So this is the 4th episode blog (from the episode "A Midsummer's Nice Dream) for my QU class and here we go….
So the plot is broken up into two parts. The first deals with Cheech and Chong and the second being the lesser-known character that is the Crazy Cat lady.
It seems that the town of Springfield is awaiting a visit from the aged comedy duo of Cheech and Chong. The Simpsons decide to go see them at the local theatre. While performing, Chong, becoming upset by the repetitiveness of the act, begins to improvise, ultimately leaving the stage. After moments of prompting, Homer takes to the stage and the place of Chong. He begins to recite the lines of the act from his own memory (huh, 22 years the show has been on and there has never been a mention of him being a fan?) Impressing Cheech, he asks Homer to join him on tour in place of Chong (Yeah, makes sense. Do the same act with a different person. We saw how well it worked with The Three Stooges. Also, doesn’t he have a job that he never seems to go to anymore?) The duo title their act Cheech and Chunk. Homer is disillusioned when he discovers that Cheech and Chong's lives are different from the personas depicted. Later, Chong begins auditioning a replacement for Cheech. He ultimately chooses Skinner, titling their act Teech and Chon. They ultimately fail as a duo. Homer convinces Chong to rejoin Cheech on stage to perform and that is the end of this part.
All the while of this going on, Marge discovers that the Crazy Cat Lady is a hoarder. For the people at home, a hoarder is anyone that feels the need to find, collect, keep, pack ANY and EVERYTHING because they do not know how to throw things away. If you want a good belly laugh, watch the shows on TLC about Hoarding. Instantly feel better about yourself. In an effort to help, Marge has the clutter removed from her home. After the loading the waste disposal truck, Marge begins removing items, causing her own home to become cluttered. Eventually, Homer brings back the Crazy Cat Lady to change Marge's new ways, but ends up becoming a hoarder again after seeing all her old items. Homer and Marge eventually just leave her in their house and go off to reunite Cheech and Chong, as the Crazy Cat Lady starts to shout and bang her chest like Tarzan drawing all of her cats into the house.
Nothing much going on in this episode. I am not even sure what I could draw from it. The first part would be I suppose don’t mess with a good thing? I don’t know. From the second part of the show, If there is something to be had from it, don’t’ meddle in others affairs?
I enjoyed this episode, as I do most episodes. I agree that Homer's affinity for Cheech and Chong came a little out of left field, but its not like it was grasping at nothing. There are several episodes that show Homer back in the day as a hippie, and I specifically remember one episode with Otto where he ends up smoking weed in the attic, which is decked out with hippie attire again (apparently the attic holds the key to Homer's past). I liked that you brought up the 3 stooges, but didnt they actually have a fairly successful career using shemp instead? I always thought he was funny, and never thought he detracted from the show as you insinuate, but everyone is entitled to their own opinions right? hahaha I hadnt thought about how Homer happens to never go into work. Thats really funny, I wonder if they will ever address that. He should have been fired looooong ago lol.
ReplyDeletePersonally for me, Moe, Larry, Curly will always be the stooges for me. Not Shemp. It has been a while for me since I have seen most of the episodes so I am a bit lost of the chronological timeline of Homer. All I remember is that his mother was a hippie and left his father to join a commune. I know in an episode a very young homer attended Woodstock but I doubt he has memories of being a young annoying hippie.
ReplyDeletep.s. I hate hippies.