G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)

"G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)"
The Simpsons episode
The episode's promotional image featuring Homer, Cletus, and the Colonel.
Episode no.Season 18
Episode 5
Directed byNancy Kruse
Written byDaniel Chun
Production codeHABF21
Original air dateNovember 12, 2006 (2006-11-12)
Guest appearances
Kiefer Sutherland as The Colonel
Maurice LaMarche as The Assistant Colonel
Episode features
Chalkboard gag"We are not all naked under our clothes"[1]
Couch gagThe Simpsons are on a carwash conveyor belt; they get washed, blasted with wax, scrubbed with prickly brushes, resulting with Marge's bushy hair and Maggie with a fresh pacifier.[1]
CommentaryAl Jean
Matt Selman
Michael Price
Tom Gammill
Max Pross

Mark Kirkland
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"G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)", also known as "G.I. D'oh", is the fifth episode of the eighteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 12, 2006. It was written by Daniel Chun and directed by Nancy Kruse, while Kiefer Sutherland makes his first of two guest appearances this season. Maurice LaMarche does additional voices.[1] In its original run, the episode received 11.43 million viewers.[2] The episode is a critique of the U.S. military-industrial complex.

  1. ^ a b c "HOMER BECOMES A JARHEAD ON "THE SIMPSONS" SUNDAY, OCTOBER 7, ON FOX". The Futon Critic. Retrieved May 25, 2008.
  2. ^ Ratings Archived May 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine