Missionary: Impossible

"Missionary: Impossible" is the fifteenth episode of the eleventh season of The Simpsons, which originally aired February 20, 2000. In an attempt to end a pledge drive which interrupts a favorite show of his on PBS (a British sitcom entitled Do Shut Up), Homer pledges $10,000 to the network. Homer is applauded for saving the network. However, it quickly becomes apparent that Homer does not have the money, prompting pledge drive host Betty White a... more

"Missionary: Impossible" is the fifteenth episode of the eleventh season of The Simpsons, which originally aired February 20, 2000. In an attempt to end a pledge drive which interrupts a favorite show of his on PBS (a British sitcom entitled Do Shut Up), Homer pledges $10,000 to the network. Homer is applauded for saving the network. However, it quickly becomes apparent that Homer does not have the money, prompting pledge drive host Betty White and a mob of characters and personalities from various PBS shows (including the Teletubbies, Elmo, Fred Rogers and Big Bird) to chase him through the streets. Fortunately, Reverend Lovejoy saves Homer after he runs into the church. Reverend Lovejoy gets Homer past the mob by hiding him in a bag disguised as a sack of children's letters to God. Lovejoy puts Homer on a cargo plane to the South Pacific, where he will become a missionary in "Microasia," despite Homer's lack of religious faith (to the point he mistakenly calls Jesus "Jebus"). Homer... less