at the bat was first aired on february 20, 1992. The episode follows the springfield nuclear power plant softball team, led by homer, having a winning season and making the championship game. Charlie swings his bat, it slips out his hands and goes flying into one of lennys shins.
The simpsons s03e17 homer at the bat full episode youtube. Burns gets a new security guard roger clemens, a new janitor wade boggs. The simpsons third season originally aired on the fox network between september 19, 1991 and august 27, 1992. He recruits professional baseball players who each fall victim to misfortune, leaving the game in homer s hands and head. Homer at the bat is the seventeenth episode of the simpsons third season.
Episode 17 with a homemade baseball bat, homer rules the company softball team until mr. The simpsons season 3 episode 17 quotes to homer yeah, and i got my enchanted jock strap. Burns makes a large bet that the team will win and brings in nine ringers from the big leagues to ensure his. Watch the simpsons season 3 episode 17 online tv fanatic. Despite revolving around a fateful baseball game, homer at the bat is pure golden age simpsons, and contains jokes. The surreal tone and glut of celebrity guest stars is also why kavner did not voice marge in the episode s spiritual successor krusty gets kancelled when asked in 2007 about his appearance in the episode. The simpsons s3 e17 homer at the bat recap tv tropes. When the springfield nuclear power plant softball team proves to be pretty decent with homer as the star player, homer makes a bet with the shelbyville nuclear power plant owner. Homer at the bat is widely regarded as one of the greatest simpsons episodes, which is really saying something, as the show has now produced over 600 installments. With dan castellaneta, julie kavner, nancy cartwright, yeardley smith. The springfield nuclear power plant softball team suck. Episode 8f first aired 2201992 a baseball episode where homer and his homemade bat.
In the audio commentary, the writers and producers. The simpsons s03e17 homer at the bat part 6 youtube. All 2 songs featured in the simpsons season 3 episode 17. The writers and episodes nominated were john frink for go big or go homer, brian kelley for. The springfield nuclear power plants softball team goes on a season long winning streak thanks to homer s wunderbat. The simpsons, season 3, is filled with classic moments, stars, bart the murderer, lisa the greek and homer at the bat. Harry shearer and julie kavner disliked the episode because of its focus on the guest stars and its surreal tone. First airing on fox in 1992, the season 3 episode assembled a literal allstar lineup of future mlb hall of famers and, uh, mike scioscia to play alongside homer. The simpsons s3 e17 homer at the bat trivia tv tropes. Homer at the bat is the seventeenth episode of season 3. Today, season 3 s homer at the bat stands as a classic installment of the simpsons, one that helped to usher in the golden age of the animated fox comedy. In order to do so, he replaced the regular softball team with professional baseball players. Dan castellaneta, harry shearer, julie kavner, hank azaria, nancy.
He gives them jobs at the plant so it wouldnt be legitimately cheating. Simpsons documentary about homer at the bat episode to air. The simpsons s03e17 homer at the bat part 3 please share, like and subscribe to this channel for new videos. Homer tells his friends that this season will be different because he has a secret weapon, a homemade bat. In early december 2019 it was announced that three episodes had been nominated for writers guild of america award for outstanding writing in animation for the 72nd writers guild of america awards, resulting in the simpsons having the most nominations overall that year. The simpsons celebrates 25th anniversary of homer at the bat. The simpsons season 3 episode 17 homer at the bat in download and watch torrent tv series like a boss. The second season of the animated sitcom the simpsons originally aired on the fox network between october 11, 1990, and july 11, 1991, and contained 22 episodes, beginning with bart gets an f. There are roughly a dozen the simpsons episodes where baseball plays a large role in the plot. Unseen promo and trivia tracks for colonel homer episode, and a clip of the 1991 macys thanksgiving parade that features a balloon blimp of bart. Burns gets a new security guard roger clemens, a new janitor. Another episode, blood feud, aired during the summer after the official season finale. Locations 742 evergreen terrace, moes tavern, springfield nuclear power plant, springfield general hospital, springfield mystery spot characters charles montgomery burns, waylon smithers, jr. Burns brings in 9 ringers from the professional baseball ranks and a disappointed homer has to sit the bench.
Homer and his coworkers qualify for the plant softball teams league final, but mr. The simpsons s03e17 homer at the bat part 3 youtube. It represents the first time the simpsons beat the cosby show in the ratings, but it also represents the first time the show had a large roster of bigname guest voices instead of one or two. The 25 best simpsons episodes you should choochoochoose. Home the simpsons season 3 episode 17 tv season page. Season 16 was released on dvd and bluray in region 1 on december 3, 20, region 2 on december 2. Burns brings in 9 ringers from the professional baseball ranks and a disappointed homer. Homer at the bat holds a few distinctions within the simpsons universe. The simpsons will celebrate the 25th anniversary of homer at the bat with a new documentary.
Homer at the bat is the seventeenth episode of the simpsons third season, which originally aired february 20, 1992. Visit tunefind for music from your favorite tv shows and movies. Burns hires major league ringers for the plant softball championship. However, none compare to season 3 episode 17 of the simpsons, entitled homer at the bat, which aired on feb. The simpsons s03e17 homer at the bat part 6 please share, like and subscribe to this channel for new videos. They were particularly annoyed by the mattingly sideburns joke. During the montage of away games, homer points to center field, which was made famous by an urban legend that babe ruth hit a line drive down center field for a hospitalized boy. The executive producers for the second production season were matt groening, james. Also included is a jukebox feature with 11 songs, storyboards, more commercials with the simpsons as spokepersons. Marge convinces the townspeople to build springfields first s. The simpsons sixteenth season november 7, 2004 may 15, 2005 began on sunday, november 7, 2004 and contained 21 episodes, beginning with treehouse of horror xv. It originally aired on the fox network in the united states on february 20, 1992.
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