massive cup holders....news flash....most peoole Don't buy the Mega-Big/Giant-Enormous Big Gulp 😂😂😂 now I honestly wonder how people drive with those things 😂😂😂
@@Mexicano1768 Tumbler cups have been seeing increasing sales for years and a good chunk of them are not *that* far off the size of big gulps. People may not be buying directly from places like 7-Eleven anymore, but that doesn’t mean people aren’t using big mugs, tumblers, and what not.
Agreed. The engineers wanted him to deal with Homer at once. Herb should've been at the company to supervise and asked him to tone down his ideas for the car.
@@Polyglot_English oh wow, advice from the country that keeps electing the former KGB agent! Thank you sooooo much Vlad, I'll definitely be sure to vote for the candidate with ties to your country's mafia instead of the one with experience in politics. Oh wait, you already lost! Screw off troll
Wonder why the animators never had this car randomly passing by in the background in a later episode. Like they did with other items in other episodes.
@@GigachudBDEactually only 52% expensive. XD but everything that comes out of the mouth of Elon should be taken with a mountain of salt. Actually that is not even true. Just don't believe it, until you see it.
He was kind of a fool through. Letting Homer design his company's latest car without any control when he knew he had no experience was just plain stupid.
@@madwatermelon1316 nonetheless he was still a very cool dude. The scene where he makes his employees say good things about Homer just so Bart and Lisa could hear was cool.
@@Asuma492 Oh his heart was in the right place don't get me wrong. He should've taken more responsibility for that disaster though. It was his idea to give Homer the job.
yeah so Homer didn't do much but that Homer Simpson car it is just hideous how could Homer look at it and say yeah that's the car for me I do not understand how more pep or it being a big one means it has to look like a ufo
It was his design and his own personal touch. I can understand where Homer was coming from as an adult. Lord knows how many times my mom yelled at me and my brother to stop fighting in the car. She often griped about how cars back then never had a sound proof backseat barrier to block out the noises. I get the need for Homer wanting a separate dome for the backseat to block out Bart and Lisa each time they fight.
michael lavery I guess so. But this reply isn’t subconscious... why would you waist your time replying to my subconscious comment? I hope you were stoned and sitting on the toilet. That’s what I’m doing. Love ya!
I knew because one of my only VHS tapes was Batman Returns.... "A penguin is a bird which cannot fly, I am a man, I have a name...... Oswald......Cobblepot" Still I could probably quote 90% of the movie and I haven't seen it in 20 years.
He really should've known better and been at the company to supervise the building of the car. Herb should've told Homer to tone down his ideas and look at the designs his engineers have in mind for the Homer.
More like he had no brain cells to begin with. Probably never made his empire/fortune to being with based on that. Just *somehow* found some other way like resource or something.
I think part of his downfall was probably also caused by him having a breakdown on stage. If he had handled the situation in a better way instead of crying "I am ruined" then things might have gone a bit different
@@vm6817 Some people in america used to put unique bobbles on their antennas to more easily spot it in a crowded parking lot. If all of the cars are produced with one of those, it doesnt work to identify your car anymore since they have they same one.
it's supposed to be poetic... that's how big CEOs of companies act. They show a product, then people are like ''what the fuck is this, are you serious'' and the CEO gets a reality check and says to himself ''what have I done!?''
@@Mkmichael001 yeah it's pretty much the attitude of bosses ''I don't care how you do it, get it done'' when he constantly gets asked questions, then he gets upset at the results.
@@MinscFromBaldursGate92 It’s honestly not that bad. I thought it was pretty interesting. If it drives well and turns well, it’s a good car as far as I’m concerned. The added features are just a nice bonus. And this car had features that no other I’ve ever seen has, so there’s that.
It's probably pretty good, it just needs to rework the goofy style. Not sure why it would cost 82k either, but it's just for the cartoon plot, of course.
Clammyhippo they don’t explote yes but boy all the recalls. They’re good but manufacturers are rushing to have the most advance and futuristic features and don’t test it enough. That’s the problem
@@sonicmastersword8080 No, Homer's ideas were stupid. Nobody needs 15 mega cup holders or a separate compartment for your kids to sit in. That's just disaster written all over it.
