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Once you get used to the druggings, this isn't a bad place.
Oh, it's wonderful.
Once you get used to the druggings, this isn't a bad place.
Truly God's country.
Once you get used to the druggings, this isn't a bad place.
See you on the island.
Welcome to the Magic Palace.
Okay, you can park my car, but no joyriding.
Welcome to the Magic Palace.
Wait a minute...
I'm receiving a drink order... Something foamy... Is it a beeee...?
Beer! Yes! How did you know?
Don't worry, Marge. You won't feel a thing. You'll feel four things.
He's very good.
"Ages 8 to 80." Hmm... That's me! Dad, will you get me this magic kit?
Gee, I wish I could, son, but we've already left the gift shop.
Hmmm. Well, there's your problem.
I know that. How much to fix it?
Ooh, well, ah, that's a foreign fish we're lookin' at... So, uh, sixty-five hundred. Plus three-fifty.
I can't afford that.
Maybe I can make some money, Dad. My magic act is really coming along.
He couldn't breathe.
Oh, my goodness!
Come on, pony up, Flanders. The kid's not turning tricks for nothin'.
Oh, no! I could never support the black arts.
Black arts?!
Hey, you guys... You're in our spot!
Okay, we'll move. We don't want any trouble, fellas.
Dad, only one of them is real.
I know, but which one?
Dad, only one of them is real.
Sixty cents?! I would've made more if I'd gone into work today!
Hey, don't blame me. I gotta compete with TV, and the Internet.
A good son would come through for his dad!
Yeah, and a good dad wouldn't miss his son's Little League games!
I told you! I find them boring.
Well, I showed up for all your stupid interventions.
Oh, that's it! You can walk home!
Hey, Homer! Check it out!
What the?!
Yeah, I know a little place.
Who gave you all this money?
People. I guess they thought I was a charity case.
Really. Hey, maybe we could do that again. Can you look even more pathetic?
People. I guess they thought I was a charity case.
Oh ho, ho, that's beautiful! We could make a fortune.
But wouldn't that make us con artists?
Well, yeah. But God conned me out of sixty-five hundred bucks in car repairs.
So in a way, we'd just be balancing out the universe.
There ya go! We'd be stealing from people we know. It's just like the seasons.
Sounds good. Wanna eat my fat?
I think you know the answer to that.
This book has all the classic cons. There's "The Pigeon Drop," "The Ear Wigger," "The Brillstein Grab..."
They have any father-and-son grifts?
Well, there's the "Albany Ham Scam."
Interesting.
What are you doing? Why are you frosting that old throw pillow?
I could ask you the very same question.
Should I just back out of the room?
Would you?
Okay, Dad. Ready for our first con?
You bet. Let's trim the mark.
Nice use of the lingo, Homer.
Ten-four, Kemosabe.
No, no, no. I'll pay for the cake.
Well, you're the mark.
No, no, no. I'll pay for the cake.
... of integrity.
Wow, look at all this loot! What should we buy first?
A singing rubber fish, of course.
There you are. How was the magic act?
What in the hell are you talking about?
There you are. How was the magic act?
Oh, right, the magic. The magic was great. It's really... the way to go.
Or so it would seem...
Suckers.
I just gotta get him back!... Or if not him, a similar dog...
Dog for sale!
I just gotta get him back!... Or if not him, a similar dog...
Dog for sale!
Dad?
Yes, son?
Why are we still grifting? The car's paid for. Doesn't that balance out the universe?
In a way. But I also remembered some other stuff... like my bike that was stolen in third grade. Plus the baldness.
Okay, I'm sold.
Hello, is the lady of the house in?
Oh, no, Homer, remember? Maudie got called up to Heaven.
Oh, of course, of course. It's just that...
What?
Well, before she died, she ordered this Bible especially for you.
Why, there's my name in gold.
Now, you weren't home, so we had to pay the delivery man...
Amateurs!
Dad?
That's right.
How'd you get wise to us?
Yeah, in the Depression, you had to grift. Either that, or work.
So what's the pitch, old man?
Oh, why not? If we don't take their money, they'll just give it to some televangelist.
Let's dust a few fossils.
I'm Abe Simpson.
You've just won 10 million dollars from that Publisher's Cleary-dealie!
Yeah, I'm gonna get me the craziest, strippiest...
He's dead.
Oh, this is terrible. Now who do we give the money to?
I guess we'll just have to haul the check back to headquarters. Too bad we couldn't just give it to these nice folks.
