Homer writing "Where are the sticky buns" on a sheet of paper after Apu asks him for advice is one of Mike Scully's favorite jokes. The joke was only inserted to buy Apu and Homer more time to come up with a lie. The shot in which Apu's mother falls to the ground, a joke that the staff love, was inspired by an incident when Moore saw a man fall in much the same way.
The montage of Apu getting several different hair styles originally included three more, but they ended up being cut for time. The scene acted as the episode's opening set piece, a concept that Scully liked to use in every episode. Appel found that the scene "wrote itself", as every other man in Springfield is essentially a loser compared to Apu. The bachelor auction was created solely to provide more evidence that Apu was the best bachelor in Springfield. The plot could not be sustained for a whole episode, so it was fitted into this one. Homer's subplot at the retirement home was an idea that Scully had had for a long time. Mike Scully liked the idea and so decided to use it in his first season as showrunner. Nahasapeemapetilons" at a story retreat several years before the ninth season, but it could not be fitted into a season at that point. Writer Richard Appel pitched "The Two Mrs. Homer, poorly disguised as Ganesha, tries to stop the wedding but is chased off by one of Apu's relatives. The pair then decide that perhaps the marriage can work after all. However, when he sees Manjula for the first time in years, he is shocked by her beauty and wit, and feels less reluctant. The wedding is held in the Simpsons' backyard, but Apu still has second thoughts about it. Tired of the whole charade, Marge forces Apu to tell his mother the truth, who declares that the arranged marriage will proceed as planned. Nahasapeemapetilon enters to say goodbye, but is shocked to see Marge in bed with another man, and Apu on the floor. He returns home and gets into bed with Marge. Homer enjoys his stay at the home immensely, until the real Cornelius returns, at which point he flees. While the plan is underway Homer decides to stay in the Springfield Retirement Castle with his father, posing as resident Cornelius Talmadge.
To cover him, Homer tells Apu to pretend that Marge is his wife.Īt the Simpson residence, Marge disapproves of the plan, but decides to do it for Apu's sake. Days later, Apu thinks that he has escaped the marriage until he sees his mother walking towards the Kwik-E-Mart. Not wanting to get married, Apu asks Homer for advice, who suggests Apu tell his mother that he is already married. However, he receives a letter from his mother in India, reminding him of his arranged marriage to Manjula, the daughter of a family friend. He goes out on dates with many of the town's women, and begins to enjoy his bachelor lifestyle. Marge then nominates Apu, who is deemed a success by the women at the auction. The episode received positive reviews.Īt a bachelor auction, the available bachelors on display are deemed undesirable, and the auction generates no money at all. The episode's subplot, which sees Homer stay at the Springfield Retirement Castle, was initially conceived as a separate episode, but could not be developed in enough detail. Appel pitched the episode several years before season nine but the idea was not used until Mike Scully became showrunner. The episode sees Apu Nahasapeemapetilon marry Manjula, and incorporates several aspects of Hindu wedding ceremonies, which the writers researched during the episode's production. It was written by Richard Appel and directed by Steven Dean Moore. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 16, 1997.
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Nahasapeemapetilons" is the eighth episode of the ninth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. Nahasapeemapetilons"īart spray paints a picture of the family on the wall and signs it with his alias, "El Barto". 8th episode of the 9th season of The Simpsons " The Two Mrs.
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