The Lastest Gun in the West

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The Simpsons episode
"The Lastest Gun in the West"
Promotional image for the episode.
Promotional image for the episode.
Bart dresses up as his new hero, Buck McCoy.
Episode no. 281
Prod. code DABF07
Orig. airdate February 24, 2002
Show runner(s) Al Jean
Written by John Swartzwelder
Directed by Bob Anderson
Chalkboard "Making Milhouse cry is not a science project."
Couch gag The Squeaky-Voiced Teen and an unknown adolescent girl are making out on the couch. The Simpsons come in. The boy yelps and the unknown girl smiles uneasily.
Guest star(s) Dennis Weaver as Buck McCoy
Season 13
November 6, 2001 – May 22, 2002
  1. "Treehouse of Horror XII"
  2. "The Parent Rap"
  3. "Homer the Moe"
  4. "A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love"
  5. "The Blunder Years"
  6. "She of Little Faith"
  7. "Brawl in the Family"
  8. "Sweets and Sour Marge"
  9. "Jaws Wired Shut"
  10. "Half-Decent Proposal"
  11. "The Bart Wants What It Wants"
  12. "The Lastest Gun in the West"
  13. "The Old Man and the Key"
  14. "Tales from the Public Domain"
  15. "Blame It on Lisa"
  16. "Weekend at Burnsie's"
  17. "Gump Roast"
  18. "I Am Furious Yellow"
  19. "The Sweetest Apu"
  20. "Little Girl in the Big Ten"
  21. "The Frying Game"
  22. "Papa's Got a Brand New Badge"
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"The Lastest Gun in the West" is the twelfth episode of season 13 from the television series The Simpsons, which aired on February 4, 2002. It guest stars Dennis Weaver.

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[edit] 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, but after seeing how depressed Bart has become, eventually helps restore Bart's faith in Buck by getting Buck to foil a bank robbery. The episode ends with Buck telling Bart to never bother him again, returning home while Bart is once again chased by the dog.

[edit] Censorship

  • A scene in the FOX promos for this episode showed Homer reaching under the bedsheets and giving Marge a little Homer doll, but this was not shown in the actual episode.

[edit] 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.
  • "McTrigger", in which McCoy shoots 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.

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