"C.E. D'oh" | |
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The Simpsons episode | |
Episode no. | 306 |
Directed by | Mike B. Anderson |
Written by | Dana Gould |
Showrunner(s) | Al Jean |
Production code | EABF10 |
Original air date | March 16, 2003 |
Couch gag | The Simpsons' rushing to and sitting on the couch is animated in flipbook style, with the pages flipped by real hands. |
Commentary |
Al Jean Ian Maxtone-Graham Tim Long John Frink Kevin Curran Michael Price Mike B. Anderson Steven Dean Moore |
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"C.E. D'oh" is the fifteenth episode of The Simpsons’ fourteenth season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 16, 2003.
A sleepy Marge is too tired on Valentine's Day to have sex with an eager and well-prepared Homer, who dejectedly leaves the house. He sees a billboard for a school offering extension courses. He goes to the school and attempts to take a course on stripping for his wife, which Dr. Hibbert teaches, but is kicked out for hogging the stripping oil and (literally) slides into a class on Successmanship. The class teaches Homer how to succeed in the workplace.
It gives Homer inspiration, and he investigates problems at the power plant, so he develops solutions to the problem – all of which are rejected by Mr. Burns, without reading them. This angers Homer after overhearing Burns admit that the plant’s real owner is a canary named "Canary M. Burns" to protect Burns from responsibility for any wrongdoing by the power plant. Homer, with Bart’s help, devises a plan to overthrow Burns by releasing the bird from the plant to the Canary Islands.
After the bird is released, he tells Mr. Burns that inspectors are here to check the condition of the plant. Out of panic, Mr. Burns, who is unable to find his canary, names Homer the new owner. Homer reveals that it was all a ruse: there are no inspectors; and he had tricked Mr. Burns. As Homer's first act during his brief tenure as the plant’s owner, he fires Mr. Burns and, quite literally, overthrows him by throwing him off of the balcony where the masses flows him to a taxi-cab while singing "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye". Mr. Burns then heads to Marrakesh, Morocco with Smithers to purchase a great deal of opium.