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| Skinner: Attention, an old man is prowling the school looking for young children, please perform for him. |
The town is stunned when it learns that the Lard Lad statue has mysteriously vanished. The company installs a new, 'modern' one, whose donut is apparently concave enough to reflect the sun's rays into a death beam, destroying nearly the entire town. With the town still in shambles six months later, the Simpsons decide to plea with the rich Mr. Burns. Burns is unwilling but when an old memory stills in him, he is compelled to help with the stipulation that the rebuild focuses on the old Springfield Bowl (an outdoor performance hall), so that he can host a children's performance there.
As Burns rallies up children to be part of his show, including hiring Lisa to be his assistant, memories of a show that he did as a child begin to haunt him. Ultimately, Lisa triggers one memory too much and Burns cancels the show as a result.
Meanwhile, with Burns preoccupied, the workers at the nuclear plant decide to turn their workplace into a permanent party zone. Marge expresses her concerns with Homer - who is the plant's lone safety inspector, mind you - causing Homer to relent and refocus his efforts then on getting the plant back on track.
Later, Lisa presses Burns on his actions, but Smithers shows Lisa what really is getting at Burns. When Burns was a child, he was entered into a children show similar to the one he's in now, but during his performance his clothes unfurled and his bare butt laid out for all to see. The ensuing embarrassment and laughter haunts Burns to this day, but Lisa convinces Burns to go through with his new show to get back at those who laughed at him, somewhat.
Burns' show ends up going well, and even gets a surprise fireworks show thanks to Homer's inability to control things at the plant and allowing popcorn to pop just too much in the plant's core. However, Burns isn't done, and ends the show with the same routine he did as a kid - little sailor's suit and all. It goes just as poorly - little butt baring and all. Still, somehow, Burns is no longer haunted by the past and thanks Lisa for her help, I guess?
Quick Review
This was a bland, boring episode. Yeah, a few decent jokes here and there (and some that missed the mark) but not nearly enough to salvage things. The sideplot with the nuclear plant was the episode's strong point as the main plot with Burns (and Lisa, who tends to drag things whenever she's the focus as we're all mostly aware of now) wasn't good. The Adventure Time homage couch gag was cringey as well. Season 28 is off to a poor start.
Final Score: 6.1
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