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* LivingEmotionalCrutch: When Lisa loses Larry, she finds out that Nelson is looking forward for it, mentioning that it's the thing that keeps him sane.
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* LivingEmotionalCrutch: MoralityChain: When Lisa loses Larry, she finds out that Nelson is looking forward for it, mentioning that it's the thing that keeps him sane.
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* ThisIsReality: Grampa looks at "Hoover-villes" and closed banks thinking that they are re-staging TheGreatDepression as a side attraction to the "Tinseltown Starliner"'s heritage trip (just like the "bulls" that beat up Moe while singing), only for Marshall to tell him that those are ''actual'' shanties and failing banks in the wake of the Great Recession, much to Abe's consternation.
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* ThisIsReality: Grampa looks at "Hoover-villes" and closed banks thinking that they are re-staging TheGreatDepression as a side attraction to the "Tinseltown Starliner"'s heritage trip (just like the "bulls" that beat up Moe while singing), only for Marshall to tell him that those are ''actual'' shanties and failing banks in the wake of the Great Recession, much to Abe's consternation.
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* RealityEnsues: Grampa looks at "Hoover-villes" and closed banks thinking that they are re-staging TheGreatDepression as a side attraction to the "Tinseltown Starliner"'s heritage trip (just like the "bulls" that beat up Moe while singing), only for Marshall to tell him that those are ''actual'' shanties and failing banks in the wake of the Great Recession, much to Abe's consternation.
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* RealityEnsues: ThisIsReality: Grampa looks at "Hoover-villes" and closed banks thinking that they are re-staging TheGreatDepression as a side attraction to the "Tinseltown Starliner"'s heritage trip (just like the "bulls" that beat up Moe while singing), only for Marshall to tell him that those are ''actual'' shanties and failing banks in the wake of the Great Recession, much to Abe's consternation.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: After Lisa reads the newspaper article with one of Grampa's stories, Bart can be seen cooking Larry in a frying pan in the background.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Bart doesn't like Larry the Lamb, but still feels responsible enough to take him back to school because he knows other people like him.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Bart doesn't like Larry the Lamb, but he still feels responsible enough to take him back to school on the day he's supposed to go back, because he knows other people like him.Larry.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Bart doesn't like Larry the Lamb, but still feels responsible enough to take him back to school because he knows other people like him.
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* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler: Larry has been miraculously fixed by the final scene with no explanation. In all fairness, he's a toy lamb.]]
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* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler: Larry has been miraculously fixed by the final scene with no explanation. In all fairness, he's a toy lamb.]]
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* AsHimself: Mitch Albom (author of ''Tuesdays'') attempts to snatch Abe from Marshall.
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* AsHimself: Mitch Albom (author of ''Tuesdays'') ''Tuesdays with Morrie'') attempts to snatch Abe from Marshall.
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--> Homer: Isn't that cute? He thinks he's a pack. (Runs for his life)
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--> Homer: Isn't that cute? He thinks he's a pack. (Runs for his life)life)
* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler: Larry has been miraculously fixed by the final scene with no explanation. In all fairness, he's a toy lamb.]]
* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler: Larry has been miraculously fixed by the final scene with no explanation. In all fairness, he's a toy lamb.]]
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* TakeThat: There are two potshots aimed at newspapers: First, Abe tells Marshall that at least something will die before him. Later, when Homer wonders if the world has gone upside-down (as a result of Grampa being interesting), he decides to check if ''Cathy'' is funny for once. It isn't.
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* TakeThat: There are two potshots aimed at newspapers: First, Abe tells Marshall that at least something will die before him. Later, when Homer wonders if the world has gone upside-down (as a result of Grampa being interesting), he decides to check if ''Cathy'' is funny for once. It isn't.isn't.
* ThrowTheDogABone: Mr Burns is so pleased with the time he spent with Homer, that he releases ''one'' hound to chase after him.
