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'''The Name of the Grandfather''' will be the upcoming fourteenth episode of ''The Simpsons''. In this St Patrick's Day special, The Simpsons find themselves on a holiday to Ireland.
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"'''In the Name of the Grandfather'''" is the fourteenth episode of [[season 20]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the four-hundred and thirty-fourth episode overall. It originally aired on March 17, [[2009]]. The episode was written by [[Matt Marshall]] and directed by [[Ralph Sosa]]. It guest stars [[Colm Meaney]] as [[Tom O'Flanagan]], [[Glen Hansard]] as [[street musician]] and [[Markéta Irglová]] as an [[Eastern European woman]].
This is first ever episode to premier outside of the US, first shown in the UK & Ireland. In the US, this episode was rated TV&nbsp;14 DV.
 
  
== Plot ==
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"In the Name of the Grandfather" aired in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[Ireland]] on March 17, 2009, five days before the episode aired in the [[USA]] on March 22, 2009.
The Simpsons family purchase a hot tub as a means to relax, yet in doing so forget they to visit Grampa Simpson at a family event. Homer decides to make up for it and decides to do something Grampa wants to do. Grampa reminisces about a pub in Dunkilderry, Ireland called O'Flanagan's, where he claims to have had the best night of his life many years ago. Homer decides to take Grampa there, but when the family arrive they realize Ireland has become a commercialized, hi-tech country of consumers and workaholics. The pub itself has run out of business as many of the patrons are now yuppies and have no interest in drinking. Homer and Grampa sit down at the pub and start drinking while Marge, Bart and Lisa visit various Irish landmarks. They visit the Giant's Causeway, Blarney Castle, the Guinness brewery and Dublin.
 
After a long night of drinking, Homer and Grampa awaken to realize they have bought the pub from owner Tom O'Flanagan. They rename the bar but get no business because pubs are no longer popular. Homer gets help from Moe Syzlak, who suggests that they allow people to do illegal things in their pub. They find out that smoking is illegal in Irish pubs and Moe urges the Simpsons to turn it into a smokeasy. They do a roaring trade, but are closed down by the Irish authorities. As a punishment, Homer and Grampa are deported back to America with a small fine.
 
  
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== Synopsis ==
"In the Name of the Grandfather" will be the first episode of the show to premiere in Europe before airing on Fox in the United States. It will air at 7:30 PM and be paired with "[[Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes]]", the season premiere episode of The Simpsons which begins with a visit to a St. Patrick's Day parade. To promote the broadcast, executive producers Al Jean and James L. Brooks, as well as Nancy Cartwright will visit Ireland for a special screening and are scheduled to participate in the Saint Patrick's Day parade in Dublin. In addition, Homer has been announced as the special guest editor of the March edition of Sky Magazine.<ref>[http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2009/0223/breaking63.htm]</ref>
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{{Desc|The Simpson family travels to Ireland to take Grandpa to have one last beer at his beloved O'Flanagan's Pub in Dunkilderry. However, when they arrive, the little town of Dunkilderry isn't the quaint little Irish village that Grandpa remembers. It has become a gentrified yuppie enclave filled with hipsters on laptops and Bluetooths, surrounded by swanky stores and coffee shops. When they track down O'Flanagan's Pub, the bar is run down and nearly empty. After a few spirits, Homer and Grandpa buy the pub from Tom O'Flanagan (guest voice Meaney), and they are left with trying to bring the bar back to life amidst an ultra-hip, hardworking and sober Irish town. With a little help from Moe, they find the perfect scheme to bring the pub back to life and put "Simpson & Son" on the map.}}
  
== Cultural References ==
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== Plot ==
The dialogue for the [[German Krusty the Clown Show]] has a veiled Nazi reference within.
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The Simpson family purchase a hot tub as a means to relax, yet in doing so forget they to visit [[Grampa Simpson]] at a family event. [[Homer]] decides to make up for it and decides to do something Grampa wants to do. Grampa reminisces about a pub in [[Dunkilderry]], [[Ireland]] called [[O'Flanagan's]], where he claims to have had [[This Is the Life|the best night of his life]] many years ago. Homer decides to take Grampa there, but when the family arrive they realize Ireland has become a commercialized, hi-tech country of consumers and workaholics. The pub itself has run out of business as many of the patrons are now yuppies and have no interest in drinking. Homer and Grampa sit down at the pub and start drinking while [[Marge]], [[Bart]] and [[Lisa]] visit various Irish landmarks. They visit the [[Giant's Causeway]], [[Blarney Castle]], the [[Guinness Brewery]] and [[Dublin]].
  
