The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 7: King-Sized Homer

(Episode 6 is a Treehouse of Horror episode, I won't review those episodes)

Fat fat Homer! Mr. Burns organizes a morning calisthenics program at the nuclear power plant, much to the dismay of Homer. After learning that someone who is disabled can work from home, Homer wants to achieve this goal. Homer soon discovers that any employee that weighs 300 pounds or more qualifies as disabled, and so he decides to gain the 61 pounds needed to reach 300. 

With help from Dr. Nick, Homer begins eating lots of food despite Marge and Lisa's 

repeated warnings that he could seriously endanger his health. With Bart's help, Homer soon reaches his goal, and Mr. Burns gets a computer for him to work at home.

Homer starts working at home on his computer, working, and learning the keyboard. But he gets tired midway through. Looking for shortcuts, he leaves the computer with a drinking bird to press the Y key to indicate "yes" on the keyboard and goes out. When he comes home, he discovers that the bird has fallen over, and a nuclear meltdown will happen, unless the system is manually shut down at the power plant.

Homer arrives at the power plant and reaches the manual shutdown button, but accidentally falls onto the gas store, blocking the release tube with his oversized body, preventing the explosion. Homer is a hero, Mr. Burns gives Homer a medal, and pays him to undergo liposuction.

My thoughts:

How many times have I watched it: 3 times.

Chalkboard Gag: Indian burns are not our cultural heritage. I laughed. (B+)

Couch Gag: The Simpsons are five malfunctioning wind-up dolls who buzz and waddle their way to the couch. I liked Maggie's flips but that's it. (C+)

My thoughts: "King-Sized Homer" is a funny episode. I liked the towl rack while weighing himself joke and Homer eating absolutely everything, including Maggie's non-toxic playdough. Mr. Burns has another of many "who's Homer" jokes (who's this gastropod, Smithers? Smithers: Its Homer Simpson, sir, one of your chair moisteners from sector 7G). There are some funny moments with Homer starting to work at home on the computer ("There isn't any any key" when the computer says 'press any key to start', and "where's my tab? I'm thirsty." after he pushes the tab button). 


I also found funny the scene at the movie theater, the manager won't let him in because of his size. Homer protests, and the manager says "sir, if you just quiet down, I'll treat you to a garbage bag full of popcorn". The ending was weird in a way, not the biggest fan of Homer stopping an explosion with his big body, but it was OK.

Overall, I loved this episode, this one is a classic and any Homer uses a computer is very funny (S12 E6).

My grade: A