--> Homer: Isn't that cute? He thinks he's a pack. (Runs for his life)
* ThrowTheDogABone: Mr Burns is so pleased with the time he spent with Homer, that he releases ''one'' hound to chase after him.
--> Homer: Isn't that cute? He thinks he's a pack. (Runs for his life)
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* AnimatedActors: Invoked by Abe, who tells Marshall about the time he was swallowed by an elephant while on the set of... a Warner Brothers cartoon.
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* DownTheDrain: Larry the Lamb ends up in the sewers after Lisa looks away for a second. She asks Wiggum for help, but he tells her that it's up to the "water police", which he admits it doesn't really exist.
* EpicFail: When Mitch Albom shows up at the asylum, the residents decide to throw him out. They're so slow it takes them six hours to do it.
* EpicFail: When Mitch Albom shows up at the asylum, the residents decide to throw him out. They're so slow it takes them six hours to do it.
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* DownTheDrain: Larry the Lamb ends up in the sewers after Lisa looks away for a second. She When Bart falls himself looking for the doll, she asks Wiggum for help, but he tells her that it's up to the "water police", which he admits it doesn't really exist.
* EpicFail: When Mitch Albom shows up at the asylum, the residents decide to throw him out. They're so slow it takes themsix hours ''six hours'' to do it.
* EpicFail: When Mitch Albom shows up at the asylum, the residents decide to throw him out. They're so slow it takes them
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* RealityEnsues: Grampa looks at "Hoover-villes" and closed banks thinking that they are re-staging TheGreatDepression as a side attraction, only for Marshall to tell him that those are actual shanties and banks in the wake of the Great Recession.
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* RamblingOldManMonologue: Abe does not only tell his fair share of them, but also lets Homer try his hand on it--Homer's story involves Godzilla, Colonel Tom Parker, the Rolling Stones, the British Museum (although ''not'' that one, being located in France, but not '''that''' France), and Gracie Films.
* RealityEnsues: Grampa looks at "Hoover-villes" and closed banks thinking that they are re-staging TheGreatDepression as a sideattraction, attraction to the "Tinseltown Starliner"'s heritage trip (just like the "bulls" that beat up Moe while singing), only for Marshall to tell him that those are actual ''actual'' shanties and failing banks in the wake of the Great Recession.Recession, much to Abe's consternation.
* RealityEnsues: Grampa looks at "Hoover-villes" and closed banks thinking that they are re-staging TheGreatDepression as a side
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** The episode is a WholePlotReference the book ''Tuesdays with Morrie''.
** Passengers at the "Tinseltown Express" include Will Rogers, Shirley Temple, Fred Astaire, W.C. Fields, Laurel and Hardy, Boris Karloff (in character as Frankenstein) and most important of all... Clark Gable.
** Passengers at the "Tinseltown Express" include Will Rogers, Shirley Temple, Fred Astaire, W.C. Fields, Laurel and Hardy, Boris Karloff (in character as Frankenstein) and most important of all... Clark Gable.
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** The episode is a WholePlotReference to the book ''Tuesdays with Morrie''.
** Passengers at the "TinseltownExpress" Starliner" include Will Rogers, Shirley Temple, Fred Astaire, W.C. Fields, Laurel and Hardy, Boris Karloff (in character as Frankenstein) and most important of all... Clark Gable.
** Passengers at the "Tinseltown
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* EpicFail: When another writer shows up at the asylum, the residents decide to throw him out. They're so slow it takes them six hours to do it.
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* EpicFail: When another writer Mitch Albom shows up at the asylum, the residents decide to throw him out. They're so slow it takes them six hours to do it.
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* AwardBait: Goldman decides [[spoiler:to kill Grampa so that his death]] will win him a Pulitzer.
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* AwardBait: Goldman decides [[spoiler:to to kill Grampa so that his death]] death will win him a Pulitzer.
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* Irony: Bart is the only one at class who doesn't want to take Larry for the week-end. Guess who gets Larry...
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* Irony: EpicFail: When another writer shows up at the asylum, the residents decide to throw him out. They're so slow it takes them six hours to do it.
