1 00:00:04,045 --> 00:00:06,756 (SINGING) The Simpsons 2 00:00:11,511 --> 00:00:12,679 It's dark. 3 00:00:18,185 --> 00:00:19,686 (SCHOOL BELL RINGING) 4 00:00:22,272 --> 00:00:23,273 (BURPS) 5 00:00:24,566 --> 00:00:26,193 (HORN BELLOWING) 6 00:00:36,119 --> 00:00:38,288 (PLAYING DIFFERENT TUNE) 7 00:00:44,586 --> 00:00:45,587 (TIRES SCREECHING) 8 00:00:47,797 --> 00:00:48,798 D'oh! 9 00:00:49,216 --> 00:00:50,217 (BRAKES SCREECHING) 10 00:00:58,058 --> 00:00:59,059 (SHOT FIRES) 11 00:01:22,874 --> 00:01:25,335 Hot dogs! Not so hot dogs! 12 00:01:25,418 --> 00:01:26,962 Cold and droopy! 13 00:01:27,045 --> 00:01:31,716 Fried dough! America's worst legal food! Never leaves your body! 14 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:33,760 Wow. The Truth in Boardwalking Law 15 00:01:33,843 --> 00:01:35,595 has really clone a number on this place. 16 00:01:35,679 --> 00:01:39,057 Shoot an oversized basketball into an undersized hoop! 17 00:01:39,140 --> 00:01:42,978 It's impossible! The prizes have been here for 50 years! 18 00:01:43,853 --> 00:01:45,689 HOMER: Ooh. Oh. 19 00:01:46,523 --> 00:01:47,565 (HOMER WHIMPERS) 20 00:01:48,024 --> 00:01:50,694 Maybe we should just check out the street performers. 21 00:01:51,528 --> 00:01:52,696 (VIOLIN PLAYING) 22 00:01:54,406 --> 00:01:56,866 Big deal! I could juggle six pins 23 00:01:56,950 --> 00:01:58,952 if they let me use a unicycle. 24 00:01:59,035 --> 00:02:00,954 Well, if you think it's too easy, 25 00:02:01,037 --> 00:02:02,539 why don't you throw me something else? 26 00:02:04,249 --> 00:02:05,333 Are you insane? 27 00:02:05,417 --> 00:02:08,211 You can't throw a little boy into my cascade. 28 00:02:08,295 --> 00:02:10,505 Stop tossing kids! 29 00:02:11,464 --> 00:02:12,716 (BART LAUGHING) 30 00:02:13,341 --> 00:02:14,384 (EXCLAIMS) 31 00:02:15,135 --> 00:02:17,053 (ALL LAUGHING) 32 00:02:20,056 --> 00:02:21,933 Oh, man. I love Saturdays. 33 00:02:22,434 --> 00:02:24,644 Man, I love Saturdays. 34 00:02:24,728 --> 00:02:27,814 Finally I can have fun with something I bought for myself, 35 00:02:27,897 --> 00:02:29,983 a new water heater. 36 00:02:30,525 --> 00:02:32,444 (GRUNTING) 37 00:02:33,278 --> 00:02:34,821 Almost there... 38 00:02:37,282 --> 00:02:41,578 Five more water heaters and we get a free water heater. 39 00:02:46,124 --> 00:02:47,500 (HUMMING) 40 00:02:47,584 --> 00:02:48,543 Huh? 41 00:02:48,626 --> 00:02:51,004 A mysterious door? 42 00:02:59,596 --> 00:03:01,431 It's like a sauna in here. 43 00:03:02,015 --> 00:03:04,100 It is a sauna in here! 44 00:03:04,601 --> 00:03:06,811 It must've been put in by a previous owner. 45 00:03:06,895 --> 00:03:09,105 This house is full of surprises, 46 00:03:09,189 --> 00:03:11,483 but this is the first good one. 47 00:03:11,858 --> 00:03:12,901 (SIGHS) 48 00:03:13,485 --> 00:03:15,528 I can't wait to tell everyone. 49 00:03:17,405 --> 00:03:19,366 This is great, honey. 50 00:03:19,449 --> 00:03:20,575 Thanks for telling me about it. 51 00:03:20,658 --> 00:03:22,327 I hope you don't mind I invited Lenny. 52 00:03:22,410 --> 00:03:25,330 And I hope you don't mind I invited Carl and Moe. 53 00:03:25,413 --> 00:03:28,333 Yeah, you know, my invitation didn't say nothing about no towels. 54 00:03:28,416 --> 00:03:32,379 So I guess we should all just go Scandinavian, huh? 55 00:03:32,462 --> 00:03:33,463 Huh? 56 00:03:35,423 --> 00:03:38,551 Maybe I'll keep this to myself for a while. 