The father who knew too little
| Episode of the series The Simpsons | |
|---|---|
| title | The father who knew too little |
| Original title | The Dad Who Knew Too Little |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| length | approx. 21 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| classification | Season 14, episode 8 299th episode overall ( list ) |
| First broadcast | January 12, 2003 on FOX |
| German-language first broadcast |
February 14, 2004 on ProSieben |
| Rod | |
| Director | Mark Kirkland |
| script | Matt Selman |
| music | Alf Clausen |
| Guest appearance (s) | |
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► Main article: Dubbing The Simpsons | |
The father who knew too little (original title: The Dad Who Knew Too Little ) is the eighth episode of the 14th season of the American animated series The Simpsons . In 2004 she won a Writers Guild of America Award .
action
Influenced by a commercial, Lisa would like the "Turbo Diary" for her birthday. Your parents decide to comply with this request. Since Homer is initially distracted in the shopping center until it is sold out, he has a personalized film made at a stand. Some preferences and hobbies of the protagonists are asked for; The names and faces from photos are inserted into the action determined by this. She is devastated on Lisa's birthday. Instead of a fashionable diary, she receives a laser pointer from her brother Bart and the cheaply made film from her parents. In addition to the unwanted gift, she is assigned completely wrong interests and preferences in the film. She has the impression that her father doesn't know her and doesn't know what makes her up.
The guilty Homer tries to find out more about Lisa himself, but since he is very clumsy and insulted, he fails. Finally, he hires detective Dexter Colt to spy on Lisa. After a few days he gives Homer a multi-page dossier that Homer uses to get closer to Lisa. Lisa, who doesn't suspect anything about the observation, is delighted and touched. The two are now doing joint ventures. However, Dexter Colt demands $ 1,000 in payment; Homer is appalled by the size of the bill and refuses to pay.
A few days later, Homer and Lisa saw a report on the TV news about a break-in into a research laboratory that freed laboratory animals. The police found a book review by Lisa at the scene, who protests her innocence towards Homer, although she strongly advocates animal rights. When the police rings the doorbell at the Simpsons house shortly afterwards , Homer and Lisa flee by car. In a shelter, Homer confesses that he has put the detective on her to find out her preferences. This also gave him access to your book review. Lisa is shaken, but since the police have found out her whereabouts, the two have to flee one more time. In a forest they meet a circus in which they rediscover the animals from the research laboratory. Lisa suspects that the detective did not free the animals, but stole them and sold them out of greed. Dexter Colt appears now as well. When Homer threatens to report him, he pursues him with his gun drawn. Shortly before he can shoot Homer in a mirror cabinet, Lisa overhears that her father knows a lot about her even without help. So she bravely blinds Colt with the laser pointer. Colt is caught, Lisa and Homer make up.
reception
Audience ratings
The German-language first broadcast of the episode The Father Who Knew Too Little on February 14, 2004 was followed by an average of around 1.31 million viewers on ProSieben . The value was thus relatively well above the season average of 1.01 million viewers.
Award
At the 2004 Writers Guild of America Award , Matt Selman prevailed with this episode and won. Other nominees were J. Stewart Burns and Michael Price for The Simpsons episodes Moe Baby Blues and Wiedersehen nach Jahre , Tony Gama-Lobo and Rebecca May for the King of the Hill episode Reborn To Be Wild , Patric M. Verrone for the Futurama episode The Sting and Steven Banks for the two Jimmy Neutron episodes Secret Agent James Neutron, Part 1 and Secret Agent James Neutron, Part 2 .
Oddities
In the American broadcast of the episode, Homer's alleged email address was shown in one scene. Then several thousand fans wrote emails to the address chunkylover53@aol.com and actually received a reply from Homer. After the episode aired, screenwriter Matt Selman logged into the email inbox and found that it contained the maximum number of inboxes. He tried to answer all e-mails on Homer's behalf, but no sooner had he processed a large number of other e-mails.
Individual evidence
- ^ Certificate of Release for The Father Who Knew Too Little . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry (PDF).
- ↑ a b Writers Guild of America, USA (2004). In: IMDb.com. Retrieved February 3, 2012 .
- ↑ Quota check: "The Simpsons". In: quotenmeter.de. Retrieved February 3, 2012 .
- ↑ Homer replies to fans via email
Web links
- The father, who knew too little in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Entry from The Father Who Knew Too Little on Simpsonspedia.net
- The father who knew too little on wunschliste.de