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'''The Name of the Grandfather''' is the fourteenth episode of [[Season 20]], which aired on March 22, 2009. The episode was written by [[Matt Marshall (II)]] and directed by [[Ralph Sosa]].
  
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'''The Name of the Grandfather''' will be the upcoming fourteenth episode of ''The Simpsons''. In this St Patrick's Day special, The Simpsons find themselves on a holiday to Ireland.
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The Simpsons travel to [[Ireland]] so that [[Grampa Simpson|Grandpa]] can have a final drink at [[O'Flanagan's Pub]], an old watering hole of his. But when the small town of Dunkilderry isn't quite what Grampa remembers it as and O'Flanagans has become a rundown, empty pub, he and [[Homer]] decide to buy it and fix it up.
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This is first ever episode to premier outside of the US, first shown in the UK & Ireland. In the US, this episode was rated TV&nbsp;14 DV.
 
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== Plot ==
 
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The Simpsons family purchase a hot tub as a means to relax, yet in doing so forget they to visit Grampa Simpson at a family event. Homer decides to make up for it and decides to do something Grampa wants to do. Grampa reminisces about a pub in Dunkilderry, Ireland called O'Flanagan's, where he claims to have had the best night of his life many years ago. Homer decides to take Grampa there, but when the family arrive they realize Ireland has become a commercialized, hi-tech country of consumers and workaholics. The pub itself has run out of business as many of the patrons are now yuppies and have no interest in drinking. Homer and Grampa sit down at the pub and start drinking while Marge, Bart and Lisa visit various Irish landmarks. They visit the Giant's Causeway, Blarney Castle, the Guinness brewery and Dublin.
 
The Simpsons family purchase a hot tub as a means to relax, yet in doing so forget they to visit Grampa Simpson at a family event. Homer decides to make up for it and decides to do something Grampa wants to do. Grampa reminisces about a pub in Dunkilderry, Ireland called O'Flanagan's, where he claims to have had the best night of his life many years ago. Homer decides to take Grampa there, but when the family arrive they realize Ireland has become a commercialized, hi-tech country of consumers and workaholics. The pub itself has run out of business as many of the patrons are now yuppies and have no interest in drinking. Homer and Grampa sit down at the pub and start drinking while Marge, Bart and Lisa visit various Irish landmarks. They visit the Giant's Causeway, Blarney Castle, the Guinness brewery and Dublin.
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"In the Name of the Grandfather" will be the first episode of the show to premiere in Europe before airing on Fox in the United States. It will air at 7:30 PM and be paired with "[[Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes]]", the season premiere episode of The Simpsons which begins with a visit to a St. Patrick's Day parade. To promote the broadcast, executive producers Al Jean and James L. Brooks, as well as Nancy Cartwright will visit Ireland for a special screening and are scheduled to participate in the Saint Patrick's Day parade in Dublin. In addition, Homer has been announced as the special guest editor of the March edition of Sky Magazine.<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0223/breaking63.htm]</ref>
 
"In the Name of the Grandfather" will be the first episode of the show to premiere in Europe before airing on Fox in the United States. It will air at 7:30 PM and be paired with "[[Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes]]", the season premiere episode of The Simpsons which begins with a visit to a St. Patrick's Day parade. To promote the broadcast, executive producers Al Jean and James L. Brooks, as well as Nancy Cartwright will visit Ireland for a special screening and are scheduled to participate in the Saint Patrick's Day parade in Dublin. In addition, Homer has been announced as the special guest editor of the March edition of Sky Magazine.<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0223/breaking63.htm]</ref>
  
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The dialogue for the [[German Krusty the Clown Show]] has a veiled Nazi reference within.
 
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''Krusty: "Heil, heil"''
 
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Mel: "Ach, Du lieber! Krusty spritzen der Gaswasser."
 
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Krusty: "Ja, ja - Krusty spritzen der Gaswasser."
 
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Krusty's "Heil Heil" was a reference to the mandatory greeting in Nazi Germany, "Heil Hitler" ("Heil" literally means "hail" as in greetings to).
 
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Mel's lament "Krusty spritzen der Gaswasser" is grammatically incorrect. The noun Gaswasser (The German normally say "mineralwasser" and it means seltzer water or club soda) is a neuter noun which takes the article "das." Also, the verb form is not correct. A closer rendition would be "Krusty spritzt das Gaswasser."
 
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The sequence further parodies the rarely-seen ''Monty Pythons Fliegende Zirkus'', a purpose-built and specially filmed&nbsp;German-language&nbsp;version of ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' created by the Pythons for showing in Germany.
 
