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After filming a propaganda video for the nuclear plant, Homer wants to try acting. While filling out a form to join the Screen Actors Guild, Lisa points out that Homer needs to put in his entire middle name, though he is only aware of its initial, J. Homer asks Grampa about it, but Grampa mumbles that it was Homer's mother that named him, but remembers a place where she hid out after becoming a revolutionary, and takes Homer there. The place, a barn, is still occupied by the two hippies Homer's mother became 'affiliated' with back in the 60s. As Grampa continues to chide the life of the hippy, how they always sit around and doing nothing, Homer becomes more and more intrigued, and upon seeing a mural that his mother painted of young Homer (which reveals his middle name: 'Jay'), Homer decides to become a hippy himself.
Because Homer can never ease into these things, his new hippy life quickly annoys both the family and, moreso, next door neighbors. Looking to break the norms or however they phrase it, Homer revisits the two hippies, but is shocked to learn that they actually work once in a while, having a factory within the barn. The two produce and create an all-natural vegetable juice drink, the top drink of its kind in Springfield. Homer chides the two for making money and convinces them to go on a 'freak-out'. It lasts a couple of hours, and nothing really happens, but upon their return, a frisbee Homer left behind has jammed up a machine in the factory, ruining a shipment's worth of juice. The two become furious with Homer, declaring he never was or ever will be a hippy.
Homer is saddened by what's happened, but promises to turn things around. That night, he sneaks back into the barn and decides to produce and ship more juice. The next morning, the hippies are stunned as, because Homer ran out of vegetables, he went and grabbed some from the two's "special supply". Soon enough, townsfolk drink up the "enhanced" juice and start hallucinating. Chief Wiggum catches wind of this and sends a strike team to the barn. Homer tries to settle everyone down with his newfound hippy mantra, putting a flower into each policeman's rifle, but one shoots a flower back into his head, and though Homer survives the incident, Dr. Hibbert is unwilling to remove or at least prune the flower.
Quick Review
This episode takes what I didn't like about Homerpalooza, and twists it in a way where I can not enjoy it all over again. "Hippy" Homer was not a humorous character, not even barely. A few things at the beginning were funny, and the various people hallucinating had its moments, as did the moments involving Grampa. However, most of this episode did not have much going for it.
Final Score: 6.5
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