"Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment"

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"Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" is a celebrated episode of The Simpsons in which Springfield enacts prohibition, leading Homer to secretly bootleg beer and clash with the law.

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instanceOf television episode ⓘ
airYear 1997 ⓘ
animationStudio Film Roman ⓘ
couchGagType unique gag for this episode ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception widely regarded as one of the classic episodes of The Simpsons ⓘ
director Bob Anderson ⓘ
featuresCharacter Barney Gumble ⓘ
Bart Simpson ⓘ
Chief Wiggum ⓘ
Homer Simpson ⓘ
Lisa Simpson ⓘ
Maggie Simpson ⓘ
Marge Simpson ⓘ
Mayor Quimby ⓘ
Moe Szyslak ⓘ
Ned Flanders ⓘ
Rex Banner ⓘ
genre animated sitcom ⓘ
comedy ⓘ
hasOpeningSequence standard The Simpsons opening with couch gag ⓘ
narrativeTheme bootlegging ⓘ
law enforcement satire ⓘ
prohibition ⓘ
notableQuote To alcohol! The cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems. ⓘ
originalAirDate 1997-03-16 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork Fox ⓘ
parodyOf American Prohibition era ⓘ
film noir and gangster films ⓘ
partOfFranchise The Simpsons franchise ⓘ
plotElement Homer becomes a bootlegger known as the Beer Baron. ⓘ
Homer smuggles beer using bowling balls and later brews his own beer. ⓘ
Rex Banner is hired to enforce prohibition in Springfield. ⓘ
The prohibition law is revealed to have been repealed years earlier. ⓘ
plotSummary Springfield enacts prohibition after a law against alcohol is rediscovered. ⓘ
positionInSeason 18 ⓘ
positionInSeries 171 ⓘ
productionCompany 20th Century Fox Television ⓘ
Gracie Films ⓘ
season season 8 ⓘ
series The Simpsons ⓘ
setting Springfield ⓘ
showrunner Bill Oakley ⓘ
Josh Weinstein ⓘ
titleReference Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
writer John Swartzwelder ⓘ

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