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The episode takes its title from a traditional Christian benediction: "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit."
 
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Marge, Bart and Lisa parody the classic video game "Q-Bert" as they chase up and down the Giant's Causeway.
 
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Kathy Ireland is shown during a short sequence. As revealed in the subtitles in the shot, the producers had invited her to appear and voice the cameo, but she declined.
 
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Grandpa mentions about feeling "as lonely as Estes Kefauver at a meeting of Murder, Incorporated."&nbsp;When the Simpsons look at him blankly, he retorts, "That actually means something! Look it up!" Senator Estes Kefauver headed highly-publicized hearings into organized crime in the 1950s. The hearings were a serious blow to the Mob in America, though they are more remembered these days for a side hearing on juvenile deliquency that became a referendum on comic books and the direct cause for the creation of the Comics Code Authority.
 
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Mac's Fifth Avenue is a parody of Saks Fifth Avenue.
 
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Sham-Rock Cafe is a parody of Hard-Rock Cafe.
 
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Hewlett Fitzpackard is a parody of Hewlett-Packard.
 
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It is not clearly defined where Dunkilderry lies. Although the episode should play in main Ireland, the policemen's uniforms and vehicles at the raid are rather northern Irish (British). The vehicle doors are marked with "POLICE", although in the republic of Ireland, Police is generally and officially called "Garda Siochana" (gaelic for: "Guardians of the peace of Ireland"), and policemen are called "Guardai". Still, only one scene later, in the court, Chief Wiggum is seen accidently knocking down the Irish flag, although one of the policemen, who participated in the raid earlier (and therefore is northern Irish), guards the Irish court.
 
  
 
== Appearances ==
 
== Appearances ==

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The Name of the Grandfather is the fourteenth episode of Season 20, which aired on March 22, 2009. The episode was written by Matt Marshall (II) and directed by Ralph Sosa.

The Simpsons travel to Ireland so that Grandpa can have a final drink at O'Flanagan's Pub, an old watering hole of his. But when the small town of Dunkilderry isn't quite what Grampa remembers it as and O'Flanagans has become a rundown, empty pub, he and Homer decide to buy it and fix it up.

Plot

The Simpsons family purchase a hot tub as a means to relax, yet in doing so forget they to visit Grampa Simpson at a family event. Homer decides to make up for it and decides to do something Grampa wants to do. Grampa reminisces about a pub in Dunkilderry, Ireland called O'Flanagan's, where he claims to have had the best night of his life many years ago. Homer decides to take Grampa there, but when the family arrive they realize Ireland has become a commercialized, hi-tech country of consumers and workaholics. The pub itself has run out of business as many of the patrons are now yuppies and have no interest in drinking. Homer and Grampa sit down at the pub and start drinking while Marge, Bart and Lisa visit various Irish landmarks. They visit the Giant's Causeway, Blarney Castle, the Guinness brewery and Dublin. After a long night of drinking, Homer and Grampa awaken to realize they have bought the pub from owner Tom O'Flanagan. They rename the bar but get no business because pubs are no longer popular. Homer gets help from Moe Syzlak, who suggests that they allow people to do illegal things in their pub. They find out that smoking is illegal in Irish pubs and Moe urges the Simpsons to turn it into a smokeasy. They do a roaring trade, but are closed down by the Irish authorities. As a punishment, Homer and Grampa are deported back to America with a small fine.

Promotion

"In the Name of the Grandfather" will be the first episode of the show to premiere in Europe before airing on Fox in the United States. It will air at 7:30 PM and be paired with "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes", the season premiere episode of The Simpsons which begins with a visit to a St. Patrick's Day parade. To promote the broadcast, executive producers Al Jean and James L. Brooks, as well as Nancy Cartwright will visit Ireland for a special screening and are scheduled to participate in the Saint Patrick's Day parade in Dublin. In addition, Homer has been announced as the special guest editor of the March edition of Sky Magazine.[1]


Appearances

Characters

Locations

Season 20 Episodes
Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes • Lost Verizon • Double, Double, Boy in Trouble • Treehouse of Horror XIX • Dangerous Curves • Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words • MyPods and Boomsticks • The Burns and the Bees • Lisa the Drama Queen • Take My Life, Please • How the Test Was Won • No Loan Again, Naturally • Gone Maggie Gone • In the Name of the Grandfather • Wedding for Disaster • Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe • The Good, the Sad, and the Drugly • Father Knows Worst • Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh • Four Great Women and a Manicure • Coming to Homerica
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References

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