''Krusty: "Heil, heil"''
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After a long night of drinking, Homer and Grampa awaken to realize they have bought the pub from owner [[Tom O'Flanagan]]. They rename the bar but get no business because pubs are no longer popular. Homer gets help from [[Moe Syzlak]], who suggests that they allow people to do illegal things in their pub. They find out that smoking is illegal in Irish pubs and Moe urges the Simpsons to turn it into a smokeasy. They do a roaring trade, but are closed down by the Irish authorities. As a punishment, Homer and Grampa are deported back to America with a small fine. After the Judge remarks that America is the place where Irish send their idiots and half wits, [[Clancy Wiggum]] makes a cameo scene as his usual incompetent stupid self.
Mel: "Ach, Du lieber! Krusty spritzen der Gaswasser."
 
Krusty: "Ja, ja - Krusty spritzen der Gaswasser."
 
  
Krusty's "Heil Heil" was a reference to the mandatory greeting in Nazi Germany, "Heil Hitler" ("Heil" literally means "hail" as in greetings to).
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Mel's lament "Krusty spritzen der Gaswasser" is gramatically incorrect. The noun Gaswasser (The german normally say "mineralwasser" and it means seltzer water or club soda) is a neuter noun which takes the article "das." Also, the verb form is not correct. A closer rendition would be "Krusty spritzt das Gaswasser."
 
 
 
The sequence further parodies the rarely-seen ''Monty Pythons Fliegende Zirkus'', a purpose-built and specially filmed&nbsp;German-language&nbsp;version of ''Monty Python's Flying Circus'' created by the Pythons for showing in Germany.
 
 
 
The episode takes its title from a traditional Christian benediction: "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit." (isn't it a reference to the irish film "in the name of the father"? -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Name_of_the_Father_(film) )
 
 
 
Marge, Bart and Lisa parody the classic video game "Q-Bert" as they chase up and down the Giant's Causeway.
 
 
 
Kathy Ireland is shown during a short sequence. As revealed in the subtitles in the shot, the producers had invited her to appear and voice the cameo, but she declined.
 
 
 
Grandpa mentions about feeling "as lonely as Estes Kefauver at a meeting of Murder, Incorporated."&nbsp;When the Simpsons look at him blankly, he retorts, "That actually means something! Look it up!" Senator Estes Kefauver headed highly-publicized hearings into organized crime in the 1950s. The hearings were a serious blow to the Mob in America, though they are more remembered these days for a side hearing on juvenile deliquency that became a referendum on comic books and the direct cause for the creation of the Comics Code Authority.
 
 
 
== Appearances ==
 
=== Characters ===
 
* [[Homer Simpson]]
 
* [[Marge Simpson]]
 
* [[Bart Simpson]]
 
* [[Lisa Simpson]]
 
* [[Maggie Simpson]]
 
* [[Seymour Skinner]]
 
* [[Carl Carlson]]
 
* [[Lenny Leonard]]
 
* [[John Frink]]
 
* [[Comic Book Guy]]
 
* [[Agnes Skinner]]
 
* [[Kirk Van Houten]]
 
* [[Rev. Lovejoy]]
 
* [[Helen Lovejoy]]
 
* [[Apu]]
 
* [[Manjula]]
 
* [[Cookie Kwan]]
 
* [[Lindsey Naegle]]
 
* [[Dr. Julius Hibbert]]
 
* [[Bernice Hibbert]]
 
* [[Disco Stu]]
 
* [[Mrs. Krabappel]]
 
* [[Ned Flanders]]
 
* [[Jasper Beardley]]
 
* [[Crazy Old Man]]
 
* [[Hans Moleman]]
 
