Thread by @dailysimpsons

#OnThisDay #OTD March 16, 1997, "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" (S08E18) first aired on Fox. Dir: Bob Anderson. Wr: @JJSwartzwelder. EP: @thatbilloakley & @Joshstrangehill. Guest-starring @TheDaveThomas as Rex Banner and @JoeMantegna as Fat Tony. #TheSimpsons

@JJSwartzwelder @thatbilloakley @Joshstrangehill @TheDaveThomas @JoeMantegna The riot scene in "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" reuses animation from the riot scene in Season 5's "Bart's Inner Child." This animation was also reused in "Lisa on Ice" prior to this episode.

@JJSwartzwelder @thatbilloakley @Joshstrangehill @TheDaveThomas @JoeMantegna When Homer first enters Moe's "Pet Shop" the man that tips his hat to him outside was a background character used in the early seasons.

@JJSwartzwelder @thatbilloakley @Joshstrangehill @TheDaveThomas @JoeMantegna Josh Weinstein's response on earlier thread from this episode on casting Dave Thomas as Rex Banner.

@JJSwartzwelder @thatbilloakley @Joshstrangehill @TheDaveThomas @JoeMantegna The voice over/narration of the episode is a reference to The Untouchables.

@JJSwartzwelder @thatbilloakley @Joshstrangehill @TheDaveThomas @JoeMantegna Another original Fox promo for "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" from 1997; this one just focused on a gag from the very beginning of the episode. #StPatricksDay

@JJSwartzwelder @thatbilloakley @Joshstrangehill @TheDaveThomas @JoeMantegna One shot from this episode was an homage to Edward Hopper's "Nighthawks." A similar one appeared in Season 2's "Old Money" and in official merchandise titled "Nighthogs at the Diner".

@JJSwartzwelder @thatbilloakley @Joshstrangehill @TheDaveThomas @JoeMantegna #StPatricksDay #TheSimpsons

@JJSwartzwelder @thatbilloakley @Joshstrangehill @TheDaveThomas @JoeMantegna This scene in which a British chip shop named "John Bull's Fish & Chips" blows up was originally censored in Britain and Ireland. This scene is shown uncensored on the Disney+ streaming service and on the DVDs.

@JJSwartzwelder @thatbilloakley @Joshstrangehill @TheDaveThomas @JoeMantegna A deleted scene from "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment".

@JJSwartzwelder @thatbilloakley @Joshstrangehill @TheDaveThomas @JoeMantegna The line "To alcohol! The cause of... and solution to... all of life's problems," was originally the act break line at the end of act two, but was moved to the very end of the episode. (And qualifying it as the greatest final line of any episode in history.)