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class="infobox-data">Season 22<br />Episode 12</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Kirkland" title="Mark Kirkland">Mark Kirkland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Written by</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Joel_H._Cohen" title="Joel H. Cohen">Joel H. Cohen</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Production code</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">NABF05</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap;">Original air date</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">January 23, 2011<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">2011-01-23</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary"><span class="nowrap">Guest appearances</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data ib-tv-episode-guests"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Paul_Chan" title="Michael Paul Chan">Michael Paul Chan</a> as Chinese Agent</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Lipton" title="James Lipton">James Lipton</a> as himself</li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Mamet" title="David Mamet">David Mamet</a> as himself</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garry_Marshall" title="Garry Marshall">Garry Marshall</a> as Sheldon Leavitt</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header summary" style="background: #CCCCFF; padding: 0.25em 1em; line-height: 1.5em;">Episode features</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Chalkboard_gag" class="mw-redirect" title="Chalkboard gag">Chalkboard gag</a></th><td class="infobox-data">"<a href="/wiki/Prince_(musician)" title="Prince (musician)">Prince</a> is not the son of <a href="/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr." title="Martin Luther King Jr.">Martin Luther King</a>"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Couch_gag" class="mw-redirect" title="Couch gag">Couch gag</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Repeat of the couch gag from "<a href="/wiki/The_Squirt_and_the_Whale" title="The Squirt and the Whale">The Squirt and the Whale</a>."</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header noprint summary">Episode chronology</th></tr><tr class="noprint"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="width: 100%; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 50%; padding: 0.2em 0.1em 0.2em 0; text-align: center;">← <b>Previous</b><br />"<a href="/wiki/Flaming_Moe" title="Flaming Moe">Flaming Moe</a>" </td> <td style="width: 50%; padding: 0.2em 0 0.2em 0.1em; text-align: center;"><b>Next</b> →<br />"<a href="/wiki/The_Blue_and_the_Gray_(The_Simpsons)" title="The Blue and the Gray (The Simpsons)">The Blue and the Gray</a>" </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr class="noprint"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_22" title="The Simpsons season 22"><i>The Simpsons </i>season 22</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below noprint"><a href="/wiki/List_of_The_Simpsons_episodes" title="List of The Simpsons episodes">List of episodes</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>Homer the Father</b>" is the twelfth episode of the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_22" title="The Simpsons season 22">twenty-second season</a> of the American animated television series <i><a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons" title="The Simpsons">The Simpsons</a></i>. The episode was directed by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Kirkland" title="Mark Kirkland">Mark Kirkland</a> and written by <a href="/wiki/Joel_H._Cohen" title="Joel H. Cohen">Joel H. Cohen</a>. It originally aired on the <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox network</a> in the United States on January 23, 2011. </p><p>In this episode, Bart attempts to trade nuclear secrets to China in exchange for a dirt bike when Homer refuses to give him one. <a href="/wiki/Michael_Paul_Chan" title="Michael Paul Chan">Michael Paul Chan</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Lipton" title="James Lipton">James Lipton</a>, writer <a href="/wiki/David_Mamet" title="David Mamet">David Mamet</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Garry_Marshall" title="Garry Marshall">Garry Marshall</a> guest starred. The episode received mixed reviews. Writer <a href="/wiki/Joel_H._Cohen" title="Joel H. Cohen">Joel H. Cohen</a> won the <a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Television:_Animation" title="Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation">Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation</a> for this episode. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Homer_the_Father&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Homer_Simpson" title="Homer Simpson">Homer</a> becomes obsessed with a 1980s family <a href="/wiki/Sitcom#1980s" title="Sitcom">sitcom</a> called <i>Thicker Than Waters</i> and starts acting like the show's father. Emulating this character's values, he refuses to give <a href="/wiki/Bart_Simpson" title="Bart Simpson">Bart</a> a <a href="/wiki/Mini-bike" class="mw-redirect" title="Mini-bike">mini-bike</a> he wants, because Bart would never learn to appreciate things if they come to him too easily. </p><p>Bart then realizes that he could sell secrets about the <a href="/wiki/Springfield_Nuclear_Power_Plant" class="mw-redirect" title="Springfield Nuclear Power Plant">Springfield Nuclear Power Plant</a> to other countries. He agrees to sell them to <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a> in exchange for a mini-bike. To gain access to the nuclear plant's computer system, Bart begins doing typical father-son activities with Homer, eventually leading to Homer bringing Bart to work. When Homer falls asleep, Bart goes around the plant downloading information onto a <a href="/wiki/USB" title="USB">USB</a> storage device. </p><p>After Bart leaves the flashdrive with the downloaded data at the zoo and takes the bike, Homer reveals to him that he has bought him a mini-bike for being such a good child. Bart, feeling bad for <a href="/wiki/Treason" title="Treason">betraying