57 00:03:38,635 --> 00:03:40,303 (SIGHS DEEPLY) 58 00:03:41,638 --> 00:03:43,640 Ooh! Lamb kebob! 59 00:03:44,474 --> 00:03:45,558 Ooh! 60 00:03:45,642 --> 00:03:46,768 Chicken kebob. 61 00:03:47,811 --> 00:03:48,770 Ooh! 62 00:03:48,853 --> 00:03:49,896 Fire kebob! 63 00:03:49,979 --> 00:03:51,940 Dad,no! Dad,yes! 64 00:03:52,982 --> 00:03:53,942 (SCREAMS) 65 00:03:54,025 --> 00:03:55,944 (PANTING) Water! Thank you! 66 00:03:59,322 --> 00:04:00,407 (CHUCKLES) 67 00:04:00,490 --> 00:04:03,993 Why you little... 68 00:04:04,744 --> 00:04:06,996 Burn, Barty, burn! 69 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:08,832 (HOMER SCREAMING) 70 00:04:12,293 --> 00:04:13,253 (MOANING) 71 00:04:13,336 --> 00:04:16,089 I'm afraid his tongue will be in that cast for a few weeks. 72 00:04:16,172 --> 00:04:18,633 It may put something of a cramp in your lovemaking. 73 00:04:18,716 --> 00:04:19,717 No, it won't. 74 00:04:19,801 --> 00:04:22,595 If he wants me to do something, he'll just write it down. 75 00:04:27,350 --> 00:04:30,311 (SLURRING) What does it say? Is it complimentary? 76 00:04:30,395 --> 00:04:32,522 Yeah, sure. It's complimentary. 77 00:04:32,605 --> 00:04:36,484 It is? Hey, everybody! Check out my compliment! 78 00:04:36,568 --> 00:04:37,777 (PEOPLE LAUGHING) 79 00:04:40,113 --> 00:04:41,239 (WHIRRING) 80 00:04:43,116 --> 00:04:45,076 Now, Homer, how would you like me to remove it? 81 00:04:45,160 --> 00:04:46,870 Yanky or peely? 82 00:04:47,829 --> 00:04:48,872 Got it. 83 00:04:49,164 --> 00:04:50,331 (SCREAMS IN PAIN) 84 00:04:50,582 --> 00:04:52,417 I held up two for peely! 85 00:04:52,500 --> 00:04:55,420 I thought that was a Y for yanky! 86 00:04:55,503 --> 00:04:58,298 I'll make a note in your chart that you aren't always clear. 87 00:04:58,381 --> 00:05:00,675 Well, at least I can eat again. 88 00:05:00,758 --> 00:05:01,759 Cherry. 89 00:05:02,844 --> 00:05:03,845 (SCREAMS) 90 00:05:04,387 --> 00:05:05,722 Too much cherry! 91 00:05:05,805 --> 00:05:07,932 Lemon! That'll stop the cherry! 92 00:05:13,396 --> 00:05:15,231 Doctor, why is this happening to me? 93 00:05:15,315 --> 00:05:17,108 Well, I do have an idea. 94 00:05:17,192 --> 00:05:20,069 But just to be sure, let's run some expensive tests. 95 00:05:20,153 --> 00:05:21,446 (LAUGHS) 96 00:05:23,490 --> 00:05:27,660 The fire burned off your old taste buds, exposing new ones. 97 00:05:30,121 --> 00:05:31,122 (EXCLAIMING IN WONDER) 98 00:05:31,748 --> 00:05:34,167 That'll be our Christmas card this year. 99 00:05:34,250 --> 00:05:36,753 Homer, you've become a supertaster. 100 00:05:36,836 --> 00:05:39,422 The mildest spices will overwhelm your tongue. 101 00:05:39,506 --> 00:05:42,383 Even a taco could drive you insane. 102 00:05:42,467 --> 00:05:43,593 (LAUGHING) 103 00:05:43,927 --> 00:05:45,595 I can't eat tacos? 104 00:05:45,678 --> 00:05:48,556 Oh, my God. What day of mayo is it? 105 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:49,682 Cinco. 106 00:05:49,766 --> 00:05:50,975 (EXCLAIMS IN DISMAY) 107 00:05:52,101 --> 00:05:55,271 Try these beets. I boiled all the red out. 108 00:05:55,605 --> 00:05:56,564 (SCREAMS) 109 00:05:56,648 --> 00:05:59,359 I still taste overtones of pink. 110 00:05:59,442 --> 00:06:01,569 Dad, I got the perfect thing. 111 00:06:03,112 --> 00:06:04,906 Mmm. Hmm... 112 00:06:04,989 --> 00:06:09,786 It feels like food, but it has no flavor whatsoever. 