1 00:00:06,182 --> 00:00:08,385 ♪ Llama, llama, llámame ♪ 2 00:00:08,451 --> 00:00:10,587 ♪ Llama, llámame, llámame ♪ 3 00:00:10,654 --> 00:00:13,557 - ♪ Llama, llama, llama... ♪ - (door opens) 4 00:00:15,992 --> 00:00:17,460 (Homer humming) 5 00:00:17,494 --> 00:00:21,231 (Marge humming) 6 00:00:22,766 --> 00:00:25,201 ♪ ♪ 7 00:00:31,074 --> 00:00:32,342 Mmm, cookies. 8 00:00:32,442 --> 00:00:34,344 They're not cookies, they're biscuits. 9 00:00:34,444 --> 00:00:35,812 That's British for cookies. 10 00:00:35,879 --> 00:00:38,582 And they're not for you or you or you. 11 00:00:38,682 --> 00:00:40,450 Or you or you. Not you. 12 00:00:40,550 --> 00:00:41,618 Not for you. 13 00:00:41,718 --> 00:00:42,819 HOMER: D'oh! 14 00:00:42,919 --> 00:00:46,089 - These treats are for my lady friends. - (all grunting) 15 00:00:46,189 --> 00:00:48,458 They're coming over to watch a very classy 16 00:00:48,525 --> 00:00:50,627 historical British streaming show, 17 00:00:50,694 --> 00:00:52,495 and none of you are invited. 18 00:00:52,596 --> 00:00:53,797 ALL: Aw... 19 00:00:53,863 --> 00:00:55,532 Cor blimey. 20 00:00:55,565 --> 00:00:56,533 Mmm. 21 00:00:56,566 --> 00:00:57,400 - (Marge growls) - Ow! 22 00:00:57,500 --> 00:01:00,437 Now here's a distraction for each of you. 23 00:01:00,470 --> 00:01:01,571 BART: Mmm. 24 00:01:01,638 --> 00:01:02,505 LISA: Mmm. 25 00:01:02,639 --> 00:01:05,875 I downloaded you a podcast about beers 26 00:01:05,976 --> 00:01:08,278 that you don't hear much about anymore. 27 00:01:08,345 --> 00:01:12,282 Ooh, there's a whole episode about L öwenbr äu. 28 00:01:15,085 --> 00:01:17,787 If no one minds, I brought a few beverages 29 00:01:17,854 --> 00:01:19,556 to lubricate the evening. 30 00:01:19,623 --> 00:01:22,125 - Me, too. - Same. - Way ahead of you. 31 00:01:22,259 --> 00:01:23,994 So what the hell are we waiting for? 32 00:01:24,094 --> 00:01:25,962 Let's dial up the Netflix. 33 00:01:26,029 --> 00:01:28,698 I've got Helen Lovejoy's password. 34 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:32,235 She came to live with us when she and the Reverend 35 00:01:32,302 --> 00:01:33,570 were taking a break. 36 00:01:33,637 --> 00:01:36,773 She swore me to secrecy about that, but whoops. 37 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:38,775 (laughter) 38 00:01:38,842 --> 00:01:40,877 ♪ ♪ 39 00:01:41,945 --> 00:01:44,047 FEMALE BRITISH NARRATOR: The Springfield ladies had 40 00:01:44,114 --> 00:01:46,950 a marvelous time journeying back to an era 41 00:01:47,017 --> 00:01:51,221 when England was filled with eligible young ladies in corsets 42 00:01:51,288 --> 00:01:53,089 courted by hot, multiracial dudes 43 00:01:53,189 --> 00:01:55,725 with rock-hard abs. 44 00:01:55,825 --> 00:01:58,061 ♪ ♪ 45 00:01:59,195 --> 00:02:02,732 The writing on this show is amazing. 46 00:02:05,101 --> 00:02:09,139 Oh-ho. Men can have muscles on their chests now? 47 00:02:09,239 --> 00:02:11,141 The ad in the beer podcast 48 00:02:11,241 --> 00:02:12,709 is an ad for beer. 49 00:02:12,809 --> 00:02:15,312 That is so smart. 50 00:02:20,083 --> 00:02:22,052 I've just swum back from Europe. 51 00:02:22,118 --> 00:02:24,588 We've just won the Battle of Knicker-bulge. 52 00:02:24,654 --> 00:02:28,058 Let us all doff our clothes in triumph. 53 00:02:30,093 --> 00:02:31,628 ¡Ay, caramba! 54 00:02:31,728 --> 00:02:33,496 Bart, don't watch that. 55 00:02:33,597 --> 00:02:34,831 Now go to bed. 56 00:02:34,898 --> 00:02:35,699 BART: Oh! 57 00:02:35,765 --> 00:02:38,168 Mmm, looks like the Earl of Sixpackingham 58 00:02:38,235 --> 00:02:40,570 is showing the whole walking stick. 59 00:02:40,637 --> 00:02:43,206 Ooh, I'll drink to that. 60 00:02:43,273 --> 00:02:45,408 (orchestra playing Spice Girls' "Wannabe") 61 00:02:45,475 --> 00:02:47,477 (all cheering) 62 00:02:56,419 --> 00:02:59,623 (groaning) 63 00:02:59,689 --> 00:03:01,157 Honey, what's wrong? 64 00:03:01,224 --> 00:03:03,426 You look like what I see in the mirror every morning. 65 00:03:03,493 --> 00:03:07,297 Also, a strange blender is on your nightstand. 