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Chick Hearn
Episode: Homer Defined
First aired: Oct. 17, 1991
Memorable Moment
After Homer's heroism is exposed as mere dumb luck, people start to refer to other instances of dumb luck as "pulling a Homer".
Chick Hearn is heard calling a Lakers game.
Hearn: "The Lakers have the ball. Magic Johnson coming down the floor on a fast break. Magic stops. His feet slip out from under him! The ball flies out of his hands! Hits the referee in the head! Goes in the basket! It's a three-point play! The Lakers win!"
Magic: "Looks like I pulled a Homer."
Homer's name and picture appear in the dictionary:
Homer
\noun\
1. American bonehead
2. Pull a Homer--
to succeed despite idiocy
First aired: Oct. 17, 1991
Memorable Moment
After Homer's heroism is exposed as mere dumb luck, people start to refer to other instances of dumb luck as "pulling a Homer".
Chick Hearn is heard calling a Lakers game.
Hearn: "The Lakers have the ball. Magic Johnson coming down the floor on a fast break. Magic stops. His feet slip out from under him! The ball flies out of his hands! Hits the referee in the head! Goes in the basket! It's a three-point play! The Lakers win!"
Magic: "Looks like I pulled a Homer."
Homer's name and picture appear in the dictionary:
Homer
\noun\
1. American bonehead
2. Pull a Homer--
to succeed despite idiocy