113 00:06:09,869 --> 00:06:12,497 It's mac and cheese from the school cafeteria, 114 00:06:12,580 --> 00:06:14,624 the blandest food known to man. 115 00:06:14,707 --> 00:06:15,708 What else do they got? 116 00:06:15,792 --> 00:06:20,255 Tofu cubes, tidy joes, chili con cottage cheese, 117 00:06:20,338 --> 00:06:23,716 pecan blandies, cream of steam, you-guess-thems. 118 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:25,301 Man, who comes up with this stuff? 119 00:06:25,385 --> 00:06:27,845 Old comedy writers who now have to work at our kitchen. 120 00:06:28,054 --> 00:06:30,515 The one rule we had on Charles in Charge 121 00:06:30,598 --> 00:06:32,892 is, Charles must always be in charge. 122 00:06:32,976 --> 00:06:34,477 Oh, yeah. That makes sense to me. 123 00:06:34,561 --> 00:06:35,812 That's a great rule. 124 00:06:36,479 --> 00:06:39,357 Lunch card. Lunch card. 125 00:06:40,024 --> 00:06:41,609 Lunch card. Don't have one. 126 00:06:41,693 --> 00:06:43,236 Dad, what are you doing here? 127 00:06:43,319 --> 00:06:47,824 Son, from now on, I'm eating all my meals here at school with you! 128 00:06:47,907 --> 00:06:49,409 What? No! 129 00:06:49,784 --> 00:06:52,078 Come on. Relax. I won't embarrass you. 130 00:06:52,161 --> 00:06:54,247 $3.85. 131 00:06:54,330 --> 00:06:55,498 Yeah. 132 00:06:56,249 --> 00:06:59,210 Can I work it off? Don't worry. I won't embarrass you! 133 00:06:59,294 --> 00:07:01,296 I'll start you on Jell-O. 134 00:07:03,089 --> 00:07:06,009 (SINGING) I'm big and yellow and I'm serving Jell-O 135 00:07:06,092 --> 00:07:08,678 If you're a fellow and you want some Jell-O 136 00:07:08,761 --> 00:07:10,013 You better bellow 137 00:07:10,096 --> 00:07:12,765 Hey, big guy! Give me some Jell-O 138 00:07:13,850 --> 00:07:17,520 No Jell-O for you, Bart. It'll keep you up at night, 139 00:07:17,604 --> 00:07:20,857 like last week when you crawled into bed with me and Mommy. 140 00:07:20,940 --> 00:07:22,400 (ALL LAUGHING) 141 00:07:23,192 --> 00:07:24,652 Sure is hot back here. 142 00:07:25,320 --> 00:07:26,529 And there we go. 143 00:07:27,030 --> 00:07:29,032 Don't worry. I won't embarrass you. 144 00:07:36,414 --> 00:07:38,166 I used to date your daughter. 145 00:07:38,249 --> 00:07:41,586 Buddy, I'm here to eat, not make interesting conversation. 146 00:07:42,086 --> 00:07:43,880 Dad, do you have to hang out at my school? 147 00:07:43,963 --> 00:07:46,341 It's bad enough I have to be here three days a week. 148 00:07:46,424 --> 00:07:49,177 Well! I know when I'm not wanted! 149 00:07:49,636 --> 00:07:51,054 Am I wanted? 150 00:07:53,306 --> 00:07:56,893 Hi. Homer Simpson. Mind if I sit near your son? Mine sucks. 151 00:07:56,976 --> 00:08:00,938 Well, we certainly are proud of Noah. He's a straight-A student. 152 00:08:01,022 --> 00:08:04,317 Noah! State capitals, alphabetical order, on my clap. 153 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:09,489 Albany, Annapolis, Atlanta, Augusta, Austin, Baton Rouge, 154 00:08:09,572 --> 00:08:14,160 Bismarck, Boise, Boston, Capital City, Carson City. 155 00:08:14,243 --> 00:08:17,830 Wow. He's terrified of you. 156 00:08:17,914 --> 00:08:20,541 That's why I'm here. To make sure he gets good grades. 157 00:08:20,625 --> 00:08:21,626 Whoa, whoa, whoa! 158 00:08:21,709 --> 00:08:25,046 You come to school to help him get good grades? 159 00:08:25,129 --> 00:08:28,549 Isn't that why we pay public school teachers those enormous salaries? 