66 00:03:08,098 --> 00:03:09,866 (groans) I think I drank just 67 00:03:09,966 --> 00:03:11,935 a toonsie-teensy bit too much 68 00:03:12,002 --> 00:03:13,603 with the girls last night. 69 00:03:13,670 --> 00:03:16,740 Marge, you need to take a long look at yourself. 70 00:03:16,806 --> 00:03:20,410 We can't be a two-hangover household. We just can't. 71 00:03:20,510 --> 00:03:22,913 I'm sorry, sweetie, but I just don't think 72 00:03:22,979 --> 00:03:25,148 I can go to church this morning. 73 00:03:25,248 --> 00:03:27,651 Oh, my-- Aw... 74 00:03:27,684 --> 00:03:29,452 No church? Oh, no. 75 00:03:29,519 --> 00:03:31,955 Well, I guess I'll have to find another way 76 00:03:32,055 --> 00:03:33,690 to spend my Sunday. 77 00:03:33,757 --> 00:03:35,692 (humming happily) 78 00:03:35,759 --> 00:03:38,328 (crowd cheering on TV) 79 00:03:40,564 --> 00:03:42,465 (munching loudly) 80 00:03:42,566 --> 00:03:45,335 Mmm, chest chips. 81 00:03:45,402 --> 00:03:47,871 I meant you'll have to take the kids to church 82 00:03:47,971 --> 00:03:50,073 - on your own. - D'oh! 83 00:03:50,140 --> 00:03:53,076 - (pained groan) - Aw, it's not fair. 84 00:03:53,143 --> 00:03:55,512 I always go to church hungover. 85 00:03:55,579 --> 00:03:58,048 It's always the committed drinkers who get punished. 86 00:03:58,114 --> 00:04:00,817 Boozehounds just can't catch a break. 87 00:04:00,917 --> 00:04:02,385 (organ playing) 88 00:04:02,485 --> 00:04:06,456 ♪ Praise God from whom all praisings flow ♪ 89 00:04:06,489 --> 00:04:10,894 ♪ Praise praise and let all praisings go ♪ 90 00:04:10,961 --> 00:04:12,596 ♪ Praise, praise, praise, praise ♪ 91 00:04:12,662 --> 00:04:15,699 ♪ Praise, praise, praise, praise. ♪ 92 00:04:15,799 --> 00:04:17,400 You know, hymns like that 93 00:04:17,500 --> 00:04:20,870 make God come off a little thirsty. 94 00:04:20,971 --> 00:04:23,273 Now I'd like to invite our littlest angels 95 00:04:23,373 --> 00:04:27,043 to head to Sunday school with Mrs. Lovejoy. 96 00:04:27,110 --> 00:04:29,412 (kids groan) 97 00:04:29,512 --> 00:04:33,016 Try spending a weekend with her in the Wisconsin Dells. 98 00:04:33,083 --> 00:04:36,086 This week's Junior Jesus Jamboree topic 99 00:04:36,152 --> 00:04:38,488 is "Honor Thy Mother and Father." 100 00:04:38,555 --> 00:04:41,258 - Who would like to go first? - Oh! Oh! 101 00:04:41,358 --> 00:04:43,360 Sunday school presentations don't affect my grades 102 00:04:43,426 --> 00:04:44,961 and won't help me get into college, 103 00:04:45,061 --> 00:04:46,830 and I'm not even a practicing Christian, 104 00:04:46,930 --> 00:04:49,232 but I still have a sick need to excel, 105 00:04:49,299 --> 00:04:51,835 so pick me! Pick me! Pick me! 106 00:04:51,935 --> 00:04:53,904 I think we'll start with... Hmm. 107 00:04:54,004 --> 00:04:55,538 (sniffs, groans) 108 00:04:55,605 --> 00:04:57,307 (kids laugh) 109 00:04:57,374 --> 00:04:59,576 Bart Simpson. Oh, but I'm guessing 110 00:04:59,676 --> 00:05:02,412 you forgot all about your presentation. (chuckles) 111 00:05:02,479 --> 00:05:04,648 You know, Helen, for a woman of faith, 112 00:05:04,714 --> 00:05:06,316 you have so little of it in me. 113 00:05:06,383 --> 00:05:09,352 For this assignment, I was born ready. 114 00:05:09,419 --> 00:05:10,720 (hums) 115 00:05:10,820 --> 00:05:12,055 (coughs, clears throat) Well, 116 00:05:12,122 --> 00:05:13,924 it's not hard to honor my mother. 117 00:05:13,957 --> 00:05:16,793 Marge is a class act all the way. 118 00:05:16,860 --> 00:05:19,329 As for my father, well, with a dad 119 00:05:19,396 --> 00:05:23,300 like Homer Simpson, how could I not honor him? 120 00:05:23,433 --> 00:05:24,668 (Homer snores) 121 00:05:24,734 --> 00:05:27,404 (mutters, smacks lips) 122 00:05:27,504 --> 00:05:30,473 He's so hardworking and dignified. 123 00:05:30,540 --> 00:05:31,908 Mmm. 124 00:05:31,975 --> 00:05:35,078 -(snores) - (Lisa giggles) 125 00:05:35,145 --> 00:05:37,614 (snores, burps) 126 00:05:37,681 --> 00:05:39,115 (kids laugh) 127 00:05:39,182 --> 00:05:42,519 And he carries himself with such class and panache. 128 00:05:42,652 --> 00:05:44,654 ANNOUNCER: Mascot, oh, goes for the kiss 129 00:05:44,754 --> 00:05:47,991 and, oh, he goes into the proposal with the bouquet. 