“Away is good, but home is bad” ( Eng. There's No Disgrace Like Home ) - the fourth episode of the first season of the animated series “ The Simpsons ”. The episode talks about the Simpsons family relationships, anger, and comparing them to other families.
| “There's No Disgrace Like Home” | |
| “Away is good, but bad at home” | |
| The Simpsons episode | |
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| Episode poster | |
| Season | one |
| Episode number | four |
| Episode code | 7G04 |
| First broadcast | January 28, 1990 |
| Executive producer | James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon |
| Screenwriter | Al Jin, Mike Reiss |
| Producer | Greg Wanzo, Kent Buttersworth |
| Blackboard | “ I will not burp in the classroom” ( English I will not burp in class ) |
| Scene on the couch | The Simpsons hurry to sit on the sofa and Homer squeezes out of it. |
| SNPP capsule | |
Content
- 1 plot
- 2 Interesting Facts
- 3 Cultural references
- 4 References
Story
Homer and his family go on a corporate picnic at the boss’s estate. A brutal and tyrannical boss, Montgomery Burns dismisses those workers whose family members do not enjoy the party with him. Homer sees that Burns really likes families in which peace and love reign. And he wonders why he has been punished by such a quarreling and unhappy family. A catastrophe happened: Bart strangles a swan, Lisa drinks water from a fountain, Marge gets drunk and chants. And in the bag-sacking competition, Bart almost won, although he knew that “by the rules” Mr. Burns should always win in this race.
The Simpsons keep an eye on other families on their street, peeping through the windows of their houses, and they see happy, kind faces. But the man from the second house saw them and ran out with a gun into the street. Soon, a sad Homer ended up in the Mo Tavern , where he saw an advertisement for Dr. Marvin Monroe 's Family Therapy. The doctor guaranteed: "A happy family or a double refund." To pay for the services of the Monroe Clinic , the reassured Homer spent all the money (even the money deferred for children to go to college) and laid down the TV.
When the usual methods did not help, Monroe was forced to resort to shock therapy, connecting the Simpsons with electric wires. Family members continuously shock each other, which leads to network congestion and power outages throughout the city. Marvin Monroe has to, in accordance with television advertising, return money to Homer in double size. Having received five hundred dollars, the joyful Simpsons go to buy a new TV.
Interesting Facts
- Bart says his famous phrase: “Don’t Have A Cow, Man”
- When Homer threatens Barney, he says: “Here are five, and we will disperse,” but all the Simpsons characters have 4 fingers.
- In the DVD commentary, Mike Reis points out that almost everything in this episode is wrong. Marge gets drunk, Lisa is bully, and Homer is the most troubled member of the family.
- This is the first episode to be shown in the UK on BBC1. A few months later, the series switched to BBC2.
- In 2006, this episode was featured in The Top Ten Episodes of All Time by Matt Groning.
- This episode was shown on the plane in the movie " Die Hard 2 ".
- Among the families who are waiting for an appointment with Dr. Marvin Monroe , there is one that was portrayed as a “saint” at a Burns picnic.
- When Homer received $ 500, he offered to buy a new touch-screen TV. Quite interesting, given that the series was filmed in 1990.
Cultural references
- The Simpsons: “One of us! One of us! ” - a reference to the same scene in“ Freaks ”.
- A bagged race and other entertainments echo similar scenes from Citizen Kane directed by Orson Welles .
- The song "Hey brother, pour some wine!" , Which Marge sings, was written by Dean Martin .
- The scene with shock therapy, where the family is tied to chairs, is a reference to Stanley Kubrick’s 1971 film A Clockwork Orange .
- The character of Dr. Marvin Monroe was written with Dr. David Weisscott.