Dad, are you sure you're okay to drive at night?
- It's night? - All right, that's it. Pull over.
Now don't you worry.
Just sit back and relax
to the smooth sounds of Tommy Dorsey's All-White Orchestra.
Son, let this music take you to a time when girls were girls
and a Hershey bar was as thick as a phone book.
I'm sick of this song!
Catch a falling star and...
I don't like this one either, too optimistic!
Too slow! Too fast!
No zazz!
Too much zazz!
More boogie! Less woogie!
My back hurts!
All my friends are dead!
- Nice one. - Thanks.
Oh, no, we're gonna die.
No.
Son, call me an ambulance.
And while I'm in the hospital, you'll have to visit me every day.
And then I'll have to come live with you while I recover.
Eventually I'll die in your home,
which'll hurt the resale value, but it'll all be...
Dad?
Dad? Wake up!
Who's... What, who?
Oh, I was having the most wonderful dream.
I always wake up just before the good part.
You can just drop me off here.
I'll see you later, honey.
Yes?
I'm delivering your Scout Gal Cookies, Mayor Quimby!
That'll be $30.
For three boxes?
The money helps us serve the community.
We plant trees, pick up litter, cut up milk bones for old dogs...
It was a rhetorical question.
And I used rhetoric in my answer.
Let's just move on.
Twenty-seven to the left and open.
Where's all the money?
Why, it's right...
We spent all our money on that new slogan for Springfield.
What say you leave the cookies, and I pay you double next year?
Sir, I didn't get this skepticism merit badge
falling for promises like that.
If you don't give me those cookies,
I'll pass a law forcing your organization
to accept gay scout leaders.
I would strongly support that measure.
Just give me those cookies!
- You get it... - Let go.
This is a low point for my administration.
No. You give it.
People of Springfield,
our city is broke.
When you say broke, do you mean really broke,
or O.J. Simpson broke?
Really broke!
I've been reduced to using this cheap novelty gavel.
Order! Order!
Homer Simpson.
I know a lot of you from church and the market and such.
And I'm not much for talkin', but seems to me,
in hard times like these that we Americans come together.
So I say we roll up our sleeves, and fake a disaster
to trick the federal government out of relief money.
Rip off the federal government?
I have reservations for dinner in five minutes.
- So all in favor, say aye! - Aye!
The ayes have it.
Now, when exactly
did the hurricane pass through your town?
Five minutes ago. You just missed it.
FEMA will help you rebuild this town.
Your first $10 million will arrive as soon as you submit this form,
and the $2,500 processing fee.
And that's how a fake FEMA official scammed us out of $2,500.
We are now worse than broke.
Panic not, fellow Springfielders!
I've gone through the town's financial records,
and it turns out there are millions in uncollected city taxes.
Mmm, we shall collect each and every back tax owed!
Everyone from...
Comic Book Guy to...
Milhouse!
No one shall be spared!
Dozens of swindling deadbeats, as well as this respected reporter
who made an honest mistake, have paid their back taxes,
leaving only one outstanding debtor, country music star Lurleen Lumpkin,
seen here at the height of her fame.
Bunk with me tonight, Kermit
Bunk with me tonight...
Really, Lurleen?
Hey, Dad, that's the singer you used to manage!
Oh, right.
Dad was Colonel Homer and he wore that awesome suit
and Lurleen wanted to bunk his brains out!
But I forget how Mom felt about it.
Kids, marriage is like a car.
Along the way it has its bumps and dings,
and this country can't make one that lasts more than five years.
With Lurleen I just walked past the showroom
and didn't even go inside.
Now let's return to watching the news.
Ms. Lumpkin owed $50,000 in back taxes.
With penalties, interest and the celebrity resentment tax,
that sum has grown to $12 million.
However, she's been missing for several years,
since her career went into a downward spiral.
I told her not to go into one of those.
The entire city is searching for her.
Not for any reward, but for the pleasure destroying someone they once admired.
Save some for me!
Got her!
Krusty?
I just want to win one thing in my life!
It's not real.
Don't you dare ruin the moment!
Look at those idiots.
I bet Lurleen's a million miles away right now.
Hey, Homer.
I'm more wanted than the last petal on a bloomin' onion.
Don't worry. You can stay with us.
I'm sure Marge will be cool.
Get her out of here!
But...
I'm taking you to your home, before you wreck mine!
You live here?
Bye, Marge.
Well, at least she's got a friend.
It's your turn to clean the toilet.
Where is it?
You're holding it.
Get in!
Oh, come on.
Thanks, Marge.
Gee, after all that's passed between us, I mean...
Well, you're a bigger woman than I am.
Are you calling me fat?
No, no, no!
I'll just be quiet.
Lurleen, this barbecue is delicious!
Oh, it's a traditional Southern recipe.
Ketchup, Coca-Cola, and fricasseed possum.
Just kiddin'. It's actually chicken.
Double ew!
Well, I think it's wonderful.
My diet starts tomorrow!
Listen, I'm sorry I called you all those mean things like...
Oh, I don't even remember.
Confederate degenerate?
- Southern-fried succubus? - Hee-haw ho?
Oh, that's all right, Marge.
I'm just so grateful that y'all took me in and hid me from...
Freeze, Patsy Crime!
- Chief, you okay? - Yeah, yeah.
Why'd you jump off the roof?
I just wanted to be extraordinary.
Your Honor, I would love to pay the money I owe,
but country music changed, and I went out of style.
Objection!
Speculating on the trajectory of trends in country music.
I'm going to allow it.
Lurleen, the court orders you
to make payments of a hundred dollars a week
till such time as your music comes back in style
or becomes appreciated for its camp value.
All right, what's the next case?
Judge, next we have a man
who is suing his wife for not dressing sexy enough
in The Case of the Horny Husband.
What the...
Well, I thought if we acted like The People's Court,
some day we'd be The People's Court.
And, well, a bailiff can dream, can't he?
No, he can't.
I don't get it, Lurleen. How did you lose all your money?
Did it go up your nose?
- Between your toes? - Sadly, no.
Most of my money went to my ex-husbands.
Boy, you sure married a lot of super-hunks.
Well, from now on,
the only thing I'm gonna be married to is my work.
I've already accepted a high-octane job in the nightlife industry.
All right, I need you to get the rats outta the jukebox,
and clean the vomit out of the pool table pockets,
and then you got the job.
And you've gotta share your tips with Manuel,
who's actually me with a fake mustache.
Is good job. You should take it.
Say, Lurleen, are you Jamaican?
'Cause Jamaican me crazy.
That's sweet, but I'm not lookin' to date.
No, I'm glad you said that.
'Cause you reminded me that I'm not looking to date either.
So... So great.
Hey, Lurleen, I'm going down to the rock quarry tonight
to throw stones at the woodchucks.
- Want to come? - No.
That's okay. I understand.
Someone's lookin' at a snake in her mailbox.
She turned down Lenny and Carl?
That's like someone who doesn't like hamburgers or hot dogs.
What could make her hate men like that?
I was cryin' in my cradle
When my daddy hopped a train
He left a hole in my heart
And filled it up with pain
I know no amount of liquor
Will soothe my achin' ticker
'Cause the love for my deadbeat daddy
Is still pumpin' through my veins
So that's it.
She's been burned by the most important man in her life,
her father.
How could a man just abandon his family?
By which I mean, what is the method he would use,
and could anyone do it?
Where you going?
Lurleen Lumpkin has a hole in her heart, and I'm gonna fill it.
I've talked to over 500 men named Lumpkin.
Everyone at Lumpkin, Lumpkin and Rosenthal Associates,
an Asian or Pacific Islander named Cho Lum Kin...
Good luck in searchings!
But still no sign of Lurleen's dad!
Hello. Are you Royce Lumpkin?
- That's right. - The father of Lurleen Lumpkin?
Lurleen?
I ain't seen my little girl in 30 years.
She must be what, 12, 13 by now?
She's 34, and she's having a rough time!
Oh, man.
I better whiskey up these corn flakes.
She needs to see you right away!
Oh, man.
I better heroin up this orange juice.
There's only one man who can hambone like that.
Daddy!
Lurleen? My goodness.
Why, you're the spittin' image of your mother's hotter sister!
Royce Lumpkin, where you been?
I've been a dang fool. That's where.
Can you forgive me, Lurleen?
The way that I immediately forgave myself?
I can, Daddy!
I made that hug happen!
Wait a minute.
He's a deadbeat dad,
and yet, he's getting as much love as me,
a dad too lazy to run away!
And he has hair!
Bart, get me my suicide axe.
No suicide axe!
Later.
You know what I like best about this T-shirt?
I'll always be able to see your face.
Oh, well, you don't need a T-shirt for that, Tootsie Pop,
'cause I ain't ever gonna leave you again.
Just sit still in my lap!
- What lap? - Yeah, all I see is a gut with knees!
Why you little...
Get back here, so we can put our love on a shirt!
What?
Lurleen's daddy comes back after 30 years,
and he's father of the year.
