"The Dad Who Knew Too Little" is the eighth episode of the fourteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons.

Feeling sad, Homer gets an idea from Moe to hire Dexter Colt, a private detective, to find out facts about Lisa.

Colt spies on her and builds up information for a report, which Homer uses to bond with Lisa by playing songs she likes and going to a protest against animal testing at a research lab.

"The Dad Who Knew Too Little" was written by Matt Selman and directed by Mark Kirkland as part of the fourteenth season of The Simpsons (2002–03).

Padz, which is a parody of the reality show MTV Cribs, takes its viewers inside the luxurious homes of celebrities.

[4] Gould had been referenced in a previous episode of The Simpsons, in which it was revealed that he was Marge's hero when she was in high school.

According to The Simpsons showrunner Al Jean, Gould wrote a letter to the producers of the show thanking them for the reference.

The Simpsons cast member Hank Azaria provided the voice of Dexter Colt, basing it on actor Robert Stack who has played several detectives and agents.

It was the third highest-rated broadcast on Fox that week, following a National Football League playoffs game and an episode of Joe Millionaire.

[6] On December 6, 2011, "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" was released on Blu-ray and DVD as part of the box set The Simpsons – The Complete Fourteenth Season.

[7] Staff members Jean, Selman, Kirkland, Ian Maxtone-Graham, Carolyn Omine, Matt Warburton, and David Silverman, as well as cast member Yeardley Smith and former Simpsons guest star "Weird Al" Yankovic, participated in the audio commentary for the episode.

[8] In February 2004, "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" won a Writers Guild of America Award in the "Animation" category for its script.

[11] "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" received a negative review from critic Colin Jacobson of DVD Movie Guide.

These responses were, according to Selman, written along the lines of "Dear Nerd, I didn’t even know the internet was on computers these days, let alone some kind of electric mail dealie.

[16] Rootkit software was installed on the infected computers, which were also deposited into a Turkish botnet, according to Christopher Boyd of Actiance's SpywareGuide.