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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|After getting annoyed at [[Marge]], [[Homer]] drives to a bar where he discovers a singer named [[Lurleen Lumpkin]]. Homer becomes her manager and helps her launch her musical career. Lurleen causes problems in the Simpson household, however, when Homer's manager role causes him to spend large amounts of time away from home, and when [[Marge]] realizes that Lurleen is attracted to Homer.}}
+{{Synopsis|After getting annoyed at [[Marge]], [[Homer]] drives to a bar where he discovers a singer named [[Lurleen Lumpkin]]. Homer becomes her manager and helps her launch her musical career. Lurleen causes problems in the Simpson household, however, when Homer's manager role causes him to spend large amounts of time away from home, and when [[Marge]] realizes that Lurleen is attracted to Homer.}}
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 "Colonel Homer" was written by Matt Groening, the only individual writing credit he has received on the show. "Colonel Homer" was partly based on the 1980 film ''{{W|Coal Miner's Daughter}}'', which tells the story of country music singer {{W|Loretta Lynn}} Groening said he had always wanted to write an episode in which Homer is offered a better life but then chooses his family over glamor at the end. He pitched the idea to the writers of the show, who suggested the parody of ''Coal Miner's Daughter'' and also that Homer should become a manager for a country singer.
-According to Groening, the episode, and the character of Lurleen in particular, was inspired by {{W|Kathi Kamen Goldmark}}, Groening's former author escort and band manager of the Rock Bottom Remainders.<ref>Groening, Matt. "I Was the Man in the Marge Simpson Mask",  ''Hard Listening: The Greatest Rock Band Ever''. Destination Insights, 2018.</ref>
+According to Groening, the episode, and the character of Lurleen in particular, was inspired by {{W|Kathi Kamen Goldmark}}, Groening's former author escort and band manager of the Rock Bottom Remainders.<ref>Groening, Matt. "I Was the Man in the Marge Simpson Mask", ''Hard Listening: The Greatest Rock Band Ever''. Destination Insights, 2018.</ref>
 The episode's director, Mark Kirkland, said he enjoyed directing the episode because the characters' emotions throughout it are "very human and real". He believed many viewers watching the episode would recognize the emotions from experiences in their own lives, and would feel sympathy for the characters.

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 "Colonel Homer" was written by Matt Groening, the only individual writing credit he has received on the show. "Colonel Homer" was partly based on the 1980 film ''{{W|Coal Miner's Daughter}}'', which tells the story of country music singer {{W|Loretta Lynn}} Groening said he had always wanted to write an episode in which Homer is offered a better life but then chooses his family over glamor at the end. He pitched the idea to the writers of the show, who suggested the parody of ''Coal Miner's Daughter'' and also that Homer should become a manager for a country singer.
-According to Groening, the episode, and the character of Lurleen in particular, was inspired by [[W|Kathi Kamen Goldmark]], Groening's former author escort and band manager of the Rock Bottom Remainders.<ref>Groening, Matt. "I Was the Man in the Marge Simpson Mask",  ''Hard Listening: The Greatest Rock Band Ever''. Destination Insights, 2018.</ref>
+According to Groening, the episode, and the character of Lurleen in particular, was inspired by {{W|Kathi Kamen Goldmark}}, Groening's former author escort and band manager of the Rock Bottom Remainders.<ref>Groening, Matt. "I Was the Man in the Marge Simpson Mask",  ''Hard Listening: The Greatest Rock Band Ever''. Destination Insights, 2018.</ref>
 The episode's director, Mark Kirkland, said he enjoyed directing the episode because the characters' emotions throughout it are "very human and real". He believed many viewers watching the episode would recognize the emotions from experiences in their own lives, and would feel sympathy for the characters.

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 == Production ==
 "Colonel Homer" was written by Matt Groening, the only individual writing credit he has received on the show. "Colonel Homer" was partly based on the 1980 film ''{{W|Coal Miner's Daughter}}'', which tells the story of country music singer {{W|Loretta Lynn}} Groening said he had always wanted to write an episode in which Homer is offered a better life but then chooses his family over glamor at the end. He pitched the idea to the writers of the show, who suggested the parody of ''Coal Miner's Daughter'' and also that Homer should become a manager for a country singer.
 The episode's director, Mark Kirkland, said he enjoyed directing the episode because the characters' emotions throughout it are "very human and real". He believed many viewers watching the episode would recognize the emotions from experiences in their own lives, and would feel sympathy for the characters.

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-"'''Colonel Homer'''" is the twentieth episode of [[Season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the fifty-fifth episode overall. It originally aired on March 26, [[1992]]. The episode was written by [[Matt Groening]] and directed by [[Mark Kirkland]]. It guest stars [[Beverly D'Angelo]] as [[Lurleen Lumpkin]].
+"'''Colonel Homer'''" is the twentieth episode of [[Season 3|broadcast season 3]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the fifty-fifth episode overall. It originally aired on March 26, [[1992]]. The episode was written by [[Matt Groening]] and directed by [[Mark Kirkland]]. It guest stars [[Beverly D'Angelo]] as [[Lurleen Lumpkin]].
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 [[Category:1992]]
 [[Category:Homer episodes]]
 [[Category:Musical episodes]]
 [[Category:Romance-themed episodes]]

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 |season=3
 |snumber=20
-|prodcode= 8F19
+|prodcode= [[Production season 8F|8F19]]
 |airdate= March 26, [[1992]]
 |blackboard= "I will not conduct my own fire drills"
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 {{Episode
 |name= Colonel Homer
-|image= Colonel Homer promo.gif
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 |number= 55
 |season=3

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 |couchgag= The family sink into the couch when they sit on it.
 |guests= [[Beverly D'Angelo]] as [[Lurleen Lumpkin]]
-|showrunner= [[Al Jean]]<br>[[Mike Reiss]]
+|showrunner1= Al Jean
 |writer= [[Matt Groening]]
 |director= [[Mark Kirkland]]