# Question about this Wednesday's Simpsons (Homer vs the Mob)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-this-wednesdays-simpsons-homer-vs-the-mob/109914>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 20, 2002, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-this-wednesdays-simpsons-homer-vs-the-mob/109914 "2002-05-20T06:22:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-this-wednesdays-simpsons-homer-vs-the-mob/109914/1 "2002-05-20T06:22:42Z")

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So I need your help to settle a disagreement between me and my girlfriend. I saw the “season finale” of the Simpsons tonight (5/19) on the East Coast. During a commercial break, they mentioned a special new episode of the Simpsons that will air on Wednesday, 5/22. This new episode has as its plot Homer versus the mob. I got really excited when I saw it, because I heard them playing the theme song for The Sopranos during the commercial. After the episode was over, I told my girlfriend (who lives on the West Coast) that there might be some Sopranos characters on this new episode (or there might not), but they _definitely_ played the Sopranos theme music.

After she watches the episode, she tells me that she saw the ad **twice** and there was no Sopranos theme music.

Vindicate me! Did you see a version of the commercial where they did play the theme music for the Sopranos??

Quix

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**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-this-wednesdays-simpsons-homer-vs-the-mob/109914/2 "2002-05-20T06:34:07Z")

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Yes, the ad did use the Sopranos theme music. I taped the Simpsons finale, I rewatched the tape after reading this thread, and the Sopranos theme music is unquestionably there.

At least, it’s there for the ad I watched, which was during the first commercial break, about 10 or 11 minutes into the show. That means it aired at about 6:41 PM Central.

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**Author:** ![quixotic78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/3ab097/32.png) [@quixotic78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quixotic78)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-this-wednesdays-simpsons-homer-vs-the-mob/109914/3 "2002-05-20T06:39:54Z")

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Max, you’re my hero. 😃

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**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2002, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-this-wednesdays-simpsons-homer-vs-the-mob/109914/4 "2002-05-20T19:21:29Z")

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_TV Guide_ mentions the episode will parody _The Sopranos_, among other things.