How Much does Homer Earn?

Homer probably about $64,000/year in te real world, according to this article.

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Article:

Are TV Characters' Salaries Realistic?

By Laura Morsch, CareerBuilder.com

Think back: When was the last time you saw Carrie Bradshaw chopping vegetables or preheating an oven to cook herself dinner on "Sex and the City?" How about shopping on the clearance rack or setting foot inside a discount store?

Nope, Carrie is a Prada-buying, cosmopolitan-drinking, Manolo Blahnik-collecting kind of girl. She eats out constantly, resides in a roomy one-bedroom Manhattan apartment, and never seems to think twice before slapping down her credit card for more designer duds.

Even her job - sex columnist for a New York City newspaper - is glamorous. But don't let the "Sex and the City" writers fool you: Carrie's annual columnist salary wouldn't come close to affording her that luxurious lifestyle (trust me). According to Payscale.com, a New York City journalist with 10 years of experience earns a median annual salary of about $57,000.

This kind of income-stretching isn't unique to HBO. The "Friends" crew on NBC did some fancy budgeting of their own. For example, consider Jennifer Aniston's character, Rachel Green. In the early seasons, the cash Rachel earns serving lattes - badly - at the neighborhood coffee joint manages to pay rent on an enormous New York apartment and feed her shopping addiction so well she becomes a style icon.

Hey, uh, ... how much money does, ... uh, ... Tony Soprano make wid dat "garbage collecting" business dat he's, ... uh, got?

Aaron Xpac3 Mvx3vm

[email] wrote:

Are you being sarcastic again?

$27 a week less then flanders...

"jsonitsac" wrote in message news:[email]...

That was before Ned opened the Leftorium, though.

Nathan

On Fri, 4 Nov 2005 15:06:12 -0600, "That Guy" wrote:

That's pretty good for a guy that didn't graduate from High School. And most of his counter parts in the real world didn't either.

Just a secure thought there. :O)

true, but to be fair, in real life you can't be a nuclear safety inspector without some sort of advanced degree, my guess is a masters.

"jsonitsac" wrote in message news:[email]...

You would think so, but I have felt like Frank Grimes too many times in my life.

Except for all that electricity at the end.... so far.

In alt.tv.simpsons on Fri, 4 Nov 2005, jsonitsac wrote :

Fortunately Homer has a corrupt boss who just pays off gov't inspectors... :)

Paul Hyett wrote:

Nice how they manage to work in little touches from real life. ;)

"Paul Hyett" wrote in message news:[email]...

Homer gets his weight in beer.

No, wait... is weight IS beer!

"Don Boring" wrote in message news:[email]...

He's doing better than me. I didn't graduate from high school either, but I only make $52,000/year (and damned lucky at that!!)

On Tue, 8 Nov 2005 16:36:02 -0600, "That Guy" wrote:

Congratulations! (SERIOUSLY)

DB

Has the writer of this article ever watched an episode of "The OC"? Sandy's job *didn't* pay for the mansion, his wife's did!

"Daniel Burdie" wrote in message news:436c4904$0$22960$[email]...

Well, Homer COULD make $100,00 with only a $5.99 investment...

Ozzie and Harriett: What did Ozzie Nelson do for a living? We never found out! Leave it to Beaver: Ward Cleaver often referred to "the office", but we didn't know what he did, either.

But:

Father Knows Best: Doctor Dick van Dyke Show: Writer for TV show. Neighbor was Dentist. Honeymooners: Bus driver. My Three Sons: Aerospace Engineer. I Love Lucy: Nightclub singer. Bewitched: Advertising. Brady Bunch: Architect.

Aaron Xpac3 Mvx3vm

aaronhirshberg wrote:

I think he was a civil engineer of some sort. In one episode, he mentioned that he was in the Seabees during WWII.

Bob Newhart Show: psychologist Newhart: imaginary being in a psychologist's dream Bob: comic book artist Too Close for Comfort: comic strip artist Friends: Joey was an actor, Ross had something to do with archeology, and Chandler, um, er, Chandler was, er, uh,...

-- Don

Seinfeld: Jerry was a stand-up, Elaine was an editor, George was in the sports team front office, and Kramer, was well Kramer.

Chandler had some boring office job

Funky wrote:

I seem to recall that the original point of this thread was that we don't know exactly what these people do - and I don't remember anybody actually saying what Chandler's company actually did.

-- Don

Once Upon A Time Don Del Grande wrote:

He's a transpondster.

** Captain Infinity

wrote in message news:[email]...

But he did love tutti-frutti ice cream...

Gyno

dwac�n wrote:

Hm, Ozzie & Little Richard. ;)

[email] wrote:

Life of Riley - William Bendix worked at Cunningham Aircraft (carried a lunch pail & everything)

My Little Margie - Margie's dad was an advertising exec, IIRC.

I Dream of Jeanie - Jeanie's master was a military officer (Air Force?).

Dallas - oil tycoon or was married to/sleeping with one.

WKRP - radio talent/execs

Mary Tyler Moore/Lou Grant - newspaper?

Bob Newhart - psychologist?

Note: Ricky Ricardo was a nightclub owner, not just a singer.

Sparky Spartacus wrote:

MTM was a news department at a TV station in Minneapolis. When everybody (except Ted) was fired, Lou took a job at a Los Angeles newspaper.

Only at the end of the series.

-- Don

"Sparky Spartacus" wrote in message news:SUhbf.4265$[email]...

Anthony Nelson (Larry Hagman) was an astronaut.

But they were all in the Air Force. Major Nelson, Major Healey, Colonel Bellows, and so on.

I believe all of the real astronauts in the beginning were Air Force pilots, with non-military coming quite late in the space program.

"I Dream of Jeannie" reflects that, though it actually portrays the overall space program as more military than the real thing.

Michael

In article ,

Let's keep "in the beginning" to the Mercury 7:

Carpenter:     Navy
Cooper:        Air Force
Glenn:         Mr. Clean Marine  :-)
Grissom:       Air Force
Schirra:       Navy
Shepard:       Navy
Slayton:       Air Force

I know what I was thinking. That since they were all pilots, then that meant Air Force. I overlooked that the Navy and Marines have their own pilots.

It still remains that they were either with the armed forces or had been.

Michael

LlS>Anthony Nelson (Larry Hagman) was an astronaut.

Major Anthony Nelson was in the United States Air Force.

Major Roger Heeley was in the United States Army.

Both of them worked for NASA!

<chesucat twitched>

"chesucat" wrote in message news:dks023$gva$[email]...

They were rich! Rich as astronauts!

On Sun, 06 Nov 2005 02:03:13 -0500, Sparky Spartacus wrote:

God Sparky, if you remember that, you are showing your age dude. I saw the show as a kid and I am beginning to feel old myself.

Remember Abe Simpson and his buddy after they drank the Mescal Fruit Drinks that Homer had made at the ole hippy commune?

"We're old, he he! Yah, We're old!"

DB

Don Boring wrote:

Right, I understood that before I hit Send. :)

At my age, I'm happy I can still hit the Send key. <rimshot>

Enough to buy a house when Marge is pregnant and pay the house off when Bart is 10. Not bad huh?

Darren Hayes made millions till that mooching do nothing partner, Daniel Jones and his floozy gold digging ex-wife, (Darren's wife) took Mr Hayes for a ride