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The Simpsons Season 2 Episode 6
Episode Title: Dead Putting Society
Episode Plot
The episode opens as Homer is mowing his lawn with obvious frustration. His frustration prompts some unwelcome advice from next-door neighbor Ned Flanders. Ned invites Homer into his beautiful rumpus room for a beer. Upon seeing Ned's house and observing his exaggeratedly perfect relationships with his wife and son, Homer erupts at Ned, accusing him of showing off. In response, Ned angrily asks Homer to leave. Later, Ned Flanders feels guilty about asking Homer to leave, and he writes a letter to Homer (starting out with "Dear Neighbor,") saying that he is really sorry and that he loves Homer as a brother. Homer immediately starts to crack up, and reads the letter to the family at the breakfast table. Marge is not happy with the family's reaction. Homer then suggests the family go put-put golfing, but both Marge and Lisa are doing other things, so Homer takes Bart and Maggie for a round of miniature golf at Sir Putt-A-Lot's Merrie Olde Fun Center. They unexpectedly run into Ned and Todd Flanders and end up going golfing together.
The game goes well for everyone (especially Bart), except for Homer, who is obviously still jealous of Ned. Meanwhile, Bart and Todd find out about a kids' miniature golf tournament with a first prize of $50. Bart and Todd decide to enter the tournament. Although Todd is very good at miniature golf, Homer becomes too confident that Bart will win the tournament ("It is not okay to lose!" he tells Bart at one point). So Homer forces Bart to win by yelling at him, and making him stare at a picture of Todd Flanders, angrily, for 15 minutes every day. One day, whilst Bart was looking at his collection of trophies (none of which say 'first place'), Lisa then finds Bart and offers to help him practice, through her reading spiritual books that calm Bart's mind and she goes to the fun center to help him practice; they meditate and she asks him answerless riddles; "What is the sound of one hand clapping?" and "If a tree falls down in the woods and no-one's around, does it make a sound?" He does well at it until Homer is around giving him a hard time. Meanwhile, Homer meets up with Ned, where they were arguing angrily, on who is better. To find out who's better, Homer then tells Ned to make a bet if he thinks he is better than Homer. Homer and Ned both sign the bet; the father of the boy who does not win the tournament will mow the lawn of the house of the other player's, in his wife's Sunday dress.
It is the day of the tournament, where Homer gets really furious when he sees Ned and threatens Bart to do perfectly. Eventually Bart and Todd are both tied, and they have managed to proceed to the final round of the tournament. In an extremely close match, as it progresses, Bart and Todd each do well, and tie by the time they reach the eighth hole. Bart and Todd are both worried that their father's are being too tough for them. Bart decides they are equally good, and they should call it a draw. Todd agrees, and they do so, receiving checks of $25 each. Knowing that both boys did not lose or win, Ned is relieved that the bet is off, but Homer still sticks to it, saying that if Todd did not win, so Ned has to mow Homer's lawn. Ned backs it up by saying that Bart did not win either, so Homer has to mow Ned's lawn, but Homer say that it is a small price to pay. Eventually, they were forced to wear their respective wife's best Sunday dress and mow each other's lawn. People around the neighborhood laughed at them and Ned actually enjoys it, much to Homer's disgust.
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