Nedward Flanders, Sr.

“Oh man! Ned spilt ink over my poems! He is a real flat tyre, I mean a cube man! He's putting us on a trip to Squaresville, Mona!”

―Nedward Flanders, Sr.

Nedward Flanders, Sr.
Gender/Sex
Status
Hair Color	Gray (formerly brown)
Relations	Wife: Agnes Flanders Son: Ned Flanders 'Mother': Grandma Flanders (deceased) Daughter: Nediana Flanders Ex-Son-in-Law: Sarah Daughters-in-Law: Maude, Edna Krabappel and Ginger Flanders Grandsons: Rod and Todd Flanders Granddaughters: Bonnie Flanders and Connie Flanders Ex-son-in-law: Joe
First episode appearance	"Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song"
Portrayed by	Harry Shearer

Nedsel "Daddio" Flanders, also known as Nedward Flanders, Sr., is the beatnik husband of Agnes Flanders, the father of Nedward Flanders Jr. and Nediana Flanders and the paternal grandfather of Rod and Todd Flanders.

Biography

He and his wife brought Ned to Dr. Foster when they found that he was difficult to control. His father was Neduchadnezzar Flanders and his mother was Winifred Trout.

He possibly served during World War II, since Abraham Simpson once referred to a "Commander Flanders" when scolding Private Charles Montgomery Burns.

Nedsel is still alive, as he was shown attending his son's wedding to Edna and was later seen with his son on multiple occasions.

A discrepancy with his name has occured over the years. in the episodes, he is called "Nedward," but in comic issues, as well as the Flanders' Book of Faith's Flanders' family tree, he is called "Nedsel."

According to the Simpsons Comic "Granddaddy-o!" (printed in Simpsons Comics 204), Agnes and Nedward were Bleeding Gums Murphy's godparents.

Description

Nedsel looks a lot like his son except for the goatee and his grey hair. He wears a striped shirt and, like his wife, occasionally wears a black beret.

Appearances

• Episode – "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" (flashback)
• Episode – "Hurricane Neddy" (flashback)
• Episode – "Marge Gamer" (mentioned)
• Episode – "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"" (mentioned)
• Episode – "Ned 'N Edna's Blend"
• Episode – "Black-eyed Please"
• Episode – "The Fabulous Faker Boy"
• Episode – "Walking Big & Tall" (flashback)
• Comic book – Simpsons Comics 188 (flashback)
• Comic book – Simpsons Comics 204
• Book – Flanders' Book of Faith

Gallery

Ned as a boy with his parents

Nedsel and Agnes asking for advice to stop Ned's horrible behavior

Nedsel with his wife, Agnes

"We got high-diddily-igh off that reefer-ino!"

Nedsel and Homer in the comic "Granddaddy-o!"

Ned and his parents in "Walking Big & Tall"

Trivia

• Nedsel's name is mentioned in Flanders' Book of Faith.