7F05 - Dancin' Homer (November 8, 1990)

Summary: Homer becomes a baseball mascot.

Episode Timeline:
Sunday:
- One the Nuclear Power Plant Baseball Night for Families, Otto drives the families to the stadium, evading the police
- The family walks through the stadium, discussing baseball
- Burns greets families as they find their seats
- Bart wants Flash Bailer to sign his baseball, Homer gets caught with his fly down on the Jumbo-Tron, Burns fails to throw the first pitch, Bleeding Gums Murphy sings the National Anthem from 7:30 - 7:56, the announcer starts the game, Burns sits next to Homer, Burns orders two beers for Homer and himself
- At the fourth inning, Burns and Homer shout at the players and order another large beer
- At the sixth inning, Burns and Homer do another wave
- Homer riles the crowd up by dancing to Baby Elephant Walk, and the Isotopes win the game
- Burns bans Homer from all company outings
- Homer gets offered to be the Isotopes mascot
Monday:
- Homer shows off his new costume at home
- Homer dances at the next ball game, 'Topes win
Tuesday:
- Springfield vs. Burlington game
- Bart dances with Homer, Marge comments on the Dancin' Homer t-shirts
- Homer tries to psyche out a player
- 'Topes win
Wednesday:
- Springfield vs. Salem game
- Homer asks for a reggae Baby Elephant walk from the organ player
- The Jamaicans approve
Thursday:
- Springfield vs. Shelbyville game
- Homer spells SPRINGFIELD with his body
- 'Topes lose
- The owner of the Isotopes tells Homer that he's been asked to fill in for the Capitol City Goofball for a few innings
- Homer discusses the move to Capitol City with his family, they finally approve
Friday:
- Homer's supervisor at the plant allows him to leave for 4 or 5 years
Saturday:
- The Simpsons have a yard sale, Flanders says goodbye
- Bart and Milhouse become spit brothers
- Lisa says goodbye to the girls at the playground, except they all agree that they weren't really friends
- Marge says goodbye to her sisters as the family is ready to head out
- Homer makes a goodbye speech at the stadium
- The Simpsons reach Capitol City
- Homer stays up nervous about the big game tomorrow
Sunday:
- Homer checks out the stadium and meets the Goofball
- Homer and the Goofball discuss the night in the locker room
- The family sits with the players' ex-wives
- Homer ignores the game, too worried
- Homer's dance does not win the crowd over
- Homer gets fired
- The kids don't want to go home, but they have to support their dad
Monday:
- Homer begins his story about Capitol City at Moe's Bar at night
- Homer continues his story and says he should've listened to his kids
- Homer finishes his story, and the barflys want to hear it again

References to Time:
- Lisa mentions that it's a summer night at the ball park
- At last year's Family Night, Homer got drunk and mooned the umpire
- Burns calls Maggie "Expecting," because his note cards are out of date (but they were up to date in There's No Disgrace Like Home)
- Burns used to "rile Connie Mack at old Shyde Park"
- Homer apparently ruined 2 company luaus, 2 company picnics, 4 company banquets, and 3 company baseball games
- Lisa says that everyone in Springfield knows the family and has forgiven them
- The Duff Brewery is in Capitol City, and Homer sees it for the first time

References to Other Episodes:
- I think I recognized the guy who got fired at Burn's picnic back in There's No Disgrace Like Home. I'll need to check this.
- Lisa remains alert throughout Bleeding Gums's entire performance, implying she remembered him from Moaning Lisa

SLH Presence:
- Bleeding Gums Murphy is alive
- SLH is present

Minimum Time Spanned: 9 days

Canon: Sure, although I feel it'll be hard to place

Favorite Moment: I love every line in Tony Bennett's Capitol City song

Review: I'm not a huge fan of this episode. It seems like a story that has been redone again in future, funnier episodes (Homer gets famous for some reason). The plot feels a little silly, and there aren't a lot of hilarious moments. The first baseball game is nice though, and has some good "family at a baseball game" moments. C+