Editing Grampa Simpson (section)

===Commendations===
Nancy Basile of [[About.com]] named Grampa the fifth best character of ''The Simpsons'', calling him a "perfect stereotypical old person".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://animatedtv.about.com/od/lists/tp/sicharacters.htm |title=Top 10 'The Simpsons' Characters |last=Basile |first=Nancy |publisher=About.com |access-date=December 27, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707074806/http://animatedtv.about.com/od/lists/tp/sicharacters.htm |archive-date=July 7, 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> In the 1000th issue of ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'', Grampa was selected as the "Grandpa for The Perfect TV Family".<ref name="List 2008"/> Joe Rhodes of ''[[TV Guide]]'' considered Grampa's most memorable line to be "If I'm not back at the home by nine, they declare me legally dead and collect my insurance."<ref name=tvguide/> Dan Castellaneta has won two [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s in the [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance|Outstanding Voice-Over Performance]] category for voicing various characters, including Grampa. The first was awarded in 1992 for the episode "[[Lisa's Pony]]",<ref name="Emmys">{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.org/awards/awardsearch.php |title=Primetime Emmy Awards Advanced Search |publisher=Emmys.org |access-date=January 18, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090403022947/http://www.emmys.org/awards/awardsearch.php |archive-date=April 3, 2009}}</ref> and the second in 2004 for "[[Today I Am A Clown]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2004/scene/awards/emmy-speaks-for-homer-1117908929/ |title=Emmy speaks for Homer |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |author=Schneider, Michael |access-date=December 27, 2008 |date=August 10, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012175223/http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117908929.html?categoryid=1603&cs=1 |archive-date=October 12, 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2010, Castellaneta was nominated for the award for voicing Grampa and Homer in the episode "[[Thursdays with Abie]]".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/sites/emmys.com/files/62ndemmys_noms.pdf |title=2010 Primetime Emmy Awards Nominations |access-date=July 8, 2010 |publisher=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120310014216/http://www.emmys.com/sites/emmys.com/files/62ndemmys_noms.pdf |archive-date=March 10, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

''The Simpsons'' writer [[David Mirkin]] said that one of his favorite jokes on the show is the one where Grampa cycles down the street in high speed and shouts that he feels young again, and is then knocked flying from his bicycle after a doll's head flies into the spokes and falls into an open grave.<ref name="Mirkin"/> In a review of the Grampa-centric episode "[[Lady Bouvier's Lover]]", Patrick Bromley of DVD Verdict said that he is "never terribly interested" in episodes that revolve around Grampa, because he believes Grampa is "great as a background character, but less so when he takes center stage."<ref>{{cite web|access-date=January 24, 2009 |url=https://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/simpsonsseason5.php |title=The Simpsons: The Complete Fifth Season |publisher=DVD Verdict |date=February 23, 2005 |author=Bromley, Patrick |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116115733/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/simpsonsseason5.php |archive-date=January 16, 2009}}</ref> DVD Movie Guide's Colin Jacobson said in a review of the same episode that Grampa is "always fun" and "it’s nice to see him in an ebullient mood, at least for a while."<ref>{{cite web |access-date=January 24, 2009 |url=http://www.dvdmg.com/simpsonsseasonfive.shtml |title=The Simpsons: The Complete Fifth Season (1993) |publisher=DVD Movie Guide |date=December 21, 2004 |author=Jacobson, Colin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090420194900/http://www.dvdmg.com/simpsonsseasonfive.shtml |archive-date=April 20, 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>