| "Homer the Great" | |
|---|---|
| The Simpsons episode | |
 Homer being sworn in to the Stonecutters by Number One, who is voiced by Patrick Stewart in the episode. | |
| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 12 |
| Directed by | Jim Reardon |
| Written by | John Swartzwelder |
| Production code | 2F09 |
| Original air date | January 8, 1995 |
| Guest appearance | |
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| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | "Adding "just kidding" doesn't make it okay to insult the principal"[1] |
| Couch gag | The living room is modeled after M. C. Escher's Relativity.[2] |
| Commentary | Matt Groening David Mirkin Dan Castellaneta Yeardley Smith |
"Homer the Great" is the twelfth episode of the sixth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on January 8, 1995. In the episode, Homer joins an ancient secret society known as the Stonecutters.
The episode was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Jim Reardon. Patrick Stewart guest stars as "Number One", the leader of the Springfield chapter of the Stonecutters. It features cultural references to Freemasonry and the films Raiders of the Lost Ark and The Last Emperor.
The episode has received universal acclaim from fans and television critics and has been called one of the best episodes of the series by Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood in their book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide.
The song "We Do" was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics.
- ^ Groening, Matt (1997). Richmond, Ray; Coffman, Antonia (eds.). The Simpsons: A Complete Guide to Our Favorite Family (1st ed.). New York: HarperPerennial. pp. 164–165. ISBN 978-0-06-095252-5. LCCN 98141857. OCLC 37796735. OL 433519M..
- ^ Wood, Adrian (2000). "Homer the Great". BBC. Archived from the original on October 4, 2003. Retrieved April 22, 2019.