Homer the Moe

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The Simpsons episode
"Homer the Moe"

Episode no.	272
Prod. code	CABF20
Orig. Airdate	November 18, 2001
Show Runner(s)	Mike Scully
Writer(s)	Dana Gould
Director(s)	Jen Kamerman
Chalkboard	"A burp in a jar is not a science project."
Couch gag	The family piles over a football.
Guest star(s)	R.E.M. (Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Michael Stipe)
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Season 13 November 6, 2001 – May 22, 2002
Treehouse of Horror XII The Parent Rap Homer the Moe A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love The Blunder Years She of Little Faith Brawl in the Family Sweets and Sour Marge Jaws Wired Shut Half-Decent Proposal The Bart Wants What It Wants The Lastest Gun in the West The Old Man and the Key Tales from the Public Domain Blame It on Lisa Weekend at Burnsie's Gump Roast I Am Furious Yellow The Sweetest Apu Little Girl in the Big Ten The Frying Game Papa's Got a Brand New Badge
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"Homer the Moe" is the third episode of The Simpsons' thirteenth season. The episode aired on November 18, 2001.

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

After Homer tells a bizarre story about Bart digging a hole in the backyard, Moe complains about the routine at the Tavern. Recalling his days at Swigmore University, he decides to return there for some inspiration, and leaves Homer in temporary charge of the bar. At the university, Moe finds his old, dying professor, who advises Moe to improve his situation by modernizing his bar. Soon, the tavern has been renovated into a swanky nightclub, renamed "M", with a post-modern decor.

Homer and his bar-buddies Lenny, Carl and Barney find that they do not fit in with the new, affluent crowd, and miss their old tavern experience. Homer decides to convert his garage into a new tavern for himself and his friends. Meanwhile, Moe realizes that he does not fit in with his new clientèle either, and leaves to find Homer. Arriving at the Simpsons' home, he finds that the new garage bar has quickly become quite popular, and even has R.E.M playing. When confronted by Moe with the fact that it is illegal to operate a bar in a private residence, Homer claims that it is in fact a hunting club, citing a law book. Moe consults the book and determines that the club must engage in the sport of hunting. Homer decides that he will hunt for a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, despite Lisa's objections.

Homer sets out the next day to find a turkey, but Lisa and Moe come up with a plan to stop him; using a whistle that sounds like a cougar, they distract him from his quarry. However, Homer mistakes the whistle for an actual cougar, and shoots Moe in the leg. After he apologizes, the Simpson family, Moe and R.E.M. return to Moe's tavern, reverted to its original decor, for a Thanksgiving meal of a turkey, made "entirely of tofu and gluten".