Father Knows Worst

This article is about an episode of the animated television series "The Simpsons". For an episode of the live-action television series "The Bob Newhart Show", see Father Knows Worst (The Bob Newhart Show).

"Father Knows Worst"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.Season 20
Episode 18
Directed byMatthew Nastuk
Written byRob LaZebnik
Production codeLABF08
Original air dateApril 26, 2009 (2009-04-26)
Episode features
Chalkboard gag"I will not put hot sauce in the CPR dummy"
Couch gagMarge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie swim across an Olympic-sized swimming pool to the couch. Homer, however, ends up floating facedown in the water.
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"Father Knows Worst" is the eighteenth episode of the twentieth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 26, 2009.[1] In the episode, Bart and Lisa start struggling in their academic and social lives at school and Homer starts monitoring them and forcing them to do better, becoming a helicopter parent. Meanwhile, Marge discovers a sauna in the basement.[1]

This was the first episode in over eight years written by Rob LaZebnik.

  1. ^ a b "Primetime Listings (April 19 - April 25)". FoxFlash. April 4, 2009. Archived from the original on June 27, 2009. Retrieved April 4, 2009.