| "Colonel Homer" | |
|---|---|
| The Simpsons episode | |
 Lurleen Lumpkin tries to seduce Homer, whose attire is similar to that worn by Elvis Presley's manager Colonel Tom Parker. Lurleen's mobile home was given a confined design to make the scene more intimate and romantic. | |
| Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 20 |
| Directed by | Mark Kirkland |
| Written by | Matt Groening |
| Production code | 8F19 |
| Original air date | March 26, 1992 |
| Guest appearance | |
| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | "I will not conduct my own fire drills"[2] |
| Couch gag | Everyone sits on the couch and falls in with their legs behind their heads.[1] |
| Commentary | Matt Groening Al Jean Mike Reiss Dan Castellaneta Mark Kirkland |
"Colonel Homer" is the twentieth episode of the third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on March 26, 1992. In the episode, Homer and Marge quarrel after he embarrasses her at a movie theater. Later Homer visits a redneck bar, where he discovers Lurleen Lumpkin, a talented singer-songwriter, waiting tables. Homer becomes her manager, unaware she has fallen in love with him. When Marge grows upset because she suspects Homer is cheating on her, he must remain faithful to her after Lurleen makes romantic advances toward him.
The episode was written by The Simpsons creator Matt Groening, and directed by Mark Kirkland. It is the only episode of the series for which Groening received an individual writing credit. American singer and actress Beverly D'Angelo guest starred in the episode as Lurleen. Although the character makes several cameos after this episode, Lurleen makes her second full-time appearance sixteen years later in "Papa Don't Leech". The episode features cultural references to songs such as "Funkytown" by Lipps Inc. and "There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)" by Herman's Hermits, and the films Deliverance, Look Who's Talking and Honey, I Shrunk the Kids.
Since airing, "Colonel Homer" has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It attained a Nielsen rating of 14.8, and was the highest-rated show on Fox the week it aired. The episode was selected for inclusion in a video collection of selected episodes, titled The Last Temptation of Homer, which was released on November 9, 1998. An action figure set based on "Colonel Homer" was released in March 2002, and two of Lurleen's songs from the episode appeared on the Simpsons compilation album Songs in the Key of Springfield.