160 00:08:28,633 --> 00:08:30,468 Well, call me over-involved, 161 00:08:30,551 --> 00:08:33,846 but someday, your son will be my son's chauffeur. 162 00:08:33,930 --> 00:08:37,100 Well, I hope your son enjoys being driven around 163 00:08:37,183 --> 00:08:39,894 by the President of the United States. 164 00:08:39,977 --> 00:08:43,356 Really? Let's see what the future president's doing right now. 165 00:08:43,439 --> 00:08:45,775 (SNORTING) 166 00:08:45,942 --> 00:08:47,777 (LAUGHING) 167 00:08:49,737 --> 00:08:51,114 (STUTTERING) 168 00:08:51,781 --> 00:08:54,325 You don't see many presidents doing that. 169 00:08:54,409 --> 00:08:56,577 Maybe LBJ, you know, at the end. 170 00:08:56,828 --> 00:08:59,247 It's not your son's fault. It's yours. 171 00:08:59,330 --> 00:09:02,458 You have to hover over your kid's shoulder to force him to succeed. 172 00:09:02,542 --> 00:09:04,293 It's called helicopter parenting. 173 00:09:04,377 --> 00:09:06,003 I don't have to helicopter Bart. 174 00:09:06,087 --> 00:09:08,881 I've got a backup plan called Lisa. 175 00:09:08,965 --> 00:09:12,343 Oh, right. Your second grader. Sure she's smart, 176 00:09:12,427 --> 00:09:15,513 but how could she be successful if she's not popular? 177 00:09:16,305 --> 00:09:17,932 Do you mind if I join you? 178 00:09:18,015 --> 00:09:19,892 Well, that depends. What are you eating? 179 00:09:19,976 --> 00:09:22,228 Baked potato, side salad, and a... 180 00:09:22,311 --> 00:09:24,689 Well, we're having cold shoulder. 181 00:09:25,189 --> 00:09:26,441 (ALL LAUGHING) 182 00:09:28,317 --> 00:09:29,736 Is this seat taken? 183 00:09:29,819 --> 00:09:31,529 No. Go ahead. Take it. 184 00:09:31,612 --> 00:09:33,197 Take it way over there. 185 00:09:33,281 --> 00:09:34,741 (ALL LAUGHING) 186 00:09:38,453 --> 00:09:40,163 Oh, my God. 187 00:09:40,496 --> 00:09:44,167 My son's a loser and my daughter's a loner. 188 00:09:44,250 --> 00:09:45,585 Way t0 g0, Marge! 189 00:09:46,711 --> 00:09:48,004 (HUMMING) 190 00:09:49,213 --> 00:09:50,381 Marge, where have you been? 191 00:09:50,465 --> 00:09:51,674 Well, I... 192 00:09:52,216 --> 00:09:54,093 No time! I'll just deduce where you were 193 00:09:54,177 --> 00:09:56,220 from a list of possibilities in my head. 194 00:09:58,765 --> 00:10:00,767 That makes sense. Moving on. 195 00:10:00,850 --> 00:10:02,810 If we don't get more involved in their lives, 196 00:10:02,894 --> 00:10:04,645 Bart and Lisa are gonna be failures, 197 00:10:04,729 --> 00:10:07,315 failures who work for Noah! 198 00:10:07,398 --> 00:10:09,984 Noah. I like that name. 199 00:10:10,359 --> 00:10:12,195 Noah. 200 00:10:13,112 --> 00:10:14,947 New-ah. Noah. 201 00:10:15,031 --> 00:10:17,074 Aren't you the one who usually worries about stuff? 202 00:10:17,158 --> 00:10:18,701 Am I'.> 203 00:10:18,785 --> 00:10:23,831 If Marge doesn't worry about the kids, then that leaves me! 204 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:25,583 Help me, mayonnaise! 205 00:10:33,758 --> 00:10:35,343 (HUMMING) 206 00:10:37,094 --> 00:10:39,222 Look at all these helicopter parents. 207 00:10:39,305 --> 00:10:41,849 I hope Bart's doing okay on his own. 208 00:10:44,393 --> 00:10:46,103 (VOCALIZING) 209 00:10:47,980 --> 00:10:49,524 There's no future in that! 210 00:10:49,774 --> 00:10:50,817 Don't forget, children. 211 00:10:50,900 --> 00:10:53,444 Monday is the balsa wood model building competition. 