130 00:05:48,091 --> 00:05:49,993 Tosses it away and he faints out of love, 131 00:05:50,060 --> 00:05:51,561 and the big, fat guy is having none of it 132 00:05:51,695 --> 00:05:52,796 and he's giving chase. 133 00:05:52,896 --> 00:05:55,465 - The fat guy is on the field. - HOMER: Come here, you. 134 00:05:55,532 --> 00:05:57,467 ANNOUNCER: And the Freak is running away, 135 00:05:57,534 --> 00:06:00,270 and he's using the players as obstacles. 136 00:06:00,370 --> 00:06:01,605 And now he's smashing his-- 137 00:06:01,638 --> 00:06:03,306 you know something, that's just not right. 138 00:06:03,406 --> 00:06:04,808 (kids laugh) 139 00:06:06,109 --> 00:06:09,246 ♪ Lord, you are truly great ♪ 140 00:06:09,312 --> 00:06:12,382 ♪ We are wretched but devout ♪ 141 00:06:12,449 --> 00:06:16,119 ♪ Your hair looks really awesome ♪ 142 00:06:16,219 --> 00:06:21,224 ♪ And have you been working out? ♪ 143 00:06:21,324 --> 00:06:22,525 (yawns) 144 00:06:22,592 --> 00:06:25,762 Sweetie, do your thing. 145 00:06:25,862 --> 00:06:28,064 (crying) 146 00:06:30,467 --> 00:06:34,037 Baby coming through. Crying now and pooping soon. 147 00:06:36,973 --> 00:06:38,775 (kids laugh) 148 00:06:38,842 --> 00:06:40,377 Hmm. 149 00:06:40,443 --> 00:06:42,512 As you can see, wherever my dad goes, 150 00:06:42,579 --> 00:06:43,947 people cheer. 151 00:06:44,047 --> 00:06:46,283 Look, if you didn't want me to pee in a cup, 152 00:06:46,349 --> 00:06:48,718 then the movie should have commercials. 153 00:06:48,852 --> 00:06:52,122 (chanting): Whiz break! Whiz break! Whiz break! 154 00:06:52,222 --> 00:06:54,124 -(audience cheers) - MOE: Get him out of here. 155 00:06:54,224 --> 00:06:55,859 (kids and Helen laugh) 156 00:06:55,959 --> 00:06:58,395 In conclusion, I honor my father 157 00:06:58,461 --> 00:07:02,966 because he is not not not not a loser. 158 00:07:03,033 --> 00:07:05,769 One, two, three, four. 159 00:07:05,835 --> 00:07:07,704 That's an even number of nots. 160 00:07:07,771 --> 00:07:09,706 He thinks I'm a loser. 161 00:07:09,773 --> 00:07:12,976 How dare you show your peers a supercut of me at my worst?! 162 00:07:13,009 --> 00:07:14,444 (growls) 163 00:07:14,511 --> 00:07:16,413 - (kids cheering) - NELSON: Haw-haw! 164 00:07:16,479 --> 00:07:18,315 - Haw-haw-haw! - (Bart chuckles mischievously) 165 00:07:18,381 --> 00:07:19,649 - Huh? - (overlapping arguing) 166 00:07:19,716 --> 00:07:22,619 I hate the Welsh, but I hate you even more! 167 00:07:22,686 --> 00:07:24,287 (groans angrily) 168 00:07:30,093 --> 00:07:32,195 My son has no respect for me. He shamed me 169 00:07:32,262 --> 00:07:33,463 in front of the whole Sunday school. 170 00:07:33,530 --> 00:07:35,865 Even Ralph. What about all the videos 171 00:07:35,966 --> 00:07:38,868 of me not being a loser? Where were they? 172 00:07:38,969 --> 00:07:40,437 Oh, boy. It's so sad 173 00:07:40,503 --> 00:07:43,440 that kids just use cameras for shaming. 174 00:07:43,506 --> 00:07:47,410 We've raised a generation that only loves fails. 175 00:07:47,510 --> 00:07:49,512 My fails. 176 00:07:51,948 --> 00:07:53,049 (sighs) 177 00:07:53,149 --> 00:07:55,685 At least I have a lady to rub my face. 178 00:07:55,752 --> 00:07:59,789 Bart's gonna spend the rest of his life lotioning himself. 179 00:07:59,890 --> 00:08:01,658 Maybe Bart doesn't understand 180 00:08:01,725 --> 00:08:04,861 how hard you work to provide for this family. 181 00:08:04,928 --> 00:08:05,795 When I was a girl, 182 00:08:05,929 --> 00:08:08,131 my father took me to work with him one day. 183 00:08:08,231 --> 00:08:11,134 I felt so proud when I saw him playing pizza 184 00:08:11,234 --> 00:08:13,336 in that antacid commercial. 185 00:08:13,370 --> 00:08:15,071 (gasps) That's what I should do. 186 00:08:15,138 --> 00:08:16,573 Take Bart to work. 187 00:08:16,673 --> 00:08:18,508 Then he'll be proud of me. 188 00:08:18,575 --> 00:08:20,110 Pizza proud. 