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"'''The Old Man and the "C" Student'''" is the twentieth episode of [[season 10]]. It originally aired on April 25, 1999. The episode was written by [[Julie Thacker]] and directed by [[Mark Kirkland]].
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"'''The Old Man and the "C" Student'''" is the twentieth episode of [[season 10]]. It originally aired on April 25, [[1999]]. The episode was written by [[Julie Thacker]] and directed by [[Mark Kirkland]]. It guest stars [[Jack LaLanne]] as {{Ch|Jack LaLanne|himself}}.
  
==Synopsis==
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== Synopsis ==
After causing his fellow townspeople to lose the Olympic Games, [[Bart]] is forced to slave away his time helping the elderly residents of the local retirement home. Guest starring Jack LaLanne.
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==Plot==
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== Plot ==
[[Lisa Simpson]] writes a letter to the Olympic Society for a school project. The Olypmic Society then decides to hold the next Olympics in [[Springfield]]. There is a mascot competition and [[Homer Simpson|Homer]] makes a mascot called Springy, which wins the competition. Everyone prepares for the IOC arrival at Springfield  
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For a class assignment, everyone in [[Lisa]]'s class wrote to the [[Backstreet Boys]], whilst Lisa wrote to the [[International Olympic Committee]] to ask if the [[Olympic Torch]] could come through [[Springfield]]. After reading this letter, the chairman of the Olympic Committee decided to give Springfield the Olympic Games. When this was announced, [[Channel 6]] sponsored a contest to find the Olympic mascot for the Springfield Olympics, which [[Homer]] entered with his mascot [[Springy]]. The town then got ready for the Olympics to arrive, cleaning up and changing the more seedy parts of the town. Eventually, the Olympic Committee arrived to inspect the town. [[Mayor Quimby]] then revealed that Homer's mascot had won and become the official mascot of the Springfield Olympics, beating out [[Patty]] and [[Selma]]'s entree, [[Ciggy]]. The children of [[Springfield Elementary]] then put on a show, singing "[[Children Are Our Future]]", before [[Bart]] performs a comedy act, insulting all the committee members. Disgusted at this, the committee leaves Springfield, taking the Olympics away from them.
Elementary. The arrival goes well at first until [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] goes on stage with his racist comedy routine which greatly insults the members of the IOC. In response, Springfield loses the chance to host the Olympics. Superintendent Chalmers blames [[Principal Skinner|Skinner]] for letting Bart on stage and doing the routine in the first place. Skinner is then ordered to make every last child in the school do 20 hours of community service and Bart has to work at [[Springfield Retirement Castle]].
 
  
Meanwhile Homer gathers up the 1,000 springs he had intended to sell as mascots. He then tries to sell them to Principal Skinner's home where he is punched by Principal Skinner and [[Agnes Skinner]] due to [[Bart]]'s comedy routine. He also tries to sell them at [[Moe's]], injuring [[Lenny]] and [[Moe]] in the process. Meanwhile at [[Springfield Retirement Castle]], [[Lisa]], who has been volunteering there for a year, is leading "Imagination time" with the elders. Bart believes that the seniors are being mistreated, as they have to do what they are told, and they have no free will. Bart comes in and tells them leave the Retirement Home and the Seniors start having fun. At the Simpson's house, Marge tells Homer to get rid of the springs, after seeing Homer's ideas of what to use them for (self flipping burgers, and turning [[Maggie]] into a basketball). Homer flushes the springs down the toilet (althoug [[Marge]] would rather he dispose of them properly).
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As punishment for the children making this act, everyone is given twenty hours community service. Bart is assigned to the [[Springfield Retirement Castle]] to look after the residents there, to his disgust. Bart was surprised at how boring the residents' lives seemed to be, doing the same things every day with very little freedom, so he kept trying to add some excitement into their lives, which just made things worse for them. Meanwhile, Homer received a shipment of springs which he ordered before Springfield lost the Olympics, so he decided to try and sell them off to other people, with a lot of failure.
  
Bart takes all the seniors on a cruise but soon the boat crashes into [[Montgomery Burns|Mr. Burns']] yacht. Moments later, the boat starts rapidly sinking into the water. The boat hits the springs and bounces back up and everyone is saved.
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At the Retirement Castle, the residents are going through "imagination time", with Lisa getting them to imagine being on a boat. After Lisa leaves the room, Bart convinces the residents to leave with him to go out and have fun. They all leave and end up going on a boat cruise together. Meanwhile, at the Simpson house, Marge gets sick of Homer's springs and tells him to get rid of them, so Homer starts to flush them down the toilet. Back on the boat cruise, Bart realizes that the old people enjoy their lives at the Retirement Castle. At that moment, [[Mr. Burns]]' yacht crashes through the boat, causing it to start sinking. {{Ch|Jack LaLanne}} then appears from the crowd, grabs a rope and starts to swim towards shore with the boat, before the front breaks off. As the boat sinks and everyone waits for their deaths, it bounces up again on the pile of springs that Homer flushed into the sea. The residents are then saved by a helicopter as Bart tells Grampa that he might come back to the Retirement Castle after school, even though he's finished his community service.
  
