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"E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)", also known as "E-I-E-I-D'oh", is the fifth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated television series ''
The Simpsons ''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, ...
''. It originally aired on the
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in the United States on November 7, 1999. In the episode, inspired by a ''Zorro'' movie, Homer begins slapping people with a glove and challenging them to duels to get whatever he wants. When a
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accepts Homer's request for a duel, the Simpsons run off to the old farm Homer lived in with his parents and breed a dangerously addictive but successful
tobacco Tobacco is the common name of several plants in the genus '' Nicotiana'' of the family Solanaceae, and the general term for any product prepared from the cured leaves of these plants. More than 70 species of tobacco are known, but the ...
/
tomato The tomato is the edible berry of the plant ''Solanum lycopersicum'', commonly known as the tomato plant. The species originated in western South America, Mexico, and Central America. The Mexican Nahuatl word gave rise to the Spanish word ...
hybrid called " tomacco". The episode was written by
Ian Maxtone-Graham Ian Howes Maxtone-Graham is an American television writer and producer. He has formerly written for ''Saturday Night Live'' (1992–1995) and ''The Simpsons'' (1995–2012), as well as serving as a co-executive producer and consulting producer ...
and directed by Bob Anderson.


Plot

Having learned from a
Zorro Zorro (Spanish language, Spanish for 'fox') is a fictional character created in 1919 by American pulp magazine, pulp writer Johnston McCulley, appearing in works set in the Pueblo of Los Angeles in Alta California. He is typically portrayed a ...
movie how to challenge someone to a duel by slapping him with a glove,
Homer Homer (; grc, Ὅμηρος , ''Hómēros'') (born ) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the ...
goes around town slapping people and getting his way, until a gun-toting Southern
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accepts his challenge. The next morning, the colonel and his wife wait outside the Simpsons' house. The family flee to the
farmhouse FarmHouse (FH) is a social Fraternities and sororities in North America, fraternity founded at the University of Missouri on April 15, 1905. It became a national organization in 1921. Today FarmHouse has 33 active chapters and four associate ch ...
where Homer grew up. Homer becomes a farmer, but the
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is poor and nothing grows. He then calls Lenny and asks for some
plutonium Plutonium is a radioactive chemical element with the symbol Pu and atomic number 94. It is an actinide metal of silvery-gray appearance that tarnishes when exposed to air, and forms a dull coating when oxidized. The element normally exhibi ...
. With plutonium, the crops grow, but since Homer had mixed tomato seeds with tobacco seeds, a new product is created. Homer calls the mutated crop "ToMacco"; it tastes terrible, but is highly addictive. Homer and
Marge Marge is a feminine given name, a shortened form of Marjorie, Margot or Margaret (name), Margaret. Notable Marges include: People *Marge (cartoonist) (1904–1993), pen name of Marjorie Henderson Buell, American cartoonist *Marge Anderson (1932 ...
set up a stall, selling Homer's ToMacco and Marge's fresh-baked mincemeat pie. While the pies do not sell well, the ToMacco is such a success that executives from Laramie Cigarettes offer to buy the rights to it for $150 million.
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protests that the Simpsons cannot accept the tobacco executives' money, but Homer does not understand what she means and rejects the offer as insulting, demanding $150 billion, which they refuse. While the Simpsons are negotiating, ToMacco-addicted animals from other farms break into their fields and eat their crop. Holding the only plant left, the family run into the house, where Lisa urges Homer to destroy it; he refuses, until the crazed animals break into the house itself. He tosses the plant into the air, and it lands in the hands of a Laramie executive who happens to be there. The executives' helicopter leaves, but a ToMacco-addicted sheep has stowed away and attacks them. The helicopter crashes, killing everyone on board except the sheep, and destroying the final ToMacco plant. The Simpsons return home to find that the Southern gentleman and his wife are still waiting for the duel. It takes place: Homer is shot in the arm, but declines to go to the hospital until he has had some of Marge's mincemeat pie.


