Old Money (The Simpsons)

"**Old Money**"
"Old Money"
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
	Audrey Meadows as Beatrice "Bea" Simmons; Phil Hartman as Lionel Hutz and Plato;
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
Episode chronology
← Previous; "Bart's Dog Gets an 'F'"	Next →; "Brush with Greatness"
	The Simpsons season 2
	List of episodes

"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 TV 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.

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