The Crepes of Wrath

[1] It was written by George Meyer, Sam Simon, John Swartzwelder and Jon Vitti, and directed by Wes Archer and Milton Gray.

Meanwhile, an Albanian student temporarily lives with the rest of the Simpson family, and shows great interest in Homer's work at the nuclear power plant.

At the Simpson family's house, Homer injures his back after tripping on Bart's skateboard and falling down the stairs.

His hosts are winemakers César and Ugolin, who treat him like a slave; they force Bart to carry buckets of water, pick and crush hundreds of grapes, and taste wine contaminated with antifreeze.

"The Crepes of Wrath" was the first episode of The Simpsons for which George Meyer was credited as a writer,[4] and he wrote it together with Sam Simon, John Swartzwelder and Jon Vitti.

They had not seen many uses of the country on television and decided to make the episode a tribute to actor John Belushi, who has Albanian roots.

[4] They used real Albanian in the scene where Adil says goodbye to his family, and they tried to get the actual language right at Sam Simon's instigation.

[5] César and Ugolin are named after the peasants from the 1986 French language films Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources.

[3] On the way to the chateau, Bart and Ugolin cycle past scenes depicted in several famous paintings,[3][5] notably Bassin aux nymphéas by Claude Monet, Champ de blé aux corbeaux by Vincent van Gogh, Le rêve by Henri Rousseau and Déjeuner sur l'herbe by Édouard Manet.

[10] Colin Jacobson at DVD Movie Guide said in a review that "it's clear that the writers had started to find their groove by the time this episode was produced.

[13] In 2006, IGN listed "The Crepes of Wrath" as the best episode of the first season, saying it "features a strong central storyline, with Bart being shipped off to France as an exchange student and being forced to work for two unscrupulous winemakers [who] mix antifreeze in their wine".