Sunday's episode of The Simpsons began with a "couch gag" that was a take-off on Queen's legendary 1985 Live Aid performance.
Homer appeared as Freddie Mercury, Lisa as John Deacon, Marge as Brian May, Bart as Roger Taylor and Maggie as the camera woman. As the band took the stage, Homer shouted "Day-oh!," and the crowd shouted it back. Then Homer did a split, ripping his pants to reveal his underwear and shouting "D'oh." The crowd then shouted "D'oh" back. End of gag.
Spin magazine used the occasion to compile a list of its dozen most memorable musical cameos on The Simpsons:
- Aerosmith - "Flaming Moe's" (1991)
- Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Krusty Gets Kanceled" (1993)
- The Ramones - "Rosebud" (1993)
- The Smashing Pumpkins, Sonic Youth, Peter Frampton, Cypress Hill - “Homerpalooza” (1996)
- Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Tom Petty, Lenny Kravitz - “How I Spent My Strummer Vacation” (2002)
- The Who -“A Tale of Two Springfields” (2000)
- U2 - “Trash of the Titans” (1998)
- R.E.M. - “Homer the Moe” (2001)
- Metallica - “The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer” (2006)
- The White Stripes - “Jazzy and the Pussycats” (2006)
- Green Day - The Simpsons Movie (2007)
- Ringo Starr - “Brush With Greatness” (1991)