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Playinghardball

(11,665 posts)
Mon Jan 9, 2012, 04:25 PM Jan 2012

Homer Simpson becomes Glenn Beck style ‘loudmouth’

As The Simpsons approaches its 500 episode, writers on the latest episode of the landmark series decided to poke fun at Fox News and one of its former employees.

In Sunday’s episode, after becoming a YouTube sensation after an airport meltdown, Homer Simpson wins the job of political analyst on a show called “Head Butt.”

Homer impresses the show’s producers so much, they give him his own show called “Gut Check” and proclaim Homer as the “ill-informed gas bag that networks cannot get enough of.”

Carrying the excitement of having his own show, Homer vows that he would be a unique host.

Read more and watch the video at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/09/homer-simpson-becomes-glenn-beck-style-loudmouth/

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Homer Simpson becomes Glenn Beck style ‘loudmouth’ (Original Post) Playinghardball Jan 2012 OP
It was a good episode sharp_stick Jan 2012 #1
One of the funniest in a long time Kingofalldems Jan 2012 #2

sharp_stick

(14,400 posts)
1. It was a good episode
Mon Jan 9, 2012, 04:28 PM
Jan 2012

I haven't been watching The Simpsons that faithfully for the last couple of years but this one is well worth a view. Even Ted Nugent made me laugh a couple of times. "Who want's Elk!"

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