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10th episode of the twelfth season of The Simpsons

"Pokey Mom"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.	Season 12 Episode 10
Directed by	Bob Anderson
Written past	Tom Martin
Production code	CABF05
Original air date	Jan fourteen, 2001 (2001-01-fourteen)
Invitee appearances
Michael Keaton as Jack Crowley Charles Napier as the warden Bruce Vilanch as himself Robert Schimmel every bit a prisoner
Episode features
Chalkboard gag	"I will non "let the dogs out""
Couch gag	The Simpsons sit on the couch and the wall spins around, revealing on the other side a cackling Vincent Price and a scared Ned Flanders who is shackled upside-downward.
Commentary	Mike Scully Ian Maxtone-Graham Tom Martin John Frink Don Payne Matt Selman Dan Castellaneta Joe Mantegna Bob Anderson Joel H. Cohen
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"Pokey Mom" is the tenth episode of the twelfth season of the American animated boob tube series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Play a trick on network in the The states on January fourteen, 2001. In the episode, Marge befriends Jack Crowley, a captive who she believes has some artistic potential. With Marge'southward help, Jack is granted parole and finds a mural-painting job at Springfield Elementary Schoolhouse. Meanwhile, Homer suffers from a back injury after being kicked by a bull at the prison rodeo and goes to see a chiropractor. Despite this, his pain remains and it is not until he accidentally falls backwards onto a garbage can that his back injury disappears. Homer makes a successful business out of this injury-healing garbage tin can, much to the dismay of chiropractors in town.

The episode was written by Tom Martin and directed by Bob Anderson, and it features guest appearances from Michael Keaton as Jack, Charles Napier as a prison warden, Robert Schimmel as a prisoner, and Bruce Vilanch as himself. The title "Pokey Mom" is a pun on the video game franchise "Pokémon" and the term "pokey", a nickname given to prisons, though it was noted that the episode name was chosen to attempt to greenbacks in on the success of the Pokémon series, as information technology was a huge fad at the time. "Pokey Mom" has been met with generally negative reviews from critics, being described as banal and drawn out. The staff members of the series received complaints from chiropractors later on it aired, and some chiropractors have characterized the portrayal of the profession in the episode equally stereotypical.

Around 8.79 meg American homes tuned in to watch the episode during its original airing, and in 2009 it was released on DVD along with the residual of the episodes of the twelfth season.

Plot [edit]

The Simpson family attends a prison rodeo where Marge meets Jack Crowley, a convict whom she believes to take great artistic potential subsequently becoming impressed with his piece of work. She later teaches a class on being an artist to the prisoners and befriends Jack. With Marge's assistance, Jack is granted parole under her custody. Marge soon finds a mural-painting task at Springfield Elementary Schoolhouse for him. Jack paints a powerful landscape symbolizing school spirit with a warrior woman riding a puma, which the whole school likes, but Chief Skinner demands he tone information technology down using his idea of a cartoonish puma walking with two children under a rainbow in a fantasy country. Jack reluctantly gives in to his wishes; however, upon its unveiling, the new mural is panned by anybody in town. Refusing to admit that he forced Jack to create it in the first place, Skinner instead blames Jack and fires him.

Sometime afterwards, the mural is set on fire by a mystery arsonist, and everyone manages to get a look at the real ane. Everyone in the school assumes Jack did it to go dorsum at Skinner. While the police force are out searching for Jack, Marge finds him hiding in the school playground. He swears to her that he did not start the fire. Marge believes him and distracts Skinner and Chief Wiggum then he tin escape, simply he instead sets fire to Skinner'due south car and dances around it laughing maniacally, revealing his true nature. Jack is arrested and Marge, furious that he lied to her confront, demands Wiggum to take him back to prison.

Meanwhile, Homer suffers a dorsum injury by a balderdash from the rodeo and sees a chiropractor, just does not follow his instructions. Later, Homer falls astern onto a malformed garbage tin can at abode and discovers that it solved his back problems. He makes a business out of his discovery, which proves to be a successful method of solving bug with hurting, causing the chiropractic business to decline. Somewhen, two chiropractors disguised as investors trick Homer and destroy the garbage can at the Simpsons' dwelling.

Production [edit]

"Pokey Mom" was written by Tom Martin and directed past Bob Anderson equally role of the twelfth season of The Simpsons (2000–2001).^[1] Co-ordinate to and then-showrunner Mike Scully, the story of this episode originated from the fact that the staff members of The Simpsons wanted to do an episode about Marge merely felt they did not want it to circumduct around her getting a new job, as that had been seen on the show "too often". They decided to explore one of Marge's attributes that had been seen in earlier episodes, eventually choosing her involvement in art.^[2] Martin conceived of the sub-plot surrounding Homer following a visit to a chiropractor.^[1] He has said that the "center" of that story is that the chiropractors in Springfield become opposed to Homer'due south method of healing people and try to stop it after losing business organization, in reference to how chiropractors in real-life "are a flake hated by the AMA (American Medical Association)" and how the AMA has tried to restrict their businesses in the past.^[1] Martin has also noted that the episode shows how "a lot of chiropractors are these great healers and they practice not bad work, and then in that location's some that are crooked."^[i]

Several famous Americans made guest appearances in the episode. Actor Michael Keaton guest-starred as Jack Crowley, while stand up-upward comedian Robert Schimmel appeared as a prisoner in Marge'southward fine art class that wants to smell her clothes.^[two] Actor Charles Napier voiced the prison warden that commentates the rodeo at the prison and later grants Jack his parole.^[2] One-act writer and player Bruce Vilanch guest-starred in the episode as himself at the unveiling of Jack'due south mural painting.^{[3] [four]} There, Principal Skinner jokes to the audience that "when Superintendent Chalmers suggested a school landscape, I almost thought he said a 'school Muriel'," referencing Chalmers' sister Muriel. When no 1 laughs at his joke and the audience is dead silent, Skinner sarcastically says "Well, thanks, Bruce Vilanch," to which Vilanch replies "Whoopi would've made it work." This is a reference to the fact that Vilanch has written one-act material for actress Whoopi Goldberg.^[ii]

