# Saturdays of Thunder The Simpsons, season 3, episode 9 (S03E09), first aired November 14, 1991. Written by Ken Levine and David Isaacs. Directed by Jim Reardon. Production code 8F07. Guest stars: Phil Hartman as Troy McClure. Chalkboard gag: "I will not fake rabies". Couch gag: Legs Behind Head. After failing a quiz about his son, Homer visits the National Fatherhood Institute and helps Bart build a soapbox racer, but their homemade car is hopelessly slow. When an injured Martin Prince offers Bart his sleek racer for the final against Nelson Muntz, Bart accepts, and a hurt Homer refuses to back him, though after Marge's scolding he reaches the track in time. Who's in it: Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Marge Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Moe Szyslak, Milhouse Van Houten, Ned Flanders, Barney Gumble, Krusty the Clown, Dr. Hibbert, Nelson Muntz, Martin Prince, Patty Bouvier, Selma Bouvier, Lewis Clark, Wendell Borton, Richard, Mayor Quimby, Sophie Jensen, Buck-toothed boy, Dr. Nick, Troy McClure, Chuck Berger, Black Weasel, Rainier Wolfcastle, Yellow Weasel, McBain, Albert Einstein, Bill Cosby, Dave, Dave Jr., Dexter Scoey, Newscaster, Roller Derby Announcer, Roller Derby Referee, Ronnie Beck, VHS Village Clerk. Every moment of the episode, about ten seconds each: when it is, what happens on screen, and what's said. The descriptions are written by an AI model from frames of each moment and can get small details wrong. The dialogue is from the episode's subtitles. Web page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder From Ultrahouse 3000 (https://ultrahouse3k.com/). Search engines and AI are welcome to use it: search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=yes. ## 0:00–0:11 No characters appear in this moment. It opens on black, then drifts across blue sky with tan clouds, where the orange gold-lettered title "The Simpsons" sits centered over the clouds. The view then moves over green hills to the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant, with its two grey cooling towers bearing atom symbols and a yellow "Welcome to Springfield Nuclear Power Plant" sign in front. It ends on a street lined with colorful buildings, a yellow shop with a striped awning and partly legible sign, and a school with a flagpole at the end of the road. > The Simpsons Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1043.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/5839 ## 0:11–0:23 Bart Simpson, the spiky-haired boy in an orange shirt and blue shorts, appears outside Springfield Elementary School and then inside its classroom, where he stands at a chalkboard filled with rows of the words 'I WILL NOT FAKE RABIES' and holds a piece of chalk. He then reaches for the classroom door, with a trash can and a wall clock nearby. The moment ends with Bart riding a green skateboard with his arms spread wide against a blue sky with green clouds. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/12721.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/17518 ## 0:23–0:35 Homer, in a yellow hazmat suit, grips an orange pipe wrench with a green glow at a control panel beneath a CAUTION sign, while Mr. Burns and Smithers watch from behind. He then turns his back and reaches up to press the red button, and the scene cuts to a supermarket checkout where Maggie, with a blue bow and pacifier, reads a MOM Monthly magazine beside a conveyor and a blue register with a CHECKS sign. Marge, with her tall blue beehive, raises a hand in greeting beside Maggie as a shopping cart rests in front of them. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/24399.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/29613 ## 0:35–0:47 Lisa Simpson plays a saxophone among a crowd of school band kids in a classroom with a Beethoven bust, while a stout man in a pink jacket and bow tie leads the band with his hand on his head. Lisa then hurries down an orange hallway carrying her saxophone toward blue double doors, and the scene ends with Homer Simpson in his pink car, one hand pressed to his forehead and the other on the steering wheel, with green bushes outside. > Oh, Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/37120.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/41708 ## 0:47–0:57 Bart, the boy with spiky hair in an orange shirt, rides a yellow skateboard along a sidewalk with his arms flung out, passing storefronts with a row of television sets showing Krusty the Clown, while Mrs. Krabappel, a woman with a tall brown hairdo in a purple sweater, grabs him and carries him off in a green bag. Earlier, a white smoke cloud drifts over a shop window holding a pink object, and later an orange car drives along a street past a pink building with a Krusty statue and sign. Maggie, the baby with a pacifier and a blue bow, then stares wide-eyed in front of a purple backdrop. > my God. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/48590.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/52553 ## 0:57–1:08 Marge, with her tall blue beehive, drives a pink car with baby Maggie, pacifier in mouth and blue bow on her head, in a child seat beside her. Outside, kids run down a grassy hill toward a white house with an orange roof, Bart rides a skateboard near the garage, and Lisa in her red dress pedals a red bike past Homer, who stands beside the pink car with its hood up in the driveway. Homer then stands in a purple room beside a red bed with a cup on it, gesturing with one arm and shouting with his mouth open. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/58809.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/63188 ## 1:08–1:19 Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie are in the family living room, with Homer hauling a framed picture of a sailboat away from the wall while Marge grabs at it and Bart and Maggie look on wide-eyed. Later, the family sits crammed together on the orange couch under the sailboat painting, all staring ahead, as a lamp, a telephone and a stack of magazines sit on the side table. The moment ends on a pink-walled television screen in blue, first reading "Created by Matt Groening" and then "Developed by James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Sam Simon" in yellow letters, which is the show's opening credits. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/70070.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/74241 ## 1:19–1:27 A yellow-skinned cartoon man in a green sweater, wearing a white cap printed FOAM DOME and standing in front of stacked cans, appears in a framed picture at upper right. The scene opens on black, then a green placard with red text reading "I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY INVENTED IT!" appears centered, and it slides left over a blue backdrop as the framed picture of the cap-wearing man comes into view beside it. > Products you could only imagine before The Form > Dome Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/80706.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/83625 ## 1:27–1:36 A man in a green sweater wears a white Foam Dome cap with curlers while an elderly woman in an orange coat walks with a metal walker past a pink brick wall, and a woman with pink bobbed hair in a red dress and white apron pours a bag into a pink machine labeled MR SUGAR CUBE, which has a smiling face on its front. Panels slide across a blue-and-purple backdrop, with a green sign reading "CAN'T HAVE THEY INVENTED IT!" on the left, and a small figure runs down a pink hallway beside an orange animal in the foreground. > The Jet Walker > Mr. > Sugar Cube Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/88839.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/91967 ## 1:36–1:43 Homer Simpson sits on a brown couch in a white tank top, holding a glass, while baby Maggie in a blue outfit and bow sits beside him in a pink living room. An animated segment first shows a white cube dropping toward a blue tray holding a small red ball, then Homer reaches to a table and picks pale puffy pieces from a green bowl with a grey serrated tool. Homer then squeezes a lemon wedge onto the rim of his glass as he smiles, with a purple lamp and a framed sailboat picture in the background. > That baby changed our lives > I'm actor Troy McClure You might remember me from such TV series as Buck Henderson, Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/97180.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/99474 ## 1:43–1:56 Troy McClure, the swept-back reddish-haired actor in a white suit, pink sweater and red tie, stands on a stage holding a microphone in front of a blue curtain and a sign reading 'I Can't Believe They Invented It!' with his signature. He paces and gestures while an audience of seated spectators watches, and on-screen credits appear first naming co-executive producers Al Jean and Mike Reiss, then supervising producers Jay Kogen and Wallace Wolodarsky. > Union Buster And Troy and Company's Summertime Smile Factory But I'm here to tell you > about Spiffy The 21st Century Stain Remover Let's meet the inventor Dr. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/104271.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/109901 ## 1:56–2:07 A goateed man in a white lab coat, pink shirt and pink tie, presumably Dr. Nick Riviera, stands against a blue curtained backdrop in a television-style setting, first pointing to the side and then waving while he rests a hand on a mossy grey gravestone inscribed with the name POE. Behind him, an audience of people in blue seats looks on, some smiling and some with mouths open as if talking or cheering. The gravestone and the man's pen-filled pocket are the main objects on screen. > Nick Riviera. Thank you, Troy. > Hi, everybody. > Hi, Dr. Nick. > Troy, I brought with me the gravestone of author and troubled soul, Edgar Allan Poe. > One of our best writers. Yes, but unfortunately, Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/117618.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/121997 ## 2:07–2:17 Homer Simpson sits on a brown couch against a pink wall, wearing a white tank top and holding a glass with a lemon slice on its rim. He smiles, sips from the glass, then lowers it and rests his arm on the back of the couch while grinning, with credits reading 'Produced By Richard Sakai David Silverman', 'Co-Producer John Swartzwelder' and 'Co-Producer Jon Vitti' across the bottom. The scene closes on a television screen showing Troy McClure, with swept-back reddish hair and a white jacket, holding a microphone against a blue backdrop. > a century of neglect has turned this tombstone into a depressing eyesore. > So what? I guess we're gonna have to throw it away. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/128670.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/132633 ## 2:17–2:31 A one-off salesman with slicked black hair, a dark goatee, a white lab coat and a pink tie first gestures with both hands toward the viewer against a blue curtain, then holds up an orange and green box labeled Spiffy Jr. He then rubs a yellow cloth over a large mottled green-brown object, which is shown as a rough block. In the final moment, Troy McClure, the reddish swept-back-haired man in a pink jacket, grins and holds a microphone in front of the same green object, with a partly visible letter on it. > Not so fast, Troy. > With one application of spiffy, you'll think the body's still warm. > Quote the Raven, what a shine. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/138889.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/144728 ## 2:31–2:45 Homer sits on a brown couch in a pink living room, holding a glass and pointing, while baby Maggie in blue sits beside him, and then Bart walks past carrying a long cardboard box as Maggie watches; the credits 'Written By Ken Levine & David Isaacs' and 'Directed By Jim Reardon' appear over the scene. The scene then shifts to a TV screen where Troy McClure, in a pink jacket and holding a microphone, stands beside a lab-coated man with a goatee and pink tie at a table of orange Spiffy bottles and a spray bottle, with a Spiffy Products banner behind them; the lab-coated man gestures with his hands and grins while the two present the products. > Ooh! > That's one clean tombstone. > Hey, Dad, you got a power drill? In a garage. > Check. > I'm offering three bottles, enough to clean 1,000 tombstones, > for only $39.95. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/152653.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/158492 ## 2:45–2:50 Troy McClure, an actor with swept-back reddish hair in a pink sweater, stands behind a blue table holding a microphone, beside a man in a white lab coat with black hair and a goatee, while a grumpy audience in blue seats looks on. Against a blue curtain and a Spiffy sign above shelves of bottles, McClure gestures toward the Spiffy jugs and bottles on the table while speaking, and the lab-coated man glances sideways at him with wide eyes, leaning back as the pitch continues. Labeled Spiffy jugs, bottles, and a small can sit on the table. > I'm afraid you're gonna have to do better, Doctor. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/166208.