Mom and Pop Art

"Mom and Pop Art" is the nineteenth episode of The Simpsons' tenth season. The episode aired on April 11, 1999.

Episode details

Production Number: AABF15
Original Air Date: April 11, 1999
Writer: Al Jean
Director: Steven Dean Moore
Blackboard: "A trained ape could not teach gym."
Couch Gag: In a Dr. Strangelove parody, the family rides a couch, a la "riding the bomb" in the movie.
Guest Voices: Isabella Rossellini as Astrid Weller and Jasper Johns

Synopsis

Marge tells Homer that there are many things he could do around the yard. Although Homer is not interested at first, he later reluctantly decides to do it. He takes Bart to Mom & Pop Hardware to get some things for the house. Homer sees a do-it-yourself barbecue pit and buys it, and when he goes home, he installs the pit, but when he does it, he messes up the project and tries to get rid of it, until a woman named Astrid Weller sees Homer's project and sees it as being a masterpiece of outsider art. Homer's exhibit goes to the Louvre: American Style museum.

After it becomes a success, Homer becomes an outsider artist. He gets a notice from Astrid Weller that his work will be in the "Art in America" show, but his new masterpieces are rejected by Springfield's residents. Once he hears a suggestion from Lisa, Homer decides to create something groundbreaking by flooding Springfield, which he calls "conceptual art". The whole town of Springfield is impressed with Homer's work.

Quotes

• Ned Flanders: What the flood?! Maude, it's a miracle! The Lord has drowned the wicked and spared the righteous.
  Maude: Isn't that Homer Simpson?
  Ned: Looks like Heaven's easier to get in than Arizona State.
• Jasper Johns: (stealing one of Marge's paintings) Yoink!
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