Line #7 Recap/TheSimpsonsS23E7TheManInTheBlueFlannelPants


1	The Simpsons host a party to promote Krusty's new Vodka product. Homer gets a promotion to an account executive. Lisa teaches Bart how to enjoy reading.
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5	* BaitAndSwitchComment: While at the party, Mr. Burns requests a song by Music/{{Prince}}, by which he means a Prussian Kaiser.
6	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Homer was offered the position of account executive, his predecessor said he'd lose his soul. Homer was glad at the prospect of no longer having to go to church. Later, when Homer asked his predecessor how to get ready for a meeting with the Mayor, he was given an extra glass of Bourbon. He enjoyed the drink but missed the hint.
7	* DidntThinkThisThrough: Krusty's vodka is hard to sell because it's not easy to convince adults to buy vodka bottles with clown faces.
8	* GilliganCut: {{Lampshaded}} by Marge tells the businessman she won't be bending her to his sexual will. The discussion constantly changes places.
9	-->"Wait! How did I get in your bedroom."
10	* GoryDiscretionShot: Homer rides by Mr. Smithers on a lawn mower, and a bunch of blood spatters bystanders. Cut back to Mr. Smithers, who grabs his leg.
11	* HypocriticalHumor: Bart tries sounding out the word "patience."
12	-->'''Lisa:''' Patience! PATIENCE! Go on with it!
13	* INeedToGoIronMyDog: "I have surgery in the morning." "Yeah, and I'm the one having the surgery."
14	* InevitableWaterfall: During the rafting trip.
15	* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title is a reference to the novel, ''The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit''.
16	* NewJobEpisode: Homer becomes an account executive.
17	* NoodleIncident: Homer hiring Crappy the Clunk as an unauthorized Krusty look-alike for Lisa's first Communion.
18	* NotWhatItLooksLike: Subverted.
19	-->'''Luann:''' It's not what you think!
20	-->'''Kirk, wearing BDSM gear:''' It's much weirder.
21	* OfficeGolf: Homer plays this game with goldfish.
22	* SadTimesMontage: Homer gets one for his "meaningless" life as an account executive.
23	* SeductionProofMarriage: [[Creator/JohnSlattery Robert Marlowe]] is so smooth he manages to get Marge out of his living room, into his bedroom, and then into his bathroom (with him naked in the shower) without her noticing. However, Marge declares she's HappilyMarried and turns the tables by sending them back to the living room before he realizes. A surprised Marlowe notes this is the first time someone's managed to do this.
24	* ShoutOut:
25	** Krusty's roll-up dickey is set to [[Film/ThisIsSpinalTap eleven]].
26	** Homer eats steak with the mayor at the [[Franchise/TheLionKing Loin King]].
27	** Lisa's toy bunny is [[ComicStrip/LifeInHell Bongo]].
28	** The scene where Homer drunkenly runs over Smithers' foot on a riding mower is taken shot-for-shot from ''Series/MadMen'' (doubles as an ActorAllusion to the episode's guest-star, Creator/JohnSlattery).
29	* TheSoulless: Accountants, according to the businessman.
30	* TwoTimerDate: Homer tries to be with his family and a group of nuclear regulators on a raft trip.
31	* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough:
32	-->'''Lenny:''' Boy, everyone from the Nuclear Plant is here, except the bosses of course.
33	-->'''Carl Carlson:''' Yeah, even Homer's not dumb enough to invite—
34	-->'''Mr. Burns:''' (''Holding a party invitation.'') Ooh, so this is the famous "party".

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