"The Island??????"

[JPickettIII]

I was just watch a Simpson's episode.  Homer was kidnapped and put on an island of very smart people.  When he escaped, he was chased by a balloon.  I have an Iron Maiden video "Fugitive" that has the escape sequence.  There is a line that goes like this; "I am not a number, I am a man".  Any ideals about the movie?  There is a Sean Claude movie that also hints to this.  He was a secret agent that was sent to an island that had a bunch of smart agents.

Take Care,

John

[Andrew]

Do you mean what movie or television show they were trying to parody?  My first reaction would be "The Prisoner" TV series.

[BeyondTheGrave]

Like Andrew pointed out that Simpsons epsiode is parody of the Prisoner tv show. The line "I'm not a number I am a man"is directly from the show. As well as that Orb that chases them and Homer pops it 

[JPickettIII]

Mabye that is it.  I will have to see that.

Thanks,

John

[Doc Daneeka]

Move this to "Solved" on the "what was that movie?" subforum

[peter johnson]

Nah, make it another "Prisoner Chat" thread!!
Patrick McGoohan, the star & creator of "The Prisoner" did his own voice for the Simpsons episode, and gave ideas to the cartoon parody team -- He basically "took the p**s out of", ie, made fun of, his own creation.
If this blatant Prisoner parody has anything to do with Iron Maiden, it's probably that the members of Iron Maiden were/are Prisoner fans as well -- hardly surprising, given their Brit-background.
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[Flangepart]

McGoohan has a sence of humor, no doubt about it.
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