The Old Man and the "C" Student - Revision history

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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|After causing [[Springfield]] to lose out on hosting the [[Olympic Games]], [[Bart]] is forced to slave away his time helping the elderly residents of the local retirement home. Unhappy with how dull things are for the seniors, Bart tries to enrich their lives.}}
+{{Synopsis|After causing [[Springfield]] to lose out on hosting the [[Olympic Games]], [[Bart]] is forced to slave away his time helping the elderly residents of the local retirement home. Unhappy with how dull things are for the seniors, Bart tries to enrich their lives.}}
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-"'''The Old Man and the "C" Student'''" is the twentieth episode of [[season 10]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the two hundred twenty-third episode overall. It originally aired on April 25, [[1999]]. The episode was written by [[Julie Thacker]] and directed by [[Mark Kirkland]]. It guest stars [[Jack LaLanne]] as {{Ch|Jack LaLanne|himself}} and [[NRBQ]] as the "{{W|Can't Buy Me Love}}" performers.
+"'''The Old Man and the "C" Student'''" is the twentieth episode of [[Season 10|broadcast season 10]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the two hundred twenty-third episode overall. It originally aired on April 25, [[1999]]. The episode was written by [[Julie Thacker]] and directed by [[Mark Kirkland]]. It guest stars [[Jack LaLanne]] as {{Ch|Jack LaLanne|himself}} and [[NRBQ]] as the "{{W|Can't Buy Me Love}}" performers.
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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|After causing his fellow townspeople to lose the Olympic Games, [[Bart]] is forced to slave away his time helping the elderly residents of the local retirement home.}}
+{{Desc|After causing [[Springfield]] to lose out on hosting the [[Olympic Games]], [[Bart]] is forced to slave away his time helping the elderly residents of the local retirement home. Unhappy with how dull things are for the seniors, Bart tries to enrich their lives.}}
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-"'''The Old Man and the "C" Student'''" is the twentieth episode of [[season 10]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the two-hundred and twenty-third episode overall. It originally aired on April 25, [[1999]]. The episode was written by [[Julie Thacker]] and directed by [[Mark Kirkland]]. It guest stars [[Jack LaLanne]] as {{Ch|Jack LaLanne|himself}} and [[NRBQ]] as the "{{W|Can't Buy Me Love}}" performers.
+"'''The Old Man and the "C" Student'''" is the twentieth episode of [[season 10]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the two hundred twenty-third episode overall. It originally aired on April 25, [[1999]]. The episode was written by [[Julie Thacker]] and directed by [[Mark Kirkland]]. It guest stars [[Jack LaLanne]] as {{Ch|Jack LaLanne|himself}} and [[NRBQ]] as the "{{W|Can't Buy Me Love}}" performers.
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 == Reception ==
 As of December 2019, the episode has a 7.3 rating on {{W|IMDb}}<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701251/ IMDb - "The Old Man and the "C" Student"]</ref> and a 8.2 rating on {{W|TV.com}}.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/shows/the-simpsons/the-old-man-and-the-c-student-1508/ TV.com - "The Old Man and the "C" Student"]</ref>
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 |couchgag=The living room is a movie theater, with many characters sitting in rows. The Simpsons shuffle their way to the couch. When the family is seated, Homer steals some popcorn from [[Comic Book Guy]].
 |guests=[[Jack LaLanne]] as {{Ch|Jack LaLanne|himself}}<br>[[NRBQ]] as "{{W|Can't Buy Me Love}}" performers
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 |guests=[[Jack LaLanne]] as {{Ch|Jack LaLanne|himself}}<br>[[NRBQ]] as "{{W|Can't Buy Me Love}}" performers
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-"'''The Old Man and the "C" Student'''" is the twentieth episode of [[season 10]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the two-hundred and twenty-third episode overall. It originally aired on April 25, [[1999]]. The episode was written by [[Julie Thacker|Julie Thacker Scully]] and directed by [[Mark Kirkland]]. It guest stars [[Jack LaLanne]] as {{Ch|Jack LaLanne|himself}} and [[NRBQ]] as the "{{W|Can't Buy Me Love}}" performers.
+"'''The Old Man and the "C" Student'''" is the twentieth episode of [[season 10]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the two-hundred and twenty-third episode overall. It originally aired on April 25, [[1999]]. The episode was written by [[Julie Thacker]] and directed by [[Mark Kirkland]]. It guest stars [[Jack LaLanne]] as {{Ch|Jack LaLanne|himself}} and [[NRBQ]] as the "{{W|Can't Buy Me Love}}" performers.
 == Synopsis ==
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 == Production ==
-The Olympic logo in the episode is different to the actual logo, with the rings not being interlocking and the colors being different. This was done for legal reasons.<ref name="Scully">{{Com|Scully, Mike|The Old Man and the "C" Student|Tenth|(2007).}}</ref> The idea for the episode came around because the eldest daughter of [[Julie Thacker|Julie Thacker Scully]], who wrote the episode, and [[Mike Scully]] had to do community service to advance to the next grade at school. So Thacker signed up her daughter to the old folks' home in town.<ref name="Thacker">{{Com|Thacker, Julie|The Old Man and the "C" Student|Tenth|(2007).}}</ref> [[George Meyer]] came up with the dance routine for "Children Are Our Future" and received a choreographer credit for it.<ref>{{Com|Meyer, George|The Old Man and the "C" Student|Tenth|(2007).}}</ref> George Meyer came up with the idea for the [[Fireworks, Candy & Puppies]] store.<ref name="Thacker"/>
+The Olympic logo in the episode is different to the actual logo, with the rings not being interlocking and the colors being different. This was done for legal reasons.<ref name="Scully">{{Com|Scully, Mike|The Old Man and the "C" Student|Tenth|(2007).}}</ref> The idea for the episode came around because the eldest daughter of [[Julie Thacker]], who wrote the episode, and [[Mike Scully]] had to do community service to advance to the next grade at school. So Thacker signed up her daughter to the old folks' home in town.<ref name="Thacker">{{Com|Thacker, Julie|The Old Man and the "C" Student|Tenth|(2007).}}</ref> [[George Meyer]] came up with the dance routine for "Children Are Our Future" and received a choreographer credit for it.<ref>{{Com|Meyer, George|The Old Man and the "C" Student|Tenth|(2007).}}</ref> George Meyer came up with the idea for the [[Fireworks, Candy & Puppies]] store.<ref name="Thacker"/>
-This episode features the first of Lenny's many eye injuries<ref name="Scully"/> which was written in by Julie Thacker Scully.<ref name="Thacker"/> The proposition 217 joke was written due to 2/17 being the day Julie Thacker Scully and Mike Scully met. The Bingo reward of a banana was also from the old folks' home Julie Thacker Scully visited, where they gave out half bananas as prizes.<ref name="Thacker"/> Jack LaLanne's lines were recorded separately from the other voice actors.<ref>{{Com|Cartwright, Nancy|The Old Man and the "C" Student|Tenth|(2007).}}</ref>
+This episode features the first of Lenny's many eye injuries<ref name="Scully"/> which was written in by Julie Thacker.<ref name="Thacker"/> The proposition 217 joke was written due to 2/17 being the day Julie Thacker and Mike Scully met. The Bingo reward of a banana was also from the old folks' home Julie Thacker visited, where they gave out half bananas as prizes.<ref name="Thacker"/> Jack LaLanne's lines were recorded separately from the other voice actors.<ref>{{Com|Cartwright, Nancy|The Old Man and the "C" Student|Tenth|(2007).}}</ref>
 == Reception ==