Mark Kirkland is an American animation director. He has directed 84 episodes of The Simpsons since 1990, more than any other director.

"Colonel Homer" is the twentieth episode of the third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 26, 1992. In the episode, Homer and Marge quarrel after he embarrasses her at a movie theater. Later Homer visits a redneck bar, where he discovers Lurleen Lumpkin, a talented singer-songwriter, waiting tables. Homer becomes her manager, unaware she has fallen in love with him. When Marge grows upset because she suspects Homer is cheating on her, he must remain faithful to her after Lurleen makes romantic advances toward him.