Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

For the film by the Coen brothers, see O Brother, Where Art Thou?.

The Simpsons Season 2 October 1990 - July 1991 List of The Simpsons episodes

Episodes: Bart Gets an F Simpson and Delilah Treehouse of Horror Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish Dancin' Homer Dead Putting Society Bart vs. Thanksgiving Bart the Daredevil Itchy & Scratchy & Marge Bart Gets Hit By A Car One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish The Way We Was Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment Principal Charming Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? Bart's Dog Gets An F Old Money Brush with Greatness Lisa's Substitute War of the Simpsons Three Men and a Comic Book Blood Feud

"Oh Brother, Where Art Thou" is the 15th episode of the second season of The Simpsons.

Homer discovers he has a half-brother.

Contents

1 Episode details 2 Synopsis 3 Quotes 4 Trivia 5 Goofs 6 References

Episode details

Production Number: 7F16
Original Air Date: February 21, 1991
Writers: Jeff Martin
Director: Wesley Archer
Blackboard: "I will not sell land in Florida"
Couch Gag:They sit normally on the couch and Maggie pops out of Marge hair.
Guest Voices: Danny DeVito as Herb Powell

Synopsis

Quotes

Trivia

• Baby Homer has the same amount of hair as adult Homer.
• The advisor, when indicating the number six, held up all four fingers on one hand and two on the other.
• The slogan for the Persephone was “THE MYTH BECOMES A LEGEND”.
• The idea of having Danny DeVito voice Homer's brother didn't come up until the last minute when Sam Simon brought it up. He was brought in as a favor from Jim Brooks.

Goofs

• When watching Itchy & Scratchy with Bart & Lisa, Herb is wearing a t-shirt and shorts, but in the next frame he is a shirt and tie.
• In the clip Powell shows at the auto show, Homer is seen driving his namesake car. The upper end of the shoulder belt appears to be hovering in space over Homer's left shoulder, not attached to the car's frame.

References

Tucker: The Man and His Dream: Unveiling a new car model.

Damn Yankees: "Whatever Homer wants, Homer gets"

The Godfather: "As far as I’m concerned, I have no brother"

Twins: Danny DeVito playing a long-lost brother.

Skinny Tiger, Fatty Dragon: The name Kumatsu Motors is taken from this movie

James Bond: The end credits of the McBain movie is a parody of James Bond movies.

Arnold Schwarzenegger: McBain is an obvious parody.

Sullivan's Travels: The episode title is from the movie-within-a-movie

See also: Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, 1990, 1991, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bart's Dog Gets An F, Bart Gets Hit By A Car