How I Spent My Strummer Vacation

As a result, he goes around town trying other things to feel drunk, such as breathing thin air on top of a mountain, licking toads, and giving blood.

In the cab, he is secretly videotaped for a reality show called Taxicab Conversations, and says some unpleasant things about Marge and the kids, as well as revealing his dream of becoming a rock star.

At the camp, Homer and a bunch of other Springfield citizens learn about rock music, from instructors Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, Elvis Costello, Lenny Kravitz, Tom Petty, and Brian Setzer.

Mick Jagger eventually placates Homer by offering him a chance to perform at a benefit gig, the "Concert for Planet Hollywood".

In retaliation, Homer activates the devil's fire breath, burning off Skinner's clothes (revealing his pink boxers that says "Mama's Boy"), much to the delight of the kids.

The couch gag is a visual pun of the slang term "jump the shark", which describes when a TV show has reached its creative peak and is slowly declining in quality.

The songs include "Rip This Joint", "Start Me Up", and "She's So Cold", all by the Rolling Stones; "Are You Gonna Go My Way" by Lenny Kravitz; "Pump It Up" by Elvis Costello; and "The Last DJ" by Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers.

[...] While rockers have always shone in 'Simpsons' solos, the Stones so giddily mock their hall-of-fame status it makes "Strummer" the series' Woodstock: a classic-rock show even Disco Stu could get behind.

[4] In 2007, Simon Crerar of The Times listed Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Elvis Costello and Lenny Kravitz's performances among the thirty-three funniest cameos in the history of the show.

Mike B. Anderson (pictured) directed the episode.