As a kid, I laughed at Homer’s yell as he ran out of the room. As an adult, I laugh harder realizing he must have sustained that yell all the way back to the factory.
plus herb ignored the warnings about homer from another employee. its the scene where herb says to the caller, 'i want you to say the opposite of everything you just said'. and the caller says 'homer is a brilliant man with many well thought ideas'...etc
mysteryman111100 Should be done on planes. I can't tell you how tiring and annoying a flight can get from sitting close to crying babies and screaming kids.
Several things I never noticed the first time I saw this over a decade ago. Homers brother is voiced by Danny DiVito! The company is already failing! Homer only helped it along. Just like in real life, no one listens to the engineers.
TheVitaminQ yeah if you look at it, if Homer brother had simply met in the middle ground it would have been a dodge charger or German sports sedan, both nice cars
What's ironic is this actually nailed what modern American truck design is like? If Herbert had pivoted into dropping the back for a bed and dropped 50% of the extras, he could charge double market it as luxury-practicana and have had a licence to print money with the options and fittings filling the former function-space.
I'm not married but I've been in the car with people who have more than one kid. Yes I having a bubble dome for your kids was fantastic. I'm not being sarcastic personally I think they should have two one for the boys and one for the girls
When I was a kid and watch the episode the very first time, I thought that Homer's car design was pretty fantastic. After many years, even more so after I just realized how practical and rational it is. I mean, it even have it's own soundproof bubble room for kids! I don't know why anyone would go against this masterpiece of a car.
In the 80s/early 90s compacts were huge. When car companies realized they could cut costs by using the "light truck" loophole and started marketing trucks and SUVS as "family vehicles" and "masculine" the compact was doomed lol
@@JagoShogunThe US has some janky laws regarding how cars should be made - Obligatory features and measurements that would make cars more expensive to make in the full run. Eventually, companies realized the cheapest vehicles they could make would be "light trucks", the big fuckin cars you see everywhere today. They are categorically light trucks, if I recall correctly, which means they fall under a different set of regulations which makes them far cheaper to produce. You can see the problems of selling light trucks, with inherently less safety regulations, as consumer products. They're mostly responsible for an increase in fatal car accidents.
They did actually build that car and sold it to honor the simpsons. Limited pieces and sold out darn fast though. Might find used ones yet in the 100k upwards
MrSupercar55 Yeah but Ferraris and Rolls Royces are well designed cars that have great brand power associated with lucury. This company brand was in making an average consumer car. And they just made one that doesn't look appealing and is overpriced with features most people don't want.
I've never understood why Herb could put all the blame on Homer. Really it was his fault for hiring him and telling him to do what he wanted. The buck stops with him.
Accept Jesus now, and turn from sin, to escape what's coming. The Christian Rapture will happen very soon, and right after many folks will die. Babylon the Great, of the Book of Revelation is the USA. The children murdered in the womb, and innocent civilians killed for oil worldwide, their blood is crying out for repayment. No more time for warnings.
The irony in this was that Henry Ford "told the customer what they want". The quote "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black." comes to mind
@@dragonknightleader1 Fins at least add style to what would otherwise be a dull redesign of everything we see nowadays, which is basically curves, werid looking face, awkward angles. Though really, an option to soundproof the backseat is a great idea.
The real mistake was that he didn't monitor the development process. Homer had several great suggestions, but there needed to be someone to sort out the good from the bad.
TheReaverOfDarkness Well in defense of Homer's brother he didn't realise how dumb Homer really was, I mean someone who is "qualified" to work in a nuclear power plant who is in charge of safety and emergency procedures/protocols cannot be a half witted imbecile can he?!! lol then again I listen to the president speeches from time to time and I could be wrong...
Thomas Sven Whittaker You bring out a good point, I would say they we're both at fault cause they we're A Simpson. In the words of Bart to his father failure at one point: " it's quite simple dad, you are a loser and your father is a loser and his father was a loser, it's genetics man!.... D'oh!! "
Homer basically had a radical concept car. Sure, it was ridiculous, but those things get watered down as the prototype is refined. However, the optional muzzles were a real keeper.
@@lewisjohnston7077 dammit! 21 years ago started playing that and dont think i completed/understood the significance of any of the missions!.....thanks fr the info...
The offer/demand paradigm. Reagan/Thatcher fans think that if a company produce coffee maker in masses, people will magically have the will and the money to by a lot of coffee makers
Zachary Lash there used to be a bunch of RU-vid videos showing all of the predictive programming in media (especially 9-11) but all of it has been wiped from RU-vid in the past couple years.
