"Old Money" | |
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The Simpsons episode | |
Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 17 |
Directed by | David Silverman |
Written by | Jay Kogen Wallace Wolodarsky |
Production code | 7F17 |
Original air date | March 28, 1991 |
Guest appearances | |
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Episode features | |
Chalkboard gag | "I will not grease the monkey bars" |
Couch gag | The family finds Grampa asleep on the couch. |
Commentary | Matt Groening Al Jean Jay Kogen Wallace Wolodarsky David Silverman |
"Old Money" is the seventeenth episode of the second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on March 28, 1991.[1]
The episode was written by Jay Kogen and Wallace Wolodarsky and directed by David Silverman. Professor Frink makes his debut in this episode. Audrey Meadows, star of the 1950s television comedy The Honeymooners, guest stars as Beatrice "Bea" Simmons, Grampa's girlfriend. It features cultural references to films such as Tom Jones and If I Had a Million, and the Star Wars and Batman film franchises.
Since airing, the episode has received mixed reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 12.3 and was the highest-rated show on Fox for the week.