"The Simpsons"
Simpson Tide (1998)

Director:

Milton Gray

Writers:

Matt Groening (creator)
James L. Brooks (developer) ...

TV Series:

"The Simpsons" (1989)

Original Air Date:

29 March 1998 (Season 9, Episode 19)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy

Plot:

Homer causes an international incident after he joins the Naval reserves. |

Plot Keywords:

U.S. Navy | Invented Language | Gilligans Island Character Similarity | Penguin | Ear Piercing

Cast

Dan Castellaneta	...	Homer Simpson / Donut Attorney / Giant Donut / Barney / Pastry Chef / Grampa / Mrs. Gumble / Corn Vendor / Lenin / Jack Marley (voice)
Julie Kavner	...	Marge Simpson (voice)
Nancy Cartwright	...	Bart Simpson / Ralph (voice)
Yeardley Smith	...	Lisa Simpson (voice)
Hank Azaria	...	TV Announcer / Naval Recruiter / Apu / Moe / Recreationist Instructor / Haiti Veteran / Kennedy / Ear Piercer / Russian Representative / Mr. Sulu (voice)
Harry Shearer	...	Donut Judge / Smithers / Mr. Burns / Skinner / Kent Brockman / United States Representative / Russian Officer (voice)
Pamela Hayden	...	Milhouse Van Houten / Jimbo / Female Officer (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Michael Carrington	...	Drill Sergeant (voice)
Bob Denver	...	Himself (voice)
Randy Jones	...	Village People (voice)
Rod Steiger	...	Captain Tenille (voice)

Runtime:

USA:30 min | Argentina:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Goofs:

Factual errors: In episode 3G04 "Simpson Tide", there are numerous Navy mistakes. - Women are not allowed to serve on a submarine in the US Navy. - Junior enlisted do not wear khaki uniforms. - Homer's drill instructor seems to be a marine corps gunnery sergeant and not a Navy Recruit division commander, which wear red ropes in uniform. - Capt. Tenille was wearing the uniform of a lieutenant. - Rating badges are not black on white uniforms. - Khaki uniforms do not have rating badges. - Khaki uniforms, as the female officer was wearing, do not have shoulder boards. - The collars on the dress white uniform are wrong.

Quotes:

Giant Donut: Mmmm, Homer!

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Planet of the Apes (1968)

Soundtrack:

In The Navy

One of the worst of Season 9

In my opinion, "Simpson Tide" is one of the worst episodes of Season 9, preceded only by the clip show, "All Singing, All Dancing." The episode starts off well with Homer's dream and zany antics, but quickly goes downhill when Joshua Sternin and Jeffrey Ventimilia rely strictly on parody for cheap laughs...this could be why they've only been involved with two Simpson's episodes. I do enjoy the gag with Russia converting back to the Soviet Union, but most of the last 3/4 of the episode I do not care for. I think what bothers me the most is Michael Carrington as the drill sergeant. The voice does not sound like a drill sergeant and sounds annoyingly out of place.