"Maximum Homerdrive"
Written by: John Swartzwelder
Directed by: Swinton O. Scott III
First aired: March 28, 1999
S10E17
(AABF13)
Episode Background
Episode Background:
"Maximum Homerdrive"
"Maximum Homerdrive"
Written by: John Swartzwelder
Directed by: Swinton O. Scott III
First aired: March 28, 1999
S10E17
AABF13
Episode Background
Maximum Homerdrive was part of the spring lineup of the 1998-1999 US TV schedule. It first aired March 28, 1999 at 8pm on Fox following “The World’s Funniest!” and was followed by “Futurama”, both of which remain top notch examples of quality television, well worth clearing your Sunday nights to watch on the family TV. Maximum Homerdrive was seen by over 15 million people when it first aired according to Nielsen ratings.
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Plot
In the episode, Homer challenges trucker Red Barclay to a meat eating contest, which Barclay is the long-standing champion of. Barclay wins, but quickly dies of “beef poisoning”, making it the first time Barclay will miss a shipment. Feeling bad for him, Homer takes on the duty of transporting Barclay’s cargo to Atlanta, with his son Bart by his side. Meanwhile Marge and Lisa take a walk on the wild side and buy a musical doorbell.
“Oh, I should have known. They’re hazing us to initiate us into the truckers’ fraternity.”
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…
“trucker”
… is the top ranking unique term in Maximum Homerdrive.
“We’re buying a new doorbell?”