| "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily" | |
|---|---|
| The Simpsons episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 7 Episode 3 |
| Directed by | Susie Dietter[1] |
| Written by | Jon Vitti[1] |
| Production code | 3F01 |
| Original air date | October 1, 1995[2] |
| Guest appearance | |
| Joan Kenley as the telephone lady[3] | |
| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | "No one wants to hear from my armpits"[1] |
| Couch gag | Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, Maggie, Grampa, Santa's Little Helper, and Snowball II are in a nine-square grid as seen in the opening credits of The Brady Bunch.[2] |
| Commentary | Matt Groening Bill Oakley Josh Weinstein Jon Vitti Susie Dietter |
"Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily" is the third episode of the seventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on October 1, 1995. In the episode, the Simpson children are put in foster care at Ned and Maude Flanders' house. Homer and Marge are forced to attend a parenting class to get their children back.
The episode was written by Jon Vitti and directed by Susie Dietter. The story was pitched by another writer on the show, George Meyer. It was the first episode in which writers Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein served as show runners. The episode features cultural references to the 1965 film Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and Sonny & Cher's song "I Got You Babe".
Since airing, the episode has received positive reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 9.0, and was the fourth highest-rated show on the Fox network the week it aired.