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/167668 ## 2:50–3:01 Homer sits on a brown couch in a white tank top, holding a glass, while baby Maggie sits beside him sucking a pacifier and wearing a blue bow. Bart, in an orange shirt, enters from the left with a grimacing expression and looks toward Homer, who turns his eyes toward him. Beneath a sailboat picture on a pink wall, the scene holds with Homer watching Bart and Maggie staying seated on the couch. > Yeah, give us a break, Doctor. > But, Toy, how can I make it lower the $39.95. > Find a way. Hey, Homer, I can't find the safety goggles for the power saw. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/171421.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/176009 ## 3:01–3:13 Homer and Bart stand in a pink room with a round porthole window; Homer, scowling and gripping a purple cup near his face, is joined by Bart, who looks on in the first moments, while Homer's expression stays angry and set. The scene then shifts to a TV screen showing a Spiffy display of orange-yellow jugs and bottles, where a man with swept-back reddish hair and a microphone stands beside a thin man with slicked-back black hair and a goatee in a white lab coat, who holds up a red tray and then a yellow glove. The lab-coat man's eyes widen and he grins as he holds the red tray, and the Spiffy jugs and a boxed product sit on the blue table in front of them. > If stuff starts flying, just turn your head. > Oh, check. > Okay, I'll throw in a fourth bottle, the applicator glove, > and a state of Kansas jello mold, $29.95. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/182683.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/187688 ## 3:13–3:25 Homer Simpson, in a white tank top, dials a teal rotary phone on a purple side table beside a green bowl of white puffs with a spoon, then leans back against a brown couch with his hands raised as he talks, eyes wide and mouth open. He then presses the receiver to his ear, grimacing with eyes squeezed shut and leaning over the phone while a small figure in blue-purple clothes stands at the right edge of the scene. A purple lamp, a red lamp, and a framed picture decorate the pink wall. > Okay, okay, calm down. > Homer, can you get the door? It's my sister's. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/194986.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/199574 ## 3:25–3:37 Homer Simpson, bald and heavy in a white tank top and blue jeans, stands in the living room and then by the arched doorway, while Marge, with her tall blue beehive and green dress, watches from beside the purple lamp and phone table and Lisa, in a red dress with star-shaped spiky hair, is at the bottom left edge. Homer leans over the back of the maroon couch toward the phone, then straightens and turns toward the doorway, where his twin sisters Patty and Selma, with grey-violet hair, pink and blue dresses and arms folded, stand together in the doorway. Homer glances at them and talks, looking uneasy, while Selma speaks with her mouth open and both sisters keep their arms crossed; a pink wall hook with a dark coat hangs at the left and a small purple-and-white lock sits on the door at the right edge. > Homer, be nice. > Okay, I will, I will. > Hey, come over here, I can't... Patty! > Delmo, what a pleasant to pray. > What do you know? He's wearing pants. I owe you a lunch. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/206248.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/211461 ## 3:37–3:40 A grinning man with a bushy orange bowl-cut and a green shirt appears in a photo on a page headed "NEW HAIRSTYLES", with a yellow hand holding the page at the left edge. The scene stays still across all frames, with no movement, and the page's column of scrambled, unreadable text sits beside the photo against a blue background. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/218760.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/218969 ## 3:40–3:48 Marge, with her tall blue beehive, sits beside her twin sister, who has lavender hair, a pink top and a teal beaded necklace, at a bed with a large open magazine. The sister holds a lit cigarette with smoke curling upward and gestures with her hand, pointing toward the pages while Marge glances at her, looks wary and then glances back. The sister then grins widely with her eyes open, in a pink room with a green cabinet, a shelf of books and a small heart-shaped note on the cabinet door. > Ugly. Ugly. > Butch. What's the matter? Can't you find a hairstyle you like? > Hold the phone. > That's the one for me. Ed Asner? No, next to him, Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/221263.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/224182 ## 3:48–3:56 Marge Simpson, with her tall blue beehive, and her twin sister Selma, with grey-violet hair and a pink top and green necklace, sit at a table reading a large open magazine in a living room with a green cabinet and bookshelf behind them. Selma holds a cigarette in her fingers and blows smoke upward while she looks down at the page. A third woman with purple hair leans in from the left edge of the picture, grinning and looking toward the magazine. Marge looks at the page and then glances up toward the other woman, while Selma keeps smoking and her cigarette stays in her hand. Marge then lifts her hand to point at a spot on the magazine page, and Selma raises the cigarette to her lips and takes a drag before lowering it again. > Mary Tyler Moore. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/229396.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/232524 ## 3:56–4:05 Homer Simpson, the bald heavy man in a white tank top, and Marge Simpson, with her tall blue beehive and green dress, stand in a pink kitchen by an arched doorway. Homer holds a white card with a black magnetic stripe in one hand while gripping a teal telephone receiver against his face with the other, grinning and staring wide-eyed. Marge stands beside him with a hand on her hip, glancing toward him, and then Homer lowers the phone to his chest, holding it out with a worried expression as Marge looks at him, and the card and phone remain in view with a purple lamp and cabinets behind them. > Expiration date, June 1989. > Uh, 2012, yeah. Homer, are you ordering junk off the TV again? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/237738.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/241074 ## 4:05–4:16 Marge Simpson, with her tall blue beehive and orange bead necklace, stands with her hand on her hip beside Homer, a bald man in a white tank top, who holds a teal telephone receiver to his ear in the pink living room under a framed sailboat picture. Homer looks worried while Marge turns and speaks, then in the later part of the scene Marge is in a pink hallway by an arched doorway, looking up and out with a nervous expression as Patty, with grey-violet hair and a teal necklace, peers from the doorway behind her. The scene shows Marge's head turning and her wide-eyed reactions, with the living room couch, lamp and sailboat painting visible in the first part. > Shh! They'll hear you. > Oh, who's using the power tools? > I don't know. Some guy, I guess. Hmm. > Well, we're going to the beauty parlor. > Maybe I should do something with the kids while I'm gone. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/246705.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/251084 ## 4:16–4:28 Homer, the bald, heavy man in a white tank top and blue pants, and Lisa, the girl with star-shaped spiky hair, red-orange dress and pearl necklace, are in a pink living room with a brown door and a purple speaker. Marge, with her tall blue beehive and green dress, carries a small bag toward the open arched doorway at the left, leaving the house as Homer reaches out toward her with one hand. Homer then sits on a chair facing Lisa, who looks up at him, and he glances sideways with a wary expression before turning back toward her, while a purple lamp stands at the right edge of the room. Homer's and Lisa's faces stay in close view as they talk, with Homer's head tilting down and his mouth open as Lisa smiles slightly, and a purple table lamp and a green bottle-like object are visible in the foreground. > Oh, sure. > Great idea. I'd love to. > Oh! > Did you hear that? Yes. How much? Everything. > What's the quickest, cheapest, easiest way to do something with you? > Uh, take us to the video store? Anything for my little girl. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/257758.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/262763 ## 4:28–4:40 Homer in a white tank top gestures beside a purple lamp in the living room toward Lisa's star-shaped spiky hair in the foreground. Bart, in an orange shirt and cap, welds in the garage with green sparks flying while Homer watches with a stern look. Homer then reaches into a pink car to open the door, where Lisa sits in the back seat looking over. > Bart! > You can't weld with such a little flame. > Stupid kid. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/269853.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/274441 ## 4:40–4:48 Homer carries Maggie on his shoulder while Lisa walks beside him, first seen leaving their house and driving past on the street to VHS Village, formerly the Beta Barn. Inside the store beneath a Check Out sign, they stop and look up at a ceiling-mounted TV showing two men, while a spiky-haired clerk watches from the counter and a green plant-like display stands nearby. > Ooh, McBain. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/281323.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/284659 ## 4:48–4:58 A heavy, light-haired man in a light blue shirt with a shoulder holster bites into a chili-topped hot dog at a green counter, then sits beside a mustached man with curly black hair, white shirt and blue tie, who holds a fork over a bowl of salad. The blond man keeps eating, glancing sideways with a smirk and then gritting his teeth as the mustached man looks away, and a glass of water, a plate with a bun, and a red ketchup bottle sit on the counter. > Hey, McBain, you keep eating them hotlings, you're never gonna make it to a pension. > Come on, live a little, Scoey. No, thank you. > Got me a future, partner. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/290081.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/293627 ## 4:58–5:10 Carl, a Black man with a black moustache, short curly black hair, white shirt, blue tie and brown suspenders, stands with a blond man in a light blue shirt and suspenders against a purple wall and glass windows. Carl talks, glancing up and sideways, while the blond man grins with his eyes closed and then turns to look at Carl. Carl later sits at a green table, grinning and holding up a small brown wallet, while the blond man leans in from the right edge. > I'm two days away from retirement. > My daughter's graduating from college. Little Susie's going up. > And as soon as we nail Mendoza, > my old lady and I are gonna sail around the world like we always wanted. > We just christened a boat. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/299466.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/304471 ## 5:10–5:21 Homer, seen as a bald hand holding up a card, and Carl, a Black man with a moustache, white shirt, tie and suspenders, appear in a diner-style setting. A card shows an illustrated man in a white shirt and blue shorts holding a bottle beside a boat labeled "The Live-4-Ever." Carl sits at a counter with a turkey on a plate while a red-haired man in a bow tie and a blond man in suspenders watch, and the blond man holds up a card. Carl then gets shot with a pink glowing gun and is seen bleeding, and he is later slumped on a stool, bloodied, at a bar with a menu board reading Burrito, Chicken, Pork Sand and Rib Sand, while Homer looks on from behind a bar. > Oh, yes, sir. > Everything's gonna be just perfor... Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/311770.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/316149 ## 5:21–5:32 A stocky, flat-topped blond man in a white shirt, suspenders and blue trousers, plus a dark-haired, moustached man in a white shirt and tie, are at a diner-style bar counter beneath 'RIBS BBQ' and 'SLOPPY JOE'S' signs, with a red-haired woman behind the counter. The stocky man draws and fires a revolver, a bright flash lights the room, and white streaks cover the wall and ceiling. The stocky man then stands glaring with his arms folded while the dark-haired man, bleeding heavily, slumps and then falls to the checkered floor in a spreading pool of red. Signs on the wall read 'SPECIAL RIBS N' FRIES $3.99' and 'HOT LINKS', and a sign near a window says 'HIGH TAPS'. > Oh, damn, damn, damn. > McBain. Yes? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/322405.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/326785 ## 5:32–5:45 Carl, a moustached Black man in a white shirt, blue tie and suspenders, lies slumped on a red couch with blood staining his shirt while a standing man in blue trousers looms over him. Carl's eyes roll and his mouth opens as he grips a brown object near his chest, and the bald, pale-faced man beside him watches and raises a hand to his chin. The scene ends with a hand holding up a small picture of a dark-haired woman in shorts on a deck, labeled THE Live-4-Ever, against a green wall. > I'm not gonna make it. Oh, stop talking crazy. > No, no, no, no. Just do one thing for me. > Get Mendoza. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/333458.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/339089 ## 5:45–5:56 Homer, in a blue shirt, pins Carl, a Black man with a moustache in a white shirt and red vest, on a diner floor splattered with red liquid, and Homer's arm flails upward while his mouth is wide open in a scream. Diner stools, scattered debris, and plates of food surround them as Homer kicks one leg and waves his arm in the air. Afterward, a brown-haired, spiky-headed man in a brown shirt and green tie stands beside Homer, who holds baby Maggie with her blue bow and pacifier near a red-and-white POPCORN sign while both men look around anxiously. > Mendoza! > You want to read it, sir? Why? I just saw the best part. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/347013.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/351184 ## 5:56–6:06 Homer and Lisa stand at a video rental store counter lined with VHS boxes, with Homer leaning in beside Lisa's head at the top of the frame. The scene moves from the upper shelves to the bottom edge, showing sports and fight tapes such as 'Death by Knockout!', 'Bench Clearing Brawls', 'Blood on the Ice!', and 'Football's Greatest Injuries', with a large yellow hand reaching in to pull out the Football's Greatest Injuries box, which shows a player in a red number 15 jersey. Other shelf labels include 'HORROR' and 'Bonder Siesta' among the visible titles. > Ooh. > Death by knockout. Blood on the ice. > Ho-ho. > Football's greatest injuries. > Lisa, we're going. But Dad, I can't find happy little elves in Tinklywinkly Town. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/357440.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/361611 ## 6:06–6:17 Homer, the bald man in a white shirt, holds baby Maggie in her blue bow while Lisa, with her spiky star-shaped hair and orange skirt, stands between video tape shelves under a Sale Tapes sign. Homer peers over a shelf of tapes such as Border Siesta and The Bad Football, then raises his arm toward a display while Maggie reaches out and Lisa watches. Later, a woman with pink hair curlers reads an Idle Hatter magazine beside a DUFF bottle. > Just grab something. > All these movies are great. > Look at this. > Test your FQ. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/367659.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/372038 ## 6:17–6:31 Patty and Selma, Marge's twin sisters with grey-violet hair, sit side by side under blue hair dryers with pink curlers in a salon, with a third woman in a green dress and orange beads beside them. At first Selma holds a printed list while Patty and the woman look on, then Selma and the third woman open magazines, Idle Chatter and Peepshow, and Patty reads a magazine with a beer bottle in hand. Their expressions shift from scowls to wide-eyed looks as they flip through the pages, with the Peepshow cover showing a figure with spiky hair. > Fatherhood quotient. > Maybe you should try it on Homer. He'll fail it. > Uh-huh. > In a second. > Well, I don't know. > Oh, now, Henry Winkler, there's a father. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/378503.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/384134 ## 6:31–6:41 In a close-up under a green-topped blue salon hood, a yellow-skinned woman with pink curlers and an orange bead necklace reads a purple magazine with a pink-haired cover figure and partly visible yellow lettering, glancing sideways, then speaking with her mouth open before pursing her lips. The view widens to show three women seated side by side in pink salon chairs under blue dryer hoods, each reading a magazine: the left woman in a lavender dress holds one with a bottle on its cover, the middle woman in a blue dress holds a magazine with a dark object on it, and the right woman in a green dress, who looks like Marge, reads a newspaper marked EXTRA and glances up with wide eyes. > Listen to what he told a close friend. > I don't always keep my cool like the Fonz, > but my love for my kids has given me plenty of happy days. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/392058.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/396438 ## 6:41–6:55 Homer Simpson, the bald, heavy man in a white shirt and blue pants, sits on a brown couch in a pink living room, first drinking from a red can, then leaning back with his eyes closed. On a television set in front of him, a football player in a white uniform with the number 7 runs across the field past a pink-skinned opponent in a red helmet, who lunges and grabs him. The player then tumbles upside down onto the grass while a defender in a purple uniform numbered 88 falls to the turf nearby. Homer then raises the red can again, his eyes wide open as he drinks, while the TV field and stadium signage, partly reading 'OPING' and 'ELLE', remain on screen. > They call him the Galloping Gazelle. His habitat, the frozen tundra of Soldier Field. > For six seasons and two Pro Bowls, he grazed on the tasty green turf of the end zone. > Until one fateful Sunday in November, > when the gazelle was stopped in his tracks by a big cat named Wayne Krzyzewski. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/402903.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/408742 ## 6:55–7:05 Homer and Marge Simpson appear in a living room with pink walls, where Homer sits on a brown couch beside a purple lampshade while Marge, with her tall blue beehive and orange bead necklace, smiles at him. Two women with brown and blonde hair stand behind Marge as she grins and looks toward the room. Earlier, a football player in a white jersey numbered 7, with a blue-striped helmet, clutches a football on a purple-sky TV screen, and Homer later smiles sideways from the couch while the couple exchanges glances. > Homie, we're back. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/416666.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/420420 ## 7:05–7:18 A woman with a dark brown bob and purple top, wearing a teal necklace, stands beside a blonde-haired woman in a blue top with orange beads and earring in a pink room, and the blonde woman grimaces, then smiles with her eyes closed. Homer, in a white shirt and blue jeans, and Marge, with her tall blue beehive and green dress, sit on a brown couch before a pink wall with a purple lamp and a framed sailboat picture, where Marge holds a sheet of wavy-lined paper with a small logo while Homer smiles, glances sideways, and speaks with a small dark object in his hand. > Don't mind that clod, Patty. You can turn the world on with your smile. > Homer, could you turn off the TV? > There's a little test I want you to take. > Oh, great. You made me miss Joe Dismond. > This is from the National Fatherhood Institute. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/426259.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/431681 ## 7:18–7:29 Homer, the bald heavy man in a white shirt and blue pants, and Marge, with her tall blue beehive, green skirt and red bead necklace, are in the living room, while two unnamed women in pink and blue dresses stand by with their arms crossed. Homer hides his face behind a printed quiz sheet as Marge reaches out to pull it away, then he holds the sheet up and Marge gestures with an open hand, looking uneasy in a close-up. The room has a brown sofa, a lamp, a sailboat picture and a striped oval rug. > It evaluates your knowledge of your son and rates you as a father. > Oh, Mars. > Question one. > Name one of your child's friends. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/439397.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/443777 ## 7:29–7:39 Homer, the bald, heavy man in a white shirt, sits on a brown couch in a pink room and talks with his hands, looking worried and mumbling as he gestures. Marge, with her tall blue beehive and orange bead necklace, stands beside him holding a folded paper, and in the background two women with dark hair and grey-violet hair stand with arms crossed. In the final frame, the view changes to a close-up of Marge with her mouth open as she speaks, while a framed picture and a lamp with a brown shade hang on the pink wall behind them. > Uh, let's see. Bart's friends. > Uh, well, there's the fat kid with the thing. > Uh, the little wiener who's always got his hands in his pockets. > They want a name, Homer, not a vague description. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/450450.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/454412 ## 7:39–7:51 Homer Simpson sits on a brown couch in a pink living room, wearing a white shirt with his hands clasped over his belly, while Marge Simpson with her tall blue beehive stands beside him holding a printed quiz sheet. Two women with grey-violet hair, one with a dark bob and one with a tall blonde hairdo, stand behind them with their arms folded, and a framed abstract picture hangs on the wall. Marge reads from the paper and speaks while Homer glances sideways and smirks, then Marge looks down at the sheet, and the two women keep scowling with their arms crossed, with no major movement beyond the characters' expressions and small head turns. > Okay. > Hank? > Hank? Hank who? > Hank... Jones. Homer, you made that up. > Question two. > Who is your son's hero? > Steve McQueen. That's your hero. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/460669.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/465465 ## 7:51–8:02 Marge Simpson, with her tall blue beehive and green top and red bead necklace, sits at a table holding a sheet of paper with a colorful chart, her eyes wide and mouth open as she talks. Homer Simpson, bald and heavyset in a white shirt, sits on a brown couch in a pink room with a framed picture and a lamp, his eyes wide and mouth open at first and then his eyelids drooping in a flat look. Two unnamed women with dark bobbed hair and with a long blond curly hairdo stand behind the couch with their arms crossed and scowling. Marge's expression shifts from wide-eyed alarm to a sheepish, open-mouthed look as she speaks, while Homer looks at her with a dull, unimpressed stare. > Name another dad you talk to about parenting. > Next. What are your son's hobbies? > Well, he's always chewing on that phone cord. > He hasn't done that since he was two. > Then he has no hobbies. > Oh, really? Well, maybe you should go out to the garage and see. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/472555.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/476935 ## 8:02–8:11 Homer, the bald, heavy man in a white shirt, is first seen with a sullen, half-lidded expression in a close-up. Bart, the spiky-haired boy in an orange shirt, is in a purple garage workshop, hammering on a wooden box while a Soap Box Trials Springfield poster hangs on the wall beside a coiled green hose. Bart keeps hammering among scattered cardboard boxes and tools as Homer looks on, startled, from the left edge. Homer then turns to a grimacing close-up, eyes shut and mouth clenched, with metal shelving behind him. > Bart! > Bart! What? > You don't have any hobbies, do you, boy? > No, not really. Well, that's what I... Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/483608.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/486736 ## 8:11–8:21 Homer, a bald heavy man in a white shirt, stands in a purple room with shelves and a SOAP BOX trials poster reading SPRINGFIELD while Bart, a spiky-haired boy in an orange shirt, crouches among cardboard boxes holding a wheel. Bart lifts a screw and gestures with it as Homer looks on, then Homer grimaces with clenched teeth and later gapes wide-eyed with his mouth open. Bart grins and spreads his arms, still holding the screw, with a green coiled hose hanging on the wall behind them. > Wait a minute, what are you doing? Building a soapbox derby racer. > That's a hobby. > Hey, so it is. > Oh, my God. I don't know Jack about my boy. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/492367.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/496329 ## 8:21–8:26 Homer Simpson, in his white shirt and blue pants, stands in a purple-walled storeroom lined with shelves of jars, boxes and cans, with a tall blue-beehived Marge in a green dress beside him. A platinum-blonde woman in a blue dress with orange earrings and a brown-haired woman in a pink dress with a teal necklace stand behind him with their arms crossed, wisps of smoke rising above their heads. Homer gestures with open arms, then covers his face with both hands, then looks up wide-eyed with his mouth open in dismay while the two women glare at him. > I'm a bad father. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/502585.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/504045 ## 8:26–8:39 Homer, bald and heavy in a white shirt, is in a cluttered room with shelves while a blonde woman in a blue dress and red choker stands with arms crossed and a brown-haired woman in a pink top watches beside him. Homer covers his face with both hands, then flings his hands up and yells with his mouth wide open before pressing his hands to his face again. Later, Homer sits on a brown couch in a pink room, dialing and then holding a green telephone on a purple side table beside a purple lamp, with books on the shelf below. > You're also fat. > I'm also fat. > National Fatherhood Institute, please hold. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/508008.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/513013 ## 8:39–8:51 Homer Simpson, the bald, heavy man in a white shirt and blue jeans, sits on the edge of a brown couch in a pink living room, holding a green corded telephone to his ear with one hand while his other hand rests on his knee. Beside him, a purple-shaded lamp stands on a purple side table next to a green telephone base, with a small stack of books on the lower shelf, and a framed picture hangs on the pink wall. Across the moment he keeps the receiver pressed to his ear, his eyes glancing sideways and his expression growing more weary and glum, with his head tilting slightly down as he listens. > Little boy blue and a man in the moon When you're coming home, Dad, > I don't know when National Fatherhood Institute. > Dave speaking. I'm Homer Simpson. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/520103.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/525108 ## 8:51–9:01 Homer Simpson, bald and in a white shirt, holds a dark teal phone to his ear with wide eyes and a worried expression, while a man with orange hair in a red vest sits in a purple chair in an office, holding a pink phone and a Super Dad mug. Behind him a yellow wall shows a Vitruvian-style drawing, and a row of people waits on a purple bench under a 'PLEASE WAIT HERE' sign. The other man's pink phone cord trails across the desk, where a pink box rests beside a small framed picture, and he grimaces and frowns as he listens, while Homer keeps staring ahead at his phone. > I just took your test. I got a zero. > Good Lord, a zero! > Lana, cancel my one o'clock. > Mr. Simpson, we'll send a wood panel station wagon over for you immediately. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/532198.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/536578 ## 9:01–9:10 Bart, the spiky-haired boy in an orange shirt, stands at the right of a crowd gathered around a wooden crate in a cluttered garage, with Milhouse in blue hair and red glasses leaning over the crate in the foreground. Beside them are a heavy man in a white shirt with his eyes shut, an older man with grey hair at the sides, and a curly-haired man in a striped shirt, while Lisa in her red dress and Maggie with her blue bow stand at the left near the open garage doorway in the earlier frames. Bart leans toward the crate and then raises one hand and gestures as he talks, while a wheel and a dark case sit in the crate and the group turns its attention to him. > Hey, Bert, where'd you get the lumber? > Well, as three-time soapbox derby champ Ronnie Beck says, > poorly guarded construction sites are a gold mine. > A conventional design? Oh, yeah? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/542834.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/546171 ## 9:10–9:19 Bart Simpson, in his orange shirt, leans in from the right foreground while a boy with reddish-brown hair in a white collared shirt with purple marks sits behind a cardboard box and desk. Beside them a curly-haired boy in an orange-striped shirt and a blond boy with buck teeth look on, and a blue-haired boy in red-framed glasses and a pink shirt stands at the left. The white-shirted boy smirks, then grins and clutches his chest with eyes shut, before turning to speak with his mouth open, as Bart stares at him. Cardboard boxes, a rake and a broom hang against a dark wall in the background. > Are you building a racer, Martin? In between some other projects. > Well, gentlemen, if you'll excuse me, I've booked some time at the wind tunnel. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/551384.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/554929 ## 9:19–9:30 Bart, in his orange shirt, and Milhouse, with blue hair and red glasses, stand facing each other on a suburban street beside a dark tar-like patch. Two men in white lab coats, one Black with a purple tie (Carl) and one with reddish hair in a green sweater, walk along the sidewalk with bald Homer in a white coat between them, heading toward a purple doorway while the two boys keep talking. Meanwhile a wood-paneled station wagon is parked at the curb, and a figure in a white coat steps out of its open door. > Goodbye, son. > Hey, Bart, I think they're finally hauling your dad away. > Maybe it's for the best. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/560769.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/565356 ## 9:30–9:41 Homer Simpson and his thin assistant Smithers, in glasses and a red vest with a clipboard, first appear as a station wagon drives toward the gate of the National Fatherhood Institute, whose sign stands beside a guard booth and fence. Homer and Smithers then walk past a control panel and into a lab where a man in a white coat watches a boy pedal a small red tricycle near a window. Finally Smithers and a dark-haired man in a suit gesture at a monitor showing green wireframe figures of a large man and a small child, while Carl and Homer look on. > For starters, Mr. Simpson, Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/572030.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/576409 ## 9:41–9:48 Troy McClure, a slim man with swept-back reddish hair in a red vest and tie, stands at a counter stacked with green-spined books, holding a clipboard and pen while resting a hand on the pile, with Homer in a white shirt at the left edge. A yellow hand then lifts a green book titled "Bill Cosby Fatherhood" whose cover shows a bespectacled, smiling Black man, and the book is held up and angled toward the viewer. Homer, holding a green book of his own, glances sideways with a smile as the scene ends in a room with purple panels and a blue door. > why don't you take this complimentary copy of Fatherhood by Bill Cosby? > If he's as smart as he is funny, I'm sold. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/582874.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/585168 ## 9:48–9:55 Homer Simpson, in a white shirt and blue pants, stands in a control room holding an open blue book while facing a slim unnamed man in a red vest, white shirt and blue tie, who holds a brown clipboard and gestures toward a panel of dials and buttons. Homer glances at the book, then reads it with his eyes shut, and finally looks up with a grimace while the other man keeps talking and watching him. Behind them are control panels with round gauges, monitors and rows of colored buttons. > Mr. Simpson, if you want to be a good father, you have to spend time with your son. > Well, that's easy for you to say, you preachy, egg-headed institute guy. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/589547.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/591841 ## 9:55–10:02 Homer Simpson, the bald, heavy man in a white shirt and blue pants, stands at a lab control panel with gauges and monitors, holding open a teal book and glaring while a slim man with swept-back reddish hair, a red sweater vest and a clipboard looks at him. The vest man then steps to the right, still holding the clipboard and talking, before a brown-haired man in a white lab coat and blue tie comes up beside him and drapes an arm over his shoulder by a door. The book's cover shows a small figure, and the scene is set in a sterile room with purple-trimmed machinery. > How much do you see your son? Why don't you ask him yourself? > Homer, meet Dave Jr. Huh? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/596429.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/598932 ## 10:02–10:14 Homer, the bald, heavy man with stubble in a white shirt, stands beside a man in a red sweater vest, blue tie and reddish hair, who is talking and gesturing with one finger, while a second man with reddish hair in a white lab coat and grey tie stands near with a clipboard and an arm around the first man's shoulder. They are in a laboratory with control panels, monitors showing wavy orange lines, and a window onto an underwater room labeled "UNDERWATER FATHERING" in purple letters, where a diver in a grey suit and helmet stands beside a small figure in a blue diving helmet seated at a green desk. Homer's eyes shift sideways and he lets out a sly, closed-mouth smile while the men talk with him. > How's your research coming, son? I think we're near a breakthrough. > Good work. Thanks, Dad. Oh, how I envy you. > Homer, that easy back and forth that you just witnessed didn't happen overnight. > It took years of effort. I've never been afraid of a little hard work. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/603520.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/608525 ## 10:14–10:26 Homer, in a white shirt, stands before a bank of monitors showing orange waveforms and a control panel, grinning with wide eyes, while Troy McClure, with swept-back reddish hair, a red vest and a blue tie, leans in beside him, smiling. Under a purple sign reading "UNDERWATER" partly visible on the wall, Troy then raises a finger as if making a point while Homer turns toward him with a startled, open-mouthed look. Troy finally rests his hand at his chin, and Homer stares at him with his mouth hanging open. > Oh, that's the spirit, Mr. Simpson. > Now, step one is to find an activity the two of you can share. > Does the boy have any interests? What boy? > Your son. > Find something he likes to do and share in it. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/615615.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/620829 ## 10:26–10:35 Homer Simpson, bald and stubbled in a white shirt, stands in a lab before wall monitors showing red waveforms, first looking tired and then smiling with wide eyes. Beside him, a man with reddish swept hair in a red vest and blue tie speaks and points upward with one finger, while Homer turns to listen. The scene shifts to a tank marked "FATHERING" beneath a purple sign, where a grey shark with a wide toothy grin bites at a small blue-suited figure while a diver in a heavy grey suit reaches toward it. Finally, the red-vested man and a second man with a similar hairstyle and a clipboard stand before the monitors, both wide-eyed and with mouths open in alarm. > Well, he is building a soapbox derby racer. > Oh, that would be perfect. > Dear God, not again! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/627919.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/631047 ## 10:35–10:45 Homer, a bald heavy man in a green sweater and blue jeans, and Bart, a spiky-haired boy in an orange shirt, are in a purple-walled workshop with shelves of blue and pink How-To books and a Soap Box Trials Springfield poster on the wall. Homer walks in from the left and stops beside a half-built wooden soapbox racer strewn with planks, a metal toolbox and paint cans, while Bart works on the car with a wrench. Homer then lifts a coiled green garden hose, leans over the racer, and gives a stern sideways glance as Bart keeps working. > Bart, I'm gonna help you build that racer. > Thanks, but I'm almost done. > Why don't you get back on the couch and watch TV? > Okay. > No! > I'm gonna do it! Sorry, Dad, Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/636469.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/640431 ## 10:45–10:57 Homer, in a green cardigan over a white shirt, and Bart, in an orange shirt with spiky hair, stand together in a room with a dark blue wall and a partly visible poster reading SOAP and SPRING. Bart looks nervous and grimaces while Homer gestures with open hands, then points and raises a fist as he talks. The scene then cuts to a wooden shelf on nails against a pale wall, holding a pink cup, a blue canister, a white-lidded jar and a green box with an orange stripe. > but three-time soapbox derby champion Ronnie Beck never needed his dad's help. > But you can use me. I'm good. I built a lot of things around the house. > The spice rack. > The bird feeder. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/646688.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/651693 ## 10:57–11:10 Homer, in a green cardigan, and Bart, in an orange shirt, stand among stairs and cardboard boxes in a cluttered room, with Homer gesturing while Bart looks on and then scowls and speaks. Earlier, a wooden birdhouse with orange feathers and clawed feet hangs from a pink tree, and Maggie, in a blue outfit with a pacifier and blue bow, stands by a broken wooden fence in a backyard strewn with pink debris. > The Jimboree? > What was that? > Ah, who cares? Son, please let me help you. > Come on, Dad. It'd be weird. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/658992.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/664205 ## 11:10–11:15 Homer, in his green sweater, and Bart, in his orange shirt, stand in a cluttered room beside a wheel and a cardboard box, under a purple wall poster reading SOAPBOX Trials. Homer looks alarmed and talks with his mouth open while Bart stares sideways, and then Homer's hand dives into the pocket of his purple trousers and pulls out a teal card showing a dark-skinned man with round glasses and short black hair. The poster and the blue-and-purple shelving stay in place throughout. > This isn't working at all. It's hopeless. > Wait a second. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/671504.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/673173 ## 11:15–11:25 Homer Simpson, the bald, heavy man in a green sweater over a white collared shirt, sits in a purple-walled room and holds open a green book titled with Bill Cosby's name, whose cover photo shows Cosby in glasses. He lifts the book with one hand, looks at it with wide eyes, and his mouth opens as he speaks while reading. Behind him are a staircase, a lamp, a row of blue-spined books and a wooden cabinet. > Hmm. > Cosby's first law of intergenerational perversity. > No matter what you tell your child to do, it will always do the opposite. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/676926.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/680680 ## 11:25–11:35 Homer Simpson, bald with a white shirt and green sweater, sits in a dim purple room reading a green book titled with the name Bill Cosby, its cover showing a smiling man in glasses. He glances up with wide eyes and opens his mouth to speak, then his face moves closer to the viewer, his eyes bulging and his mouth open. He then grimaces with clenched teeth, looking alarmed, while a staircase, shelves of books, and a lamp sit behind him. > Don't you get it? You gotta use reverse psychology. > That sounds too complicated. > Okay, don't use reverse psychology. All right, I will. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/686728.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/690690 ## 11:35–11:46 Homer, in a green cardigan, and Bart, in an orange shirt, stand in a basement workshop with stairs, cardboard boxes and shelves of binders. Homer raises a finger while Bart looks on, then Bart turns to a wooden workbench with an open drawer and spreads one arm, and Homer later holds up an open book. The scene ends on an exterior view of the Simpsons' house at night, with a pink car driving past and the garage light glowing. > Son, I don't think you should let me help you. > Come on, Dad. If you really want to help, you can clean these paintbrushes. > Thank you, Bill Cosby. You saved the Simpsons. > There he sits with a pen and a yellow pad. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/696738.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/701117 ## 11:46–11:58 Homer Simpson, bald and heavy in a white shirt printed with TEAM and blue pants, and Bart Simpson, the spiky-haired boy in an orange-collared white shirt, are in a cluttered garage workshop with a workbench, cardboard boxes, a green stroller, and a coiled green hose. Homer pushes or leans over a cardboard box, then turns to point at a blueprint on the wall while holding a can of Paint Remover, with a bottle of cola and a pink carton on the counter, and Bart points at the plan. Later Homer, looking worried, leans over a box beside Bart near a purple door with a SOAP poster, then stands outside in front of a brown fence and green hedges. > What a handsome lad. > That's my boy. > The RLFB spells mom and dad Well, Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/707790.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/712587 ## 11:58–12:09 Homer, bald and heavy in a white Team Simpson shirt, and Bart, spiky-haired in a matching Team Simpson shirt, build a cardboard racer in their driveway and garage. Homer puffs a cigar and works a welder with sparks flying while Bart, wearing a helmet, stands by a metal frame and a box marked GAS. Later Bart stands beside a cardboard cart labeled Lil' Lisa as Homer looks on, with a Soap Box Derby poster on the wall behind them. > that ain't too bad Cause that's my boy > You can have your TV and your nightclubs Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/719677.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/724265 ## 12:09–12:11 Bart and Homer push a wooden soapbox racer labeled "Lil' Lightning" across a cluttered garage, with Bart at the front on the left and Homer behind it, both in grey Team Simp shirts. Maggie sits in a stroller behind Bart at the left edge of the frame, and the car's wheels roll steadily forward as they push. A "SOAP" sign hangs on the orange wall beside a cardboard box and a green wreath, while a fluorescent light fixture runs along the ceiling. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/730939.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/730313 ## 12:11–12:19 Maggie, the baby with a pacifier and blue bow, sits in a blue reclining chair in a dim garage beside a wooden workbench, a green hose on the orange wall, and a torn poster reading SOA. The scene then shifts to Homer, the bald heavy man, and Marge, with her tall blue beehive, lying side by side in a bed with red pillows and a dark red headboard. Homer keeps his hands clasped on the blanket, his eyes close and then snap wide open as he grins, while Marge glances over at him. > You know, Marge, that part of ours is a little miracle His winning smile, > his button nose, > his fat little stomach His face alight with wholesome mischief He reminds me of me before Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/732190.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/735318 ## 12:19–12:28 Homer and Marge Simpson lie side by side in a bed with maroon headboard and pink pillows, Homer on the left with his hands clasped on the blanket and Marge on the right with her tall blue beehive resting on her pillow. Homer's eyes widen and his mouth shifts from a grin to a worried grimace while Marge glances over at him, first smiling, then turning her eyes sideways and grinning slyly. Blue nightstands with a lamp and a striped shade sit at the edges, and the room is dimly lit with a green wall behind them. > the weight of the world crushed my spirit. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/740531.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/743868 ## 12:28–12:38 A street at a Time Trials event opens under a banner reading TIME TRIALS, then a START line marks the track. Milhouse, with blue hair and glasses, sits in a yellow-and-red racer while a man in a white shirt and blue tie holds a clipboard and pencil. Bart, in a white shirt, stands beside the racer as Homer leans in from the right, and then Bart stands between a wooden box car labeled L'il Lightnin' and Homer, both wearing shirts with I AM SIMPSON printed on them, while an orange-capped official watches with a frown. > I like our chances, son. > Your father's not supposed to help build your eraser, Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/749082.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/753461 ## 12:38–12:47 Bart, the spiky-haired boy in an orange shirt with a 'TEAM' shirt, stands at a outdoor event area beside a row of spectators, while Homer, bald and stubbly in a white 'TEAM' shirt, looks down at him with a stern, frowning expression. A uniformed official in an orange cap and blue tie, holding a clipboard, stands between them near a large cardboard box, and in the background Marge with her blue beehive and Maggie with her blue bow watch from behind a rope barrier beneath a banner reading 'TRIALS'. The official then turns toward Bart, gesturing with his hand and speaking, as Bart glances sideways and a grey-haired man stands in the background. In the final moment Bart, wide-eyed and with his mouth open, stares to the side against a brown background. > but you should at least consult him about it. > You're in heat four. > Whoa, where's your helmet, son? Helmets are for wusses, sir. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/760134.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/763054 ## 12:47–12:57 Homer Simpson, bald and wearing a white shirt printed with TEAM, stands before a stranger in an orange cap, light shirt, dark blue tie and badge, who is first seen talking and then studying a clipboard. Homer glares, then scowls at the man with a clipboard in hand, who grits his teeth and frowns while reading. Homer ends up smiling and holding up a white card with a large red 4, with purple bleachers, a red rope barrier and a string of bunting behind them. > No, I don't think I can let you go without a safety helmet. > This is my son, and if he doesn't want to wear one, you can't make him. > Okay, fine. I want to get out of here sometime today. > Attention, everyone! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/768268.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/772438 ## 12:57–13:09 An astronaut-suited figure with a purple face and white helmet spreads its arms wide and grins beside a white car labeled HONOR ROLLER, while Homer, Bart and Lisa watch from a crowd in the pit area under bunting. The figure's expression shifts slightly as a large brown shape sweeps across the foreground, partly covering a sign reading ROLLER. Nelson, in a blue vest over an orange shirt, then stands by a box marked LIL with a cigarette in his mouth and a sullen look. > I say to those who question the value of the space program, behold! > Ay caramba! > Hey, you're not supposed to smoke in the pit area. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/778695.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/783491 ## 13:09–13:19 A man in an orange cap and grey shirt glances sideways against a blue sky, then Nelson, the brown-haired bully in a vest, puffs on a cigarette at a fairground counter beside a man holding a clipboard. Bart in a white shirt looks at a wooden crate while Nelson glares and leans in face to face with him beneath pennant bunting. Homer, bald and smiling, stands in front of a TRIALS banner with trees and purple stairs behind him. > Fine! > Hey, Simpson, where's your loser-mobile? > Loser-mobile. > Wait a minute. Uh, it's over there, Nelson. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/790373.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/794544 ## 13:19–13:25 Bart, a spiky-haired boy in a white Team shirt, stands with a finger raised beside Nelson, a bully in a blue vest over an orange shirt with brown hair, at a racing event beneath a banner reading TRIALS, with blue stairs and trees behind them. Bart turns and gestures while Nelson glares and frowns, then Nelson looks down at a flimsy wooden go-kart labeled Lil Lightin' with a lightning-bolt decal, rough wheels and a cheese-wedge decal on its side, sitting on a tan pavement. Nelson leans in toward the cart, grimacing with his fist raised as he inspects it. > Whoa! Talk about your pieces of crap. You know, Bart, I don't care who wins, Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/800800.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/802677 ## 13:25–13:35 In a purple-walled arena, a yellow-skinned man in a white astronaut suit with a purple visor talks with Bart, who wears a white 'Team Simpson' shirt and blue shorts. The astronaut gestures with a raised finger, then looks at Bart with a worried expression. Bart then sits in the orange flame-decorated car labeled 'ROADKILL 2000' while a dark-haired boy in an orange shirt leans on its side, and in the final moment Bart stands beside the car as the astronaut watches him, with a 'General Dynamics' sign and a banner nearby. > as long as one of us beats that guy. Same here. > Careful, boys! > It took me months to steal that bumper. > Help! > Help! What was that? You didn't hear nothin'. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/806639.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/810810 ## 13:35–13:46 Bart, in a white Team Homer shirt and blue shorts, stands between a helmeted kid in a white and red racing suit and Nelson, a brown-haired bully in a blue vest over an orange shirt, at a soapbox derby with a fence and banner behind them. Homer, in his white Team Homer tank top, leans over a wooden derby racer with partly legible lettering on its side, gripping Bart's head and shoulders as Bart looks anxious and then grimaces while Homer's eyes dart about. The scene then cuts to Nelson grinning and gripping the red steering wheel of the orange racer, with a bystander partly visible at the right edge. > Are you nervous, son? Don't worry, Dad. > As three-time soapbox derby champion Ronnie Beck says, gravity is my co-pilot. > Hey, boss! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/817066.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/821029 ## 13:46–13:57 A boy with dark skin, an orange shirt and white pants stands beside a stocky yellow boy in a red shirt who holds a knife up to his own face, then the scene shifts to a brown-haired boy in a blue vest scowling and a black-haired boy close by. A boy in a white space-shuttle costume grips a steering wheel and stares ahead, riding a shuttle-shaped cart down a long brown road lined with rope barriers and bleachers. Along both sides of the road, a crowd of townspeople watches from the sidewalks and houses, with the hilltop road stretching into the distance under a blue sky with clouds. > Just in case you need it. Aw, thanks, guys. > Get outta here! > Oh, why, I didn't realize this hill was so high. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/827285.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/831664 ## 13:57–14:07 Bart Simpson steers the cardboard go-kart marked "Lil' Lightnin'" down a long road in a soap box derby, racing against a long-haired driver in the orange shark-mouthed car marked "Roadkill 2" while a crowd lines both sides of the track. Early on, a white-helmeted driver in the "Honor Roller" car sits near a man with glasses holding a microphone and a stand of spectators. Bart's car trails the Roadkill car as both race toward the far end of the course, with the spectators watching from the sidewalks. > Could I have another hill? > Sam! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/838338.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/842508 ## 14:07–14:20 A spiky-haired boy in a white TEAM shirt, Bart, is seen with a brown-haired woman, a green-capped boy, and an orange-capped man at a race track while a streamlined white Honor Roller racer speeds past a crowd of spectators. Bart then pushes a wooden box-style racer labeled Lightnin', and his orange shark-mouthed car rolls along the dirt track toward a white finish line under a FINISH banner, with flames lining the course. Finally, his yellow racer nears the finish as the onlookers and the flame-lined track remain in place. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/848973.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/854395 ## 14:20–14:32 A stunt performer with a purple face, huge teeth and a white helmet, wearing a white jumpsuit with red trim, rides a white rocket car marked ROCKET ROLLER along a curving road, trailing a thick black smoke plume past a yellow wall and tree-lined street. The car smashes into the wall and bursts into flames, while a yellow parachute trails behind it and the performer is thrown clear, still on fire. Firefighters in yellow suits run toward the blaze, dragging hoses from a red fire truck parked at the curb. > Deploy! > Damn you! Deploy! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/862111.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/866699 ## 14:32–14:43 A young yellow-skinned boy wrapped in a white blanket wails on a gurney that a man in a grey shirt with a name tag pushes down a hospital corridor with blue walls. Later, the hospital room has an empty bed and a yellow nightstand, with a blonde head visible at the bottom edge, and a bald-topped man with dark curly hair and a purple-and-striped sweater stands before an illuminated X-ray of an arm, first looking on with narrowed eyes, then raising a finger to point at the bone and smiling. > It hurts! > Owie, owie, owie, owie! Mm-hmm. > Young man, I'm afraid this stress fracture will require you to be in a cast for six weeks. > But that means I can't possibly race! Son, you're lucky to be alive. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/873790.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/878378 ## 14:43–14:54 Carl, a heavyset Black man in a purple striped sweater, stands beside a hospital bed where a boy with light brown hair lies with his arm bandaged in a sling, first looking worried and then scowling angrily up at him. Bart, in a white Team Simpson shirt and blue shorts, comes through an orange door in the green-walled room, gesturing with one hand, then stands at the bed's metal railing as Carl talks with his eyes half closed and mouth open. A wall-mounted television, a window with blinds, and a rumpled white bed with lavender pillows are visible throughout. > Save your palliative cliches for the next poor sap doctor. > Is it okay to visit? > Of course. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/885051.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/889222 ## 14:54–15:02 Bart, the spiky-haired boy in a white shirt with partly visible lettering, grips the purple bed rail beside a one-off patient with short light brown hair and a white nightshirt lying in bed under a lavender blanket. Bart grins and leans in while the patient glances sideways with a wary, grimacing look that turns into a toothy grin, and then Bart's face fills the view as he smiles and then leans his folded arms on the rail with his mouth open in an excited expression. The wooden-panelled wall and the purple bed rail frame the scene. > Hey, man, cool crash. > Way to cheat death. Thanks, Bart. > You had the best stick out there, man. > I wish I could build him like you. > That racer transformed me into the twisted creature you see before you. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/895686.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/898815 ## 15:02–15:12 Homer Simpson leans in from the left edge of the frame while a short, reddish-haired boy with a white hospital gown and a wrapped arm lies in a hospital bed with a lavender pillow and sheet. The boy's expression shifts from wide-eyed fright to a scowl as he raises his free hand and speaks, and Homer glances over at him. The scene then cuts to Bart Simpson, spiky-haired and in a pink shirt, gripping a horizontal bar in front of a wooden wall with wide, startled eyes and an open mouth. > I'll never race again. If you don't race, then Nelson will win. > Well, even if I wanted to, I'm in no shape to do it. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/904028.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/907573 ## 15:12–15:19 Homer, the bald heavy man in a white shirt, leans in from the left edge while gripping the bed rail, looking at a young boy with short orange hair who lies propped on a lavender pillow in a hospital bed, his arm in a white sling. Over the moment the boy's wide-eyed expression shifts from a startled, open-mouthed look to a tight, clenched-teeth grimace, then a sheepish closed-mouth smile, and finally a grin as he talks. The scene is set against a plain green wall with a bed frame at the right edge, and no on-screen text is visible. > Unless... Bart, will you drive my car? Oh, I don't know if I should do that. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/913204.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/915915 ## 15:19–15:31 Bart Simpson, wearing a pink TEAM shirt, stands against a wooden wall with wide eyes and a worried expression, then breaks into a toothy grin. Later, Homer Simpson, in a white TEAM SIMPSON shirt and blue pants, crouches in a garage workshop beside a wooden soapbox car labeled "Life Lightning" while Bart stands nearby in a matching shirt and blue shorts. A SOAPBOX Derby Springfield poster hangs on the purple wall, with planks of wood, tools, and nails scattered around. > My dad and I built our car together, and if I drove someone else's, it'd kill him. > On the other hand, I'll do it. > Okay, Bart, we've got a lot of work to do on the car, > so I'm gonna pull you out of school for the next couple of weeks. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/920920.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/925716 ## 15:31–15:38 Homer, the bald, heavy man in a white shirt, and Bart, the spiky-haired boy in an orange-free white Team Simpson shirt and blue shorts, stand on a grey floor beside a purple wall and a stack of wooden planks. Homer, on the left, turns to face Bart and looks alarmed, then Bart looks up at him and speaks with his hands at his sides. Homer then stands in profile, looking off to the side, before turning to face forward with a small smile as a pegboard of tools, including a hammer, pliers and a saw, hangs on the wall behind him. Lastly, he looks forward with a flat, uneasy expression while the wooden stairs and tools remain behind him. > Dad, I don't know how to say this, but I don't want to drive your car. > It's slow, it's ugly, it handles like a shopping cart. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/932598.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/934892 ## 15:38–15:49 Bart Simpson, the boy with spiky hair in an orange shirt, and Homer Simpson, the bald heavy man in a white Team Simpson shirt and blue pants, stand in a cluttered garage with lumber stacked against a purple wall, a hammer on the floor, and cardboard boxes around them. Bart flexes his arms and then spreads his arms wide while Homer stands with a worried expression, and Homer later folds his arms and turns toward Bart. A box labeled 'Lil Lightnin'' with a lightning bolt sits in front of them. The scene ends with Bart alone, wide-eyed and grimacing, his Team Simpson shirt visible, in front of the stacked wood. > Bart, the car has a few bugs in it, I admit that, but we're Team Simpson! > Dad, I love you, but you taught me to win. > Why did I ever teach you that? Well, I picked it up somewhere. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/939063.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/943651 ## 15:49–16:01 Bart and Homer stand in a cluttered wooden workshop with stacked lumber, a hammer on the floor, and scattered debris, both wearing white Team Simpsons shirts. Bart starts wide-eyed and worried, then grimaces, while Homer, in a tool belt, stands with his arms crossed and then turns away with his arms spread and eyes closed. A wooden box labeled "Lil' Lightnin'" sits in the foreground beside a small wheel. > And if I drive Martin's car, I can win. > I'm sorry, but... No, go ahead, leave me. > Dad... Go on, go on and win. No, go on and win without your dad. > I'll just sit here in a little lightning, which the Simpsons built, Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/950533.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/955329 ## 16:01–16:11 Homer Simpson, wearing a white Team Simpson shirt and blue pants, sits in a cardboard go-kart in a garage while Bart, the spiky-haired boy, stands beside the kart in the opening moment. Homer then grips the steering wheel and rolls the boxy cart forward across the grey floor, eyes wide and mouth open, past a workbench with tools on a pegboard, a wooden staircase, a brown trash can, and a purple cabinet. The kart has the words 'Team Simpson' printed on it and a cassette-like label on its side. > and remember that for one brief shining moment, I had a son. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/962420.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/966174 ## 16:11–16:20 Homer Simpson, bald and wearing a white Team Simpson shirt, sits on the floor of a garage beside a cardboard box on a small wheeled cart, gripping its steering wheel with his hands in his lap, while a wooden workbench, pegboard of tools, staircase and purple door stand behind him. In the next frames he is seen wide-eyed with a tool and scattered cardboard pieces around his legs as he sits with his feet splayed out, and the scene then fades to black. The final frame shows Homer's face pressed in a window of a purple frame, eyes wide and mouth pursed, with his hands raised against the glass. > Oh. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/972221.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/975975 ## 16:20–16:33 Homer, bald and wearing a white shirt, presses both hands against a purple-framed window and gazes out at houses and trees, then turns his head to look back over his shoulder. Lisa, with spiky star-shaped hair, a red dress and a pearl necklace, stands in a pink room beside a yellow wall, her wide eyes darting sideways as she grins nervously. She then clasps her hands together in front of her with a sheepish smile. > Dad, can you take me to Dr. Hibbert's office? > Why? What's wrong? > Oh, nothing. I just scheduled a tetanus booster. > Maybe I'm being a little anal, > but barefoot season's coming up and there's a world of rusty nails out there. > Oh, sure, I'll take you, wait with you, worry about you, Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/982023.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/987236 ## 16:33–16:46 Homer Simpson, bald and wearing a white shirt, and Lisa Simpson, with her star-shaped spiky hair and pearl necklace, stand side by side in a pink room beside a window with a wooden fence outside, Homer glancing sideways and clenching his fist in anger while Lisa looks on with a sly, sideways gaze. In the final shot the pink family car drives along a road past a red building, with Homer at the wheel and Lisa in the passenger seat, while a boy with spiky hair in an orange shirt sits in a white dragster labeled 'Honor Roller' racing alongside them and pulling ahead. > and then you'll ride home with someone who has a faster car. > This is how you get your kicks, isn't it, Lisa? > Don't! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/994744.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/999749 ## 16:46–16:56 Dr. Hibbert, a heavyset Black doctor in a white coat with a stethoscope, stands in a waiting room with a stone wall and a lamp, while a light-haired man in a blue shirt glares at him and Homer, bald in a white shirt, peers in from a doorway with Lisa, in her red dress and star-shaped spiky hair, in front of him. The doctor walks through the room with a boy in shorts, whose shoulder he holds, and a girl in an orange dress, as a child sits at a small table with toys and a woman sits on a bench, and Homer stares wide-eyed with his mouth open. Objects visible include a potted plant, a beach ball, a rubber toy duck, and a closed dark door. > Martin, your bone is healing nicely. Tell me something I don't know. > Dr. Herbert, Lisa needs a... You! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1007048.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1011427 ## 16:56–17:07 Homer, bald and heavy in a white shirt and purple pants, stands in a playroom facing a light-haired boy in a white shirt and orange shorts, who gestures toward Homer's belly while Homer scowls down at him. Later, seen from above, Homer is sprawled on the black carpet among toys such as a pink wagon and a yellow toy car, with the boy standing nearby and a spiky-haired girl in a red dress by a table. > Homewrecker! > Mr. > Simpson, you have every right to be angry. > But rest assured, your son loves you. > Well, you certainly gave that boy the heebie-jeebies. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1017892.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1021854 ## 17:07–17:20 Homer, bald and stubbled in a white shirt, stands beside a smiling Black man in a white lab coat and purple shirt in front of a sign reading "JULIUS HIBBERT" with office hours. A silhouetted figure pushes a cart under bunting at sunset, then a heavy man in an orange cap and sunglasses leans over a T-shirt stand marked "Official Soap Box Derby T-Shirts." Homer then lies on the brown couch holding a red drink while Bart in an astronaut suit and Marge holding Maggie, who has a pacifier and blue bow, look on in the living room. > Dad, aren't you coming? No. Now, don't pout. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1028110.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1033741 ## 17:20–17:30 Homer, bald and in a white shirt, lies in bed under a purple blanket with his mouth open and eyes wide, while Bart, the spiky-haired boy in an orange shirt, stands at a dresser holding a tray with cups and straws, grimacing and looking sideways. Next Marge, with her tall blue beehive and orange bead necklace, glances aside in a pink room, and then Bart walks past a small television showing a green landscape, with a yellow curtain and a plant nearby. Homer lies in the bed with his eyes wide and mouth open as a tray with a cup and straw sits beside him. > I'm not pouting. You are. Dad, you gotta come. > I just got your hat out of the fridge. Sorry. > Don't you at least have something to say to Bart? > No. > Can't think of a thing. Homer, I've always said you were a good father. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1041457.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1045628 ## 17:30–17:43 Marge, with her tall blue beehive and orange bead necklace, and Homer, bald with stubble and a white shirt, are in a living room with pink walls. Homer lies back on a brown couch with a lavender pillow under his head, eyes wide and staring up, while Marge leans over him and gestures with her finger. In the later moments Marge steps back to the side beside a lamp with an orange shade and a purple stand, her hands settling on her hips and her eyes glancing aside. A framed picture hangs on the wall behind them. > I've always defended you when people put you down. > That's for sure. She ain't lying. > But I guess I was wrong. > You are a bad father. Leave me alone. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1051884.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1056889 ## 17:43–17:54 Homer Simpson first appears in a close-up with his yellow head resting on a purple cushion, then lies face down on the brown living room couch while Bart, in a white outfit, stands beside it watching. The scene cuts to the orange-doored house with its yellow garage, then back to Homer sitting slumped on the couch with his arms crossed and a white foam-cap headset strapped on his head. A television shows a red-suited man with a microphone at a crowded finish line, with the word FINISH partly visible. > Good morning, everybody, > and welcome to an event that harkens back to the carefree days of the Great Depression, Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1064188.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1068776 ## 17:54–18:06 A child in an orange cap rides soapbox racer number 2 down a ramp past bleachers packed with spectators, after a red zigzag pattern on a yellow grid fills a television screen. Homer Simpson then sits under a pink-tubed hair dryer with a white Foam Dome hat, wide-eyed, before turning toward his olive-green refrigerator, which is covered with a bodybuilder poster, a quiz sheet and a family drawing. > the Soapbox Derby. > In just minutes, these Junior Al Answer Juniors will lock horns. > Name your son's hobbies. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1075658.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1080246 ## 18:06–18:17 Homer Simpson, bald and heavy in a white shirt, first looks alarmed at a corkboard holding a bodybuilder pinup, a photo of a thin old man, a Krusty the Clown head, and a sheet reading 'Test your F.Q. Fatherhood Quotient' in the kitchen. He then stares wide-eyed toward the window with his mouth open, before clutching his shirt and throwing his arms out wide beside the open green refrigerator on the checkered floor. Notable objects include a yellow corn-patterned curtain, a blender, and a wall telephone. > Building a soapbox racer. Name one of your child's friends. > Martin! > I'll curse that name till the day I die! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1087128.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1091716 ## 18:17–18:27 Homer Simpson, the bald, heavy man in a white shirt, stands in the purple kitchen, first wide-eyed and open-mouthed in close-up before a window with a corn-patterned curtain. He then turns to a green cabinet door where a 'Test your F.Q. Fatherhood Quotient' sheet is pinned, with a Krusty the Clown sticker above it and a 'Collect $200' card beside it, and a small framed photo of Mr. Burns is stuck to the paper. Next he stands in front of the open green refrigerator, gesturing with both hands and then clasping them together, while the sheet and a small figure magnet hang on the door. In the final moment he turns slightly toward the fridge, looking to the side with his hands together. > Huh? > Who is your son's hero? > Three-time Soapbox Derby champion Ronnie Beck! > Whoa! > I'm one question away from being a perfect father. > Name another dad you talked to about parenting. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1098389.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1102560 ## 18:27–18:35 Homer Simpson stands in the family kitchen with purple walls, orange cabinets and a yellow corn-patterned curtain, first looking wide-eyed and tense, then glancing to the side as Ned Flanders, with his moustache, glasses and green sweater, pops up outside the window, grimacing and holding a pair of shears. Homer's expression shifts from alarm to a grim, scowling glare and then to a sly smirk as he turns toward the window, with a wall-mounted paper towel holder and a toaster-like appliance visible at the bottom edge of the scene. > Oh! > Hey-hey-ho, Simpson! Shut up, Flanders! > Flanders! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1109025.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1111527 ## 18:35–18:48 Ned Flanders, with a moustache, glasses and green sweater, trims a hedge with purple shears over a wooden fence while Homer Simpson, in a white shirt, stands behind it beside a pink car and gestures with one hand. Flanders then looks up and speaks as Homer glances at him, and the scene moves to Homer in a car, gripping the steering wheel with his eyes shut and mouth open in a laugh, then turning his head with wide eyes. > Flanders! Flanders! Uh, uh, w-when should a boy start dating? > Well, sir, there are two schools of thought on this. > Great, thanks. > I talked to Blanders about parenting. > I'm a perfect father. > Hold on, son. I'm a-comin'. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1116115.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1121537 ## 18:48–19:00 Barney, the heavy drunk with messy brown hair in a tan shirt, and Moe, the grey-haired bartender, stand by a pink ice cream and beer stall at a fair, while a brown-haired woman in a pink dress and a white-haired woman in a blue dress look on. Moe leans in with his hands raised as Barney grins, then Barney covers his face with both hands, mouth wide open, as the woman in the blue necklace grabs his wrist. Earlier, a pink car speeds down a road, a crowd watches a Springfield Soap Box Derby start sign, and a 'Hot Dog' stand with bunting is visible in the background. > My friend and I have a bet. > Are you Mary Tyler Moore? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1129045.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1134258 ## 19:00–19:10 Moe, the grey-haired bartender in a white shirt and grey trousers, holds an ice cream cone and steadies a heavy brown-haired man in a tan shirt and blue jeans who has both hands pressed over his face at the pink Ice Cream and Beer stand, while a woman in a pink dress with a brown bob and an older white-haired woman in a blue dress stand nearby. The scene moves to a pit area beside a PIT AREA sign, where Bart in a red-and-white racing suit sits in the white Honor Roller race car with General Dynamics and Tang logos as a man in a blue cap holding a clipboard leans toward it. A close-up then shows that cap-wearing man with his mouth open and wide eyes, clutching the clipboard, with a large purple-clad figure in the foreground. > Wow, it really is you. Bart, if she breaks up on you, > steer away from the grandstands or else you might kill hundreds of innocent spectators. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1141349.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1145519 ## 19:10–19:14 Bart, the spiky-haired boy in a red-and-white jacket, rests his chin on his hand at a counter with a yellow "GENERAL" sign while a man in a blue cap and lavender shirt sits across from him, outdoors in front of green hedges and a partial "ALA" sign. Bart stays slouched and half-lidded as the man's expression shifts from a wide-eyed grin to a flat look, then to a clenched grimace with eyes squeezed shut while he extends his hands forward, palms together, in an appeal. Objects visible include the counter, a small gray device at the lower left edge, and the sign text. > Bart, what did I just tell you? Kill spectators. > What is the matter with you? It's my dad, lying there on the couch, Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1151567.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1152610 ## 19:14–19:26 Bart Simpson, with his spiky hair, stands outdoors beside a red post and a green hedge, facing an angry man in a blue cap with a lavender brim and a collared lavender shirt who is not one of the regular characters. Bart starts out with his cheek resting on his hand and a bored look, then turns wide-eyed and grimacing as the man glares at him. Over the following moments Bart's mouth hangs open and his eyes shift sideways while the man's mouth opens as if he is speaking, and Bart finally looks downcast. > drinking a beer, staring at the TV. > I've never seen him like that. Don't get up! > I'm your father! > You're dragging for me now! Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1155946.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1160743 ## 19:26–19:39 Bart, the spiky-haired boy in a red-and-white racing suit, first appears in a close-up beside an orange barrel and green bushes, then sits at a counter with a freckled boy in a blue cap leaning in beside him. Homer, in a white shirt, stands above a dense crowd under a large yellow sun, holding a sandwich-like snack near a purple balloon, with Marge's blue beehive visible behind the crowd. Nelson, the brown-haired bully in a vest, grins as he moves in beside Bart at the counter, where a sign partly reading "ERAL...ES" sits in the bottom corner. > Do it for your old man, boy. > Simpson, prepare to die. > Let's rock. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1167625.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1172838 ## 19:39–19:52 Bart Simpson, with spiky hair, sits scowling in a white soapbox car at the start line of the Springfield Soap Box Derby while a brown-haired young man in a tan shirt leans in and blows smoke from a cigarette. Nearby, a man in a dark suit with a MAYOR sash stands at a microphone on a stage draped with red, white and blue bunting, flanked by bodyguards in sunglasses, and he grins and then scratches his cheek as a bespectacled man in a blue jacket looks on. Behind them a packed crowd watches, and a large banner reads SPRINGFIELD SOAP BOX DERBY START. > Ladies and gentlemen, to drop the green flag, our beloved mayor, Diamond Joe Quimby. > To everyone participating today, I salute your vigor. > Check out the wreck on the blonde in the fourth row. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1180346.