212 00:10:53,528 --> 00:10:55,947 The American Balsa Council will award this year's winner 213 00:10:56,030 --> 00:10:59,659 a $1000 savings bond for their college education. 214 00:11:00,576 --> 00:11:04,121 $1000? That's what my house is worth. 215 00:11:04,205 --> 00:11:06,415 Bart Simpson, what will you be making? 216 00:11:07,166 --> 00:11:08,626 I don't know. 217 00:11:09,752 --> 00:11:15,925 Time to take control of my son's life. Let's see. What can he build? 218 00:11:18,052 --> 00:11:19,595 Too obvious. 219 00:11:21,681 --> 00:11:23,266 Gotta be something from earth. 220 00:11:24,767 --> 00:11:26,143 You're no help! 221 00:11:27,854 --> 00:11:29,730 Perfect. 222 00:11:34,610 --> 00:11:36,279 "The Washington Monument?" 223 00:11:37,154 --> 00:11:39,323 Washington Monument. 224 00:11:39,407 --> 00:11:41,158 I like Bart's idea. 225 00:11:41,242 --> 00:11:42,451 You're not in this class. 226 00:11:42,535 --> 00:11:44,203 Willie swept me in here. 227 00:11:44,287 --> 00:11:45,288 My mistake. 228 00:11:48,624 --> 00:11:52,545 I did it. I helped my son. Helicopter Homer, away! 229 00:11:54,922 --> 00:11:57,049 Black Hawk down! Black Hawk down! 230 00:11:57,425 --> 00:11:58,759 Lisa, I found this book 231 00:11:58,843 --> 00:12:01,345 in the "What's wrong with my daughter" section of the bookstore. 232 00:12:01,429 --> 00:12:03,556 It tells you how you can get popular. 233 00:12:03,639 --> 00:12:06,684 Dad, if I join a clique, I'll be the kind of person I hate. 234 00:12:06,767 --> 00:12:09,145 Sweetie, our country was founded by a clique, 235 00:12:09,228 --> 00:12:12,565 the Continental Congress! Dolphins swim in cliques. 236 00:12:12,648 --> 00:12:14,275 Those are my two examples. 237 00:12:14,817 --> 00:12:16,694 Well, they are good ones. 238 00:12:16,777 --> 00:12:18,654 And to show you how this book works, 239 00:12:18,738 --> 00:12:21,115 I will demonstrate on some rats. 240 00:12:23,451 --> 00:12:24,744 (EXCLAIMS) 241 00:12:25,494 --> 00:12:28,998 Let's try what chapter seven calls "Unsults," 242 00:12:29,081 --> 00:12:31,709 insults disguised as compliments. 243 00:12:31,792 --> 00:12:33,336 Hey, Lenny. 244 00:12:33,419 --> 00:12:36,422 It takes a lot of courage to wear suspenders 245 00:12:36,505 --> 00:12:38,424 when you're not in the circus. 246 00:12:38,507 --> 00:12:40,760 Well, that's very nice of you... Hey! 247 00:12:40,843 --> 00:12:42,720 Are you saying my clothes are clown-like? 248 00:12:42,803 --> 00:12:45,973 Oh, God. I feel so insecure. Please be my friend. 249 00:12:46,390 --> 00:12:48,768 See? It works. And unsults are just the beginning. 250 00:12:48,851 --> 00:12:51,562 There's also "Envytations," "Hate hugs," 251 00:12:51,646 --> 00:12:53,773 "Spamming with faint praise," and... 252 00:12:53,856 --> 00:12:56,609 Hey, everyone, wanna go get frozen yogurt? 253 00:12:56,692 --> 00:12:57,860 I do... Yeah! 254 00:12:58,527 --> 00:13:01,948 I'm sorry, Moe. I didn't mean "everyone" everyone. 255 00:13:02,031 --> 00:13:03,616 Hope you don't mind? 256 00:13:03,699 --> 00:13:05,076 No. That's all right. 257 00:13:05,409 --> 00:13:06,953 (sesame) 258 00:13:10,581 --> 00:13:14,877 If I didn't sell booze, they probably wouldn't even come here! 259 00:13:17,755 --> 00:13:21,217 And that, my dear girl, is called the Toledo Take-back. 260 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:23,636 Dad, I don't want to hurt people's feelings. 