Production
The episode was directed by Wes Archer, and was written by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein. It was originally intended to deal with Homer and Marge's problematic sex life, but later developed into a story about Homer and his father's relationship. Dan Castellaneta provides the voices for both Homer and Grampa. Castellaneta therefore had to talk to himself when he recorded the voices of the two characters in their interactions for this episode. Castellaneta says that it is hard for him to do Grampa's voice because it is "wheezy and airy".
Homer and Marge spends the night at an inn, called Aphrodite Inn, to spice up their sex life. The inn was partly based on Madonna Inn, and just like in the episode, it features all different kinds of sex-oriented rooms with unusual names that are supposed to spice up your love life. The design of the old farmhouse was inspired by the house featured in the 1993 film Flesh and Bone. Bart's obsession with conspiracy theories was inspired by the writers observation that children around his age go through a stage where they become "addicted" to information about UFOs and paranormal phenomena. Bill Oakley himself had gone through the same thing when he was around 10 years old.
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