The Ziff Who Came to Dinner
| "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner" | |
|---|---|
| The Simpsons episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 15 Episode 14 |
| Directed by | Nancy Kruse |
| Written by | Deb Lacusta & Dan Castellaneta |
| Production code | FABF08 |
| Original air date | March 14, 2004 |
| Guest appearances | |
| Jon Lovitz as Artie Ziff, Jay Sherman, Llewelyn Sinclair, Aristotle Amadopolis, and Professor Lombardo | |
| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | "I will not speculate on how hot teacher used to be" |
| Couch gag | In a parody of Powers of Ten, the camera zooms out to an overhead shot of the house, the neighborhood, the US, the Earth, the Solar System and finally galaxies, which become atoms, then zooming out to molecular structures, DNA helices and then Homer's head, then back to the couch scene. Finally, Homer exclaims, "Wow!" |
| Commentary | Al Jean Deb Lacusta Dan Castellaneta Ian Maxtone-Graham Matt Selman Michael Price Marc Wilmore Tom Gammill Max Pross Matt Warburton Maurice LaMarche |
"The Ziff Who Came to Dinner" is the fourteenth episode of the fifteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 14, 2004. This is the third of nine episodes to date written by The Simpsons voice actor Dan Castellaneta and his wife, Deb Lacusta, and the episode was directed by Nancy Kruse.
The episode focuses on Artie Ziff, who takes residence in the Simpson family's attic after declaring bankruptcy. After playing poker with Homer and losing, he gives Homer all the shares of stock of his bankrupt company. Homer then gets arrested and Marge gets upset with Artie. Jon Lovitz guest starred as Artie Ziff and other various characters he has portrayed on the show. The episode received mixed reviews.