episodes. In 2007, the staff of AOL Television listed it at number eighteen on a list of the top twenty best episodes of the series. Nancy Basile of About.com enjoyed the episode, commenting in 2005 that the storyline was "solid and didn't go off track" and that the jokes "were clever, just like the old days." She added that she "was surprised to find Homer even funnier as a genius", and praised the many references to popular culture included in the episode, "such as Japanimation, smoking, pipe bombs and planned parenthood, ebay and more that I can't remember." Basile was, however, disappointed that the writers put Moe in the role of the unlicensed physician when they had an opportunity to use the character Dr. Nick. Jason Bailey of DVD Talk wrote in 2009, that he thought Homer got "hilariously smart" in "HOMR". DVD Movie Guide's Colin Jacobson was less positive, writing in a 2009 review that one should not "expect a lot of thrills" from the episode as he thought it had "a moderately rehashed feel". He noted that "brainy Homer sure does remind me a lot of loquacious Homer from Season Three’s 'Bart's Friend Falls in Love'." At the 53rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards, "HOMR" won the award for "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)". At the 29th Annie Awards, Jean received a nomination in the category "Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television Production" for his work on "HOMR". However, he lost to Ron Weiner—the writer of the Futurama episode "The Luck of the Fryrish". References External links The Simpsons (season 12) episodes 2001 American television episodes Emmy Award-winning episodes