261 00:13:23,719 --> 00:13:27,431 I see. Well, maybe you're not ready for this book. 262 00:13:27,515 --> 00:13:30,142 It is more of a big girl thing. 263 00:13:30,226 --> 00:13:32,269 I'm a big girl! I'm a big girl! 264 00:13:33,396 --> 00:13:34,397 (CHUCKLES) 265 00:13:36,899 --> 00:13:39,318 One of you said something bad about the other. 266 00:13:39,402 --> 00:13:41,112 He did? He did? 267 00:13:41,195 --> 00:13:42,196 (CHUCKLES) 268 00:13:44,657 --> 00:13:46,117 (HUMMING) 269 00:13:46,909 --> 00:13:50,830 Son, you buy an awful lot of airplane glue, but you never buy any models. 270 00:13:50,913 --> 00:13:53,165 Oh, right. Models. 271 00:13:53,249 --> 00:13:57,753 One Messerschmitt 262, a '67 SS GTO, 272 00:13:57,837 --> 00:14:00,423 an Alfred E. Neuman, with interchangeable arms. 273 00:14:07,138 --> 00:14:08,848 We'd like some balsa wood, please. 274 00:14:08,931 --> 00:14:11,225 Enough to build a Washington Monument. 275 00:14:11,308 --> 00:14:12,727 What scale are you using? 276 00:14:12,810 --> 00:14:15,104 What cologne are you wearing? None of your business! 277 00:14:15,187 --> 00:14:16,689 Now we'd like our Washington Monument 278 00:14:16,772 --> 00:14:19,650 to be one-five hundredth the size of the real one. 279 00:14:19,734 --> 00:14:21,068 (LAUGHS) 280 00:14:21,152 --> 00:14:23,863 Washington Monument? Aren't you gonna even try? 281 00:14:23,946 --> 00:14:25,698 What do you mean? And who are you? 282 00:14:25,781 --> 00:14:27,116 I'm your son's principal. 283 00:14:27,199 --> 00:14:30,327 And the Washington Monument is the most uninspired model choice there is. 284 00:14:30,411 --> 00:14:33,289 It's like saying, "I don't care. My kid's a loser." 285 00:14:33,372 --> 00:14:34,999 But... You... 286 00:14:35,082 --> 00:14:37,209 What's the hardest model there is? 287 00:14:37,793 --> 00:14:40,129 That would be, Westminster Abbey. 288 00:14:40,212 --> 00:14:43,841 Attention, parents, children and childless weirdoes, 289 00:14:43,924 --> 00:14:48,220 my son and I are going to build Westminster Abbey! 290 00:14:48,345 --> 00:14:50,014 (ALL GASPING) You've gotta be crazy! 291 00:14:50,097 --> 00:14:51,849 Prepare to be frustrated. 292 00:14:51,932 --> 00:14:54,518 You won't get past the north transept! 293 00:14:54,602 --> 00:14:57,980 Hey, how hard can it be? All we have to do is follow the directions. 294 00:14:58,355 --> 00:14:59,648 (GRUNTS) 295 00:15:07,698 --> 00:15:11,410 Marge, the boy and I will be making Westminster Abbey. 296 00:15:11,494 --> 00:15:15,081 Blabby's gonna build an abbey. Groovy. 297 00:15:15,164 --> 00:15:17,708 But first, as part of Operation Popularity, 298 00:15:17,792 --> 00:15:20,336 Lisa and I are hosting a "Decorate Your Own Cell Phone" 299 00:15:20,419 --> 00:15:21,420 party in the backyard. 300 00:15:21,504 --> 00:15:22,505 (GASPS) 301 00:15:22,588 --> 00:15:25,007 Britney and Caitlin are here! Where's my spray-on tan? 302 00:15:28,344 --> 00:15:29,428 (HOMER READING) 303 00:15:30,429 --> 00:15:33,516 Why do I always read the labels after? 304 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:38,437 Ladies, we've got it all. Rhinestones, stickers, tassels, 305 00:15:38,521 --> 00:15:42,274 everything to make those $100 phones look like $5 toys! 306 00:15:42,358 --> 00:15:44,652 Lisa, this party is twisted! 307 00:15:44,735 --> 00:15:45,778 You're fierce! 