Brother from Another Series

"Brother from Another Series"
The Simpsons episode
Sideshow Bob with his brother Cecil
Episode no.	Season 8 Episode 16
Directed by	Pete Michels[1]
Written by	Ken Keeler[1]
Production code	4F14
Original air date	February 23, 1997 (1997-02-23)
Guest appearances
Kelsey Grammer as Sideshow Bob David Hyde Pierce as Cecil Terwilliger and "Man in crowd"
Episode features
Couch gag	The living room is on the ceiling. The Simpsons sit down, but fall to the "floor" (the ceiling).[1]
Commentary	Matt Groening Josh Weinstein Ken Keeler Kelsey Grammer Pete Michels
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"Brother from Another Series" is the sixteenth episode of the eighth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 23, 1997. Sideshow Bob is released from prison after his arrest in "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" into the care of his brother Cecil and claims to be a changed man. However, Bart does not believe him and tries to find out what Bob is up to. It was the first episode directed by Pete Michels and was written by Ken Keeler.^[1] The episode guest stars Kelsey Grammer in his sixth appearance as Sideshow Bob and David Hyde Pierce in his first appearance as Cecil. The title is not only a pun on the movie The Brother from Another Planet (used for a previous episode as well), but for the fact that guest stars Kelsey Grammer and David Hyde Pierce also played bickering brothers Frasier Crane and Niles Crane, respectively, on the NBC sitcom Frasier.