Selma’s Choice” is the thirteenth episode of the fourth season of the Johnny carson drink animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 21, 1993.
The episode was written by David M. Stern and directed by Carlos Baeza. After watching an advertisement on television for Duff Gardens, Homer, Bart and Lisa decide to go there. Selma tries video dating, a love potion, and flirting with a bag boy before eventually going on a date with Hans Moleman after revoking his license at the DMV. Selma envisions herself as the mother of several ugly, blind children and kicks Hans out of the car.
When the day comes for Homer to take Bart and Lisa to Duff Gardens, he falls ill from food poisoning after eating a hoagie that became spoiled days, if not weeks, earlier after he took it home from a company picnic. At Duff Gardens, Bart and Lisa wear Selma out, especially when they go on the Little Land of Duff ride and Bart dares Lisa to drink the “water”. When Lisa takes a sip, she begins hallucinating and wanders away. While Selma is looking for Lisa, Bart gets trapped on a roller coaster. Lisa is found swimming nude in the Fermentarium by some workers and is returned to Selma.
Meanwhile, Homer feels better throughout the day, and he and Marge enjoy their time alone watching Yentl followed by The Erotic Adventures of Hercules. After returning Bart and Lisa home, Selma wonders how Homer manages to do this every day. Writer David Stern said he wanted to go back to a “Patty and Selma episode”, because it was sustained so well when he wrote “Principal Charming”. Though research is usually done when real languages are used on the show, the foreign language heard on Selma’s ham radio is fictional.
The episode title is a take on the 1982 film Sophie’s Choice. Marge’s flashback of her and her sisters swimming in a lake is based on The Prince of Tides. 24, 1993 with a Nielsen rating of 14. The authors of the book I Can’t Believe It’s a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood said, “A nice episode for Selma and good for Marge and Homer as well. But it’s the kids who provide the highlights in this one, with their antics at Duff Gardens. The author of Planet Simpson: How a Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation, Chris Turner said it “Fills in with the usual grab bag of great gags” and “The episode had some crowd-pleasing moments. He went on to say, “The last few minutes of the show played out to continuous laughter “.
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