"Days of Wine and D'oh'ses", the eighteenth episode of the eleventh season of The Simpsons (1999-2000), was written by Dan Castellaneta and his wife Deb Lacusta, and directed by Neil Affleck.
Several members of the staff, including The Simpsons creator Matt Groening, has stated that they were against the episode as they felt Barney being sober was not funny [REF].