* [[Abe Simpson]]
 
* [[Tom O'Flanagan]]
 
* [[Krusty the Clown]] (in German)
 
* [[Sideshow Mel]] (in German)
 
* [[wikipedia: Glen Hansard|Glen Hansard]]
 
* [[wikipedia: Markéta Irglová|Markéta Irglová]]
 
* [[Moe Szyslak]]
 
* [[Chief Wiggum]]
 
  
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* [[Dunkilderry]]
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* [[O'Flanagan's]]
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* [[Giant's Causeway]]
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* [[Guinness Brewery]]
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[[Category:Episodes directed by Ralph Sosa]]
 
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Episode Information
Episode number: 434
Season number: S20 E14
Production code: LABF11
Original airdate: Flag of the Republic of Ireland.gif 800px-Flag of the United Kingdom.svg.png March 17, 2009
United States of America March 22, 2009
Billboard gag: Dr. Nick: Pay For Septuplets, Get Octuplets Free!
Chalkboard gag: "Four leaf clovers are not mutant freaks"
Couch gag: The Simpsons are dogs. A trainer tells Bart to do a trick, but Homer acts up and gets in a fight with Bart.
Guest star(s): Colm Meaney as Tom O'Flanagan
Glen Hansard as street musician
Markéta Irglová as an Eastern European woman
Showrunner: Al Jean
Written by: Matt Marshall
Directed by: Ralph Sosa
DVD features


"In the Name of the Grandfather" is the fourteenth episode of season 20 of The Simpsons and the four-hundred and thirty-fourth episode overall. It originally aired on March 17, 2009. The episode was written by Matt Marshall and directed by Ralph Sosa. It guest stars Colm Meaney as Tom O'Flanagan, Glen Hansard as street musician and Markéta Irglová as an Eastern European woman.

"In the Name of the Grandfather" aired in the United Kingdom and Ireland on March 17, 2009, five days before the episode aired in the USA on March 22, 2009.

Synopsis[edit]

"The Simpson family travels to Ireland to take Grandpa to have one last beer at his beloved O'Flanagan's Pub in Dunkilderry. However, when they arrive, the little town of Dunkilderry isn't the quaint little Irish village that Grandpa remembers. It has become a gentrified yuppie enclave filled with hipsters on laptops and Bluetooths, surrounded by swanky stores and coffee shops. When they track down O'Flanagan's Pub, the bar is run down and nearly empty. After a few spirits, Homer and Grandpa buy the pub from Tom O'Flanagan (guest voice Meaney), and they are left with trying to bring the bar back to life amidst an ultra-hip, hardworking and sober Irish town. With a little help from Moe, they find the perfect scheme to bring the pub back to life and put "Simpson & Son" on the map."


Plot[edit]

The Simpson family purchase a hot tub as a means to relax, yet in doing so forget they to visit Grampa Simpson at a family event. Homer decides to make up for it and decides to do something Grampa wants to do. Grampa reminisces about a pub in Dunkilderry, Ireland called O'Flanagan's, where he claims to have had the best night of his life many years ago. Homer decides to take Grampa there, but when the family arrive they realize Ireland has become a commercialized, hi-tech country of consumers and workaholics. The pub itself has run out of business as many of the patrons are now yuppies and have no interest in drinking. Homer and Grampa sit down at the pub and start drinking while Marge, Bart and Lisa visit various Irish landmarks. They visit the Giant's Causeway, Blarney Castle, the Guinness Brewery and Dublin.

After a long night of drinking, Homer and Grampa awaken to realize they have bought the pub from owner Tom O'Flanagan. They rename the bar but get no business because pubs are no longer popular. Homer gets help from Moe Syzlak, who suggests that they allow people to do illegal things in their pub. They find out that smoking is illegal in Irish pubs and Moe urges the Simpsons to turn it into a smokeasy. They do a roaring trade, but are closed down by the Irish authorities. As a punishment, Homer and Grampa are deported back to America with a small fine. After the Judge remarks that America is the place where Irish send their idiots and half wits, Clancy Wiggum makes a cameo scene as his usual incompetent stupid self.


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