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Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

15th episode of the 2nd season of The Simpsons

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 26, 2026
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"Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" is the fifteenth episode of the second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on February 21, 1991. In the episode, Grampa confesses that Homer has a half-brother named Herbert Powell, a car manufacturer. Homer finds Herbert, who makes Homer design his company's new car, which is an overpriced monstrosity that bankrupts Herb.

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