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Burns, Baby Burns
P-code: 4F05
Episode Index: 08×04
Writers: Ian Maxtone-Graham
Directors: Jim Reardon
Airdate: 17th November, 1996
Guest stars: Rodney Dangerfield as Larry Burns
Average Fan Rating: 3.6 (112 ratings, 2 reviews)
Plot Guide
Mr. Burns discover that he has a long lost son, Larry Burns. Mr. Burns accepts Larry as his son, but soon he loses respect for him when he finds out he is a oaf. So Homer and Larry devise a plan to fake kidnap Larry in Homer's basement, to see if Mr. Burns really cares about Larry.
The police track them down and the devised plan isn't a success. Mr. Burns decides he cannot love his son and he must go. Larry leaves Springfield for ever.
Memorable Quotes
Flanders: Well, if God didn't make little green apples, it's Homer Simpson! How long have you been here?
Homer: Twenty of the suckiest minutes of my life.
Marge: Next to Spring and Winter, Fall is my absolute favorite season. Just look at all this beautiful foilage.
Lisa: It's not "foilage," Mom, it's "foliage." Fo-liage.
Marge: That's what I said, foilage. It doesn't take a nuclear scientist to pronounce foilage.
Mr. Burns: Oh this might take a while, Smithers. Why don't you get drunk and stumble around comically for my amusement?
Smithers: I'll be a one-man conga line, sir.
Homer: Can't they get a pole for that sign?
Bart: That's a hitchhiker, Homer.
Homer: Ooh, let's pick him up!
Marge: No! What if he's crazy?
Homer: And what if he's not? Then we'd look like idiots.
Lisa: (talking about Mr. Burns) He stole our puppies.
Marge: He sexually harassed me.
Grampa: He stole my fiancé.
Homer: He made fun of my weight.
Larry Burns: Okay, so there's been a bit of friction. Know his address?
Mr. Burns: You, foodbag - do you have a son?
Homer: Yes sir, I do.
Mr. Burns: And is he a constant disappointment? Does he bring home nitwits and make you talk to them?
Homer: Oh, all the time! Have you ever heard of this kid Milhouse? He's a little wiener who--
Mr. Burns: Fascinating. Goodnight.
Kent Brockman: A bloody end for Homer Simpson... is just one of several possible outcomes according to our computer simulation. Now, here's how it would look if the police killed him with a barrage of baseballs.
Wiggum: Don't be a fool, Simpson! Let the kid go!
Mr. Burns: The negotiations have failed. Shoot him!
Mr. Burns: Smithers, take off my belt.
Smithers: With pleasure, sir!
Did You Spot...
- The Simpsons visit Mt. Swartzwelder Cider Mill, named after Simpsons writer John Swartzwelder.
- The Olmec Indian head from 7F22 Brush With Greatness is still in the basement.
- Statues of Burns dressed like an ancient Roman can be seen outside his mansion.
- Mr. Burns was a member of Yale's class of 1914.
References/Parodies
- Larry Burns insulting everyone at the country club, and the party at the end to ''Anyway You Want It'' is a parody of ''Caddyshack'', starring Rodney Dangerfield (who voiced Larry).
Season 8 quick links
- Treehouse of Horror VII
- You Only Move Twice
- The Homer They Fall
- Burns, Baby Burns
- Bart After Dark
- A Milhouse Divided
- Lisa's Date with Density
- Hurricane Neddy
- El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)
- The Springfield Files
- The Twisted World of Marge Simpson
- Mountain of Madness
- Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious
- The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show
- Homer's Phobia
- Brother from Another Series
- My Sister, My Sitter
- Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment
- Grade School Confidential
- The Canine Mutiny
- The Old Man and the Lisa
- In Marge We Trust
- Homer's Enemy
- The Simpsons Spin-off Showcase
- The Secret War of Lisa Simpson
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