The Old Man and the Lisa

Episode aired Apr 20, 1997
TV-PG
30m

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7.8/10

2.9K

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Harry Shearer and Yeardley Smith in The Simpsons (1989)

Adult Animation Satire Animation Comedy

Burns loses his fortune and recruits Lisa to help him get it back.Burns loses his fortune and recruits Lisa to help him get it back.Burns loses his fortune and recruits Lisa to help him get it back.

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IMDb RATING

7.8/10

2.9K

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3User reviews

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Dan Castellaneta

Homer Simpson
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Julie Kavner

Marge Simpson
(voice)
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Nancy Cartwright

Bart Simpson
(voice)
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Yeardley Smith

Lisa Simpson
(voice)

Hank Azaria

Harry Shearer

Lenny
(voice)
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Bret Hart

Bret 'The Hitman' Hart
(voice)

Tress MacNeille

Agnes Skinner
(voice)
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Trivia
The series' running gag of Mr. Burns being unbelievably old gets an additional wrinkle here. Burns' age is usually stated to be 104, so he'd be born in 1893 for the purpose of this story. But the series also contains frequent clues that he's even older than he lets on. In this one he owns a stock from "Confederated Slave Holdings," suggesting that he was already in business before 1865 (the last year of American slavery).

Goofs
In an episode from an earlier season Krusty acts like his insides are being shredded by a metal Krusty O prize that was being sold in Krusty O's cereal, but it turned out to be just a regular Krusty O, yet he picks up a box at the grocery store in this episode.

Quotes
[Burns learns about the stock market crash of 1929]
Mr. Burns: Oh no. Smithers, why didn't you tell me about this market crash?
Smithers: Well, sir, it happened 25 years before I was born.
Mr. Burns: Oh, that's your excuse for everything.

Connections
Featured in Hitman Hart: Wrestling with Shadows (1998)

Soundtracks
Achy Breaky Heart
(uncredited)
Written by Don Von Tress
Performed by Billy Ray Cyrus

Montgomery Burns goes broke from trusting his yes men. But Lisa Simpson shows him that be doing things that are good for the world he can bring himself back up from the depths. Of course, we know this isn't going to end well. Like so many cliches in the movies, the Simpsons are doomed to never move up. The ending is so unsatisfying.