Forget it, Ed. Do you know what it costs to sign over a check this big? Why, the wealth transfer fee would run at least a hundred dollars a head.
You're right. We'd better just take this check back for shredding.
Ext. retirement castle - porch - continuous)
Thank you... no shoving... that's right, put your money in here... all of it... Is that everyone?
Ext. retirement castle - porch - continuous)
What's your problem, Sport? Afraid to be rich?
Call me mint jelly, 'cause I'm on the lam!
So we're under arrest for fraud?
Well, this is about the flashiest car I've ever impounded.
Thanks, woo, it took a lotta grifting.
Please, FBI man, don't throw us in jail. We just made one mistake.
Yeah. We're not criminals. We're just two crazy, mixed-up kids.
Hmm... Okay, tell you what. I'll let you turn yourselves in. Maybe they'll go easier on you.
You'd do that for us?
Well, I did ruin the boy's birthday cake. Go on in. But I'll be watching.
Okay, thank you, sir.
Okay, we're all locked up now...
Yeah. Ya big idiot...
That's not an FBI badge.
Colgate Cavity Patrol?
That guy was a grifter!
Yeah, he conned us good. Well, at least we still have our jobs at the sweepstakes place.
That guy was a grifter!
What?
You were carjacked in the church parking lot?!
Absolutely. We had stopped in for a quick prayer, when... Bart, would you call him a crazy man?
What did he look like?
Well, hmm, let's see, he was foreign and he had some...
Anything else?
Uh, well, he seemed like a loner... kept to himself, mostly.
Oh, dear. We don't want that.
Anyhoo, the whole nightmare has really made us sleepy. Let's hit the hay.
Homie! Homie, wake up! They've captured your crazed foreign carjacker!
Huh? But that's impossible.
I didna do it, I tell ya.
Uh-oh.
What do you care, loner?
Well, look at that. But who called the police?
Dad, Willie got arrested 'cause of us!
'Course he did, son. He's a filthy crook. Now, let's all hit the hay.
Dad, Willie got arrested 'cause of us!
I guess you haven't heard of chloroform.
Dad, we've got to tell everyone the truth.
Let's see how this plays out.
Mr. Simpson, could you describe your assailant to the court?
I told you, my memory is fuzzy. Fuzzy!
Dad! Tell them!
When the time is right...
Daa-ad!
Let's see where he's going with this...
Willie! As your employer, I insist that you...
Stop! This has gone on just long enough.
Willie! As your employer, I insist that you...
Nobody carjacked me. I tried to pull a con and got conned myself. And then I lied to you all! So did Bart.
Wait a minute. This whole thing was a set-up?!
But Skinner got shot!
Yeah, we hornswoggled you good.
But what about the guy who took my car?
He's doing "Dreamcoat" at the dinner theater.
I can't believe everyone was in on it.
Willie wasn't!
Wait a minute. You're telling me the police force, the TV news, a courthouse full of people, and a popular entertainer had nothing better to do than to teach me and Bart a lesson?
Well, I'm gonna take the Broncos in this game. 'Cause the Packers will be blinded by Jerry's tie.
Heh, heh, heh. Tremendous.
Well, folks, he's got a point. Uh, with all our unscripted horseplay, we sometimes don't think about...
Lenny, are you watching this?
Yeah, they really hurt that guy's feelings.
I know!
Ready for the circus, Homer?
Circus?
The Cirque de Purée. We've had tickets since Septembre.
But I wanna watch Bret Favre!
Finally, a circus full of whimsy and wonder.
Oh, yeah, that's way better than fun and excitement.
As French Canadians, they don't believe in refunds, or exploiting animals for entertainment.
I wanted to see 'em fire a gorilla out of a cannon.
But I cannot help you. I am just a local merchant from, uh... this town.
Just smash it open!
Mesdames et messieurs, it appears the Cloud Goddess is ripe with rain babies. We must run for our trucks.
Oh no you don't! I paid full price for this freak show. Now nourish the child within me! Nourish...
Lenny says we've got the day off! Yippee!
One snow angel, comin' up.
Lenny says we've got the day off! Yippee!
Ahh, why does that always happen?
This is terrible. How will the kids get home?
I 'unno... Internet?
Well, I'm all for rescuing the kids, but I wish you hadn't sawed off my roof.
My car, your roof. It's only fair.
But it's my car.
Well, yeah.
Oh! I think we hit something.
I hope it's Flanders. I'm just kidding. Hey, you're all right.
Catchy song, all right. You really wrote it?
Yeah, as a tribute to Princess Di. And Dodi. Because these days, princesses...