Season

8

Production Code

4F15

Episode Number

0

Airdate

15 March 1997

Writer

John Swartzwelder

Director

Bob Anderson

Executive Producer

Bill Oakley
Josh Weinstein

DVD Commentary

Matt Groening
Josh Weinstein
Dan Castellaneta
Dave Thomas
Bob Anderson
David Silverman

Editor

Gary M. Gadsdon

Plot When Bart gets drunk during a St. Patrick's Day parade, alcohol is made illegal in Springfield (and ducks to wear long pants), but Chief Wiggum wont enforce the law, so Mayor Quimby brings in Rex Banner (voiced by Dave Thomas). Homer manages to find some Duff in the dump and Bootlegs it to Moe's, he soon becomes known as the Beer Baron, Homer quits and helps Chief Wiggum get his old job back by catapulting Rex Banner out of town, then it is discovered that the law against alcohol was repealed 199 years ago.