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| The Simpsons episode | |
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| Episode no. | Season 2 |
| Directed by | David Silverman |
| Written by | Jay Kogen & Wallace Wolodarsky |
| Original air dates | March 28, 1991 |
| Episode features | |
| Chalkboard gag | "I will not grease the monkey bars" |
| Couch gag | The family finds Grampa asleep on the couch. |
| Episode chronology | |
| The Simpsons season 2 | |
| List of episodes | |
"Old Money" is the 17th episode of the second season of The Simpsons. The episode aired on March 28 1991.
Synopsis
Grampa, after another lackluster Sunday outing with the family, falls in love with Beatrice Simmons when their pills are mixed up at the Retirement Castle. They fall in love and go on a date, leading up to her birthday on a Sunday.
However, Homer makes Grampa come on the family outing to the Discount Lion Safari and locks him in the car, causing him to miss Bea's birthday. At the refuge, the family's car becomes stuck in the mud and, to make matters worse, hungry lions begin circling the car, trapping the family in the car overnight. After a hunter helps run the lions off the next morning, Grampa returns home expecting to see Bea. However, Homer pulls up just in time for the ambulance to pull away. It turns out that Bea has died of a burst ventricle when he was out with the family.
Grampa is saddened, attends her funeral and is very angry with Homer, as Homer was responsible for pulling Grampa away from Bea's birthday party and he was unable to spend time with her in what turned out to be her final hours.
After she dies, Grampa receives Bea's inheritance of $106,000. First, he looks at buying things for himself, until Bea's ghost suggests that he give the money (his inheritance is now $100,000, because he spent $6,000 on a fez that Napoleon supposedly once wore) to worthy causes. After interviews with many people across Springfield, Grampa attempts to spend the money on gambling at the casino, until Homer stops him — and just in time, since Grampa would have lost the entire inheritance at the roulette wheel.
In the end, Grampa forgives Homer. Grampa also decides that he should spend the rest of the inheritance on renovating the retirement home, and adding a new room named the Beatrice Simmons Dining Room.
Trivia
- This is the only Simpsons episode to date that comprehensively lists characters and voice actors in the cast list.
- This is the first episode with a reference to Grampa's first name, Abraham.
- Professor Frink, at that time an unnamed character, makes an appearance in this episode.
- At the end of the episode, before the credits, Bea is visible, walking into the new dining hall.
- In all future episodes, there would be no mention of the upgrade to the retirement home, and the place would look as shabby as before.
- When the Simpsons are found after getting lost at Discount Lion Safari, the person who finds them parodies Henry Morton Stanley's famous line "Dr Livingstone I presume" when he says, "Mr Simpson I presume."
Cultural References
- Mystery Spot - When the family is suggesting places they could go, Homer suggests the Springfield Mystery Spot, a reference to the same spots in California and the Upper Peninsula in Michigan. Another Mystery Spot spot is mentioned in the episode Homer at the Bat (Lisa says this one is simply a puddle of mud).
- African Lion Safari – Discount Lion Safari is pattered after a reserve near Cambridge, Ontario; the aim is to have visitors remain in their cars while the animals (about 100 species) roam the park.
- If I Had A Million – The climax scenes, where Grampa uses the money to fix up the Springfield Retirement Castle, is a carbon copy of the ending of the 1932 film.
- The Jazz Singer – Grampa's angry comment, "I have no son!" toward Homer is taken from the Neil Diamond remake of the film.
- McDonald's – Krusty Burger (making its first series' appearance) is inspired by McDonald's and other fast-food restaurants with children's overtones.
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town – The scenes where Springfield residents suggest how to spend Grampa's inheritance is taken from the 1936 movie.
- Sesame Street – Homer's insistence that Grampa's friend, Bea, is an imaginary friend (and Bea leaving just before others arrived) is a spoof of the longtime running gag on Sesame Street, where Big Bird tried in vain to convince the adults that Snuffleupagus was real.
- Tom Jones – The scene where Grampa and Bea eat their pills seductively is taken from the 1963 movie.
- Nighthawks – The shot of Grampa sitting at the diner resembles this famous 1942 American painting.
Quotes
- Homer: Dad, I promise. Next week we'll go somewhere really exciting!
Abe: (very sarcastic) Oh, what could be more exciting than this week's trip to the liquor store? Thanks for the beef jerkey! - Marge: You know, we'll be old someday.
Homer: Gasp! My God, you're right, Marge! You kids wouldn't put me in a home like I did to my dad, would you?
Bart: Well...
Homer: Aaah! - Grandpa: Well, I was wondering if you and I, you know, might go to the same place at the same time and... Jeez! You'd think this would get easier with time!