 " Monty Can 't Buy Me Love " was written by John Swartzwelder and directed by Mark <unk> . It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 2 , 1999 . The inspiration for the episode came from the concept of " <unk> " , a term the Simpsons writers found in an issue of The Economist to describe <unk> who " do really incredible stunts " and " go on amazing adventures " . The episode 's third act went through several <unk> , and the writers had a lot of ideas about what Burns should do once he has captured the Loch Ness monster . Eventually , the staff settled on the act 's current iteration , which was conceived by Simpsons writer George Meyer . According to current showrunner Al Jean , the color of the Loch Ness monster would originally be green , but when the overseas animation was completed , the Loch Ness monster had a " kind of pinkish " color . Because it would be too expensive to re @-@ color all the <unk> in which the monster appears , the staff decided to air the episode as it was , even though the monster was in the wrong color . Inside the Fortune Megastore , Simpsons staff writer Ian <unk> @-@ Graham can be seen . 
