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The Simpsons: Helter Shelter

The Simpsons' house is overrun by termites (after Lisa gets a hockey stick from a Russian player) and find another place to live while their home is being fumigated in the form of a reality show where families live the way people did in the 1800s.


3.5/10 (2 Votes cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 14x5
Production Number: DABF21
Airdate: Sunday December 01st, 2002



Guest Stars
Karl WiedergottKarl Wiedergott
voiced Various
Recurring
Pamela HaydenPamela Hayden
voiced Various
Recurring
Russi TaylorRussi Taylor
voiced Various
Recurring
Tress MacNeilleTress MacNeille
voiced Dolph, Jimbo
Recurring
David L. Lander (1)David L. Lander (1)
voiced Squiggy
Larry Holmes (1)Larry Holmes (1)
voiced Himself
Main Cast
Dan CastellanetaDan Castellaneta
voiced Homer Simpson, Abraham Simpson, Krusty the Klown, Barney, Willy, Sideshow Mel, Mayor Quimby, Hans Moleman, Gil, Itchy, Various
Julie KavnerJulie Kavner
voiced Marjorie "Marge" Bouvier Simpson, Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier, Jacqueline Ingrid Bouvier, Various
Yeardley SmithYeardley Smith
voiced Lisa Simpson, Various
Nancy CartwrightNancy Cartwright
voiced Bart Simpson, Nelson Muntz, Ralph Wiggum, Todd Flanders, Kearney, Various
Hank AzariaHank Azaria
voiced Apu, Moe, Chief Wiggum, Carl, Comic Book Guy, Dr. Nick Riviera, Prof. Frink, Cletus, Sea Captain, Kirk Van Houten, Various
Harry ShearerHarry Shearer
voiced Mr. Burns, Smithers, Dr. Marvin Monroe, Ned Flanders, Seymour Skinner, Otto, Kent Brockman, Dr. Hibbert, Lenny, Rev. Lovejoy, Various
Episode Notes
Chalkboard: Milhouse did not test cootie positive

Couch: The Simpsons sit on the couch. A mouse cursor drags Homer from the left side of the couch to the right, changes the wall color to green by clicking on it, and clicks on the boat painting, changing it into the Mona Lisa.



Episode Quotes
Marge: Can't beat a skybox! All the excitement of being in the sky, with the security of being in a box.
Bart: Oh-ho-ho! This is gonna be the coolest basketball game ever!
Lisa: Actually, it says here we're gonna see hockey.
Homer, Marge and Bart: Noooo!

Cletus: All right! A people tooth! Open up Gummy Sue! This is your lucky day!
Cletus's Daughter: Now I's like Britney Spears!

Homer: 1895, forget it! We'd be too late to save Lincoln and too early to save Kennedy.
Moe: You can save McKinley.
Homer: It's not a time machine, Moe!

(The Simpsons are in Moe's trying to figure out where they can live while their house is being fumigated)
Barney: You know, I heard of a new reality show where they let you live in a home for free.
Carl: Oh, yeah. The gimmick is it's a house from 1895 - and you gotta do everything like they did back then.
Homer: 1895? Forget it. We'd be too late to save Lincoln and too early to save Kennedy.
Moe: You could save Mckinley.
Homer: It's not a time machine, Moe.



Cultural References
This episode's title is an adaptation of the phrase “Helter Skelter”, this was a song written by Paul McCartney, it was also made famous by the 1969 Sharon Tate/LaBianca murders. Helter Skelter was scrawled on the walls of the Tate mansion.



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