Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore

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"Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.Season 17
Episode 17
Directed byMark Kirkland
Written byDeb Lacusta
Dan Castellaneta
Production codeHABF10
Original air dateApril 9, 2006 (2006-04-09)
Guest appearances
Episode features
Tom Gammill
Richard Dean Anderson
Mark Kirkland
David Silverman
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“Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore” is the seventeenth episode of the

59th Writers Guild of America Awards for their script to this episode.[1]

Plot

After showing a movie about

Carl come to the India plant, invited by a card claiming that Homer is to become a god
.

The rest of the Simpson family, worried about Homer, travel to India and, with Burns, journey upriver on a

coffee breaks, early retirement, and personal days. Lisa admits that she is proud of Homer. However, Mr. Burns decides to close down the plant and move it to an area where workers are "more desperate and ignorant" — Springfield
. He fires all the workers, who are delighted due to the various firing clauses Homer wrote into their contracts.

Back in Springfield,

Alberta, Canada
, overwhelming him with boredom. However, Patty and Selma later track him down to India and join the Simpsons family.

Cultural references

The title is taken from the 2005 film

Mola Ram wears in the film Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. As well, the people chant to Homer in a similar way as they do for Mola Ram in the film, and the India portion of the episode is similar to Temple of Doom overall.[2] The scene in which the Simpsons along with Smithers and Burns travel up the river is a direct reference to the PT boat in Apocalypse Now and the Indians' apparent worship of Homer is also a reference to this film as well as the song "The End" by The Doors. In part of the episode, Homer pulls out a cutout of Mac Tonight
.

The Dixieland Band plays an instrumental of "Alexander's Ragtime Band" By Irving Berlin. The song sung at the end of the episode is Kishore Kumar's "Pal bhar ke liye" from the 1970 Indian blockbuster Johny Mera Naam, starring Dev Anand and Hema Malini.

Although it is never mentioned by name, the horse-drawn carriage museum in Alberta is the

Cardston, Alberta. The slides that Patty and Selma show depict the museum's main building, a statue of the museum's founder, Don Remington, and several carriages in their collection. When the episode first aired, museum officials said they were honored by the reference, even if it was in the context of boring summer vacations.[3]

References
  1. ^ DiOrio, Carl (December 14, 2006). "HBO, NBC dominate WGA noms". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
  2. ^ "The Simpsons". TheRaider.net. Retrieved July 4, 2009.
  3. ^ "'Simpsons' Features Alberta Museum". CBC.ca. 2006. Retrieved September 14, 2010.

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