189 00:08:20,210 --> 00:08:22,012 BOTH: Mmm. 190 00:08:23,079 --> 00:08:25,916 Seven, eight and nine. 191 00:08:25,982 --> 00:08:27,551 Oh! 192 00:08:27,684 --> 00:08:29,819 - (grunting) - Watch me work 193 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:32,522 and be proud, you jerk. 194 00:08:32,622 --> 00:08:33,924 - (grunting) - No. 195 00:08:33,990 --> 00:08:35,358 I don't want to hear your friends 196 00:08:35,425 --> 00:08:38,028 tell me how big I've gotten. 197 00:08:38,094 --> 00:08:40,096 Hmm. (grunts) 198 00:08:40,230 --> 00:08:42,999 Oh. Well-played, big man. 199 00:08:43,066 --> 00:08:45,702 Larry! Slap a guest badge on him! 200 00:08:45,735 --> 00:08:47,137 Larry! 201 00:08:47,237 --> 00:08:50,473 And this thing over here is if the core gets too hot. 202 00:08:50,574 --> 00:08:51,508 I'm all over that. 203 00:08:51,608 --> 00:08:54,778 And this dealie over here is if the core... 204 00:08:54,844 --> 00:08:56,146 goes missing. 205 00:08:56,213 --> 00:08:57,914 Has that ever happened? 206 00:08:57,981 --> 00:09:00,483 Not on my watch. And the way you can be sure 207 00:09:00,617 --> 00:09:03,587 is that everyone you know isn't dead. 208 00:09:03,653 --> 00:09:04,588 Hmm. 209 00:09:04,654 --> 00:09:05,722 Hey, Homer. 210 00:09:05,822 --> 00:09:07,357 Monday morning doughnuts are here. 211 00:09:07,490 --> 00:09:09,459 - (Homer moans) - (Bart grunts) 212 00:09:09,526 --> 00:09:11,027 Take your pick. 213 00:09:11,094 --> 00:09:13,129 Chocolate frosted? Maple bar? 214 00:09:13,196 --> 00:09:15,265 Better hurry or you're gonna get plain. 215 00:09:15,365 --> 00:09:17,601 Doughnuts. Do you have to pay for 'em? 216 00:09:17,701 --> 00:09:19,803 Sure, technically. (laughs) 217 00:09:19,836 --> 00:09:22,872 It's an honor system. 218 00:09:22,939 --> 00:09:24,574 (munches) 219 00:09:24,674 --> 00:09:25,809 Whoa. 220 00:09:25,909 --> 00:09:27,010 A pop machine full of free pop. 221 00:09:27,110 --> 00:09:29,679 A TV showing that jerk Dr. Phil. 222 00:09:29,779 --> 00:09:31,982 A poster on how to choke a guy. 223 00:09:32,082 --> 00:09:33,717 I think that's for after you choke him. 224 00:09:33,783 --> 00:09:35,252 - (burps) - Simpson, 225 00:09:35,318 --> 00:09:36,786 I need that updated spreadsheet 226 00:09:36,887 --> 00:09:38,889 on the hard water degradation rate. 227 00:09:38,955 --> 00:09:40,490 Watch this. 228 00:09:40,557 --> 00:09:41,658 I told you interns 229 00:09:41,758 --> 00:09:44,227 to spread-date the graduation on the hard lemonade. 230 00:09:44,327 --> 00:09:46,162 So find out what I'm talking about 231 00:09:46,229 --> 00:09:49,733 - and get it done! - Yes, Mr. Simpson. 232 00:09:52,202 --> 00:09:54,271 And you get free markers? When I get back to school, 233 00:09:54,371 --> 00:09:57,073 I'm gonna go Sistine Chapel on those toilet stalls. 234 00:09:57,140 --> 00:09:59,075 Why wait? 235 00:09:59,142 --> 00:10:01,278 Here you go, Simpson. 236 00:10:01,378 --> 00:10:03,947 - Best part of the job. - (chuckles) 237 00:10:04,047 --> 00:10:05,215 You know it, Linda. 238 00:10:05,282 --> 00:10:06,983 Dad, is that your paycheck? 239 00:10:07,083 --> 00:10:08,752 Sure is. 240 00:10:08,818 --> 00:10:10,554 Can I see it? 241 00:10:10,620 --> 00:10:12,556 I'll do you one better. 242 00:10:18,528 --> 00:10:21,264 (hums happily) 243 00:10:21,331 --> 00:10:23,133 Give it to me in singles. 244 00:10:23,199 --> 00:10:26,703 Minus the 8.5% check-cashing fee. 245 00:10:26,803 --> 00:10:29,205 I didn't ask for your life story. 246 00:10:29,306 --> 00:10:32,976 And here's what makes it all worthwhile. 247 00:10:33,043 --> 00:10:36,379 Whoa. You get all that every week? 248 00:10:36,513 --> 00:10:39,015 Every two weeks. 249 00:10:39,783 --> 00:10:42,018 (laughing) 250 00:10:43,353 --> 00:10:46,256 Ah, the laugh of respect. 251 00:10:51,161 --> 00:10:52,796 Oh, my God, is it picture day? 252 00:10:52,862 --> 00:10:55,599 Lisa, quick, let me fix your hair. 253 00:10:55,665 --> 00:10:57,801 Ow! It's not picture day, 254 00:10:57,901 --> 00:11:00,170 and my hair's not pasta. 