"Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment"

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"Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" is a celebrated episode of The Simpsons in which Springfield enacts prohibition, leading Homer to secretly bootleg beer and clash with the law.

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instanceOf television episode
airYear 1997
animationStudio Film Roman
couchGagType unique gag for this episode
countryOfOrigin United States
criticalReception widely regarded as one of the classic episodes of The Simpsons
director Bob Anderson
featuresCharacter Barney Gumble
Bart Simpson
Chief Wiggum
Homer Simpson
Lisa Simpson
Maggie Simpson
Marge Simpson
Mayor Quimby
Moe Szyslak
Ned Flanders
Rex Banner
genre animated sitcom
comedy
hasOpeningSequence standard The Simpsons opening with couch gag
narrativeTheme bootlegging
law enforcement satire
prohibition
notableQuote To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.
originalAirDate 1997-03-16
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork Fox
parodyOf American Prohibition era
film noir and gangster films
partOfFranchise The Simpsons franchise
plotElement Homer becomes a bootlegger known as the Beer Baron.
Homer smuggles beer using bowling balls and later brews his own beer.
Rex Banner is hired to enforce prohibition in Springfield.
The prohibition law is revealed to have been repealed years earlier.
plotSummary Springfield enacts prohibition after a law against alcohol is rediscovered.
positionInSeason 18
positionInSeries 171
productionCompany 20th Century Fox Television
Gracie Films
season season 8
series The Simpsons
setting Springfield
showrunner Bill Oakley
Josh Weinstein
titleReference Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
writer John Swartzwelder

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