 “ House of Whacks ” was co @-@ written by John Frink and Don Payne . Payne , who conceived the story of the segment , based it on Stanley Kubrick ’ s film 2001 : A Space Odyssey . The segment would originally end with the Ultrahouse killing Homer , and , for compensation , the family would program the house with Homer ’ s personality . The Ultrahouse was portrayed by Pierce Brosnan , however he was not the staff ’ s first choice for the role . The role was originally intended for Sean Connery , and over the course of production , the staff considered Lyle Lovett and Gary Oldman for the role . The decision remained until “ someone who worked for [ Lovett ] decided it was somehow insulting to have him play a house ” , according to Scully . At this point , the staff settled on Brosnan . Scully stated that “ Brosnan wound up doing a great job ” and that working with him was “ really funny ” . Originally , the Ultrahouse would have a pompadour and play the guitar , however they changed its mannerisms to suit Brosnan ’ s performance better . Matthew Perry also made a guest appearance , playing himself as one of Ultrahouse ’ s voice options . Regular cast member Dan Castellaneta portrayed Dennis Miller in the segment ( a special ending credit had to be made to avoid confusion with viewers who thought the real Dennis Miller did voicework on the show ) . One scene was cut from the segment . The scene would take place during Marge ’ s call to the police station , where police chief Clancy Wiggum , while answering Marge ’ s call , is being shot at by “ RoboCops ” . 
