"Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson" | |
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The Simpsons episode | |
![]() The opening titles of Homer's show | |
Episode no. | Season 23 Episode 10 |
Directed by | Mark Kirkland |
Written by | John Frink |
Production code | PABF03 |
Original air date | January 8, 2012 |
Guest appearance | |
Ted Nugent as himself | |
Episode features | |
Chalkboard gag | "Tintin did not sucksuck" |
Couch gag | In an Edwardian era setting, the lights go out and there is a gunshot. When the lights come up, Homer is found dead and Bart is arrested for his father's murder. Marge (the real culprit) hides the smoking gun in her hair. |
"Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson" is the tenth episode of the twenty-third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. In the episode, Bart uploads a video on YouTube in which Homer rants about airlines' horrible treatment of passengers. It quickly goes viral and Homer is eventually given his own political cable news show. Homer wins support among average Americans and is chosen by the Republicans to pick their candidate for the next presidential election. He chooses Ted Nugent, but in the end, he realizes that he made the wrong decision, so he admits on television that he is "full of crap".
American musician and conservative political activist Ted Nugent made his second guest appearance on The Simpsons in this episode, which makes fun of his views on hunting and gun ownership.
The episode has received generally positive reception from television critics and has been particularly praised for its satire of politics and cable news commentators. During its original broadcast on the Fox network in the United States on January 8, 2012, "Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson" was watched by about 5.07 million people and received a 2.3 Nielsen rating.