The Old Man and the "C" Student

"The Old Man and the 'C' Student"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.Season 10
Episode 20
Directed byMark Kirkland
Written byJulie Thacker
Production codeAABF16
Original air dateApril 25, 1999 (1999-04-25)
Guest appearances
Jack LaLanne as himself
NRBQ sings "Can't Buy Me Love"
Episode features
Chalkboard gag"Loose teeth don't need my help"
Couch gagThe Simpsons find the rest of the cast in their living room watching TV.
CommentaryMatt Groening
Mike Scully
George Meyer
Julie Thacker
Ron Hauge
Nancy Cartwright
Mark Kirkland
Episode chronology
List of episodes

"The Old Man and the 'C' Student" is the twentieth episode of the tenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on Fox in the United States on April 25, 1999. In the episode, after offending the Olympic committee during their visit to Springfield Elementary, the school's students are committed to 20 hours of community service. Bart, along with his sister Lisa, is put in charge of Springfield's retirement home, where Bart notices the doldrums that the old people go through every day. Meanwhile, Bart and Lisa's father Homer tries to sell springs.

"The Old Man and the 'C' Student" was directed by Mark Kirkland and was the first episode Julie Thacker wrote for The Simpsons. While Bart's storyline was pitched by Thacker, the B-story, involving Homer, was conceived by Thacker's husband Mike Scully, who also was an executive producer and the showrunner for the episode. Jack Lalanne guest-starred as himself in the episode.

On its original broadcast, "The Old Man and the 'C' Student" was seen by approximately 6.9 million viewers.

Following the release of The Simpsons: The Complete Tenth Season, the episode received mostly positive reviews from critics.


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