| "Maximum Homerdrive" | |
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| The Simpsons episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 10 Episode 17 |
| Directed by | Swinton O. Scott III |
| Written by | John Swartzwelder |
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| Production code | AABF13 |
| Original air date | March 28, 1999 |
| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | "It does not suck to be you" |
| Couch gag | The Simpsons have been reversed so that Bart and Lisa are adults with Homer and Marge as kids. Maggie is turned into a doll which Homer holds. |
| Commentary | Matt Groening Mike Scully George Meyer Ian Maxtone-Graham Ron Hauge Matt Selman Swinton O. Scott III Mike B. Anderson |
"Maximum Homerdrive" is the seventeenth episode of the tenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on Fox in the United States on March 28, 1999.
"Maximum Homerdrive" was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Swinton O. Scott III. Although the episode's first draft was written by Swartzwelder, the writing staff was split into two groups in order to focus on both the A-story and the B-story. The episode features references to comedian Tony Randall, model Bettie Page, and science fiction film 2001: A Space Odyssey, among other things. In its original broadcast, the episode received a 7.8 Nielsen rating among adults between ages 18 and 49, the highest such rating for the series since "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken". The ratings boost was credited by Variety to the first episode of Futurama, which premiered after this episode. In the years since, it has received mixed reviews from critics.