Production

The episode was written by
Ian Maxtone-Graham Ian Howes Maxtone-Graham is an American television writer and producer. He has formerly written for ''Saturday Night Live'' (1992–1995) and ''The Simpsons'' (1995–2012), as well as serving as a co-executive producer and consulting producer ...
and directed by Bob Anderson as part of the eleventh season of ''The Simpsons'' (1999–2000). The American rock band
The B-52's The B-52's, also styled as The B-52s, are an American new wave band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976. The original lineup consisted of Fred Schneider (vocals, percussion), Kate Pierson (vocals, keyboards, synth bass), Cindy Wilson (vocals, p ...
guest starred in the episode as themselves singing the song "Glove Slap", a parody of their song
Love Shack "Love Shack" is a song by American new wave band the B-52's from their fifth studio album, ''Cosmic Thing'' (1989). It was released on June 20, 1989, and was produced by Don Was. The song was a comeback for the band following their decline in p ...
. The process of making a 'tomacco' product had first been documented in a 1959 ''
Scientific American ''Scientific American'', informally abbreviated ''SciAm'' or sometimes ''SA'', is an American popular science magazine. Many famous scientists, including Albert Einstein and Nikola Tesla, have contributed articles to it. In print since 1845, it i ...
'' article, which stated that
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could be found in the tomato plant after grafting. Due to the academic and industrial importance of this breakthrough process, this article was reprinted in a 1968 ''Scientific American'' compilation.


Cultural references

After
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refers to Homer as "heavyset", he excuses himself by saying "You ain't no, uh,
Tommy Tune Thomas James Tune (born February 28, 1939) is an American actor, dancer, singer, theatre director, producer, and choreographer. Over the course of his career, he has won ten Tony Awards, the National Medal of Arts, and a star on the Hollywood Wal ...
".


''The Poke of Zorro''

The Simpsons go to a screening of ''The Poke of Zorro'', a loose parody of the
Zorro Zorro (Spanish language, Spanish for 'fox') is a fictional character created in 1919 by American pulp magazine, pulp writer Johnston McCulley, appearing in works set in the Pueblo of Los Angeles in Alta California. He is typically portrayed a ...
film ''
The Mask of Zorro ''The Mask of Zorro'' is a 1998 American swashbuckler film based on the character of the masked vigilante Zorro created by Johnston McCulley. It was directed by Martin Campbell and stars Antonio Banderas, Anthony Hopkins, Catherine Zeta-Jone ...
'' (1998). Jonathan Gray wrote in ''Watching with The Simpsons: Television, Parody, and Intertextuality'' that "''The Poke of Zorro'' ridicules the outlandishness of
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blockbuster fare, especially its blatant historical inaccuracies which sees the film feature Zorro,
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,
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,
the Scarlet Pimpernel ''The Scarlet Pimpernel'' is the first novel in a series of historical fiction by Baroness Orczy, published in 1905. It was written after her stage play of the same title (co-authored with Montague Barstow) enjoyed a long run in London, having ...
, the
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and
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s in nineteenth century
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." The cast list for ''The Poke of Zorro'' is also deliberately nonsensical. It includes
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as Zorro,
Shawn Wayans Shawn Mathis Wayans (born January 19, 1971) is an American actor, comedian, writer, and producer. Along with his brother Marlon Wayans, he wrote and starred in The WB's sitcom ''The Wayans Bros.''(1995–1999) and in the comedy films ''Don't Be a ...
as "Robot Zorro",
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as "Mrs. Zorro", Curtis "Booger" Armstrong as the Scarlet Pimpernel,
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as King Arthur,
Gina Gershon Gina L. Gershon (born June 10, 1962) is an American actress. She has had roles in the films ''Cocktail (1988 film), Cocktail'' (1988), ''Red Heat (1988 film), Red Heat'' (1988), ''Showgirls'' (1995), ''Bound (1996 film), Bound'' (1996), ''Face/ ...
as the Man in the Iron Mask, Posh Spice as "Wise
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",
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as "Stupid Nun",
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as "Time Traveller #1",
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as "Gay-Seeming Prince",
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as "Man Beating Mule",
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as the "Hiccupping Narrator",
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as
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,
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as "Corky", and
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as the voice of a "Magic Taco". The film also includes thanks credits for the
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, the
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team, the "Makers of Whip Balm", ''
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'' publisher
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, the
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, "AAABest Bail Bonds" and "Mr. and Mrs. Curtis 'Booger' Armstrong".


Advertisements

During ''The Poke of Zoro'', there are advertisements which reference products and movies. The
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advertisement shown before ''The Poke of Zorro'' is a parody of the opening
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sequence from the film ''
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'' (1998). Gray writes that it "scorns the proclivity of ads to use any gimmick to grab attention, regardless of the ethics: as an indignant Lisa asks incredulously, 'Do they really think cheapening the memory of our veterans will sell soda?'" Amongst the other films advertised at the theater is ''My Dinner with Jar Jar'', a reference to the character
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from '' Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace'' and the 1981 film '' My Dinner with Andre''.


