Saturdays of Thunder

Rating: 3.5 (165 votes)

Memorable quotes

Homer: (answering door) Patty! Selma! What a pleasant surprise!
Patty: What do you know, he's wearing pants.
Selma: I owe you a lunch.

Homer: What's the quickest, cheapest, easiest way to do something with you?
Lisa: Uh, take us to the video store?
Homer: Anything for my little girl.

Homer: I don't know jack about my boy. I'm a bad father!
Selma: You're also fat.
Homer: I'm also fat!

Homer: (reading) No matter what you tell your child to do, he will always do the opposite. Huh?
Brain: Don't you get it? You gotta use reverse psychology!
Homer: Aw, that sounds too complicated.
Brain: Okay, don't use reverse psychology.
Homer: All right, I will!

Homer: Thank you, Bill Cosby. You've saved The Simpsons!

Bart: Oh, I don't know if I should do that. My dad and I build our car together, and if I drove somebody else's it'd kill him! On the other hand, I'll do it!

Martin: What is the matter with you?
Bart: It's my dad. Lying there on the couch, drinking a beer, staring at the TV... I've never seen him like that.

Notes

• Marge and her sisters read ''Idle Chatter'' and ''Peephole'' magazines at the beauty salon.
• The sign at the video store reads: ''VHS Village, Formerly the Beta Barn.''
• Homer double parks at the VHS Village.
• The head of the National Fatherhood Institute drinks from a Super Dad mug.

References

• The McBain movie has a similar plot to both ''Lethal Weapon'' and ''Sudden Impact''.
• Bart driving Martin's soap box racer is a similar plot to ''Days of Thunder''. The episode title also parodies this movie.
• The racing scenes where Nelson whips Bart and the blades on Nelson's wheels parodies ''Ben Hur''.
• ''Deathrace 2000'' was another inspiration for the episode.
• When Homer stands up in the crowd to cheer Bart on, the theme from ''The Natural'' plays.