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1185768 ## 19:52–20:03 Homer, Lisa, Maggie and Marge are seen in a crowd at a racing event while a mayor in a sash waves a green flag from a platform decorated with red, white and blue bunting. A driver grips the steering wheel of a small racer speeding down a dirt track between tiered grandstands crowded with spectators, while back in the crowd Homer stares wide-eyed, holding something red and sticky, as Maggie sucks a pacifier beside an orange balloon. Finally, a brown-haired driver grins from the cockpit of an orange car with a fanged mouth and the word ROADKILL painted on its side as it rolls past onlookers on a suburban street. > Oh, no! > Like the arrogant Roman in Judah Ben-Hur, these modern charioteers battle ferociously. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1193275.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1197863 ## 20:03–20:13 Bart Simpson races his white-and-black Honor Roller car on a dirt track against a rival driver with spiky reddish-brown hair in an orange car with a jagged, toothy grin, and the rival's car has a spiked wheel that throws debris. As the racers speed past spectators' legs, Bart grits his teeth and glares, then shouts with his mouth wide open while dirt and flecks fly across his face, and the scene ends on a close-up of a speedometer needle climbing past 100 toward 200 as Bart's yellow hand grips the steering wheel. > No call forgiven, none ask. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1204537.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1208499 ## 20:13–20:23 Bart, the spiky-haired boy in an orange shirt, pilots the white rocket marked Hover Rocket while Homer, bald and in a white shirt, flies a second white rocket, and a brown-haired driver sits in an orange shark-mouthed car with flames painted on its side. The three vehicles race across a flat grey track and then down a street, with the car and rocket side by side, between lines of cheering crowds with Marge's tall blue beehive visible among them. Near the end the vehicles approach a red-roped lane where spectators, including Marge, Lisa, Grampa and a boy in a blue cap, wave their arms and cheer. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1214547.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1218718 ## 20:23–20:36 Bart, in a white and red suit with a blue cap, is hoisted high above a cheering crowd of raised hands near a banner-lined stage and a building with bunting, while a spiky-haired boy in a purple sleeve looks on. Earlier, a woman in a pink swimsuit leans over a float marked HONOR ROLL as Bart sits on it, and a bald man in a white shirt and a Black man in a blue shirt clap in the crowd. A man with a MAYOR sash grins beside the woman in pink, and a sign reading DUFF hangs above the street where men in blue caps carry a bucket and a figure through the scene. > The world has not seen the likes of this since the French carried Lucky Lindy off on their > shoulders from Le Bourget Field. And now to present the trophy, Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1224974.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1229979 ## 20:36–20:47 Krusty the Clown, in his white costume with a red collar and blue shoe, is hoisted upside down above a crowd of raised yellow hands in the first moment, with a partly visible black-lettered sign behind. The scene then moves to a stage under a Winner's Circle banner, where a suited announcer speaks at a microphone while Homer, Marge holding baby Maggie, Lisa, and Bart in a white-and-red racing suit stand with elderly men in lilac hats and a crowd of spectators filling the bleachers behind them. Bart, smiling with wide eyes, stands front and center beside Homer's legs as the crowd cheers under red, white and blue bunting. > three-time Soapbox Derby champion, Ronnie Beck. > Congratulations, Bart. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1237278.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1241657 ## 20:47–20:59 Bart, in a white and red racing suit, stands at a tall gold-based trophy with blue columns and a small gold racer on top, while Homer in a white shirt and purple pants stands beside it, and Marge holds Maggie on her hip with Lisa at the left edge, two men in blue caps and a boy in a purple scarf nearby, and a crowd filling the bleachers under bunting. Bart first gazes up at the trophy with wide eyes, then grits his teeth and glances sideways, then smiles softly with one hand gripping a column, and finally Homer lifts the trophy as Bart looks up at him and smiles. > Seeing you out there brought back a lot of memories. > Thanks, Mr. Beck. I was alone out there, but someone was riding with me in spirit. > This is for you, Dad. > No, son. You earned it. I might remind you both I did design that racer. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1248330.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1253335 ## 20:59–21:08 A blond boy in a purple cap with a white sling and a green-skinned boy in a matching cap stand before a crowd under pennant bunting, with the back of Homer at the left edge; the blond boy scowls, speaks, then turns his glare sideways. Bart, in a red-and-white jacket, holds up a gold trophy topped by a small figure on a racer while Homer stands beside him, hands on his belly, looking away. Nelson, in a blue vest, scowls with clenched teeth beside the purple-capped boy against a blue sky and a green hedge. > The driver is essentially ballast. > The better man wants, Simpson. You can really drive. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1260634.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1264180 ## 21:08–21:19 Homer stands at left beside Bart, who clutches a large trophy topped with a golden toy car, while Marge in her tall blue beehive and green dress and Nelson in his blue vest stand close by at a fairground with a crowd behind them. Nelson grins and leans in toward Bart, then scowls as Bart stares back at him, and Marge looks on with her hand near the trophy. The scene ends on a close-up of Marge frowning, with Maggie in her blue bow pressed against her. > Thanks, Nelson. > Put her there. > Ha, ha, ha, ha, loser. > Nya, nya, nya, nya. > Bart, you know there is such a thing as being a bad winner. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1270019.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1274398 ## 21:19–21:32 Bart stands beside a tall golden trophy topped with a small figure as a crowd watches, with Marge at the right edge of the first shot and a brown-haired boy in a vest, Nelson, facing Bart in the second. Bart then laughs with his eyes squeezed shut while Homer, in a white shirt, throws an arm around him on an outdoor stage under a blue sky with a sunlit hedge behind them. Homer grins and points at Bart, who sticks out his tongue, before the two lean close together and smile at each other. > Mom, I never won before. I may never win again. > Nya, nya, nya, nya. That's my boy! Nya-nya-nya-nya-nya! > Nya-nya-nya-nya-nya! Nya-nya-nya-nya-nya-nya-nya! > Did you ever know that you're my hero? Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1280863.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1286076 ## 21:32–21:35 Gate sign at the National Fatherhood Institute: a tan guard booth and a striped barrier beside a fenced compound with lilac buildings under a blue sky. Inside Mission Control, lab-coated staff throw their arms up and cheer in front of a wall screen showing Homer, bald with a white shirt, lifting Bart, the spiky-haired boy in an orange shirt, onto his shoulders. A man on the right holds a spray bottle while confetti or sparkles drift through the room, and the staff keep celebrating as the moment plays out. The purple banner above the screen reads NATIONAL FATHERHOOD MISSION CONTROL. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1293584.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1293793 ## 21:35–21:45 Two grown men, one in a white jacket with brown hair and one in a red vest with light reddish hair, stand inside a purple-trimmed booth beside a window showing a stadium and a bald yellow figure, with small children's arms visible at the bottom edge. The man in the red vest holds a small brown object near the other man's face, then the two embrace with eyes closed and smiling. The scene then fades to black with yellow text reading 'Executive Producers JAMES L. BROOKS, MATT GROENING, SAM SIMON' and then 'Starring DAN CASTELLANETA'. > You are the wind beneath my wings. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1296295.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1300257 ## 21:45–21:55 No animated characters appear in this moment, which is a dark title sequence of yellow credit cards on a black background. The cards appear one after another: Julie Kavner, then Nancy Cartwright, then Yeardley Smith, then "and Harry Shearer," each centered on screen. The final card, headed "Also Starring," lists Jo Ann Harris, Pamela Hayden, Larry McKay and Russi Taylor in yellow lettering. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1306514.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1310476 ## 21:55–22:05 No characters appear; the moment is a plain black screen with centered yellow cartoon-style credit text that changes in sequence: first "Also Starring" with Jo Ann Harris, Pamela Hayden, Larry McKay and Russi Taylor, then "Executive Consultant Brad Bird," then "Executive Story Editor Jeff Martin," then "Creative Consultant David M. Stern," and finally "Associate Producers J. Michael Mendel and Joseph A. Boucher." Each credit replaces the previous one with no visible animation, movement, or people on screen. > Thank you. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1316732.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1320694 ## 22:05–22:15 No characters appear in this moment; it is a black closing credits sequence with a plain dark background. Yellow text on the screen changes over the five frames, first reading "Theme By DANNY ELFMAN," then "Music By ALF CLAUSEN," then "Casting By BONITA PIETILA," then "Editors MARK McJIMSEY and DON BARROZO," and finally "Animation Production Manager KEN TSUMURA" with "Post Production Coordinators COLIN A.B.V. LEWIS and JEFFREY GOLDSTEIN" listed below it. Each credit fades in and out one after another in the center of the screen. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1326742.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1330704 ## 22:15–22:25 No Simpsons characters appear in this moment, which is a sequence of yellow credit text on a black background. The text first lists sound and production staff such as Sarah Werner, Bobby Mackston, Mark McJimsey, Chris Ledesma, Travis Powers, Peter Cole, Gary Gegan, Anthony D'Amico, Brad Brock, Kurt Carpenter, Randy Piotroski, Doris Grau, Skywalker Sound, Laser-Pacific and the Dolby Surround logo. The credits then fade through Klasky-Csupo Inc. with Gabor Csupo as Animation Executive Producer, Sherry Gunther as Animation Producer, Mike Girard and N.J. Kim as Overseas Animation Directors, Maria Elena Rodriguez as Animation Production Manager, and Akom Production Company as the Korean production company. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1336961.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1340923 ## 22:25–22:36 No characters appear in this moment; it is a black closing credits roll of The Simpsons with plain yellow text on a dark background. Credits scroll upward in sequence, moving from Assistant Director, Storyboard, Character Design and Background Design names to Character Layout Artists, Background Layout Artists, Animation Timing and Lip Sync, then Main Title Design, Main Title Technical Director and Main Title Animation, and finally Color Design Supervisors, Color Design, Animation Camera, Background Cleanup and Telecine credits. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1346971.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1350933 ## 22:36–22:46 No characters appear; the scene is a dark background with yellow end-credit text that changes over the five moments. It begins with a list of production coordinators Miles Lewis Horst, Denise Mitchell and Julia Kim, post production coordinator Tami Sloan Tsark, production assistants including Daniel McClellan, Sharon Altman, Matt Hamilton, Richard Leroy and Greg Holt, and production accountant Carole Ann McCoy. The credits then cut to single cards reading Executive in Charge of Animation Production Richard Raynis, Executive in Charge of Production for Gracie Films Michael P. Schoenbrun, Creative Supervisor Sam Simon, and Executive Creative Consultant James L. Brooks. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1357189.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1361151 ## 22:46–22:57 Silhouetted audience members sit in rows of seats in a dark cinema with a blank screen, and a beam of light then sweeps across to reveal the Gracie Films logo with the silhouetted heads of the audience in the foreground. The scene shifts to a dark blue sky with light beams sweeping over a stepped building as the gold text '20th Century Fox' appears, which then changes to '20th Television Fox' before the screen fades to black. No named regulars are identifiable among the anonymous silhouetted viewers, and no dialogue is present. Frame: https://ultrahouse3k.com/img/S03E09/1367199.jpg Page: https://ultrahouse3k.com/episode/s03e09-saturdays-of-thunder/1371579