Rather than write up my episode and not give it its proper due I’ll post this and try to find some quotes: “Mr Plow at 25”
I feel like upon rewatching this episode recently it didn’t have as many great jokes or lines as you might expect of a “classic”. However, much like it’s signature jingle, there’s something about it that stays with you. Also as a current Tucson resident I had to take the episode with our most famous resident, Linda Rondstadt. From the article, Dan Castellaneta won an Emmy on this episode for his voicing of both Homer and Barney.
The idea, that Homer buys a massive truck and pays for it by becoming Springfield’s snow removal hero, was born out of a single desire: Writer Jon Vitti wanted to meet Adam West.
Smith: Homer became a much more multifaceted, marshmallow-hearted man in later episodes. And I think this is the first time we crept up to that line, but we still didn’t cross it. So, he maintains some of that edge to him.
Castellaneta: It was the first time they used Barney not as a gag, but as a full-blown character.
Smith: I love that this is the episode where we find out how Barney became an alcoholic. It is such a heartbreaking moment.