I bet Einstein turned himself all sorts of colors before he invented the light bulb.Homer

Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass

Homer becomes a victory dance choreographer after dancing for a victory over his son. Meanwhile Ned looks to create his own wholesome entertainment by creating his own versions of bible stories, which seem to only concentrate on the violent parts.

Plot

 The family goes to run down Springfield Park, where a carnival is being held to save it. Homer performs a wild crowd-pleasing dance at a local carnival, after beating Bart's performance in a game. Ned Flanders has captured the performance on videotape and Comic Book Guy (who reveals his name is Jeff Albertson) puts it up on the Internet. The video gets worldwide attention, much to Homer's embarrassment but his tune changes when a football player wants to buy the rights to use his dance as his own end zone celebration. Homer turns the opportunity into a new lucrative occupation, which prospers as other athletes come to learn from him.

 Meanwhile Ned looks to create his own wholesome entertainment by creating his own versions of bible stories, which get the backing of Mr. Burns. Marge however doesn't like his approach, which eliminates the good aspects of the stories, and only concentrates on the violence. She threatens a boycott, which gets Burns to remove his financial backing, leaving Ned with no creative outlet.

 The commissioner of football (and all the owners) want to talk to Homer, his teaching of crazy antics to their players have increased their ratings. They want him to choreograph the Superbowl half-time show. Homer struggles for a show idea and on the night before the big show he still doesn't have one. Homer looks for inspiration at the church, but instead finds Flanders, who is looking for an outlet for his ideas. Together they bring the story of Noah to the half-time show, but everyone boos as no one wanted to see such a "blatant display of religion and decency."

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Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass

PCode
GABF02

Index
16×8

Written by
Tim Long

Directed by
Steven Dean Moore

Starring
Dan Castellaneta
Julie Kavner
Nancy Cartwright
Yeardley Smith
Hank Azaria
Harry Shearer

Also Starring
Pamela Hayden
Tress MacNeille
Karl Wiedergott

Special Guest Voice
LeBron James as Himself
Michelle Kwan as Herself
Tom Brady as Himself
Warren Sapp as Himself
Yao Ming as Himself

Aired (U.S.)
Feb 06, 2005

Aired (U.K.)
Mar 06, 2005