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On November 2, 2004, the episode was released in the United States on a DVD collection titled ''The Simpsons Christmas 2'', along with the [[The Simpsons (season 12)|season twelve]] episodes "[[Homer vs. Dignity]]" and "[[Skinner's Sense of Snow]]" and the [[The Simpsons (season 15)|season fifteen]] episode "[['Tis the Fifteenth Season]]".<ref name=James/> Reviewing the DVD, Brian James of [[PopMatters]] wrote that "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" displays "the series’ nefarious habit of using the first third of the episode as a clearinghouse for disconnected jokes before actually beginning the plot, a blight made that much more glaring here since the only connection to Christmas comes early with the rest not even taking place in winter."<ref name=James>{{cite news|last=James|first=Brian|title=The Simpsons Christmas 2|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/simpsons-christmas-2-dvd|accessdate=2011-10-07|date=2004-12-28|publisher=[[PopMatters]]}}</ref> |
On November 2, 2004, the episode was released in the United States on a DVD collection titled ''The Simpsons Christmas 2'', along with the [[The Simpsons (season 12)|season twelve]] episodes "[[Homer vs. Dignity]]" and "[[Skinner's Sense of Snow]]" and the [[The Simpsons (season 15)|season fifteen]] episode "[['Tis the Fifteenth Season]]".<ref name=James/> Reviewing the DVD, Brian James of [[PopMatters]] wrote that "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" displays "the series’ nefarious habit of using the first third of the episode as a clearinghouse for disconnected jokes before actually beginning the plot, a blight made that much more glaring here since the only connection to Christmas comes early with the rest not even taking place in winter."<ref name=James>{{cite news|last=James|first=Brian|title=The Simpsons Christmas 2|url=http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/simpsons-christmas-2-dvd|accessdate=2011-10-07|date=2004-12-28|publisher=[[PopMatters]]}}</ref> |
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==Cultural references== |
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The episode title is a reference to the movie "[[Dude, Where's My Car?]]". |
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Revision as of 00:58, 19 August 2018
| "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" | |
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| The Simpsons episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 14 |
| Directed by | Chris Clements |
| Written by | Ian Maxtone-Graham |
| Original air date | April 27, 2003 |
| Episode features | |
| Couch gag | The Simpsons are mimes that sit on an imaginary couch. |
| Commentary | Al Jean Ian Maxtone-Graham Matt Selman Brian Kelley Dan Castellaneta David Byrne Mike B. Anderson Ken Keeler David Silverman |
"Dude, Where's My Ranch?" is the eighteenth episode of The Simpsons' fourteenth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 27, 2003. It was written by Ian Maxtone-Graham and was the first episode directed by Chris Clements.
Plot
It is Christmas time, and the Simpsons go caroling around Springfield before the blue haired lawyer orders them to stop, citing copyright infringement. In response, Homer tries to write his own Christmas Carol but when Ned Flanders tries to help, he soon creates an anti-Flanders song titled "Everybody Hates Ned Flanders". The song becomes so popular that the family leaves for a dude ranch. At the ranch, Lisa meets a cowhand named Luke Stetson, with whom she begins to bond. Meanwhile, Homer and Bart meet a tribe of Native Americans who want a beaver dam removed so they can reclaim their land. They are confronted by the beavers while attempting to dismantle the dam and eventually destroy it after luring the beavers away.
Lisa overhears Luke expressing his love to a girl named Clara over the phone. When a jealous Lisa encounters her, she tricks her into going the wrong way on the path to a dance. Lisa finds out that Clara is Luke's sister and runs to the beaver dam with Bart. They find Clara standing on a rock in the middle of a torrential river. Bart taunts some beavers and scales a tree; the beavers chew through the tree, causing it to fall and create a bridge that Clara can cross. When Lisa comes clean about what happened to Clara, Luke is offended and leaves her. As the Simpsons return to Springfield, they hear a song entitled "The Moe Szyslak Connection" on the radio, sung by Moe Szyslak, and turn around to spend another week at the ranch.
Reception
On November 2, 2004, the episode was released in the United States on a DVD collection titled The Simpsons Christmas 2, along with the season twelve episodes "Homer vs. Dignity" and "Skinner's Sense of Snow" and the season fifteen episode "'Tis the Fifteenth Season".[1] Reviewing the DVD, Brian James of PopMatters wrote that "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" displays "the series’ nefarious habit of using the first third of the episode as a clearinghouse for disconnected jokes before actually beginning the plot, a blight made that much more glaring here since the only connection to Christmas comes early with the rest not even taking place in winter."[1]
Cultural references
The episode title is a reference to the movie "Dude, Where's My Car?".
References
- ^ a b James, Brian (2004-12-28). "The Simpsons Christmas 2". PopMatters. Retrieved 2011-10-07.
External links
- "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" at The Simpsons.com
- "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" at IMDb
- Template:Tv.com episode
