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| − | {{EpisodePrevNext|Treehouse of Horror IX|D'oh-in' in the Wind}}
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| − | |image=When You Dish Upon a Star promo.jpg
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| − | |productionCode=5F19
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| − | |originalAirdate=November 8, 1998
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| − | |blackboardText="butt.butt is not my e-mail address"
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| − | |couchGag=Marge hangs wet sheet versions of Homer, Bart, Lisa and Maggie on a clothesline
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| − | |specialGuestVoices=[[Alec Baldwin]] as [[Alec Baldwin (character)|himself]]<br/>[[Kim Basinger]] as [[Kim Basinger (character)|herself]]<br/>[[Ron Howard]] as [[Ron Howard (character)|himself]]<br/>[[Brian Grazer]] as [[Brian Grazer (character)|himself]]
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| − | |Written By=[[Richard Appel]]
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| − | |Episode Number=208
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| − | |Directed By=[[Pete Michels]]
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| − | "'''When You Dish Upon a Star'''" is the fifth episode of [[Season 10]]. It aired on November 8, 1998. The episode was written by [[Richard Appel]] and directed by [[Pete Michels]].
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| − | ==Synopsis==
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| − | Keeping Hollywood secrets proves difficult for [[Homer]] when he scores a personal assistant job for the husband and wife team, Alec Baldwin & Kim Basinger. Also guest starring Ron Howard and Brian Grazer.
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| − | ==Plot==
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| − | The Simpson family decide to spend a day out in Lake Springfield, where Homer soon gets involved in a [[wikipedia:parasailing|parasailing]] accident, crash landing in the bedroom of [[wikipedia:Alec_Baldwin|Alec Baldwin]] and [[wikipedia:Kim_Basinger|Kim Basinger]]'s holiday home. He convinces them that he should work for them as a personal assistant, while keeping it a secret that they are in Springfield.
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| − | Eventually, Homer becomes good friends with the celebrity couple, though he creeps out the visiting [[Ron Howard]] and tries unsuccessfully to pitch a script about a "killer robot driving-instructor that travels back in time for some reason" and a talking pie.
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| − | Eventually Homer's inability to keep a secret leads Baldwin and Basinger to mistrust him, and they end the friendship. In retaliation Homer starts a mobile museum of "Hollywood Jerks" displaying their personal belongings to get back at them. The celebrities discover this while intending to apologize to Homer. A high speed chase ensues between Homer in the mobile museum and the celebrities in their [[wikipedia:Hummer_h1|Hummer h1]]. Homer agrees to stop after Ron Howard is injured during the chase.
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| − | Ultimately Homer is court-ordered to keep 500 miles away from any celebrity (living or dead) while [[Ron Howard (Character)|Ron Howard]] successfully pitches Homer's script to [[Brian Grazer|Brian Grazer]] at [[20th Century Fox]].
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