Season Finale: Coming To Homerica
The final episode of Season 20, ‘ Coming To Homerica,’ airs tonight in the United States and tomorrow night (Victoria Day) in Canada.
When nearby Ogdenville’s economy crumbles due to tainted barley discovered in Krusty’s veggie burgers, the unemployed workers of Ogdenville flock to Springfield. After Mayor Quimby closes Springfield’s borders and enlists private citizens to help patrol them, Homer organizes a border patrol group.
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Sounds good. I still can’t belive season 20 is ending
it passed by so fast.
I’m excited! I really hope there are better ratings tonight!
what is this social commentary? Ill watch south park for my opinions on immigration thank you very much.
Any idea what the music was in tonight’s episode that was playing as all the Ogdenville residents were packing up their belongings and leaving town? It sounded really familiar…
Excellent!!
I think it has been a long time since the Simpsons pick on social issues. This is awesome.
I remember when in the USA some idiot wanted to make a law against illegal immigrants, and the Simpsons came with the episode where Apu was working to get his citizenship shortly after.
There are some similarities with the South park episode Gobacks, but before criticizing you should watch “The Simpsons did it”
Wait, actually the last social issues episodes was the Vote for Ralph episode. Still, this kind of episodes are not usual.
Hi Jason,
that music is called Åses død (Aase`s death). It`s from Edvard Grieg`s Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, Op. 46.
i enjoyed the social commentary. i think it really brought something to the table
Thanks, Martina!
anyone know what the closing piece of music on the jambox that started playing when the police arrived?
it’s a great tune!
regards,
will
Hi guys, that music was from ‘Peer Gynt’ by Norwegian Composer Grieg. It is a reoccuring theme throughout the work that tells the story of Peer Gynt leaving his home, where he meets three shepherd ladies, the golbin king, arabic dancers, an unknown entity called nothing, and finally returns home to the woman who loves him and his dying mother. Anyway, yes, the piece is absolutely beautiful and you should listen to the whole movement on this theme, because it gets better. This one might be called Solveigs lament, not sure, anyway, Peer Gynt, by Grieg.
To refine that, it is actually Aase’s Death, No.1 O. 46 from Peer Gynt by Grieg and it is on itunes if you wanted to hear more.
To: Will
That closing piece is performed by Chateau Neuf Spelemannslag, a norwegian folk song group consisting of students and faculty staff from the University of Oslo. The piece you are referring to is called “Hopparen” (“The Jumper”) and you will find it on their CD from 1997 called “Tjuvgods”. It is available as a MP3-Album on http://www.platekompaniet.no
I agree, its a nice tune! I bought the “Tjuvgods” album today.
Yours,
Lars
iTunes URLs to the album containing the song “Hopparen” which is the song at the end of the episode.
Album:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=64790413&s=143441
Song:
http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=64790236&id=64790413&s=143441
Am I the first to notice that this episode premiered on “Syttende Mai” (translated simply as “seventeenth of May”), the Norwegian national holiday celebrating the signing of the national constitution in 1814 after its peaceful separation from Sweden?
Northside Records ( http://www.noside.com ) has the Chateau Neuf CD “Stolen Goods” containing the song “Hopparen”.
DFC, it was’nt from Sweden, it was from Denmark. Just had to tell. xD.
Anyway, I can’t wait to see coming to homerica
Rofl…almost peed In my pants after this one, jævlig morsomt! : )
no seasen 20 gone already wow
That shirt that Homer is wearing is going to pay for itself in on time at all.
The song over the end credits—Hopparen–is possibly the most joyfully alive life-affirming song I’ve ever heard in my entire life—~6 decades of it.
Once when the NRA was holding a convention in my town Ted Nugent was interviewed on the radio and for some reason he chose to opine that “black music” ( in his view the rootstock of Rock ‘n Roll which has made him famous and I guess he ought to know… ) is the only music which can move the spirit of man. Well Ted, you need to broaden your horizons and consider just what we want to move the spirit of man towards. Every time I play Hopparen tears of joy for life and sorrow for the ignorance of the joy of life run down my cheeks.
Thanks a lot for the info!