Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?

"**Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?**" is the 24th episode of *The Simpsons* 3rd season. It is the last episode of the season (the season finale). It was first broadcast on the Fox network on August 27, 1992. 

In the episode, Mr. Burns gives Homer Simpson $2,000. Homer loans the money to his homeless half-brother Herb Powell. The episode was written by John Swartzwelder. Rich Moore is the  of the episode. Danny DeVito guest stars as Herb and Joe Frazier guest stars as himself. Herb was in the episode "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" where Homer makes him bankrupt. Many fans thought that episode had a sad . Producers of *The Simpsons* made the episode "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" because of that. 

## Story 
Mr. Burns learns that Homer Simpson is  because of his power plant's radiation. He gives Homer a fake award, $2,000, and makes him sign a wavier that does not let him sue Mr. Burns. Homer wants to buy a  chair with the $2,000. His half-brother Herb Powell asks Homer to loan him the money. Herb was a car manufacturer before Homer made him bankrupt and homeless in the episode "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?". Homer goes him the money. Herb sees a baby cry and makes a machine that lets people know what babies say. Herb's machine makes him rich and  again. Herb gives Homer the money back and gives the Simpson family gifts. Herb forgives Homer for making him bankrupt and buys him the vibrating chair Homer wanted.

## Production 
"Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" was written by John Swartzwelder. Rich Moore is the  of the episode. The episode was broadcast later in the 3rd season because the Fox network wanted producers to make another episode to be broadcast in the summer. Writers, animators, and producers had to work longer to make the episode. The idea of the vibrating chair came from one of the writers. They bought a vibrating chair to  after working long hours of making the episode.

The reason another episode with Herb was made was that fans were sad that Herb became bankrupt in "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?". One of the producers wanted Herb to say "I have an idea!" at the end of the "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?". They instead made it into the story of this episode. Producers liked Danny DeVito as a guest star in the first episode with Herb and got him back for this episode. However, Hank Azaria said that DeVito was not as happy to guest star again. He said "The second time, Danny DeVito was like 'Yeah, yeah, yeah, let's get it over with.' He did a great job, but he didn't  the ."

The 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. He was in Burns' ceremony for Homer's fake award. Al Jean said that it was hard for Frazier to say the word "" right. Producers wanted Foreman to be in the episode, but they could not get him in.

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  the movie *2001: A Space Odyssey* 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  sibling" for Homer and said the episode has " 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 " and said "they really need to being him back one of these days." Tom Adair from *The Scotsman* called it a  episode. Bill Gibron thought that DeVito was a good choice for Herb. He said that he is the  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*.

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