Season

21

Production Code

MABF02

Broadcast Index

S21E09

Episode Number

450

Airdate

03 January 2010

Writer

Mitchell H. Glazer
Don Payne

Director

Michael Polcino

Executive Producer

Al Jean

Guest Stars

Mitch Albom

Editor

Gary M. Gadsdon

Plot When the family are visiting a water park, Grampa shows no interest in the show with Slimu, an octopus. Outsite, Grampa meets with a journalist named Marshall Goldman. Goldman starts to publish a variety of stories about Grampa. Homer finally wants to spend some time with Grampa gets fobbed off because he only shows interest now that he's famous. Homer writes a phony article for the paper about Mr. Burns, where Homer discovers that Goldman is going to kill Grampa. Homer rushes to the train where Goldman is. Homer tackles Goldman who pulls out a gun brandishing it on Homer. Grampa wakes up and hits Goldman with a bottle, which fails, he then stops the train by pressing the brake. Back at home Grampa allows Homer to make up his own story.

Meanwhile at school, Bart is told to look after Larry the Lamb, a stuffed lamb, but shows no interest, so Lisa takes over, only to lose him in a sewer, Bart goes down there to try and get him back.