== Columbine ==
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== Production ==
The episode aired less than a week after the {{w|Columbine High School massacre}}, which occurred on the 20th. The massacre was perpetrated by classmates and friends {{w|Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold}}. Because of this, millions of American households watched news channels.
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The Olympic logo in the episode is different to the actual logo, with the rings not being interlocking and the colors being different. This was done for legal reasons.<ref name="Scully">{{Com|Scully, Mike|The Old Man and the "C" Student|Tenth|(2007).}}</ref> The idea for the episode came around because the eldest daughter of [[Julie Thacker]], who wrote the episode, and [[Mike Scully]] had to do community service to advance to the next grade at school. So Thacker signed up her daughter to the old folks' home in town.<ref name="Thacker">{{Com|Thacker, Julie|The Old Man and the "C" Student|Tenth|(2007).}}</ref> [[George Meyer]] came up with the dance routine for "Children Are Our Future" and received a choreographer credit for it.<ref>{{Com|Meyer, George|The Old Man and the "C" Student|Tenth|(2007).}}</ref> George Meyer came up with the idea for the [[Fireworks, Candy & Puppies]] store.<ref name="Thacker"/>
  
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This episode features the first of Lenny's many eye injuries<ref name="Scully"/> which was written in by Julie Thacker.<ref name="Thacker"/> The proposition 217 joke was written due to 2/17 being the day Julie Thacker and Mike Scully met. The Bingo reward of a banana was also from the old folks' home Julie Thacker visited, where they gave out half bananas as prizes.<ref name="Thacker"/> Jack LaLanne's lines were recorded separately from the other voice actors.<ref>{{Com|Cartwright, Nancy|The Old Man and the "C" Student|Tenth|(2007).}}</ref>
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== Reception ==
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As of December 2019, the episode has a 7.3 rating on {{W|IMDb}}<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701251/ IMDb - "The Old Man and the "C" Student"]</ref> and a 8.2 rating on {{W|TV.com}}.<ref>[http://www.tv.com/shows/the-simpsons/the-old-man-and-the-c-student-1508/ TV.com - "The Old Man and the "C" Student"]</ref>
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"The Old Man and the "C" Student" is the twentieth episode of season 10. It originally aired on April 25, 1999. The episode was written by Julie Thacker and directed by Mark Kirkland. It guest stars Jack LaLanne as himself.

Synopsis

"After causing his fellow townspeople to lose the Olympic Games, Bart is forced to slave away his time helping the elderly residents of the local retirement home."


Plot

For a class assignment, everyone in Lisa's class wrote to the Backstreet Boys, whilst Lisa wrote to the International Olympic Committee to ask if the Olympic Torch could come through Springfield. After reading this letter, the chairman of the Olympic Committee decided to give Springfield the Olympic Games. When this was announced, Channel 6 sponsored a contest to find the Olympic mascot for the Springfield Olympics, which Homer entered with his mascot Springy. The town then got ready for the Olympics to arrive, cleaning up and changing the more seedy parts of the town. Eventually, the Olympic Committee arrived to inspect the town. Mayor Quimby then revealed that Homer's mascot had won and become the official mascot of the Springfield Olympics, beating out Patty and Selma's entree, Ciggy. The children of Springfield Elementary then put on a show, singing "Children Are Our Future", before Bart performs a comedy act, insulting all the committee members. Disgusted at this, the committee leaves Springfield, taking the Olympics away from them.

As punishment for the children making this act, everyone is given twenty hours community service. Bart is assigned to the Springfield Retirement Castle to look after the residents there, to his disgust. Bart was surprised at how boring the residents' lives seemed to be, doing the same things every day with very little freedom, so he kept trying to add some excitement into their lives, which just made things worse for them. Meanwhile, Homer received a shipment of springs which he ordered before Springfield lost the Olympics, so he decided to try and sell them off to other people, with a lot of failure.

At the Retirement Castle, the residents are going through "imagination time", with Lisa getting them to imagine being on a boat. After Lisa leaves the room, Bart convinces the residents to leave with him to go out and have fun. They all leave and end up going on a boat cruise together. Meanwhile, at the Simpson house, Marge gets sick of Homer's springs and tells him to get rid of them, so Homer starts to flush them down the toilet. Back on the boat cruise, Bart realizes that the old people enjoy their lives at the Retirement Castle. At that moment, Mr. Burns' yacht crashes through the boat, causing it to start sinking. Jack LaLanne then appears from the crowd, grabs a rope and starts to swim towards shore with the boat, before the front breaks off. As the boat sinks and everyone waits for their deaths, it bounces up again on the pile of springs that Homer flushed into the sea. The residents are then saved by a helicopter as Bart tells Grampa that he might come back to the Retirement Castle after school, even though he's finished his community service.

Production

The Olympic logo in the episode is different to the actual logo, with the rings not being interlocking and the colors being different. This was done for legal reasons.[1] The idea for the episode came around because the eldest daughter of Julie Thacker, who wrote the episode, and Mike Scully had to do community service to advance to the next grade at school. So Thacker signed up her daughter to the old folks' home in town.[2] George Meyer came up with the dance routine for "Children Are Our Future" and received a choreographer credit for it.[3] George Meyer came up with the idea for the Fireworks, Candy & Puppies store.[2]

This episode features the first of Lenny's many eye injuries[1] which was written in by Julie Thacker.[2] The proposition 217 joke was written due to 2/17 being the day Julie Thacker and Mike Scully met. The Bingo reward of a banana was also from the old folks' home Julie Thacker visited, where they gave out half bananas as prizes.[2] Jack LaLanne's lines were recorded separately from the other voice actors.[4]

Reception

As of December 2019, the episode has a 7.3 rating on IMDb[5] and a 8.2 rating on TV.com.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Scully, Mike (2007). Commentary for "The Old Man and the "C" Student", in The Simpsons: The Complete Tenth Season.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Thacker, Julie (2007). Commentary for "The Old Man and the "C" Student", in The Simpsons: The Complete Tenth Season.
  3. Meyer, George (2007). Commentary for "The Old Man and the "C" Student", in The Simpsons: The Complete Tenth Season.
  4. Cartwright, Nancy (2007). Commentary for "The Old Man and the "C" Student", in The Simpsons: The Complete Tenth Season.
  5. IMDb - "The Old Man and the "C" Student"
  6. TV.com - "The Old Man and the "C" Student"


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