Homer the Smithers

"**Homer the Smithers**"
"Homer the Smithers"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.	Season 7; Episode 17
Directed by	Steven Dean Moore
Written by	John Swartzwelder
Production code	3F14
Original air date	February 25, 1996
Episode features
Couch gag	The Simpsons are wearing fezzes and drive to the couch in minicars.
Commentary	Bill Oakley; Josh Weinstein; Steven Dean Moore
Episode chronology
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"Homer the Smithers" is the seventeenth episode of the seventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on February 25, 1996.^[1] In the episode, Smithers takes a vacation and hires Homer to temporarily replace him as Mr. Burns' assistant.

The episode was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Steven Dean Moore.^[2] The plot came from another writer on the show, Mike Scully. The episode features cultural references to The Little Rascals, a series of comedy short films from the 1930s, and the 1971 film A Clockwork Orange.

Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 8.8, and was the fifth-highest-rated show on the Fox network the week it aired.

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