“Homer’s Phobia” is the fifteenth episode in the eighth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. In the episode, Homer dissociates himself from new family friend John after discovering that he is gay. Homer fears that John will have a negative influence on his son Bart and decides to ensure Bart’s heterosexuality by taking him hunting. It was the show’s first episode to revolve entirely around gay themes.
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“Homer’s Phobia” is the fifteenth episode in the eighth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 16, 1997. In the episode, Homer dissociates himself from new family friend John after discovering that he is gay. Homer fears that John will have a negative influence on his son Bart and decides to ensure Bart’s heterosexuality by taking him hunting. It was the show’s first episode to revolve entirely around gay themes and received a positive critical response both for its humor and anti-homophobia message. It won four awards, including an Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program and a GLAAD Media Award for \”Outstanding TV – Individual Episode\”. The episode was written by Ron Hauge and directed by Mike B. Anderson. Filmmaker John Waters guest-starred, providing the voice of the new character, John. Elizabeth Taylor, who appeared in the first four episodes of the first season, said she was enthralled by the script and the story was engaging and surprising and that it was good enough for her to put her heart into. The episode originally titled “Bart Goes to Camp” but was renamed because the joke was too oblique. The Gold Bulletin, telling the story of The Simpsons’ 50th anniversary, said that the episode was “the best episode of the series so far” and that the show was “one of the best shows on television” The episode has been adapted into the film “The Simpsons Movie” and has been released on Blu-ray and DVD in the U.S.
and in the UK. The film was directed by John Waters, who also directed the episode “Lisa’s First Word” and appeared in four episodes in the First Coast Coast of the First World War. The movie was based on the book “Lisa and Camp” by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein, which was published by Simon & Schuster in 1998. The book was written as a collaboration between the two writers and the editors of the magazine “The New York Review of Books” and the publisher, Simon &Schuster, and was published in 1999. The novel was published as a companion to the TV series “The Simpson Family Movie” in which Homer takes Bart deer hunting with Moe and Barney to raise money for a gas line repair. Marge tries to sell a family heirloom — an \”authentic\” American Civil War doll — to Cockamamie’s, a campy collectibles shop. John, the shop owner, reveals her precious heirloa is a cheap liquor bottle of little value. Homer is horrified when Marge informs Homer that John is gay, and he refuses to join the tour of Springfield that John has arranged.
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