High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "The Homer They Fall" is the third episode of The Simpsons' eighth season and originally aired November 10, 1996. After Homer Simpson realizes he has a bizarre medical condition that renders him unable to be knocked out, he decides to embark on a career as a boxer with Moe Szyslak as his manager. It was written by Jonathan Collier and directed by Mark Kirkland. The episode guest stars Michael Buffer as himself and Paul Winfield as Lucius Sweet. The title is a parody of the phrase "The bigger they are, the harder they fall."