* {{Irony}}: Bart is the only one at class who doesn't want to take Larry for the week-end. Guess who gets Larry... Lampshaded by Martin.
* {{Irony}}: Bart is the only one at class who doesn't want to take Larry for the week-end. Guess who gets Larry... Lampshaded by Martin.
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* PaperThinDisguise: Bart disguises the notes from school by taping pieces of paper with other words over the original text. Marge doesn't see through the ruse.
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* TakeThat: There are two potshots aimed at newspapers: First, Abe tells Marshall that at least something will die before him. Later, when Homer wonders if the world has gone upside-down (as a result of Grampa being interesting), he decides to check if ''Cathy'' is funny for once. It isn't.
* WorldWarII: The first story Abe tells Goldman is about the time he and his fellow Navy men rode on some sharks after their ship is wrecked by a missile... launched by them. Actually, Grampa is still friends with the servicemen and the sharks.
* WorldWarII: The first story Abe tells Goldman is about the time he and his fellow Navy men rode on some sharks after their ship is wrecked by a missile... launched by them. Actually, Grampa is still friends with the servicemen and the sharks.
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* TakeThat: There are two potshots aimed at newspapers: First, Abe tells Marshall that at least something will die before him. Later, when Homer wonders if the world has gone upside-down (as a result of Grampa being interesting), he decides to check if ''Cathy'' is funny for once. It isn't.
* WorldWarII: The first story Abe tells Goldman is about the time he and his fellow Navy men rode on some sharks after their ship is wrecked by a missile... launched by them. Actually, Grampa is still friends with the servicemen and the sharks.isn't.
* WorldWarII: The first story Abe tells Goldman is about the time he and his fellow Navy men rode on some sharks after their ship is wrecked by a missile... launched by them. Actually, Grampa is still friends with the servicemen and the sharks.
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* TakeThat: There are two potshots aimed at newspapers: First, Abe tells Marshall that at least something will die before him. Later, when Homer wonders if the world has gone upside-down (as a result of Grampa being interesting), he decides to check if ''Cathy'' is funny for once. It isn't.
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* TakeThat: There are two potshots aimed at newspapers: First, Abe tells Marshall that at least something will die before him. Later, when Homer wonders if the world has gone upside-down (as a result of Grampa being interesting), he decides to check if ''Cathy'' is funny for once. It isn't.isn't.
* WorldWarII: The first story Abe tells Goldman is about the time he and his fellow Navy men rode on some sharks after their ship is wrecked by a missile... launched by them. Actually, Grampa is still friends with the servicemen and the sharks.
* WorldWarII: The first story Abe tells Goldman is about the time he and his fellow Navy men rode on some sharks after their ship is wrecked by a missile... launched by them. Actually, Grampa is still friends with the servicemen and the sharks.
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Just when Grampa realizes that no one wants to hear his stories, Marshall Goldman, a feature writer for the ''Springfield Shopper'' takes interest in him. Soon, the column "From the Mouth of Abe" becomes a national phenomenon. However, Homer discovers that Marshall also wants to kill Grampa to win awards.
Meanwhile, Bart is forced to take care for the weekend of Larry, the class' lamb doll, much to his chagrin, so he gives him to Lisa, who ends up losing him. Now it's up to them to save the lamb from the sewers.
!!This episode includes examples of:
* ActorAllusion: Marshall is voiced by Hank Azaria, who also appeared as Mitch in ''Tuesdays with Morrie''. He was also to appear on a movie version of Grampa's memoirs.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: A newspaper headline in a 1930s flash-back sequence mentions that bicycle wheels "are now the same size". "Safety" bikes had replaced penny-farthings in the 1880s-1890s.
* AsHimself: Mitch Albom (author of ''Tuesdays'') attempts to snatch Abe from Marshall.
* AwardBait: Goldman decides [[spoiler:to kill Grampa so that his death]] will win him a Pulitzer.
