7F08 - Dead Putting Society (November 15, 1990)

Summary: Bart and Todd enter a miniature golf tournament.

Episode Timeline:
Saturday, November 4:
- 1:00pm - Homer mows the lawn, Bart's potatoe is still just a potatoe, Flanders invites Homer in for a beer
- Homer gets his first look at the Flanders household, storms out when it's clear that his family is worse than Ned's
- At night, Homer gets upset that Marge thinks Ned is perfect
- As Homer takes a walk, Ned gets upset for throwing Homer out of his house, calls Reverend Lovejoy for advice
- Ned writes Homer a letter of apology
Sunday, November 5:
- Homer reads the letter to the family, then decides to go miniature golfing with Bart and Maggie
- At the first hole, Homer's put ends up in the parking lot
- Maggie walks around the course, and passes by Flanders and Todd
- Homer can't make it in the ape's mouth, Flanders and son join up and Todd makes it
- Homer and Ned decide to pit their sons against each other in the upcoming tournament
- While having milkshakes, Homer tells Bart he can't lose
Monday, November 6:
- Bart and Homer practice in the backyard
- Bart names his putter and has to start hating Todd
- Marge and Homer discuss putting Bart in the competition
- Lisa decides to help Bart
Tuesday, November 7:
- Lisa takes Bart to the library
- Bart and Lisa meditate
- Lisa asks Bart unanswerable questions
- Bart makes a hole in one on the dinosaur hole
- Bart hits the ball through the sphinx hole
Wednesday, November 8:
- On a rainy day, Bart practices on the alligator hole
- Bart practices on a billiards table, Krusty kicks him off
Thursday, November 9:
- Bart sinks a put blindfolded
- Homer and Ned make bets
- Marge puts their bet in writing
- Ned has regrets
Friday, November 10:
- Homer joins Bart and Lisa on their next golf practice
- Homer picks out which dress he'll have to wear
Saturday, November 11:
- After watching Bart sleep all night, Homer wakes him up in the morning
- Lisa complains about Bart's breakfast
- The golf course prepares for the big day
- At the end of the matches, it is down to Bart and Todd
- Homer and Ned get competitive
- Bart and Todd both get holes-in-one on the alligator hole
- Bart hits the ball through the windmill
- Todd doesn't quite make it on the graveyard hole
- Bart hits it through the Itchy and Scratchy hole
- Todd makes it in the Nuclear Power Plant hole
- On the Abe Lincoln hole, Bart and Todd call it a draw
Sunday, November 12:
- Homer and Ned mow the lawns

References to Time:
- Bart started his science experiment at 11:00am
- Homer says he's only been Ned's neighbor for 8 years
- Lisa needs to study for the upcoming math fair
- Todd is 10 years old
- The prize checks say Nov. 11, 1990
- Ned was in a frat

References to Other Episodes: None

SLH Presence:
- SLH is present

Minimum Time Spanned: 9 days (November 4th - 12th)

Canon: Hopefully future episodes won't contradict the definite time set in this episode

Favorite Moment: "Wow, free balloons for everyone who enters!" Or the whole naming of the putter scene.

Review: Before watching this episode, I remembered it as being very good. Now after watching it, I realized that there are only three good scenes: the putter-naming scene, the one-hand-clapping scene, and the letter-reading scene ("bosom"). Everything else seems very bland, and the neighborhood's reaction to Homer and Ned mowing lawns in dresses seemed as weird as the "Homer's Night Out" photo debacle. B-