Hungry, Hungry Homer [SEP] series
Hungry, Hungry Homer
"Hungry, Hungry Homer" is the fifteenth episode of the twelfth season of "The Simpsons". It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 4, 2001. In the episode, Homer becomes a Good Samaritan after discovering the simple joys of helping people in need – which is put to the test when he goes on a hunger strike after the owner of the Springfield Isotopes baseball team attempts to discredit him when Homer stumbles on his plot to discreetly move the team to
Hungry, Hungry Homer", where Homer attempts to thwart the Springfield Isotopes' plan to move to Albuquerque. Subsequently, when an "Albuquerque Tribune" online survey helped the team decide its new name, "Isotopes" received 67 percent of the 120,000 votes.
Spurlock filmed several scenes in both Glasgow and Aberdeen, Scotland. Both cities have claimed to be the home of character Groundskeeper Willie, based on various bits of dialogue from the series. He also conducted tongue-in-cheek interviews with former Lord Provost of