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Mr. Simpson, do you have half a million dollars?
Uh, sure... let me write you a check.
Mr. Simpson, this check is dated January 1, 2054.
Is there a problem with that?
Our ponies start at five thousand dollars. Cash.
Isn't there like a pound where you can pick up cheap ponies that ran away from home?
Simpson, eh? How can I help you?
Mr. Burns, you do this personally?
It's a hobby. I'm not in this for any personal gain, heavens no. By the way, are you acquainted with our state's stringent usury laws?
U-su-ry?
Silly me, I must have just made up a word that doesn't exist. Now, what is the purpose of this loan?
I want to buy a pony.
Isn't that cute? Smithers, he's planning on joining the horsey set. That is it, isn't it? You're not planning to eat it?
No. I need to get it for my little girl because she doesn't love me any more.
Shut up, Simpson.
Sorry.
Mr. Simpson, are you quite sure you know how to take care of a pony?
Of course.
I am very upset with you.
Sounds like someone's angling for a pony of her own.
Hey, how come Lisa gets a pony?
Because she stopped loving me.
I don't love you either. So give me a moped.
I know you love me. So you don't get squat. Hee hee hee hee.
Homer, just where were you planning to keep this horse?
I've got it all figured out. By day it will roam free around the neighborhood. And at night it will nestle snugly between the cars in our garage.
That's illegal.
That's for the courts to decide. Marge, she loves me.
Dad, I think Princess belongs in a stable.
Stable? That sounds expensive.
Dad, I think Princess belongs in a stable.
This is what love costs a month?
Father, you've made me the happiest girl who ever lived.
Oh nuts.
Wait, Dad, I've got something for you.
I was hoping it'd be money.
Hmm, oh dear, we're in serious trouble here. We're just going to have to cut down on luxuries.
Well you know, we're always buying Maggie vaccinations for diseases she doesn't even have.
Actually, I was thinking we could cut down on your beer.
Nah, we're not gonna be doing that.
Then I'm afraid there's no choice but to give up the pony back.
First you didn't want me to get the pony. Now, you want me to take it back. Make up your mind.
Homer...
Marge, Lisa loves me, the pony stays.
All right. You got us into this, you get us out.
Fine, I will. There's plenty of money out there for a guy who's willing to work for it.
All right. You got us into this, you get us out.
Do you have any jewelry you don't need anymore?
Here you go.
Liberty Bell... Two Liberty Bells... come on, come on, come on... Oh. Yes! Whoo-hoo! Three Liberty Bells! That'll be TEN thousand dollars, Apu.
Oh congratulations, Mr. Homer!
Thank you.
If I could just see the ticket...
There it is.
Please to be removing your thumb.
No.
Yes. Please, I must insist...
No! No!
I've got to look at the ticket
No! You can't see... come on!
Yes, I must...
No!
Yes, I must...
Let go. You're ripping it.
A cherry! Oh, Mr. Homer, what has reduced you to such cheap chicanery?
Ohh... I need money.
Well, if you need money you should have at least jammed a gun in my head or better yet you could inquire about my "Help Wanted" sign.
You're looking for help?
Yes. We need someone for the demanding, yet high-profile midnight to eight a.m. shift.
I'm your man!
You're hired.
Woo-hoo!
Each of these bullet wounds is a badge of honor.
...Badge of honor.
Now, these hot dogs have been here for three years. They are strictly ornamental. There's only one bozo who comes in and buys them.
But I eat... Oh.
Homer, where have you been? I was so worried.
Marge, could we go in the other room? I did something last night I'm not proud of and I don't want the kids to hear it.
Oh my God, she killed him.
Mmm... salty.
Homer, are you stealing Squishees?
No sir.
Homer! You are asleep at your post! Now go change the expiration dates on the dairy products.
Yes sir.
Homie, how long do you plan to do this?
I don't know. How long do horses live?
I just called to say I love you, Dad.
Thanks. When is she gonna stop loving me?
Hey, Homer, where ya goin'?
Going for... eight hour walk.
Hey, pink hat, when I ordered that blueberry squishee, I meant today.
Coming right up, sir.
And fill it to the top this time.
Yes, sir.
Dad, you don't have to do this.
Yes I do. You see Lisa, grownups have a thing called money...
Dad, I understand the sacrifice you've made for me. That's why I gave up the pony.
You did?
I mean you, you dummy.
Awww.
I mean you, you dummy.
Apu. You can take this job and re-staff it!
Products you could only imagine before. The Foam Doam...the Jet Walker...Mr. Sugar Cube...
That baby changed our lives.
Not so fast Troy! With one application of Spiffy, you'll think the body's still warm.