308 00:15:45,861 --> 00:15:46,987 (LAUGHS NERVOUSLY) 309 00:15:47,071 --> 00:15:49,281 I've never been called fierce before. 310 00:15:49,365 --> 00:15:52,493 Strident. Hectoring has been tossed around. 311 00:15:52,576 --> 00:15:54,453 Let me take a picture of you for my cell phone. 312 00:15:54,537 --> 00:15:56,038 I'll put you on my desktop. 313 00:15:56,122 --> 00:15:57,998 I'm gonna make you my friend on Facebook. 314 00:15:58,082 --> 00:15:59,792 Please confirm. Confirmed! 315 00:15:59,875 --> 00:16:00,876 (YELLS) 316 00:16:01,836 --> 00:16:03,129 (ALL LAUGHING) 317 00:16:04,380 --> 00:16:08,050 I am such a great parent to both my kids. 318 00:16:08,634 --> 00:16:11,095 Hello, little girl. Who do you belong to? 319 00:16:14,181 --> 00:16:16,725 Hey, boy. Why don't I do that for you? 320 00:16:16,809 --> 00:16:19,145 Isn't this supposed to be my project? 321 00:16:19,228 --> 00:16:21,605 All the other parents are doing it for their kids. 322 00:16:21,689 --> 00:16:24,483 Now stand back and I'll take it from here. 323 00:16:25,484 --> 00:16:27,153 A little further back. 324 00:16:27,820 --> 00:16:29,029 Do you want me to watch and learn? 325 00:16:29,113 --> 00:16:30,698 No. That kind of creeps me out. 326 00:16:33,534 --> 00:16:37,580 Must finish Poets' Corner or Bart will work for Noah 327 00:16:37,663 --> 00:16:39,290 with his hot mom. 328 00:16:39,373 --> 00:16:40,332 (SNORING) 329 00:16:40,416 --> 00:16:43,794 (BELL TOLLING) 330 00:16:45,921 --> 00:16:51,218 That's not Henry VII! That's Henry VI! Stupid, stupid, stupid! 331 00:16:51,302 --> 00:16:55,264 Homer, don't give up till you finish my dear abbey! 332 00:16:56,015 --> 00:16:58,017 Geoffrey Chaucer? What are you doing here? 333 00:16:58,100 --> 00:16:59,518 Well, I'm buried here, 334 00:16:59,602 --> 00:17:02,688 and I want to tell you you're right to do all Bart's work for him. 335 00:17:02,771 --> 00:17:04,857 It's the best thing for the boy. 336 00:17:04,940 --> 00:17:06,650 That's terrible advice. 337 00:17:06,734 --> 00:17:08,027 Anne of (Haves? 338 00:17:08,110 --> 00:17:11,322 What you do for your son, he'll never learn to do for himself. 339 00:17:11,947 --> 00:17:14,658 And where is this delightful boy? 340 00:17:14,742 --> 00:17:15,868 Oscar Wilde? 341 00:17:15,951 --> 00:17:19,038 Homer, there are only two tragedies in life. 342 00:17:19,121 --> 00:17:22,875 One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it. 343 00:17:22,958 --> 00:17:24,501 But that makes no sense! 344 00:17:24,585 --> 00:17:28,756 Experience is simply the name we give to our mistakes. 345 00:17:28,839 --> 00:17:29,882 Shut up! 346 00:17:29,965 --> 00:17:34,345 These days, man knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. 347 00:17:34,428 --> 00:17:36,472 Whatever happened to "boo"? 348 00:17:37,765 --> 00:17:40,351 (BELL TOLLING) 349 00:17:40,434 --> 00:17:41,977 (MOANING) 350 00:17:50,236 --> 00:17:54,406 Now we could smash the real Westminster Abbey so it looks like this. 351 00:17:55,783 --> 00:17:59,495 (GROANS) There are no flights to London till 5:00. 352 00:18:00,663 --> 00:18:02,414 Welcome to Springfield Elementary's 353 00:18:02,498 --> 00:18:05,334 Next Top Model Building Contest. 354 00:18:06,293 --> 00:18:08,462 Kenny, he said your show. 355 00:18:08,545 --> 00:18:10,422 I watched it once! 356 00:18:10,673 --> 00:18:13,008 Now, judges, start your nodding. 