Writers of the episode had many ideas of what Herb would make to get rich again. The script of the episode had too many pages, so some parts of the episode were taken out. One of the parts that was taken out was Herb trying to get on a train to the Simpsons' town Springfield. Writers later put this idea in the season 8 episode "Burns, Baby Burns". There was going to be a joke about the Soviet Union breaking up. This was not put in the episode because the Soviet Union broke up after the episode was done being written (and it was not broadcast yet).
Joe Frazier guest stars as himself in the episode. He was in Burns' ceremony for Homer's fake award. Al Jean said that it was hard for Frazier to say the word "excellence" right. George Meyer said that Frazier said it right after 20 tries. The episode was going to show Barney Gumble beating Frazier in boxing. Frazier was a world heavyweight championship before. Frazier's son did not want that part of the episode to be shown. He said that Frazier was a world champion, "and a world champion does not get knocked out. My dad has only been knocked down twice, and that was by George Foreman." Producers wanted Foreman to be in the episode, but they could not get him in.
The episode got a Nielsen rating of 10.7. This means that the episode was seen in about 9.76 houses. It got the second best ratings of the week on the Fox network (the first being the 44th Primetime Emmy Awards).
Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood (authors of "I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide") liked the episode. Parts of the episode they liked the most were Homer in the vibrating chair and Maggie using Herb's machine for babies. David Eklid from "The Guardian" said that this episode, "Lisa's Pony", and "Stark Raving Dad" make the 3rd season "pretty much the best season of any television show, ever." Nathan Ditum from "Total Film" thought that the episode referencing the movie "" was one of the best movie references of "The Simpsons".
Nate Meyers from Digitally Obsessed talked good about Herb being in another episode. Meyers said that Herb is "a perfect sibling" for Homer and said the episode has "plenty of laughs". Bill Gibron from DVD Verdict liked the jokes about the vibrating chair and thought that producers did a good job of putting Herb in another episode.
Colin Jacobson from DVD Movie Guide thought that DeVito being the voice of Herb "helps make the show more successful" and said "they really need to being him back one of these days." Tom Adair from "The Scotsman" called it a classic episode. Bill Gibron thought that DeVito was a good choice for Herb. He said that he is the opposite of how Dan Castellaneta does the voice of Homer. Nathan Ditum put DeVito on his list of the 20 best guest stars of "The Simpsons".
Samuel Aruwan
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Aruwan is a graduate of Mass Communication from Kaduna Polytechnic, Kaduna. He attended the African Investigative Journalism training at the University of the Witwatersrand. He has professional qualifications about Nigerian journalists on countering religious extremism at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, London and at Drew University’s Institute on Religion and Conflict Transformation, New Jersey.
Tony Xu
Tony Xu, (born 1985 as Xu Xun) (Chinese: 徐迅), is a Chinese-American technology executive and the co-founder and CEO of DoorDash.
Xu holds bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Xu began his career at his mom’s restaurant washing dishes where he found the inspiration for a delivery service. He announced that DoorDash's profitability was his top priority.
Andy Fang
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Fang has a bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Stanford University.
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
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Eric Yuan
Eric S. Yuan (Chinese: 袁征; pinyin: "Yuán Zhēng)" is a Chinese-American businessman, engineer, and the CEO and Founder of Zoom Video Communications.
Yuan obtained a bachelor's degree in applied mathematics with a minor in computer application from Shandong University of Science and Technology. He has master's degree in geology engineering from China University of Mining and Technology in Beijing.
Benjamin Crump
Benjamin Lloyd Crump (born October 10, 1969) is an American lawyer who condemns in civil rights and injury cases such as wrongful death lawsuits on cases such as Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and George Floyd,the Flint water crisis, and the 2019 Johnson &amp; Johnson baby powder lawsuit against the powder product led to ovarian cancer diagnoses. Crump is also a founder of the Tallahassee, Florida-based law firm Ben Crump Law.
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Suez Canal Authority (SCA) is a state-owned authority which owns, operates and maintains the Suez Canal. It was set up by the Egyptian government to replace the Suez Canal Company in the 1950s which resulted in the Suez Crisis. After the United Nations declared, the three invading countries (France, Israel, The United Kingdom) were forced to withdraw.
The Suez Canal Authority is an independent authority having legal personality. it was was established by the nationalization act signed on 26 July 1956 by the Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser. The act at the same time nationalized the company and transferred all its assets and employees to the SCA established by this act.
The main office is located in Ismaïlia. In Port Said the administration building of the earlier Suez Canal Company is used. Its board of directors comprises 14 persons, including the chairman and managing director.
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According to SCA's web site, its facilities also include 114 ferry connections with 36 ferry boats; the Ahmed Hamdi road tunnel; the Nile Shipyard; the roads alongside the canal; a silk production in a farm using treated sanitary waste water for waste; water plants in the canal cities; 12,000 housing units; a hospital in Ismailia and emergency hospitals at both ends of the canal; 4 schools and various sports and recreational centers.
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