* DownTheDrain: Larry the Lamb ends up in the sewers after Lisa looks away for a second. She asks Wiggum for help, but he tells her that it's up to the "water police", which he admits it doesn't really exist.
* Irony: Bart is the only one at class who doesn't want to take Larry for the week-end. Guess who gets Larry...
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: When Lisa loses Larry, she finds out that Nelson is looking forward for it, mentioning that it's the thing that keeps him sane.
* ParentalIssues: Homer only begins to take Abe seriously after he becomes famous. Meanwhile, Marshall wants a Pulitzer to win his mother's respect.
* RealityEnsues: Grampa looks at "Hoover-villes" and closed banks thinking that they are re-staging TheGreatDepression as a side attraction, only for Marshall to tell him that those are actual shanties and banks in the wake of the Great Recession.
* ShoutOut:
** The episode is a WholePlotReference the book ''Tuesdays with Morrie''.
** Passengers at the "Tinseltown Express" include Will Rogers, Shirley Temple, Fred Astaire, W.C. Fields, Laurel and Hardy, Boris Karloff (in character as Frankenstein) and most important of all... Clark Gable.
** A newspaper headline of the 1930s mentions Shemp leaving The Three Stooges. Indeed, he left the trio in the early 30s, only to return in 1946 after his (and Moe's) brother Curly became incapacitated.
** Slimu is a parody of Shamu.
* TakeThat: There are two potshots aimed at newspapers: First, Abe tells Marshall that at least something will die before him. Later, when Homer wonders if the world has gone upside-down (as a result of Grampa being interesting), he decides to check if ''Cathy'' is funny for once. It isn't.
Meanwhile, Bart is forced to take care for the weekend of Larry, the class' lamb doll, much to his chagrin, so he gives him to Lisa, who ends up losing him. Now it's up to them to save the lamb from the sewers.
!!This episode includes examples of:
* ActorAllusion: Marshall is voiced by Hank Azaria, who also appeared as Mitch in ''Tuesdays with Morrie''. He was also to appear on a movie version of Grampa's memoirs.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: A newspaper headline in a 1930s flash-back sequence mentions that bicycle wheels "are now the same size". "Safety" bikes had replaced penny-farthings in the 1880s-1890s.
* AsHimself: Mitch Albom (author of ''Tuesdays'') attempts to snatch Abe from Marshall.
* AwardBait: Goldman decides [[spoiler:to kill Grampa so that his death]] will win him a Pulitzer.
* DownTheDrain: Larry the Lamb ends up in the sewers after Lisa looks away for a second. She asks Wiggum for help, but he tells her that it's up to the "water police", which he admits it doesn't really exist.
* Irony: Bart is the only one at class who doesn't want to take Larry for the week-end. Guess who gets Larry...
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: When Lisa loses Larry, she finds out that Nelson is looking forward for it, mentioning that it's the thing that keeps him sane.
* ParentalIssues: Homer only begins to take Abe seriously after he becomes famous. Meanwhile, Marshall wants a Pulitzer to win his mother's respect.
* RealityEnsues: Grampa looks at "Hoover-villes" and closed banks thinking that they are re-staging TheGreatDepression as a side attraction, only for Marshall to tell him that those are actual shanties and banks in the wake of the Great Recession.
* ShoutOut:
** The episode is a WholePlotReference the book ''Tuesdays with Morrie''.
** Passengers at the "Tinseltown Express" include Will Rogers, Shirley Temple, Fred Astaire, W.C. Fields, Laurel and Hardy, Boris Karloff (in character as Frankenstein) and most important of all... Clark Gable.
** A newspaper headline of the 1930s mentions Shemp leaving The Three Stooges. Indeed, he left the trio in the early 30s, only to return in 1946 after his (and Moe's) brother Curly became incapacitated.
** Slimu is a parody of Shamu.
* TakeThat: There are two potshots aimed at newspapers: First, Abe tells Marshall that at least something will die before him. Later, when Homer wonders if the world has gone upside-down (as a result of Grampa being interesting), he decides to check if ''Cathy'' is funny for once. It isn't.