255 00:11:00,203 --> 00:11:02,138 I am dressed this way to honor Dad. 256 00:11:02,205 --> 00:11:04,507 I never thought about it, but Homer makes enough 257 00:11:04,641 --> 00:11:06,943 to pay for this awesome crib, two cars, 258 00:11:07,010 --> 00:11:09,012 with enough left over to fill the freezer 259 00:11:09,045 --> 00:11:10,780 with three kinds of french fries: 260 00:11:10,847 --> 00:11:14,117 waffle, curly and steak-cut. 261 00:11:14,184 --> 00:11:15,685 Dad, all these years 262 00:11:15,752 --> 00:11:18,455 I thought you were just some uncool roommate 263 00:11:18,555 --> 00:11:19,789 that I got stuck with. 264 00:11:19,890 --> 00:11:23,693 Now I realize you're a winner. 265 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:28,498 And that's why I want to be a nuclear safety inspector. 266 00:11:28,565 --> 00:11:29,299 (sniffles) 267 00:11:29,399 --> 00:11:31,568 Marge, he doesn't just respect me. 268 00:11:31,668 --> 00:11:33,036 He wants to be me. 269 00:11:33,103 --> 00:11:34,671 What a feeling. 270 00:11:34,771 --> 00:11:38,909 Oh... this must be how LeBron feels about... 271 00:11:38,975 --> 00:11:41,077 (crying): ...Bronny. 272 00:11:41,144 --> 00:11:42,145 BOTH: Mmm. 273 00:11:42,178 --> 00:11:44,080 Just like you, Dad, I can't wait 274 00:11:44,114 --> 00:11:45,448 to live the American dream. 275 00:11:45,515 --> 00:11:47,050 Well, actually... 276 00:11:47,117 --> 00:11:49,819 - What? - Oh, nothing. 277 00:11:49,886 --> 00:11:51,521 Pew, pew, pew! 278 00:11:51,621 --> 00:11:53,189 I'm a superstar spaceman. 279 00:11:53,256 --> 00:11:56,092 I'm a modern superhero. I can fly, 280 00:11:56,192 --> 00:11:58,662 but I can't process my own trauma. 281 00:11:58,728 --> 00:12:00,497 I'm a nuclear safety guy. 282 00:12:00,564 --> 00:12:02,866 I get tons of money for not blowing the town up. 283 00:12:02,933 --> 00:12:05,201 Well, the thing about that is... 284 00:12:05,268 --> 00:12:08,038 - What? - Nothing. 285 00:12:08,138 --> 00:12:11,141 - Forget I said anything. - (groans) 286 00:12:12,676 --> 00:12:14,110 Hey, Dad, guess what. 287 00:12:14,211 --> 00:12:17,781 I made a homemade ID badge, and Larry just waved me in. 288 00:12:17,914 --> 00:12:20,283 Huh. Where is he? 289 00:12:20,383 --> 00:12:22,385 (snoring) 290 00:12:25,789 --> 00:12:27,924 Oh, man, what a gig. 291 00:12:27,991 --> 00:12:29,226 Homer's got it made. 292 00:12:29,326 --> 00:12:31,127 JANITOR (chuckles): He sure does. 293 00:12:31,194 --> 00:12:34,064 So, you're visiting your old man at work today? 294 00:12:34,164 --> 00:12:36,066 I sure am. And this sweet job 295 00:12:36,166 --> 00:12:39,269 will be mine someday. 296 00:12:39,369 --> 00:12:40,370 Wha...? 297 00:12:40,470 --> 00:12:42,105 Hate to burst your bubble, kid, 298 00:12:42,239 --> 00:12:44,007 but the kind of job your dad has 299 00:12:44,074 --> 00:12:46,810 - just doesn't exist anymore. - Why not? 300 00:12:46,877 --> 00:12:48,578 Well, there's no simple answer to that. 301 00:12:48,645 --> 00:12:51,281 - All right. See you later. - Bart, come with me 302 00:12:51,348 --> 00:12:53,316 to a magical place far in the past: 303 00:12:53,350 --> 00:12:55,852 America in the 20th century. 304 00:12:55,952 --> 00:12:57,287 Uh, sure. 305 00:12:57,354 --> 00:12:59,623 But you better not start singing. 306 00:12:59,689 --> 00:13:02,359 ♪ 1945, we won the war ♪ 307 00:13:02,459 --> 00:13:05,161 ♪ Our boys came back to the factory floor ♪ 308 00:13:05,228 --> 00:13:09,499 ♪ The good times rolled, and smiles were on our faces ♪ 309 00:13:09,566 --> 00:13:12,135 ♪ With plentiful jobs for folks of all ages ♪ 310 00:13:12,202 --> 00:13:14,037 ♪ Even dumb slobs made excellent wages ♪ 311 00:13:14,104 --> 00:13:15,238 ♪ The country was booming ♪ 312 00:13:15,372 --> 00:13:18,308 ♪ Though still pretty racist ♪ 313 00:13:18,408 --> 00:13:19,809 (all mumble) 314 00:13:19,843 --> 00:13:23,079 ♪ Oh, and so it came to pass ♪ 315 00:13:23,213 --> 00:13:25,282 ♪ With hard work and grit and brass ♪ 316 00:13:25,348 --> 00:13:27,217 ♪ Bit by bit, we built ♪ 317 00:13:27,317 --> 00:13:31,021 - ♪ Our middle class ♪ - ♪ Nice little middle class ♪ 318 00:13:32,088 --> 00:13:34,558 ♪ I need cash for food and gas ♪ 319 00:13:34,624 --> 00:13:36,993 ♪ Black light posters, beer and grass ♪ 320 00:13:37,093 --> 00:13:39,729 ♪ Time for me