Expert: Mel - 8/17/2006

Question
Hi Mel!
Thanks for listening.  My friend and I saw an episode of the Simpsons that we think is a parody of an old movie.  We'd love to see the film, if only we could figure out what it was!  In it, Homer is a journalist that finds out secrets he isn't supposed to know.  He gets sent to a secret island for people who know too much.  They all have numbers instead of names, wear crazy Victorian outfits, and there's all sorts of weird stuff with the background like flamingos wearing top hats.  Does any of this ring a bell?
Thanks,
Sal

Answer
Hello Sal,

It doesn't remind me of a film, but it does sound very much like the cult TV series from 1966-67 "The Prisoner", which had the famous line "I am not a number!".

Here are a couple of links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner

http://www.netreach.net/~sixofone/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061287/


Glad to be of help. Cheers..........Mel.