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| The shoeshine wasn't for a ghost quarter, Clark, you cheapskate. |
The Simpsons, along with Grampa, visit an aquarium themed park. Grampa gets tired from all of his rambling, especially since nobody is listening, and sits down as the family goes to see an octopus show. As Grampa complains about how much attention that octopus is getting instead of him, a human interest journalist, Marshall Goldman, sits down with Abe and actually takes interest in his stories. He then publishes them in the newspaper to critical acclaim. Homer becomes jealous that Grampa is telling his stories to another person and tries to reclaim Grampa's love, but the old man isn't buying it.
Meanwhile, Bart is tasked with taking care of the class' stuffed toy, Larry the Lamb, for the weekend. Bart doesn't care about ti, but everyone else in class does - especially Nelson. Still, Bart has no problem with its destruction at home, so Lisa decides to grab it and take care of it herself. Then, she loses track of it and it winds up falling into a sewer drain. Lisa doesn't tell Bart until Monday morning and, fearing Nelson's wrath, the two go to retrieve it. Bart goes into the sewer but is chased away initially by sewer rats, then by sewer cats. Bart miraculously finds Larry hanging on a nearby pipe and uses it to escape the cats, but the doll snaps in half in the process. leaving Bart in mourning.
Meanwhile, Homer decides to exact some revenge by writing his own story about an old man rambling about the past (Mr. Burns). He goes to submit his story to the newspaper, he notices Goldman's office and investigates. There, he sees a snippet of writing that states that his father died at 3 PM on a Monday, however its only 1 PM on a Monday. Homer figures out that Goldman plans on killing Abe to complete a Pulitzer-prize level story, and rushes off to stop him.
Earlier, Abe had rambled a story to Goldman about a the Tinseltown Express, a train that would stop in Springfield once in awhile to drop off the big stars at the time, including Clark Gable before he became big, but Abe was never able to ride the train himself. Goldman is able to get Abe tickets to the final ride of the train where he plans on killing him to complete the Pulitzer. Homer is able to catch up, with help from Lenny and Carl, and confronts Goldman. Goldman pulls a gun on Homer but gets help from Grampa, who feigned sleep while Goldman revealed his scheme to Homer. Grampa is able to subdue Goldman, and he and Homer reconcile. That night, Grampa lets Homer go on his first ramble.
Quick Review
This ended up being a pretty decent episode. The side story with Larry the Lamb wasn't really funny, but the main plot made up for it as Grampa got a chance to shine again. I particular like the rambles he's gone on in previous episodes, and there was plenty to be had here, which really helped the episode out.
Final Score: 7.3
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