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| "Homer Simpson, This is Your Wife" |
| The Simpsons episode |
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| Promotional Artwork for this episode. |
| Episode no. |
371 |
| Prod. code |
HABF08 |
| Orig. airdate |
March 26, 2006 |
| Written by |
Ricky Gervais |
| Directed by |
Matthew Nastuk |
| Chalkboard |
Original Airing: I will not eat things for money (done in live action).
Repeats:I will not laminate dog doo. |
| Couch gag |
Original Airing: The Simpsons (played by live-action actors and actresses to coincide with the entire opening done in live-action) sit on the couch just as the animated opening comes on TV.
Repeats: The Simpsons sit down on the couch. A roasting spit pierces through the couch and the floor below pulls back to reveal a fiery pit. The Simpsons are then spun around over the heat. |
| Guest star(s) |
Ricky Gervais as Charles |
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"Homer Simpson, This is Your Wife" is an episode of The Simpsons, that aired on March 26, 2006. It is the fifteenth episode of the show's seventeenth season.
Plot
Lenny invites practically everyone in town to a party at his apartment, where he tells them that he is dying to tell them that he has adopted a new faith in the form of a brand new plasma screen TV. Homer immediately falls in love with its high-definition picture, and begins to spend all his time at Lenny's house watching TV; Marge sends over the kids to bring him back, but they too become enthralled. Eventually, Homer is kicked out of Lenny's, and when he gets back home, he no longer enjoys watching his usual CRT TV. Marge tells him that she entered them in a contest where first prize is a plasma screen TV. Later, they get a call and learn that instead of first prize ("No. No one wins that."), they won third prize — a trip to the Fox Studio Network (no expenses paid). While on the tour bus, they run across Dan Castellaneta (played by himself); later Homer learns of a reality show called "Mother Flippers" (similar to Wife Swap and Trading Spouses), the grand prize of which happens to be enough money to buy a new plasma screen TV. Homer agrees to put his family on the show.
When they get back to Springfield, the show begins. Marge is traded to a nice, easygoing man named Charles Heathbar (Ricky Gervais) and his perfect son; Homer gets Charles' very strict wife, Verity. Charles seems to be the classic hen-pecked husband, and is surprised to see that Marge is extremely understanding and nice. Marge enjoys her time with Charles, while he begins to develop a crush on her. Meanwhile, Homer, Bart, and Lisa are having major troubles with Verity, who continues to discipline them and object to everything they do.
Charles writes a love song for Marge (with guitar accompaniment), who seems completely oblivious to him until he comes out and tells her that he is in love with her. She explains to him that she loves Homer, and she tells him that he should tell his wife how he feels. He agrees, and decides to take her back to Homer and then get rid of Verity. When they get back to Springfield, Homer and the kids are ecstatic to see Marge. However, Verity has already decided to leave Charles, and has found a new partner: Patty; they were brought together by their hatred for Homer.
In the end, Homer plays on the guitar, expressing his undying love for his new plasma TV and (to a lesser extent) Marge.
Production note
Ricky Gervais wrote the episode, making him the first guest star to ever be credited with simultaneously writing and guest-starring in an episode of The Simpsons.
Reception
This episode received the highest ratings a Simpsons episode has ever received in the United Kingdom, as it topped 2.3 million viewers on Sky One and became the second highest rated show in the channel's history.[1] In a 2008 article, Entertainment Weekly named Gervais one of the sixteen best Simpsons guest stars.[2]
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