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Review: B. When I read that this is a Homer episode and that it involves him owning the church, I thought this is going to be another "a-hole Homer" episode. Instead, it turned out to be an enjoyable episode. Homer's praying wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be. Also, there were a lot of good LOL moments in the episode (i.e. Artie arguing with Kent, Col. Sanders sitting on God's right hand side). However, the episode also had a weak point: the whole idea of Springfield losing its Christian beliefs, which was probably better done with Homer leaving the church and starting his own religion in Homer the Heteric.
DYN's
Lisa still believes the teachings of Buddha (thinking that he stopped the rain)?
Refs.
Say Anything -Title
Spongebob Squarepants -Blackboard Gag
McDonald's -Homer viewing Flanders' yard via swing similar to an ad where a baby sees a McDonald's from a baby swing.
The Sopronos -God: The Original Tony Soprono
Noah's Ark -Third act
Comments:
The plumbers comment about the sink having more roots than the list of top-rated TV shows refers to the miniseries Roots. Based on the novel by Alex Haley, Roots chronicles four generations of Haley's family tree, from Kunta Kinte, an African who is captured and sent to the United States as a slave to Kunta's great-grandson Tom, a blacksmith recruited for the Army during the Civil War. The miniseries was a major TV ratings hit, with the final episode being the most-watched program of all time up until the "Who Shot J.R.?" episode of Dallas. Its success spawned a sequel miniseries, which chronicles Haley's family tree from the end of the original miniseries to Alex Haley himself.
Joe Klemm