King size homer pixa series#

Burns installs a stay-at-home work terminal in the Simpson house. With Bart and Dr Nick's help, Homer eventually increases his weight to 315 pounds (143 kg) and Mr. Upon learning that employees who weigh 300 pounds (136 kg) or more qualify as disabled, he begins eating excessively, despite Marge and Lisa's repeated warnings that he is endangering his health. After learning that an employee who is disabled can work from home through worker's compensation, Homer unsuccessfully tries to injure himself. Burns organizes a compulsory morning calisthenics program at the nuclear power plant, to Homer's dismay. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 10.0 and was the third highest-rated show on the Fox network that week. Since airing, the episode has received positive reviews from fans and television critics, and Empire named it the best episode of the series. It features cultural references to the world's heaviest twins, the 1993 film What's Eating Gilbert Grape, and the soft drink Tab. Joan Kenley makes her second of three guest appearances on The Simpsons in the episode as the voice of the telephone lady. The episode was written by Dan Greaney and directed by Jim Reardon. In the episode, Homer despises the nuclear plant's new exercise program and decides to attain a weight of 300 pounds (136 kg) so he can claim a disability and work at home. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 5, 1995.

King size homer pixa series#

' King-Size Homer' is the seventh episode of the seventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons.

The Simpsons are five malfunctioning wind-up dolls who waddle their way to the couch. 'Indian burns are not our cultural heritage' A grossly overweight Homer operates his computer from the couch with a broom