"Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy" | |
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The Simpsons episode | |
Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 10 |
Directed by | Wes Archer |
Written by | Bill Oakley & Josh Weinstein |
Production code | 2F07 |
Original air date | December 4, 1994 |
Guest appearance | |
Episode features | |
Chalkboard gag | "My homework was not stolen by a one-armed man" (recycled from "Bart Gets Famous")[1] |
Couch gag | The family runs past a repeating background shot of the living room. |
Commentary | David Mirkin Bill Oakley Josh Weinstein Wes Archer |
"Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy" is the tenth episode of the sixth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It was first broadcast on Fox in the United States on December 4, 1994. In the episode, Homer and Marge's sex life wanes, so Grampa restores it with a homemade revitalizing tonic. He and Homer travel town-to-town selling the elixir, but they become estranged after Grampa reveals that Homer's conception was unintentional.
The episode was written by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein, and directed by Wes Archer. After its initial airing on Fox, the episode was later released as part of a 1999 video collection: The Simpsons – Too Hot For TV, and released again on the 2003 DVD edition of the same collection. The episode features cultural references to songs such as "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" and "Celebration", as well as a reference to the 1963 film The Nutty Professor.
"Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy" received a positive reception from television critics, and acquired a Nielsen rating of 9.5.