to join the middle class ♪ 321 00:13:39,829 --> 00:13:41,698 ♪ Oh, boy, that middle class ♪ 322 00:13:41,831 --> 00:13:43,466 ♪ Go join that middle class ♪ 323 00:13:43,567 --> 00:13:46,136 ♪ Well, I'm not smart, I'm not a go-getter ♪ 324 00:13:46,202 --> 00:13:48,338 ♪ My drinking problem's not getting better ♪ 325 00:13:48,405 --> 00:13:50,540 ♪ What job could I possibly do? ♪ 326 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:53,076 - ♪ Nuclear safety inspector ♪ - Whoo-hoo! 327 00:13:53,143 --> 00:13:55,111 ♪ Your dad and his buddies had it swell ♪ 328 00:13:55,178 --> 00:13:57,647 ♪ But gradually it all went to hell ♪ 329 00:13:57,714 --> 00:13:59,649 ♪ Factories closed, unemployment would spike ♪ 330 00:13:59,716 --> 00:14:02,252 ♪ Here to explain it is Robert B. Reich ♪ 331 00:14:02,352 --> 00:14:05,055 The decline of unions, rampant corporate greed, 332 00:14:05,155 --> 00:14:06,323 Wall Street malfeasance 333 00:14:06,389 --> 00:14:08,258 and the rise of shortsighted politics 334 00:14:08,358 --> 00:14:11,027 all contributed to increased economic inequality, 335 00:14:11,094 --> 00:14:13,697 widespread real unemployment, wage stagnation, 336 00:14:13,797 --> 00:14:18,101 and a lower standard of living for millions of Americans. 337 00:14:18,168 --> 00:14:20,237 ♪ They chopped salaries to raise stock prices ♪ 338 00:14:20,337 --> 00:14:22,706 ♪ Cut up the pie and kept all the slices ♪ 339 00:14:22,839 --> 00:14:24,507 ♪ Tax breaks went to CEOs ♪ 340 00:14:24,641 --> 00:14:27,110 ♪ Never trickling down to average joes ♪ 341 00:14:27,210 --> 00:14:29,446 ♪ And so it came to pass ♪ 342 00:14:29,512 --> 00:14:31,481 ♪ Greedy rich men kicked our ass ♪ 343 00:14:31,581 --> 00:14:34,718 ♪ Fiddling while they burned our middle class ♪ 344 00:14:34,818 --> 00:14:37,120 ♪ Poor little middle class ♪ 345 00:14:38,722 --> 00:14:41,625 All right, thanks for the history lesson, nerds. 346 00:14:41,725 --> 00:14:43,693 But what does any of this have to do with me? 347 00:14:43,760 --> 00:14:45,695 You see, my dad's still working, 348 00:14:45,762 --> 00:14:47,998 and I want to be just like him. 349 00:14:48,098 --> 00:14:49,266 I'm sure you do. 350 00:14:49,366 --> 00:14:51,368 But there's something else you need to learn, 351 00:14:51,468 --> 00:14:54,304 and my friend here is happy to teach you. 352 00:14:54,371 --> 00:14:55,605 Ugh, you. 353 00:14:55,739 --> 00:14:58,508 For days, you've been dying to say something. Just spill it. 354 00:14:58,608 --> 00:15:01,545 ♪ You want a job like Dad? Too bad, so sad ♪ 355 00:15:01,645 --> 00:15:04,014 - ♪ You'll never have the life our flabby dad had ♪ - ♪ Yeah ♪ 356 00:15:04,080 --> 00:15:06,116 ♪ What can he do that a robot can't? ♪ 357 00:15:06,182 --> 00:15:08,251 ♪ These Oreos taste like nuclear plant ♪ 358 00:15:08,318 --> 00:15:10,353 ♪ Yo, all I need is a foot in the door ♪ 359 00:15:10,487 --> 00:15:12,589 ♪ And I'll take Dad's job when he dies at 44 ♪ 360 00:15:12,656 --> 00:15:14,858 ♪ That job you see now needs a PhD ♪ 361 00:15:14,925 --> 00:15:17,627 - ♪ While paying student loans leaves you in poverty ♪ - ♪ What? ♪ 362 00:15:17,694 --> 00:15:19,829 - ♪ No brand-new car, no fancy house ♪ - ♪ No, cool ♪ 363 00:15:19,896 --> 00:15:22,265 - ♪ No hot dinners cooked by your stay-at-home spouse ♪ - ♪ Yeah ♪ 364 00:15:22,365 --> 00:15:24,267 ♪ You're gonna pinch every dollar and cent ♪ 365 00:15:24,367 --> 00:15:25,402 ♪ And you'll still have to choose ♪ 366 00:15:25,502 --> 00:15:26,903 ♪ Between health care and rent ♪ 367 00:15:26,970 --> 00:15:28,705 I'll probably just buy a PlayStation 6. 368 00:15:28,805 --> 00:15:30,907 ♪ You're naive, but it'll pass ♪ 369 00:15:31,007 --> 00:15:33,510 - ♪ They'll repo your skateboard, you'll grow up fast ♪ - ♪ Mm-hmm ♪ 370 00:15:33,610 --> 00:15:35,845 ♪ He's Jeff Bezos, we're just bozos ♪ 371 00:15:35,946 --> 00:15:37,681 ♪ Goodbye, middle class ♪ 372 00:15:37,747 --> 00:15:39,883 ♪ These are facts, they're not controversial ♪ 373 00:15:39,983 --> 00:15:42,385 ♪ We can't even afford what they sell in this commercial. ♪ 374 00:15:48,191 --> 00:15:50,260 Okay, so, you're saying maybe I'll have a tough time 375 00:15:50,360 --> 00:15:51,962 getting a job like my dad's. 376 00:15:52,062 --> 00:15:53,296 No, no, I'm saying 377 00:15:53,396 --> 00:15:55,031 you'll definitely never get a job like your dad's, 378 00:15:55,098 --> 00:15:56,466 and you'll have a tough time 379 00:15:56,533 --> 00:15:58,735 finding something significantly worse. 380 00:15:58,835 --> 00:15:59,836 Thanks for the song and dance, 381 00:15:59,936 --> 00:16:02,706 but I think I'm gonna be just fine. 382 00:16:02,772 --> 00:16:05,809 ♪ 'Cause there's a lot of new ways a guy can make a dollar ♪ 383 00:16:05,942 --> 00:16:08,478 ♪ I'll ride the money train, make it rain, holla ♪ 384 00:16:08,545 --> 00:16:11,081 ♪ I'll buy and sell Bitcoin, build a new app ♪ 385 00:16:11,147 --> 00:16:13,316 ♪ Do pranks on YouTube, I'm great at that crap ♪ 386 00:16:13,383 --> 00:16:15,518 ♪ Film TikTok tricks on my sick motorbike ♪ 387 00:16:15,619 --> 00:16:18,221 - ♪ Your chances are slim ♪ - ♪ Go to hell, Robert Reich ♪ 388 00:16:18,255 --> 00:16:20,190 ♪ Those aren't careers, they're a million to one ♪ 389 00:16:20,223 --> 00:16:22,492 ♪ You ain't that lucky and you ain't smart, son ♪ 390 00:16:22,626 --> 00:16:25,095 ♪ Who gives a damn? I'll find my new jam ♪ 391 00:16:25,128 --> 00:16:27,230 ♪ As an influencer on Instagram ♪ 392 00:16:27,330 --> 00:16:29,633 ♪ If all else fails, I got backup plans ♪ 393 00:16:29,699 --> 00:16:33,637 ♪ I can shake my cans on OnlyFans. ♪ 394 00:16:33,737 --> 00:16:35,538 No. Just... no. 395 00:16:35,639 --> 00:16:39,209 Okay, great. So I have no options whatsoever. 396 00:16:39,309 --> 00:16:41,611 Smell you later, dude. 397 00:16:41,711 --> 00:16:42,779 Isn't it infuriating? 398 00:16:42,846 --> 00:16:44,848 We'll never live as well as they did. 399 00:16:44,948 --> 00:16:46,683 Why doesn't anyone do anything about this? 400 00:16:46,750 --> 00:16:49,486 Well, there's an answer to that, but it's not one you'll like. 401 00:16:49,586 --> 00:16:52,022 ♪ Moe the bartender, serve it up on the mic ♪ 402 00:16:52,122 --> 00:16:54,457 ♪ So, greedy politicians write bad laws ♪ 403 00:16:54,524 --> 00:16:56,893 ♪ Throwing goodies to the rich like Santy Claus ♪ 404 00:16:56,960 --> 00:16:59,195 ♪ They chew up us poors, who votes for these guys? ♪ 405 00:16:59,229 --> 00:17:01,698 ♪ All my friends are dropping like flies ♪ 406 00:17:01,798 --> 00:17:04,034 ♪ And where are these voters getting their cues? ♪ 407 00:17:04,134 --> 00:17:06,269 ♪ Putin for president, next on Fox News ♪ 408 00:17:06,369 --> 00:17:08,638 ♪ And that's why our system is so out of order? ♪ 409 00:17:08,705 --> 00:17:11,808 ♪ Cross-dressing drug fiends are crossing our border ♪ 410 00:17:11,875 --> 00:17:13,610 (indistinct chatter) 411 00:17:19,382 --> 00:17:23,086 ♪ We vote for gun nuts and climate deniers ♪ 412 00:17:23,220 --> 00:17:27,324 ♪ Lunatics from QAnon and con men and liars ♪ 413 00:17:27,390 --> 00:17:30,760 ♪ They shred our safety net and gut Medicare ♪ 414 00:17:30,827 --> 00:17:32,429 ♪ But they get our vote ♪ 415 00:17:32,495 --> 00:17:36,933 ♪ 'Cause we're incredibly easy to scare ♪ 416 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:39,236 ♪ Cable news declares we're doomed ♪ 417 00:17:39,336 --> 00:17:41,071 ♪ And Facebook feeds our fright ♪ 418 00:17:41,137 --> 00:17:42,505 ♪ They convince us things were great ♪ 419 00:17:42,639 --> 00:17:44,774 ♪ When gas was cheap and men were white ♪ 420 00:17:44,874 --> 00:17:46,743 ♪ So we rally round the crooks ♪ 421 00:17:46,843 --> 00:17:48,778 ♪ And the creepy and the crass ♪ 422 00:17:48,845 --> 00:17:53,750 ♪ The vengeful id of our vanishing middle class ♪ 423 00:17:54,951 --> 00:17:56,753 So, as you can see, Bart... 424 00:17:56,853 --> 00:17:58,822 Bart? 425 00:17:58,889 --> 00:18:01,091 ♪ I get it, dude, abandon hope ♪ 426 00:18:01,157 --> 00:18:03,093 ♪ We can't escape our slippery slope ♪ 427 00:18:03,193 --> 00:18:04,694 ♪ The future's a sandwich made of poo ♪ 428 00:18:04,761 --> 00:18:08,331 ♪ Just tell me, what do you want me to do? ♪ 429 00:18:08,398 --> 00:18:10,533 Burn it. 430 00:18:10,600 --> 00:18:12,669 "Burn it"? Burn what? 431 00:18:12,736 --> 00:18:14,137 Well, that's up to you. 432 00:18:14,204 --> 00:18:17,274 All I know is what a janitor knows. 