The Lastest Gun in the West

"The Lastest Gun in the West"

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"The Lastest Gun in the West" is the twelfth episode of season 13 and aired on February 4, 2002. It guest stars Dennis Weaver.

Plot

Bart is chased by a dog and winds up in the backyard of a has-been actor named Buck McCoy. Buck was a famous Western star back in the day, and Bart takes the elder on as his hero. Bart gets Buck a job on the "Krusty the Clown" show, but Buck is actually an alcoholic and reverts to his drinking ways while on the air. Homer on the other hand, wants Bart to acknowledge him as his hero. Homer pursues in doing so.

Trivia

• Buck McCoy looks a lot like Ronald Reagan, an actor in many Westerns.
• In one scene, the audio has Lisa saying "Dad, I'm on the line". But the closed captions say Operator: "First, pay your phone bill".
• When Grandpa shows Bart his Junior Buckaroo badge, It's entitled "Little Grandpa Simpson." Obviously this is a joke rather than a scripting error or a childhood nickname.

Cultural references

• The weapons that Snake and his gang use in the bank robbery are the M41A pulse rifles from Aliens.
• At the end of the episode when Buck is going into his house, the theme music from the film The Magnificent Seven is played.
• McCoy says he was on the fictional show "McTrigger" before it was retooled into Room 222.
• Homer creates a picture of himself in a bathing suit that mimics the famous Farrah Fawcett pinup poster from the 70's.
• One of Buck McCoy's various shows "McTrigger" in which all he does is shoot hippies, is a reference to Dennis Weaver's former series, McCloud.
• When Buck introduces himself to Bart the flute intro composed by Ennio Morricone from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly plays.
• The western craze generated by Buck McCoy in Springfield mimics the western craze the movie Urban Cowboy generated when released in 1980.

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Treehouse of Horror XII • The Parent Rap • Homer the Moe • A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love • The Blunder Years • She of Little Faith • Brawl in the Family • Sweets and Sour Marge • Jaws Wired Shut • Half-Decent Proposal • The Bart Wants What It Wants • The Lastest Gun in the West • The Old Man and the Key • Tales from the Public Domain • Blame It on Lisa • Weekend at Burnsie's • Gump Roast • I Am Furious (Yellow) • The Sweetest Apu • Little Girl in the Big Ten • The Frying Game • Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge