Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson

"Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson"
The Simpsons episode
The opening titles of Homer's show
Episode no.	496
Directed by	Mark Kirkland
Written by	John Frink
Showrunner(s)	Al Jean
Production code	PABF03
Original air date	January 8, 2012
Chalkboard gag	"Tintin did not sucksuck".
Couch gag	In a Victorian era setting, the lights go out and there is a gunshot. When the lights come up, Homer is found dead and Bart is arrested for his father's murder. Marge (the real culprit) hides the smoking gun in her hair.
Guest appearance(s)
Ted Nugent as himself
Season 23 episodes September 25, 2011 – May 20, 2012 "The Falcon and the D'ohman" "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts" "Treehouse of Horror XXII" "Replaceable You" "The Food Wife" "The Book Job" "The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants" "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution" "Holidays of Future Passed" "Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson" "The D'oh-cial Network" "Moe Goes from Rags to Riches" "The Daughter Also Rises" "At Long Last Leave" "Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart" "How I Wet Your Mother" "Them, Robot" "Beware My Cheating Bart" "A Totally Fun Thing That Bart Will Never Do Again" "The Spy Who Learned Me" "Ned 'n Edna's Blend" "Lisa Goes Gaga"
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Ted Nugent as himself

"Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson" is the tenth episode of the twenty-third season of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. In the episode, Bart uploads a video on YouTube in which Homer rants about airlines' horrible treatment of passengers. It quickly becomes popular and Homer is eventually given his own political cable news show. Homer wins support among average Americans and is chosen by the Republicans to pick their candidate for the next presidential election. He chooses Ted Nugent, but in the end, he realizes that he made the wrong decision and that everything he has said on his show is nonsense, so he admits on television that he is "full of crap".

American musician and conservative political activist Ted Nugent made his second guest appearance on The Simpsons in this episode, which makes fun of his views on hunting and gun ownership. The episode has received generally positive reception from television critics and has been particularly praised for its satire of politics and cable news commentators. During its original broadcast on the Fox network in the United States on January 8, 2012, "Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson" was watched by about 5.07 million people and received a 2.3 Nielsen rating.

After a series of demeaning check-in procedures, the Simpsons board an Air Springfield plane for their trip to the wedding of a relative in Montana. The pilot announces that owing to an unforeseen jailbreak the trip will be delayed. He tells the travelers that because the plane is still on the ground, he will turn off the ventilation system. However, all of the ethnic passengers on-board are still allowed to eat their odd-smelling food, and after several hours the rest of the passengers feel sick. The pilot makes another announcement that the plane is going to taxi back to the gate and remain there for an unknown amount of time, and that the passengers cannot get off. When Homer is banned from using the bathroom, his anger boils over and he rants about the airline's horrible treatment of its passengers. Bart records a video of Homer running amok and then escapes from the plane via the wing. He uploads it on YouTube and it quickly becomes popular.