Homer Simpson is a... brilliant man, with lots of well thought out... practical ideas. He is ensuring the financial security of this company for years to come. Oh yes, and his personal hygiene is above reproach.
More like... Homer Simpson is an idiot, with lots of poorly thought out, impractical ideas. He is insuring the death of our company within months. Oh yes, and his personal hygiene is repulsive.
The fact that a racing team actually made an almost exact-replica of this car out of a modified '87 BMW goes to show you how far people loved these classic episodes. Hilariously enough it only took $500 in opposed to $82k, that would've been the best dedication ever.
@@michaelfinlay1412 Just look up "Real Homer Car" I found a link for it laughingsquid.com/the-homer-car-a-real-life-version-of-homer-simpsons-dream-car/ It was made out of an old 1987 BMW 3 Series (or 5 Series, can't remember) but the front end of it looks like it came off a Rolls Royce.
@@aegiseurobeat4559 Thanks for the link. I've gotta say though, it's not what I was hoping for. I'd like to see an exact build of the Homer-mobile, or at least a lot closer than the one in the link, which is basically an old BMW or something with a plastic bubble glued on the back. To see a proper realisation of Homer's vision would be truly marvellous...
I’ve seen that LeMons cars. It cost $500 to BUILD (which is the budget for that series), but they could ask $82K for it. Powell was going to SELL this car for that price, that’s not what it cost them to build it. XD
"I mean the zoo was fun... but I'm ruined!" I always found that line profound for a random Simpsons joke. Like Herb knew the whole time that what he was doing was stupid, but his money and hubris got to him, and knowing that the company was *already* failing and about to go bankrupt, he decided to play puppeteer/god with his company for some entertainment.
I think what he meant was by spending too much time having fun with his nephew and niece, it took time away from his otherwise busy work life. Time that he could have used checking up on Homer and making sure he is not doing anything outlandish that could tank his company.
"INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO WHAT PEOPLE WANT, YOU'RE TELLING THEM WHAT THEY WANT!" *Today's current marketing in a Nutshell* *I would say it's past marketing as well but we're in the present not the past*
@@H2GKursusOnline Well, the middle way is always the best way. Listen to what they want and improve it with actual quality. One of them alone makes nobody happy.
@@H2GKursusOnline Nah, that was entirely his fault. After all, even his head designer was trying to tell him that Homers ideas were flawed, his brother was in such a state of desperation that he was literally willing to let someone who had no idea what he was doing take total control over everything. Take some advice from the consumers, don't give them complete control.
@Nick Sorenson 3-D animated movies are easier to market for toys and merch. It's easier to re-do an existing movie to live action than to come up with a new story
I'll say this much; Homer's car had a lot of good ideas, and while it is certainly true that Herb should have exercised more oversight on the project, he wasn't necessarily wrong for giving him the input he had, either. An average consumer would certainly have a good idea on what (s)he wants in a car, after all.
To be honest if u remove the extreme ideas and leave the good basic ones like , i want a big car , a sound proof window like a limo has to silence the kids that would have been more than enough , everything else was basically homer making a personal car not a template for consumers to customize themselves
The point of The Homer is that any consumer would end up making the same kind of choices. This is just an extreme satire for joke purposes, but the point is that if consumers were given everything they think they want, the price would would 5x as much and would be ridiculous. e.g. airline prices - people claim they want X inches of leg room, better food, more luggage capacity etc etc like it was in the 70s, but forget that flying to New York from LA cost $2k return in the 1970s vs $500 return today. A typical American consumer trying to design a car would be unwilling to compromise on certain features. They'd say that ofc they need the top-of-the-line safety features, apple carplay, 5 usb ports, 4wd, 50mpg, 3L 300HP engine, ice cold A/C, comfy nice-looking seats (that kids can't stain easily), lots of carrying capacity (but small enough that you can find parking), etc etc. And they'd be all pikachu-face.jpg when they can't get all this for a $300 p/m payment, and the thing looks like a monstrosity.
The average person is cost conscious, not feature conscious. They say they want one thing but when it really comes down to it they look at the price tag more than anything else.
Yeah the algorithm just follows what people do. "Oh a bunch of people that watched this video watched that video. Let's recommend it to the others who haven't made the connection yet." Wow...mind boggling, right?
