Pokey Mom

"Pokey Mom"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.	258
Directed by	Bob Anderson
Written by	Tom Martin
Showrunner(s)	Mike Scully
Production code	CABF05
Original air date	January 14, 2001
Chalkboard gag	"I will not "let the dogs out""
Couch gag	The Simpsons sit on the couch and the wall spins around, revealing on the other side a cackling mad scientist and a scared Ned Flanders who is shackled upside-down.
Commentary	Mike Scully Ian Maxtone-Graham Tom Martin John Frink Don Payne Matt Selman Dan Castellaneta Joe Mantegna Bob Anderson Joel H. Cohen
Guest appearance(s)
Michael Keaton as Jack Crowley Charles Napier as the warden Bruce Vilanch as himself Robert Schimmel as a prisoner
Season 12 episodes November 1, 2000 – May 20, 2001 "Treehouse of Horror XI" "A Tale of Two Springfields" "Insane Clown Poppy" "Lisa the Tree Hugger" "Homer vs. Dignity" "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes" "The Great Money Caper" "Skinner's Sense of Snow" "HOMR" "Pokey Mom" "Worst Episode Ever" "Tennis the Menace" "Day of the Jackanapes" "New Kids on the Blecch" "Hungry, Hungry Homer" "Bye Bye Nerdie" "Simpson Safari" "Trilogy of Error" "I'm Goin' to Praiseland" "Children of a Lesser Clod" "Simpsons Tall Tales"
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Michael Keaton as Jack Crowley
Charles Napier as the warden
Bruce Vilanch as himself
Robert Schimmel as a prisoner

"Pokey Mom" is the tenth episode of the twelfth season of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 14, 2001. In the episode, Marge befriends Jack Crowley, a convict who she believes has some artistic potential. With Marge's help, Jack is granted parole and finds a mural-painting job at Springfield Elementary School. Meanwhile, Homer suffers from a back injury and goes to see a chiropractor. Despite this his pain remains and it is not until he accidentally falls backwards onto a garbage can that his back injury disappears. Homer makes a successful business out of this injury-healing garbage can, much to the dismay of chiropractors in town.

The episode was written by Tom Martin and directed by Bob Anderson, and it features guest appearances from Michael Keaton as Jack, Charles Napier as a prison warden, Robert Schimmel as a prisoner, and Bruce Vilanch as himself. The title "Pokey Mom" is a pun on the video game franchise "Pokémon" and the term "pokey", a nickname given to prisons. "Pokey Mom" has been met with generally negative reviews from critics, being described as bland and drawn out. The staff members of the series received complaints from chiropractors after it aired, and some chiropractors have characterized the portrayal of the profession in the episode as stereotypical. Around 8.79 million American homes tuned in to watch the episode during its original airing, and in 2009 it was released on DVD along with the rest of the episodes of the twelfth season.

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