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#84 Much Apu About Nothing
Season 7, Episode 23 (Guide from the Simpsons Archive)
A bear wanders into Springfield, and Homer leads a citizen protest to the mayor’s office, demanding that the city do a better job protecting its citizens from bears. Mayor Quimby institutes a bear patrol (what ever happened to the city counsel? Is mayor a dictatorial position in Springfield?). Homer is outraged when he finds out that the city withheld $5 from his paycheck for a bear tax, and another citizen protest goes to the mayor’s office. Quimby decides to deflect the problem by blaming high taxes on illegal immigrants, and the people go along and adopt an anti-immigrant attitude (failing to notice the difference between legal and illegal immigrants – sound like democrats to me). While Homer is campaigning for the mayor’s proposition to deport all illegal immigrants, he stops by the Kwik-E-Mart and discovers that Apu is an illegal immigrant. Apu, in desperation, notices that Kearney has a fake ID and offers to overlook his shoplifting in exchange for information about where to obtain one. He gets the fake documents from Fat Tony, and tries to act American, but can’t continue his lie and manages to find a sympathetic Homer this time, who offers to teach him all about American history so he can pass his citizenship test. Apu passes the test, and Homer campaigns against the proposition, which passes overwhelmingly anyways. Un-memorable moments include the politics of the eoisode and the poor history demonstrated by Apu when explaining what caused the Civil War (which is funny, in a way, because the writers were trying to act smart and say it was more than slavery, but totally messed up in doing so). Memorable moments, on the other hand, include the bear, Homer complaining about taxes, Quimby’s shenanigans (especially the deleted scene with the secretarial pool, and the non-deleted scene with the pic-i-nic basket), Homer’s history lesson (including the flag and the location of Springfield), Apu acting American, and Kearney using the fake ID.
Season 7, Episode 23 (Guide from the Simpsons Archive)
A bear wanders into Springfield, and Homer leads a citizen protest to the mayor’s office, demanding that the city do a better job protecting its citizens from bears. Mayor Quimby institutes a bear patrol (what ever happened to the city counsel? Is mayor a dictatorial position in Springfield?). Homer is outraged when he finds out that the city withheld $5 from his paycheck for a bear tax, and another citizen protest goes to the mayor’s office. Quimby decides to deflect the problem by blaming high taxes on illegal immigrants, and the people go along and adopt an anti-immigrant attitude (failing to notice the difference between legal and illegal immigrants – sound like democrats to me). While Homer is campaigning for the mayor’s proposition to deport all illegal immigrants, he stops by the Kwik-E-Mart and discovers that Apu is an illegal immigrant. Apu, in desperation, notices that Kearney has a fake ID and offers to overlook his shoplifting in exchange for information about where to obtain one. He gets the fake documents from Fat Tony, and tries to act American, but can’t continue his lie and manages to find a sympathetic Homer this time, who offers to teach him all about American history so he can pass his citizenship test. Apu passes the test, and Homer campaigns against the proposition, which passes overwhelmingly anyways. Un-memorable moments include the politics of the eoisode and the poor history demonstrated by Apu when explaining what caused the Civil War (which is funny, in a way, because the writers were trying to act smart and say it was more than slavery, but totally messed up in doing so). Memorable moments, on the other hand, include the bear, Homer complaining about taxes, Quimby’s shenanigans (especially the deleted scene with the secretarial pool, and the non-deleted scene with the pic-i-nic basket), Homer’s history lesson (including the flag and the location of Springfield), Apu acting American, and Kearney using the fake ID.
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