Whiskey Business
| "Whiskey Business" | |
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| The Simpsons episode | |
| Episode no. | 527 |
| Directed by | Matthew Nastuk |
| Written by | Valentina L. Garza |
| Showrunner(s) | Al Jean |
| Production code | RABF12 |
| Original air date | May 5, 2013 |
| Couch gag | The Simpsons are carved into a block of ice by three men. Grampa Simpson comes in and turns on the heat. The ice sculpture melts. |
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Season 24 episodes
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Tony Bennett
Kevin Michael Richardson
Sonny Rollins
Ron Taylor
"Whiskey Business" is the nineteenth episode of the 24th season of The Simpsons and the 527th episode overall, its name being a portmanteau of whiskey and . It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 5, 2013. In its original airing, "Whiskey Business" was delayed 25 minutes in Eastern/Central Time Zones due to the end of a NASCAR race at Talladega Superspeedway which was delayed more than 3 1⁄2 hours due to rain.
Noticing that Moe has fallen into a bout of suicidal depression, Homer, Marge, Lenny and Carl take him on an excursion to Capital City and buy him a new suit to lift his spirits. His enthusiasm restored, Moe fixes up his bar in order to attract a better class of customers and brings out a batch of homemade whiskey. Two venture capitalists stop by the bar, sample the drink, and are so impressed that they offer to become Moe's business partners in marketing it. Shortly before the new company's initial public offering, his suit is destroyed when he gets caught in an elevator door. Moe appears at the stock exchange in his ordinary clothes and addresses the traders for the IPO, but he inadvertently scares them so badly that his stock price plummets and the company becomes worthless. Returning to his once-again-squalid bar, he brightens up enough to sweep up the pieces of a broken beer mug and forgets about committing suicide, at least for the time being.
Meanwhile, Grampa watches the children while Homer and Marge are away. An elaborate prank by Bart, Dolph, Jimbo, and Kearney leads to Grampa being injured, and Bart decides to care for him at home in order to avoid getting in trouble. With Grampa hiding in the basement to avoid being found, the two enjoy playing tricks on Homer. Grampa recovers quickly, but fakes a lingering injury in order to make sure that Bart keeps looking after him. Bart eventually discovers the deception and is angry, but the two reconcile after Grampa explains that he liked getting the sort of personal attention that he never could receive at the nursing home.
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