Probably because guys like me thought of this episode immediately upon seeing the Tesla truck and searched for it. Really bad sign if enough people did this it messed with the algorithm.
Herb deserved his fate when he took the stupidest gamble in the world based on a 5 second observation of homer's denied requests. I don't feel bad for Homer either as he just spontaneously fires an employee because he made a normal suggestion.
The problem with this episode was that NO ONE was sympathetic. Even the marketing and engineers were contemptuous snobs who started Homer's disaster by looking down on the common man and trying twice to get Homer thrown out that ensured Herb would never listen to their warnings.
That's the point I think, Herb was so excited to finally have family in his life he was willing to put his own company in jeopardy to share his life with them.
I really appreciate the attention to detail the animators put into this, e.g they remembered to add the little ball to the top of the ariel just like Homer mentioned during the briefing.
Herb's company was doomed from the start anyways, his designers don't listen to Market Research, were condescending, and went out of their way to not be helpful to Homer. Herb put too much faith into Homer himself when Homer is just some schmoe from Springfield, he doesn't have any design knowledge. Also who the hell lives in America and says that Americans don't want Big Cars?
When this was originally written/aired (90-91), there was an oil price crisis. Small, affordable cars with high gas mileage sold the best. Homer's car would probably do well these days!
I would still buy it Large beverage holder , bubble domes , jack carpeting , tail pins , multiple horns , separate dome for kids with muzzles and l restraints what more could you want .
The entire consumerism concept is built around people being told what they want, rather than what they actually want. Love the brilliance of this episode.
@@AdamantLightLP It's the same in any engineering field really, whether it's software or rocket science - customers dream of impossible stupid things and it takes a lot of work to extract what they really want out of what they say they want. Eg: They'll claim they want a game with gorgeous, real-life graphics, but then in the next sentence claim that they want the game to be extremely well optimized, fast and able to run on any hardware. Then after months of painstaking back and forth you'll finally learn what they really wanted was not realistic lighting and ray tracing, with high detailed 3d models and motion capture animation etc, but a 2d isometric platformer with a gritty art style and harsh difficult gameplay and no handholding, which yes, you could run on pretty much any hardware.
@@AdamantLightLP Wants everything for nothing? What does that even mean? Is that just a redundant saying that you just made up? Of course a customer is going to want to get what they would pay for.
To a degree, meanwhile some design decisions baffle me. Like not being able to disable email being sent to my junk mail folder automatically in outlook
His engineers might have been listened to if they could resist acting like condescending snobs about his brother (that phone call didn't sound like impersonal professional advise). Herb's whole company looks like a standard real life disaster area filled with people who have good ideas in one area but are too much of a pompous asshole to let anyone else balance it out.
Engineers are the experts. They spent years learning how to design and test technologies. They've every reason to act snobbish when some know-nothing know-it-alls try to tell them how to do their jobs.
A lot of old luxury cars - and some modern luxury cars and taxis - have that as an option. Not for kids, granted, but to separate passengers from their professional driver, but the point stands. It's not a crazy idea.
Shoutout to Starfield for making you feel like Homer in designing a Spaceship (Overdesigned quest), and creating an abomination similar to Homers car !
@@MinscFromBaldursGate92 It's funny because those games are a completely different genre and that joke makes 0 sense. I have played both, and enjoyed both.
This was funny as a kid, but much much funnier after having seen a bit of the corporate world and becoming familiar with how engineers and CEO types are like IRL
He made three mistakes: First, he let Homer Simpson into his life. Second, he gave Homer Simpson a degree of power. Third, he encouraged Homer Simpson to do what he wants. When that curtain dropped, it could hold nothing else but the ruination of his life.
Well. That’s not the problem. The problem is Homer is not the brightest guy. Maybe he thought. Well, my brother, as intelligent as I am, but also having a normal life, will know what a normal person needs and will have enough intelligence to remain inside the parameters... Not quite the case
@@Enaronia I could be wrong but I believe a demo piece can ruin you. It demonstrates a company's vision and strategy and having poor demo while being in financial crisis shows that the company lacks any future.
@@Polyglot_English oh wow, advice from the country that keeps electing the former KGB agent! Thank you sooooo much Vlad, I'll definitely be sure to vote for the candidate with ties to your country's mafia instead of the one with experience in politics. Oh wait, you already lost! Screw off troll
