“Doc, this is all too much. I mean, my son a genius? How does it happen?” – Homer Simpson
“Well, genius level intelligence is usually the result of heredity and environment . . . although in some cases it’s a total mystery.” – Dr. J. Loren Pryor
Sam Simon would’ve been 62 today. Happy birthday.
Poor Homer, I think a key part of Homer’s appeal is that he is a genuinely sweet, sensitive kind hearted man despite being a lazy slovenly oaf. Do It For Her, Lisa’s Wedding and staring at the night sky after his mother had to leave him again shows how deep and reflective his character and personality truly is. x
Yup. Homer was always a jerk, but he was never an intentionally mean jerk until like Season 9-10.
He could be sweet at times, but he also seemed to vary between loveable dimwit, well-meaning but lazy father and husband, and mild, self-serving jerk. But even at his worst, he was never an invincible Jerkass dragging his family into incredibly stupid or massively dangerous situations until he started becoming Zombie Homer.