Sacred Order of the Stonecutters - The Simpsons
Posted On : Jan / 31 / 2008
"Homer
the Great" is the 12th episode of The Simpsons’ sixth season. It
features the Stonecutters, a fictional secret society which is an
overt parody of the Freemasons. When
Homer notices that Lenny and Carl are enjoying unexplainable
privileges at the nuclear plant, he investigates and discovers that
they are part of an ancient secret society known as the
Stonecutters. When he tries to join, he learns that in order to
gain membership, one must either be the son of a Stonecutter or
save the life of a Stonecutter. While extolling the Stonecutters at
the dinner table, he discovers that his father is a member and is
admitted. After joining the Stonecutters, Homer takes great
pleasure in the Society's secret privileges, such as an underground
byway past Springfield's traffic jams and the Society's drinking
bouts.