357 00:18:14,593 --> 00:18:16,220 Mmm-hmm. Mmm. 358 00:18:16,303 --> 00:18:17,930 Mmm. Mmm-hmm. 359 00:18:18,013 --> 00:18:20,766 Flawless. Stunning. Awe-inspiring. 360 00:18:20,849 --> 00:18:21,850 Meticulous. 361 00:18:23,185 --> 00:18:24,186 Mmm? 362 00:18:25,187 --> 00:18:26,188 Hmm. 363 00:18:26,522 --> 00:18:27,606 (WHIMPERS) 364 00:18:27,856 --> 00:18:29,358 Skinner! 365 00:18:30,317 --> 00:18:33,570 These models are clearly the work of meddling parents. 366 00:18:33,654 --> 00:18:36,323 The only entry that repels my eye enough 367 00:18:36,407 --> 00:18:39,493 to be constructed by a student is this one. 368 00:18:39,576 --> 00:18:43,455 Congratulations, son. At least you followed the rules. 369 00:18:43,539 --> 00:18:46,417 Yes! Yes! In your face, losers! 370 00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:48,794 This helicopter is taking off! 371 00:18:48,877 --> 00:18:50,170 (IMITATING HELICOPTER) 372 00:18:50,254 --> 00:18:52,131 No! Stop the hovering! 373 00:18:57,386 --> 00:19:00,389 I didn't make this terrible model. My dad did. 374 00:19:00,472 --> 00:19:01,473 (ALL GASP) 375 00:19:01,557 --> 00:19:03,976 Why can't you guys let us do things for ourselves? 376 00:19:04,059 --> 00:19:08,814 In the words of Oscar Wilde, "Experience is simply the name we give to our mistakes." 377 00:19:08,897 --> 00:19:10,149 I saw him, too, Dad. 378 00:19:10,482 --> 00:19:13,402 I'm sorry. I got carried away. 379 00:19:13,485 --> 00:19:18,032 From now on, the only thing I'll ever do for you is cosign if you want a gun. 380 00:19:18,115 --> 00:19:20,117 Well, at least I made Lisa popular. 381 00:19:20,200 --> 00:19:21,327 (CELL PHONE RINGING) 382 00:19:21,744 --> 00:19:23,829 "I H8 this"? 383 00:19:27,166 --> 00:19:29,835 I'm sorry, Dad. These girls are nice on the surface. 384 00:19:29,918 --> 00:19:34,173 But it's hard work staying this shallow. I hope you understand. 385 00:19:34,256 --> 00:19:36,216 Yeah. It's clear to me now. 386 00:19:36,300 --> 00:19:40,179 The best thing I can do as a parent is simply check out. 387 00:19:40,262 --> 00:19:41,930 No, there's a middle ground. 388 00:19:42,014 --> 00:19:45,392 Lisa, a light bulb is either on or it's off. 389 00:19:45,476 --> 00:19:47,269 Not if you use a dimmer switch. 390 00:19:47,353 --> 00:19:50,606 That's what the dimmer switch companies want you to think. 391 00:19:53,192 --> 00:19:55,277 What's wrong, Homie? 392 00:19:55,361 --> 00:19:57,654 I tried to fix the kids' lives. 393 00:19:57,738 --> 00:20:00,282 But instead, I led them to rich and rewarding 394 00:20:00,366 --> 00:20:02,659 personal decisions of their own. 395 00:20:03,911 --> 00:20:09,166 Well, I know a place in this house where you can really relax. 396 00:20:09,249 --> 00:20:11,627 The mattress the dog sleeps on in the cellar? 397 00:20:11,710 --> 00:20:14,338 No. I gave that to the homeless shelter. 398 00:20:14,922 --> 00:20:16,632 That was stuffed with cash! 399 00:20:16,715 --> 00:20:19,635 Well, I'll make you forget all about it. 400 00:20:20,552 --> 00:20:21,553 (BOTH SIGHING) 401 00:20:22,679 --> 00:20:24,932 Feeling better, Super Dad? 402 00:20:25,015 --> 00:20:26,266 Oh, yeah. 403 00:20:31,188 --> 00:20:32,564 (BOTH MOANING) 404 00:20:33,357 --> 00:20:34,775 (LAUGHING) 405 00:20:34,858 --> 00:20:37,736 I feel like I've died and gone to hell. 406 00:20:45,536 --> 00:20:48,789 (SINGING) The Simpsons 407 00:20:49,123 --> 00:20:51,834 (ALL VOCALIZING) 408 00:21:36,545 --> 00:21:37,546 English - US - PSDH