One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish
- Episode aired Jan 24, 1991
- TV-PG
- 23m
After apparently consuming poison blowfish, Homer is told that he only has 24 hours to live.After apparently consuming poison blowfish, Homer is told that he only has 24 hours to live.After apparently consuming poison blowfish, Homer is told that he only has 24 hours to live.
- Homer Simpson
- (voice)
- …
- Marge Simpson
- (voice)
- Bart Simpson
- (voice)
- Lisa Simpson
- (voice)
- Dr. Hibbert
- (voice)
- …
- Lou
- (voice)
- …
- Toshiro
- (voice)
- Hostess
- (voice)
- Larry King
- (voice)
- Master Chef
- (voice)
- Akira
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to Al Jean, it took them two days to convince the Fox censors to allow the scene of Bart and Lisa singing the Shaft (1971) theme song be aired because they thought the lyrics were too obscene to appear on television. In order to prove the censors wrong and show that it could appear on television, the staff dug up footage from an old Academy Awards ceremony at which the song was performed by Isaac Hayes.
- GoofsFugu poisoning doesn't proceed in the manner Dr. Hibbert claims; what actually happens is that paralysis sets in almost immediately, resulting in eventual death from asphyxiation when it reaches the lungs. However, Dr. Hibbert's mistake in this matter forms the entire basis of this episode.
- Quotes
Dr. Julius Hibbert: Now, a little death anxiety is normal. You can expect to go through five stages. The first is denial.
Homer Simpson: No way, because I'm not dying!
Dr. Julius Hibbert: Second is anger.
Homer Simpson: [furiously] Why you little... !
Dr. Julius Hibbert: After that comes fear.
Homer Simpson: [worried] What's after fear? What's after fear?
Dr. Julius Hibbert: Bargaining.
Homer Simpson: Doc, you gotta get me outta this. I'll make it worth your while.
Dr. Julius Hibbert: Finally acceptance.
Homer Simpson: Well, we all gotta go sometime.
Dr. Julius Hibbert: Mr. Simpson, your progress astounds me.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Simpsons: Another Simpsons Clip Show (1994)
In fact, this episode is rather typical: the jokes are few and mild, the story linked to simple morals. The jokes are all in the characters, as James Brooks would always have it. But they are like those old Peanuts comic strips. We project things onto it. For that to happen, it needs to present a consistent, strong framework where the characters all illuminate a cosmology that we understand well enough to people with our imaginations.
Then it has to be effectively empty. The story is thin, the moral obvious and not worth absorbing. The drawing style needs to be sparse. This gives us something to visit each week that we can fill with whatever we bring to it. And afterward, we can remember is as being more clever than it was, because we define cleverness into it.
Ted's Evaluation -- 1 of 3: You can find something better to do with this part of your life.