Oooooh! That's one clean tombstone.
Hey, Dad, you got a power drill?
In the garage.
I'm offering three bottles -- enough to clean one thousand tombstones -- for only thirty-nine ninety-five.
Yeah, give us a break, Doctor.
Hey, Homer, I can't find the safety goggles for the power saw.
If stuff starts flying, just turn your head.
Okay. I'll throw in a fourth bottle, the applicator glove, and a state of Kansas Jell-O mold -- twenty-nine ninety-five.
Okay, okay, calm down.
Homer, be nice.
Okay, I will. I will.
Homer, be nice.
Patty, Selma, what a pleasant surprise.
No, next to him. Mary... Tyler... Moore.
... Expiration date: June, 1999... Uh, 2012, yeah.
Homer, are you ordering junk off the TV again?
Shh! They'll hear you.
Who's using the power tools?
I don't know. Some guy I guess.
Well, we're going to the beauty parlor. Maybe you should do something with the kids while I'm gone.
Oh sure, great idea. I'd love to -- Did you hear that?
Yes.
How much?
Everything.
What's the quickest, cheapest, easiest way to do something with you?
Uh... take us to the video store.
Anything for my little girl.
Uh... take us to the video store.
Bart! You can't weld with such a little flame. Stupid kid.
You want to rent it, sir?
Why? I just saw the best part.
You want to rent it, sir?
Oooh, "Death by Knockout," "Blood on the Ice" Oh, oh... "Football's Greatest Injuries". Lisa, we're going.
But, Dad, I can't find "Happy Little Elves in Tinkly Winkly Town".
Just grab something. All these movies are great.
Homer, could you turn off the TV? There's a little test I want you to take.
Oh great, you made me miss Joe Theisman.
This is from the National Fatherhood Institute. It evaluates your knowledge of your son and rates you as a father.
Oh Marge.
Question one: "Name one of your child's friends..."
Uh, let's see, Bart's friends... Well, there's the fat kid with the thing... uh... the little wiener who's always got his hands in his pockets.
They want a name, Homer, not a vague description.
Okay. Hank.
Hank?! Hank who?
Hank... Jones.
Homer, you made that up. Question two: "Who is your son's hero?"
Steve McQueen.
That's your hero. "Name another dad you talked to about parenting."
Next.
"What are your son's hobbies?"
Well, he's always chewing on that phone cord.
He hasn't done that since he was two.
Then he has no hobbies.
Oh really? Well, maybe you should go out in the garage and see.
Bart!... BART!!!
What?
You don't have any hobbies, do you boy?
No, not really.
Well, that's what I... Wait a minute. What are you doing?
Building a Soap Box Derby racer.
Oh, that's a hobby!
Hey, so it is.
Oh, my God. I don't know jack about my boy... I'm a bad father!
You're also fat.
I'm also fat!
National Fatherhood Institute. Dave speaking.
I'm Homer Simpson. I just took your test. I got a zero.
In between some other projects. Well, gentlemen, if you'll excuse me, I've booked some time at the wind tunnel.
Goodbye, son.
For starters, Mr. Simpson, won't you take this complimentary copy of "Fatherhood" by Bill Cosby.
Ho, ho... if he's as smart as he is funny, I'm sold.
Mr. Simpson, if you want to be a good father, you have to spend time with your son.
Well, that's easy for you to say, you preachy egg-headed institute guy. How much do you see your son?
Homer, meet Dave Jr.
Huh?
Thanks, Dad.
Oh, how I envy you!
Homer, that easy back and forth that you just witnessed didn't happen over night. It took years of effort.
I've never been afraid of a little hard work.
Aw, that's the spirit, Mr. Simpson. Now step one is to find an activity the two of you can share. Does the boy have any interests?
What boy?
Your son. Find something he likes to do and share in it.
Well, he is building a soapbox derby racer.
Thanks, but I'm almost done. Why don't you get back on the couch and watch TV?
Okay. No, I'm gonna do it.
Sorry dad, but three time Soap Box Derby champion Ronnie Beck never needed his dad's help.
But you can use me. I'm good. I've built a lot of things around the house... The spice rack... The birdfeeder... The gymboree.
Sorry dad, but three time Soap Box Derby champion Ronnie Beck never needed his dad's help.
What was that? Ah, who cares. Son, please let me help you.
Come on Dad, it'd be weird.
Oh this isn't working at all. It's hopeless... Wait a second.
Come on Dad, it'd be weird.
Hmm... "Cosby's first law of intergenerational perversity: No matter what you tell your child to do, he will always do the opposite." Huh?
Come on Dad, it'd be weird.
Oh, that sounds too complicated.