"Mountain of Madness"
Written by: John Swartzwelder
Directed by: Mark Kirkland
First aired: February 2, 1997
S08E12
(4F10)
Episode Background
Episode Background:
"Mountain of Madness"
"Mountain of Madness"
Written by: John Swartzwelder
Directed by: Mark Kirkland
First aired: February 2, 1997
S08E12
4F10
Episode Background
Mountain of Madness was part of the winter lineup of the 1996-1997 US TV schedule. It first aired February 2, 1997 at 8pm on Fox following “a Fox special” and was followed by “King of the Hill”, both of which remain top notch examples of quality television, well worth clearing your Sunday nights to watch on the family TV. Mountain of Madness was seen by over 9 million people when it first aired according to Nielsen ratings.
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Plot
In this episode Mr. Burns forces the workers of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant to go for a team-building hike in the mountains. Burns and Homer are paired together and trapped in a cabin that gets buried by several avalanches.
“When you arrive at the cabin there will be a congratulatory party with sandwiches and moderately priced champagne.”
Top Quotable Lines
- Bart: “TV sucks”. Homer: “I know you′re upset right now, so I′ll pretend you didn′t say that”.
- Homer: “To alcohol! The cause of and solution to all of life′s problems!”
- Homer: “Hello? You′ll have to speak up. I′m wearing a towel”
Top Ranking Term
Professor Frink has ran advanced ranking algorithms and processed every spoken line of this episode and found that…
“cabin”
… is the top ranking unique term in Mountain of Madness.
“You pressed YOU referring to me. That is incorrect. The correct answer is you.”