Team Homer

"Team Homer"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.Season 7
Episode 12
Directed byMark Kirkland[1]
Written byMike Scully[1]
Production code3F10
Original air dateJanuary 7, 1996 (1996-01-07)
Episode features
Chalkboard gag"I am not certified to remove asbestos"[1]
Couch gagThe Simpsons run to and sit on the couch as normal and the camera zooms in on a nearby mousehole, where a family of mice resembling the Simpsons scurries to and sits on its couch.
CommentaryMatt Groening
David Mirkin
Mike Scully
Mark Kirkland
Episode chronology
List of episodes

"Team Homer" is the twelfth episode of the seventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on January 7, 1996. In the episode, Homer starts a bowling team with Moe, Apu, and Otto. When Mr. Burns discovers the team was funded with his money, he insists on joining, but the team fears he will cost them the league championship. In the subplot, Bart's "Down with homework" T-shirt incites a school riot, so Principal Skinner implements a uniform dress code.

The episode was written by Mike Scully and directed by Mark Kirkland. Scully came up with the idea for it when he went bowling one day. The episode features cultural references to Mad magazine and the film Caddyshack.

Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 9.4, and was the third highest-rated show on the Fox network the week it aired.

  1. ^ a b c Groening, Matt (1997). Richmond, Ray; Coffman, Antonia (eds.). The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family (1st ed.). New York: HarperPerennial. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-06-095252-5. LCCN 98141857. OCLC 37796735. OL 433519M..

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