Music

The episode features multiple references to songs and themes. The song "Glove Slap" is a parody of the song "
Love Shack "Love Shack" is a song by American new wave band the B-52's from their fifth studio album, ''Cosmic Thing'' (1989). It was released on June 20, 1989, and was produced by Don Was. The song was a comeback for the band following their decline in p ...
".
The B-52's The B-52's, also styled as The B-52s, are an American new wave band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1976. The original lineup consisted of Fred Schneider (vocals, percussion), Kate Pierson (vocals, keyboards, synth bass), Cindy Wilson (vocals, p ...
sang both the original and the amended version used in the episode. The music playing during the sequence where the Simpsons begin farming is the theme tune from the television series ''
Green Acres ''Green Acres'' is an American television sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a country farm. Produced by Filmways as a sister show to ''Petticoat Junction'', the series was first broadcast on ...
''. A farmer is shown using an elephant to measure his corn plants' height; this is a reference to the song "
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" is the opening song from the musical ''Oklahoma!'', which premiered on Broadway in 1943. It was written by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II. The leading male character in ''Oklah ...
" in the musical ''
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'', which features the line "the corn is as high an elephant's eye". The Southern colonel's horn plays the opening few notes of the song "
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".


Release

The episode originally aired on the
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in the United States on November 7, 1999. On October 7, 2008, the episode was released on DVD as part of the box set ''The Simpsons – The Complete Eleventh Season''. Staff members Mike Scully, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, and Matt Selman participated in the DVD
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for the episode. While reviewing the eleventh season of ''The Simpsons'', DVD Movie Guide's Colin Jacobson commented that "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)" provides "the kind of episode typical of the series' 'post-classic' years. While it doesn't become a dud, it lacks the spark and zing typical of the best ''Simpsons''. We get a mix of decent moments but nothing that elevates the episode above the level of mediocrity." In the July 26, 2007 issue of ''
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'', the scientific journal's editorial staff listed the episode among "The Top Ten science moments in ''The Simpsons.''" The journal praises Homer's attempts to be a farmer, which involve using plutonium as a fertilizer and crossbreeding DNA from tobacco seeds and tomato seeds to create an addicting fruit. In 2011, Keith Plocek of ''
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''s Squid Ink blog named "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)" the tenth best episode of the show with a food theme. The ''
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'' listed the episode as one of the top ten Simpsons episodes of all time.


Legacy

A ''Simpsons'' fan, Rob Baur of
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, was inspired by the episode. Remembering the article in a textbook, Baur cultivated real tomacco in 2003. The plant produced offspring that looked like a normal tomato, but Baur suspected that it contained a lethal amount of nicotine and thus would be inedible. Testing later proved that the leaves of the plant contained some nicotine. Both plants are members of the same family, ''
Solanaceae The Solanaceae , or nightshades, are a family of flowering plants that ranges from annual and perennial herbs to vines, lianas, epiphytes, shrubs, and trees, and includes a number of agricultural crops, medicinal plants, spices, weeds, and orn ...
'' or nightshade. The tomacco plant bore tomaccoes until it died after 18 months, spending one winter indoors. Baur appeared on the episode's DVD commentary, discussing the plant and resulting fame. The 2004 convention of the
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named ''tomacco'' as the new word "least likely to succeed." Tomacco was a wordspy.com "Word of the Day".


Sneed's Feed and Seed

A store by the name of "Sneed's Feed & Seed (Formerly Chuck's)", which appears for a short time in the episode, has been the source of intense debate among fans of ''The Simpsons''. Debate centers around the store's name, citing the possibility of a salacious joke within the episode. The writer of the episode, Ian Maxtone-Graham, has stated on
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that the store's name is, in fact, a subtle joke. The shop is called "Sneed's Feed & Seed", where "feed" and "seed" both end in the sound "-eed", thus rhyming with the name of the owner, Sneed. The sign says that the shop was "Formerly Chuck's", implying that the two words beginning with "F" and "S" would have ended with "-uck", rhyming with "Chuck". So, when Chuck owned the shop, it would have been called "Chuck's Fuck and Suck". "Sneed's Feed and Seed" became an
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on the online imageboard
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, in the form of
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known as "sneedposting". The oldest known example of "sneedposting" dates back to June 12, 2012. Due to
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changing older episodes from a 4:3 to a 16:9 aspect ratio, the joke is mostly cut off screen.


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External links

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