Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?

"Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.	229
Directed by	Nancy Kruse
Written by	Al Jean
Showrunner(s)	Mike Scully
Production code	AABF21
Original air date	October 24, 1999
Chalkboard gag	"I am not The Last Don"
Couch gag	The Simpsons sit down as normal. Marge notices the name "Matt Groening" written on the carpet, gets up, and wipes the name off. Groening comes in and rewrites his name on the floor.
Commentary	Mike Scully Al Jean George Meyer Dan Greaney Matt Selman Nancy Kruse
Guest appearance(s)
Ed Asner as the newspaper editor
Season 11 episodes September 26, 1999 – May 21, 2000 "Beyond Blunderdome" "Brother's Little Helper" "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?" "Treehouse of Horror X" "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)" "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder" "Eight Misbehavin'" "Take My Wife, Sleaze" "Grift of the Magi" "Little Big Mom" "Faith Off" "The Mansion Family" "Saddlesore Galactica" "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" "Missionary: Impossible" "Pygmoelian" "Bart to the Future" "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses" "Kill the Alligator and Run" "Last Tap Dance in Springfield" "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge" "Behind the Laughter"
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Ed Asner as the newspaper editor

"Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?" is the third episode of the eleventh season of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 24, 1999. In the episode, Homer becomes a food critic for a Springfield newspaper and ends up annoying the restaurant owners of Springfield after he makes negative reviews just to be mean, advice he took from fellow critics. Springfield's restaurant owners then attempt to kill Homer by feeding him a poisoned éclair. American actor Ed Asner guest starred in the episode as the newspaper editor that hires Homer. The episode has received generally mixed reviews from television critics since airing.

Springfield Elementary arranges a trip to the offices of The Springfield Shopper for the students. Homer volunteers to chaperone the children on the trip. They are introduced to the newspaper's history and operations. Homer smells cake and follows it to a retirement party for the newspaper's food critic. Crashing the party, Homer greedily eats the food. The editor, seeing Homer's love of food, offers him a job as the new food critic. He asks Homer to prepare a 500-word sample review first.

Homer struggles with the review, but he soon gets help from Lisa, who helps him express himself. Soon Homer gets a reputation for giving out excellent reviews to every restaurant he visits. At the Springfield Shopper office, the editor introduces Homer to other critics. They chide him for being too generous in his reviews. Homer foolishly gives into their peer pressure and writes a series of bad reviews, criticizing everything. Lisa complains that he is being needlessly cruel, and she threatens to stop helping him. Homer attempts to continue reviewing by himself. Meanwhile, the local restaurateurs hold a secret meeting about Homer's negative reviews. They decide to kill him. A French chef volunteers to do the deed by feeding Homer a poisonous éclair at an upcoming food festival.

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