The Dad Who Knew Too Little
“The Dad Who Knew Too Little” is the eighth episode of the fourteenth season of the American animated television sitcom The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 12, 2003. American actor Elliott Gould guest starred in the episode as himself.
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“The Dad Who Knew Too Little” is the eighth episode of the fourteenth season of the American animated television sitcom The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 12, 2003. American actor Elliott Gould guest starred in the episode as himself, appearing in the television show Padz that Bart and Lisa watch at the beginning of the episode. Gould had been referenced in a previous episode of The Simpsons, in which it was revealed that he was Marge’s hero when she was in high school. The character of Dexter Colt is based on actor Robert Stack, who has played several detectives and agents in the film Cape Fear, while playing the villain in the original film. The episode was written by Matt Selman and directed by Mark Kirkland, who is a big fan of the genre of detective films and the design of Colt was based on Robert Mitchum, who played a detective in the 1991 film Noir. It is the only episode in the series to feature the character of Krusty the Clown, which is a parody of the reality show MTV Cribs. In the episode, Lisa gets a Turbo Diary, which electrocutes anyone who tries to read it besides the owner, for her birthday after seeing a commercial of it on TV.
Homer and Bart go to the mall to get the diary, but the former gets sidetracked by the loads of free food samples and by the time they get to the toy store, the diaries are sold out. The next day, someone vandalizes an animal research lab and steals all the animals, leaving behind several clues that implicate Lisa. Lisa is exonerated and the animals are all released back into the wild, until Cletus and his family adopts them. Later, Lisa eventually gets her Turbo diary, which Bart uses one night to play a prank on Homer. After seeing a personalized animated film Ned made for Rod, Homer does the same for Lisa, but when Lisa watches it, she realizes Homer knows nothing about her, upsetting her. Colt spies on her and builds up information for a report, which Homer uses to bond with Lisa by playing songs she likes and going to a protest against animal testing at a research lab.
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