Homerpalooza
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"Homerpalooza" is the twenty-fourth and penultimate episode of the seventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 19, 1996. In the episode, Homer is shocked to find classic rock is no longer considered cool. Hoping to look cool for his children, he joins the Hullabalooza music festival as a carnival freak. The episode's title is a play on the Lollapalooza music festival. It was the last Simpsons episode written by Brent Forrester and the last one directed by Wes Archer (both Forrester and Archer left to
Wikidata facts
- Genre
- animated sitcom
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Series
- The Simpsons
- Followed by
- Summer of 4 Ft. 2
- Follows
- Much Apu About Nothing
- Director
- Wes Archer
- Screenwriter
- Brent Forrester
- Voice actor
- Yeardley Smith
- Narrative location
- Springfield
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- production code
- 3F21
- season
- The Simpsons, season 7
- publication date
- 1996-05-19
- title
- Homerpalooza
- original broadcaster
- Fox Broadcasting Company
- characters
- Margaret Simpson
- distributed by
- Fandango at Home
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
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"Homerpalooza" is the twenty-fourth and penultimate episode of the seventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 19, 1996. In the episode, Homer is shocked to find classic rock is no longer considered cool. Hoping to look cool for his children, he joins the Hullabalooza music festival as a carnival freak. The episode's title is a play on the Lollapalooza music festival. It was the last Simpsons episode written by Brent Forrester and the last one directed by Wes Archer (both Forrester and Archer left to work on King of the Hill). Peter Frampton and musical groups Sonic Youth, Cypress Hill, and The Smashing Pumpkins guest star as themselves.
==Plot== After Otto destroys the school bus, Homer is forced to carpool several students to school. He is shocked to find all the kids hate the classic rock radio station he listens to. Homer realizes that music from his high school days is no longer considered cool after a young man at a record store derides it.
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