#OnThisDay #OTD February 21, 1999, "Marge Simpson in: 'Screaming Yellow Honkers'" (S10E15) first aired on the Fox network. Dir: @markk1914. Wr: David M. Stern. EP: @scullymike. Guest-starring Hank Williams Jr. as the Canyonero singer and @JohnKassir as Possum. #TheSimpsons
@markk1914 @scullymike @JohnKassir The road rage film which Chief Wiggum shows during the road rage class was originally titled "Screaming Yellow Honkers". The road rage film was originally to have been presented, of course, by Troy McClure, but voice actor Phil Hartman died the previous year.
@markk1914 @scullymike @JohnKassir The group of people running out of the zoo, before Homer, Bart, and Lisa, are caricatures of showrunner Mike Scully, his wife @ScullyThacker, and his children. They are also seen running behind Kent Brockman's news report later in the episode.
@markk1914 @scullymike @JohnKassir @ScullyThacker Amongst other references, this episode features Skinner and Chalmers attempting to perform Abbott and Costello's famous "Who's On First?" routine and, in an attempt to stop the rhinos, Homer shouts "Jumanji!", a reference to the film Jumanji. (video: Onikorp)
@markk1914 @scullymike @JohnKassir @ScullyThacker Fox executives were displeased with the positive references to NBC near the end of the show. As a compromise, the writers added in the sequence during the end credits where Homer reads a statement at gunpoint that disparages NBC and praises Fox (and briefly praises CBS).
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