his country</a> and his father, rushes back to the zoo in an attempt to recover the flashdrive. There, he meets the Chinese agents, who threaten to kill him if he does not cooperate. Homer steps in and offers himself in Bart's place, as he has a lifetime of nuclear experience. In China, he leads the construction of a nuclear power plant, which <a href="/wiki/Nuclear_explosion" title="Nuclear explosion">explodes</a> right after the grand <a href="/wiki/Opening_ceremony" title="Opening ceremony">opening ceremony</a>. Outside his hotel, he refuses to move out of the way of a taxi that would not take him to the airport for less than $20 in a reference to the <a href="/wiki/Tank_man" class="mw-redirect" title="Tank man">photograph of a protester standing in front of a line of tanks</a> during the <a href="/wiki/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre" title="1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre">1989 Tiananmen Square protests</a>. Back at the house, Bart tells Homer how much he appreciates him, and that they have "the best kind of bonding": sitting in front of the television while making no eye contact at all. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Production">Production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Homer_the_Father&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2010, <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i> reported that writer <a href="/wiki/David_Mamet" title="David Mamet">David Mamet</a> would guest star as himself. He would appear as a writer on the fictional television series <i>Thicker Than Waters</i> who is inspired to write expletives from one of its actors. Executive producer <a href="/wiki/Al_Jean" title="Al Jean">Al Jean</a> said it was an honor and that the <i>Simpsons</i> character <a href="/wiki/Gil_Gunderson" class="mw-redirect" title="Gil Gunderson">Gil Gunderson</a> was based on <a href="/wiki/Jack_Lemmon" title="Jack Lemmon">Jack Lemmon</a>'s character from the 1992 film <i><a href="/wiki/Glengarry_Glen_Ross" title="Glengarry Glen Ross">Glengarry Glen Ross</a></i>, which was written by Mamet.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Michael_Paul_Chan" title="Michael Paul Chan">Michael Paul Chan</a> guest starred as a Chinese agent. Writer and television host <a href="/wiki/James_Lipton" title="James Lipton">James Lipton</a> appeared as himself.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lipton previously appeared as himself in the <a href="/wiki/The_Simpsons_season_13" title="The Simpsons season 13">thirteenth season</a> episode "<a href="/wiki/The_Sweetest_Apu" title="The Sweetest Apu">The Sweetest Apu</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-Jean_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jean-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Homer_the_Father&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Viewing_figures">Viewing figures</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Homer_the_Father&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Viewing figures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In its original American broadcast, "Homer the Father" was viewed by an estimated 6.5 million households with a 3.1 rating/7 share among adults between the ages of 18 and 49.<sup id="cite_ref-tvratings_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvratings-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The number of viewers increased slightly from the previous week and the 18-49 demographic stayed steady, in spite of going up against the hugely-viewed <a href="/wiki/2010%E2%80%9311_NFL_playoffs" title="2010–11 NFL playoffs">AFC Championship</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-tvratings_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-tvratings-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a>, the episode was watched by 962,000 viewers.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_response">Critical response</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Homer_the_Father&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Critical response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>TV Fanatic</i><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> gave the episode a 3.8 out of 5, stating, "This week's installment was loaded with plenty of hilarious meta jokes about the television industry, thanks to its storyline about Homer mimicking his favorite '80s sitcom father, who seemed to be a mishmash of every fictional patriarch from that decade." </p><p>Rowan Kaiser of <i><a href="/wiki/The_A.V._Club" title="The A.V. Club">The A.V. Club</a></i> gave the episode a C+. Kaiser thought the premise was straightforward until it was derailed in the end with Homer building a nuclear plant that explodes.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards_and_nominations">Awards and nominations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Homer_the_Father&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Awards and nominations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Joel_H._Cohen" title="Joel H. Cohen">Joel H. Cohen</a> won the <a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Award_for_Television:_Animation" title="Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Animation">Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Writing in Animation</a> at the <a href="/wiki/Writers_Guild_of_America_Awards_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="Writers Guild of America Awards 2011">64th Writers Guild of America Awards</a> for his script to this episode.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Homer_the_Father&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFSnierson2010" class="citation web cs1">Snierson, Dan (December 7, 2010). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110207085603/http://insidetv.ew.com/2010/12/07/simpsons-exclusive-david-mamet-to-guest/">"<span class="cs1-kern-left"></span>'Simpsons' exclusive: David Mamet to guest"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Entertainment_Weekly" title="Entertainment Weekly">Entertainment Weekly</a></i>. 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