Homer Shake
Homer Shake
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Special Information
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Homer Shake is a FOX special short that first aired on March 1, 2013. The scores is 30-second long. A 20 seconds version was later used instead of the opening sequence for "Gorgeous Grampa" in the original US version only. Homer's singing is heard over a video of Maggie dancing while wearing a helmet. The rest of the family are sitting on the couch seemingly oblivious to Maggie. After a while, the rest of the family start dancing too. The camera zooms out to show more people of Springfield dancing along to the song.
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Plot
The Simpson family do their own version of the Harlem Shake, known as the Homer Shake.
The Simpson family is already seated on the couch as the "Homer Shake" song begins. Maggie is wearing a helmet and is on top of the couch dancing to the song, while the rest of the family are unaware of Maggie and are doing their usual hobbies; Homer just sits there and drinks his beer every once in a while, Marge is knitting, Lisa is reading, and Bart is playing his video game.
When the bass drops, the camera cuts to the family, where the rest of them are now convulsively dancing to the song while going crazy; Maggie is still dancing with the helmet on, Homer is only in his underwear and is beating his chest like Tarzan, Marge is doing push-ups, Lisa is dancing while wearing a big mask of her head, and Bart is dancing while dressed as Bartman.
Eventually, many other characters appear and are convulsively dancing while acting crazy to the song besides the family. Lenny and Carl are in a karate match, Cletus is making music with his moonshine bottle by blowing into it, Mr. Burns is dancing while wearing a fur coat and hat, Grampa is acting like he has a heart attack while wearing his army uniform, Comic Book Guy is practicing his superhero moves, Duffman is doing his pelvic thrusts, Otto is grooving while holding up glow sticks and wearing a glow stick necklace and pacifier, The Grumple is head spinning, Mayor Quimby is doing an erotic dance while wearing only a thong and a "Sexy Mayor" sash, Disco Stu is doing sit-ups, Moe is rolling in a physical restraint, Skinner is hopping on a pogo stick, Chief Wiggum is hand standing, Nelson is hitting a double bass against the wall, Apu is juggling Nabendu, Sashi and Sandeep, Jimbo, Kearney, Milhouse and Mr. Teeny are chicken fighting, Sideshow Bob is doing the worm, Groundskeeper Willie is riding a kiddie ride tractor, Surly Duff is dancing, Kang and Kodos are grooving, Ralph is hung up on one of the fan blades, and Krusty is grooving while throwing five pies.
This continues for a few more seconds before the song ends.
Production
They could not use the original music for the given time of constraints and the licensing costs made so they could not make a deal to license the song. The music scores started on February 26, 2013 for Scott Clausen and Chris Ledesma. Two scores mades a 30-second and a 20-second version. The 30 would be for Internet viewing, the 20 as the couch gag. Scott trying first to compose something that sounded like "Harlem Shake" but was original and Ledesma searched on to music libraries to find sounds that fit the general groove and mood. Scott's and Ledesma's first work was rejected for not being close enough by Matt Selman. Scott compose then a sound-alike version of the original while incorporating the theme song that was accepted. Dan Castellaneta was after that called in for a vocal session. Castellaneta sang in music editing terms, he did not sing them to any rhythm guide or pre-recorded track. After Ledesma had Scott's tracks he cut all Dan's singing into the song and laid each "D'oh" into the groove with varying rhythms and syncopation.[1]
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