433 00:18:17,307 --> 00:18:20,076 ♪ If it's broke, don't wait till later ♪ 434 00:18:20,143 --> 00:18:24,414 ♪ Chuck it in the incinerator ♪ 435 00:18:24,481 --> 00:18:27,250 Hmm. I do enjoy destroying things. 436 00:18:27,350 --> 00:18:30,053 And this tie looks flammable. 437 00:18:31,955 --> 00:18:33,189 Wait, Bart, I meant the system. 438 00:18:33,256 --> 00:18:35,091 Burn it down and then reform it. 439 00:18:35,191 --> 00:18:36,359 It was a metaphor. 440 00:18:36,426 --> 00:18:39,129 Eh. I never learned what that word means. 441 00:18:39,262 --> 00:18:42,332 - Our education system is also terrible. - No! 442 00:18:42,399 --> 00:18:46,369 ♪ And so it comes to pass ♪ 443 00:18:46,436 --> 00:18:50,507 ♪ Strike a match and raise a glass ♪ 444 00:18:50,607 --> 00:18:52,108 ♪ All dreams die ♪ 445 00:18:52,175 --> 00:18:58,381 ♪ So goodbye, middle class ♪ 446 00:18:59,382 --> 00:19:00,584 (gasps) 447 00:19:00,684 --> 00:19:02,252 Oh, my God. 448 00:19:02,352 --> 00:19:05,222 (gasps) Oh, so this is real? 449 00:19:05,288 --> 00:19:06,856 Help! 450 00:19:06,957 --> 00:19:09,059 I want to live to see the future, 451 00:19:09,125 --> 00:19:11,728 even if it's gonna be incredibly crappy! 452 00:19:13,096 --> 00:19:15,432 (Homer gasps) 453 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,035 (siren wails) 454 00:19:21,538 --> 00:19:23,540 You saved me. 455 00:19:23,573 --> 00:19:26,009 ♪ Hang on tight, you'll be okay ♪ 456 00:19:26,142 --> 00:19:28,445 Thanks! By the way, how good's your pay? 457 00:19:28,511 --> 00:19:31,681 ♪ Pay's good, and pension's great when we retire ♪ 458 00:19:31,781 --> 00:19:35,285 - Nice. - ♪ Sweet health plan plus cool hat and boots ♪ 459 00:19:35,352 --> 00:19:37,187 ♪ We're always hiring new recruits ♪ 460 00:19:37,254 --> 00:19:40,290 ♪ 'Cause luckily the planet is on fire ♪ 461 00:19:40,357 --> 00:19:42,025 FIREFIGHTERS: ♪ Even the ocean ♪ 462 00:19:42,125 --> 00:19:44,127 Mom, Dad, I figured out what I'm gonna do. 463 00:19:44,194 --> 00:19:45,629 I'm gonna be a fireman. 464 00:19:45,695 --> 00:19:49,032 Well, it is true that fire isn't going anywhere. 465 00:19:49,099 --> 00:19:51,401 ♪ But you still hold me in high regard ♪ 466 00:19:51,501 --> 00:19:53,904 - ♪ Eat my shorts, you tub of lard ♪ - D'oh! 467 00:19:53,970 --> 00:19:56,172 ♪ We save lives and look badass ♪ 468 00:19:57,307 --> 00:19:59,509 ♪ And we whistle as they pass ♪ 469 00:19:59,609 --> 00:20:00,844 (women wolf whistle) 470 00:20:00,911 --> 00:20:02,812 ♪ The last men standing ♪ 471 00:20:02,879 --> 00:20:04,748 ♪ In our middle ♪ 472 00:20:04,814 --> 00:20:11,555 ♪ Class. ♪ 473 00:20:26,002 --> 00:20:28,004 - What the hell was that? - From what I can gather, 474 00:20:28,071 --> 00:20:30,774 a singing janitor took Bart on a magical journey 475 00:20:30,874 --> 00:20:33,009 through America's postwar economy. 476 00:20:33,109 --> 00:20:36,046 Also, Lisa was a rapper. 477 00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:41,084 I'm a little concerned that Bart set his tree house on fire. 478 00:20:41,218 --> 00:20:45,322 (chuckles) It does seem like an escalation. 479 00:20:47,224 --> 00:20:49,159 Maybe we can use this opportunity 480 00:20:49,259 --> 00:20:50,961 to upgrade the backyard. 481 00:20:51,094 --> 00:20:53,530 Yeah. We could get a gazebo. 482 00:20:53,563 --> 00:20:55,599 That'd be nice. 483 00:20:57,367 --> 00:20:59,736 I just read through our homeowners policy. 484 00:20:59,869 --> 00:21:01,504 We're not covered for musical numbers. 485 00:21:01,571 --> 00:21:02,739 - D'oh! - D'oh! 486 00:21:02,806 --> 00:21:06,943 Captioning sponsored by 20th CENTURY FOX TELEVISION 487 00:21:07,010 --> 00:21:10,914 FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY 488 00:21:10,981 --> 00:21:14,684 And FORD. We go further, so you can. 489 00:21:14,751 --> 00:21:19,189 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org 490 00:21:29,833 --> 00:21:31,501 Shh!