Why can't I leave for 30 years?
Fine with me. Look, I packed you a bag.
Well, it might be cold outside.
No problem. I bought you a hat.
Oh, I see. It's reverse psychology.
Well, in that case, I'm not going, and I'm not staying.
And I'll cut my steak with a spoon, then take a walk on the ceiling.
Oh, Daddy, you made me the happiest girl
on whichever side of the Mississippi this is.
And last night, I wrote this song just for you.
For 30 years you made me cry
But now I see you ain't such a bad guy
I haven't felt this good since the Lord knows when
And I'm sure you got a million reasons
For being gone a hundred-twenty seasons
My daddy's back
And I'm feelin' like a daughter again
Yeah, Daddy's back
And I'm feelin' like a daughter
Daddy's back and she's feelin' like she oughter
Daddy's back
And he's drinking bottled water
Keep it down, I'm reading Harry Potter
My body wash is Estée Lauder
Daddy's back and I'm feelin' like a daughter again
And here comes Grampa with an otter!
Song's over, Dad.
Oh, I took three buses to get here.
Daddy's a deadbeat
He's leaving his daughter again
I'm really worried about Lurleen.
Yeah, me too.
Since her father re-abandoned her,
she's cut the word pop out of all of our foods.
You'd think a house full of crazy people would be fun.
It's actually really depressing.
Oh, cheer up. You still got your talent,
and that new song you wrote is gonna be a really big hit.
Here's a new song that's rising faster than a rocket with a rocket up its butt.
It's from the Dixie Chicks!
We said some things that came out wrong
But now we've got a brand-new song
'Cause free speech needs curtailin' now and then
We pledge allegiance to Fox News
Please take away our right to choose...
Ooh, that sounds just like my song, but how could they have heard...
Daddy!
America's back and we're feeling patri-otter again
America's back and we're feeling patri-otter
Freedom's a germ and we're glad that we caught 'er
Liberty has never looked hotter
I used to love
Welcome Back, Kotter
America's back and we're feeling patri-otter again!
Take it away, Royce!
He wrote this song!
Hey!
If you need me, I'll be...
Oh, who am I kidding?
No one needs me.
Colonel Homer!
And Major Marge!
Well, I don't...
Lurleen, you're giving your dad too much power
over the way you feel about yourself.
Stop getting your self-esteem from the men in your life.
Well, that's easy for you to say.
You're married to a kind, thoughtful genius.
Yeah...
Marge, my fringes are knotted again.
There's only one person in the world who can tell you what to do.
And that person is right here!
Santa Claus?
No, no, that's just our old Christmas decorations.
Me?
Yes!
It's time for you to take control of your own destiny.
You're not a doormat.
You're a door prize!
You're right, Marge.
And remember, you can do anything you want in the world of country music,
western wear merchandising and TV movies.
Regular movies... Don't hold your breath.
But TV movies... The sky's the limit.
Colonel, you're still my knight in white polyester.
10% Lycra.
Oh, I noticed.
Congratulations!
That song I wrote you was so patriotic,
they decided to make it into a Chevy commercial,
so I changed a few lines.
I don't know.
You're asking us to sell out our song.
And for what?
Cash money.
Money? Ooh, we love money!
Really? That's great!
I'm gonna buy me a clock radio!
Royce Boss Hogg Lumpkin, you are a thief!
A dirty, rotten, lowdown...
I think I can say it better with this.
No, no, no, don't hit him in the head!
He needs that to think up our songs.
I'm Lurleen Lumpkin, and he stole your song from me!
- What? - What?
Okay, maybe I abandoned my daughter and stole her song,
but I'm still the most honorable record producer y'all have ever met.
Well, he's got us there.
Still, in human terms, he's deplorable.
Let's make guitar picks out of him!
No!
I'm droppin' y'all as clients!
Oh, I can't thank you guys enough.
Now I'm opening for the Dixie Chicks,
and I may have just met husband number four.
Babe, need 100 bucks for beer.
Ooh, I think he's a keeper.
Well, you're very welcome, Lurleen.
Of all the women who've hit on Homer over the years, you're my favorite.
If you ever come near Homer again,
I'll strangle you with your own hair extensions.
That's right. I know.
We said some things that came out wrong
But now we've got a brand-new song
'Cause free speech needs curtailin' now and then
We pledge allegiance to Fox News
Please take away our right to choose
America's back and we're feeling patri-otter again
America's back and we're feeling patri-otter
Freedom's a germ
And we're glad that we caught 'er
Liberty has never looked hotter
America's back and we're feeling patri-otter again!