Release [edit]

The episode originally aired on the Play tricks network in the United States on January 14, 2001.^{[v] [6]} It was viewed in approximately 8.79 meg households that night. With a Nielsen rating of 8.half dozen, "Pokey Mom" tied with an episode of 60 Minutes for the 38th identify in the ratings for the week of January 8–xiv, 2001. It was the third-highest-rated broadcast on Fox that week, following episodes of Temptation Island and Boston Public.^[7] On August 18, 2009, "Pokey Mom" was released on DVD as part of the box gear up The Simpsons – The Consummate Twelfth Season. Staff members Tom Martin, Bob Anderson, Mike Scully, Ian Maxtone-Graham, John Frink, Don Payne, Matt Selman, and Joel H. Cohen, too as cast members Dan Castellaneta and Joe Mantegna, participated in the DVD sound commentary for the episode. Deleted scenes from the episode were also included on the box set.^[8]

Critics have given "Pokey Mom" generally negative reviews. Nancy Basile of About.com said she "loathed" information technology.^[9] DVD Motion-picture show Guide'due south Colin Jacobson commented that "Other than a nice guest turn from Michael Keaton, 'Mom' doesn't do much to stand out from the crowd. Oh, like much of Flavour 12, information technology keeps the states interested, merely that's not exactly a strong endorsement. 'Mom' provides a watchable show but nothing more."^[5] Den of Geek critic Matt Haigh wrote that the episode "starts well, but begins to feel tired and fatigued out, and there simply doesn't seem to be much of a story there."^[ten]

Following the original circulate of the episode, the staff members of the series received several complaints from chiropractors.^[11] The February 26, 2001 issue of the magazine Dynamic Chiropractic featured an article about the episode that noted: "[The Simpsons] has poked fun at numerous people, and virtually every institution and profession imaginable. On Jan 17, it was chiropractic'due south turn."^[12] In an article of the magazine Canadian Chiropractor, Steven R. Passmore (D.C., M.S.) and Lorraine Kochanowski-Sutter (D.C.) analyzed the portrayal of chiropractors in the media. They gave "Pokey Mom" as an example of how "chiropractors on sitcoms pok[e] fun at themselves every bit they prescribe the duration of a course of intendance. [...] Dr. Steve on The Simpsons corroborates this stereotype when telling Homer that he will need to run into him 'iii times a calendar week for many years.'"^[13] Passmore and Kochanowski-Sutter also noted that in the episode "we see a dreamcatcher on the wall backside Dr. Steve equally he treats Homer. This strategically placed decoration could suggest that the chiropractor is in touch with native and/or natural healing, or it could exist a jab at the field's more than esoteric practitioners."^[xiii]

References [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Martin, Tom (2009). The Simpsons – The Consummate Twelfth Season DVD commentary for the episode "Pokey Mom". 20th Century Fox.
2. ^ ^{a b c d} Scully, Mike (2009). The Simpsons – The Complete Twelfth Flavour DVD commentary for the episode "Pokey Mom". 20th Century Trick.
3. ^ Castellaneta, Dan (2009). The Simpsons – The Consummate Twelfth Season DVD commentary for the episode "Pokey Mom". 20th Century Fox.
4. ^ McEntire, Mac (2009-09-09). "Purchase The Simpsons: The Complete Twelfth Flavour at Amazon The Simpsons: The Complete Twelfth Season". DVD Verdict. Archived from the original on 2011-eleven-03. Retrieved 2011-11-01 .
5. ^ ^{a b} Jacobson, Colin (2009-09-02). "The Simpsons: The Complete Twelfth Season (1999)". DVD Movie Guide. Retrieved 2011-11-01 .
6. ^ Alberti, John (2004). Leaving Springfield: The Simpsons and the Possibility of Oppositional Culture . Wayne Land University Press. p. 324. ISBN978-0-8143-2849-1. season 12 (2000.
7. ^ Associated Printing (2001-01-18). "Network goggle box ratings". Press-Telegram. p. A14.
8. ^ Lambert, David (2009-05-xx). "The Simpsons - Season 12 Street Date, Detailed Contents & 'Comic Book Guy Head' Box". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Archived from the original on 2009-05-22. Retrieved 2011-11-01 .
9. ^ Basile, Nancy. "'The Simpsons' Flavor 12 Review". Most.com. Retrieved 2011-11-01 .
10. ^ Haigh, Matt (2009-10-01). "The Simpsons Season 12 DVD review". Den of Geek. Retrieved 2022-01-24 .
11. ^ Payne, Don (2009). The Simpsons – The Consummate Twelfth Season DVD commentary for the episode "Pokey Mom". 20th Century Flim-flam.
12. ^ "Television's Homer Simpson Gets a Chiropractic Referral". Dynamic Chiropractic. 19 (v). 2001-02-26. Archived from the original on 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2012-06-28 .
13. ^ ^{a b} Passmore, Steven R.; Kochanowski-Sutter, Lorraine. "The Bulletin in the Media: Part 2". Canadian Chiropractor. Retrieved 2011-xi-17 .

External links [edit]

• "Pokey Mom episode capsule". The Simpsons Annal.
• "Pokey Mom" at IMDb

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokey_Mom

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