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Jan 6, 2019 · With Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith. Motivated by a PTSD episode Grampa had while babysitting the kids, the Simpsons take a journey to Grampa's past as a post-WW2 toy model for plastic army men, and Abe finally faces his on confused sexuality.
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- Rob Oliver, Mike B. Anderson
- 2019-01-06
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Mad About the Toy is the eleventh episode of Season 30. It is notable for winning the 2018-19 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program.
When Marge and Homer leave Grampa to babysit the kids, some little green army men trigger a PTSD episode, sending the family on a journey to Grampa's past to when he was a post-war toy model.
Homer and Marge celebrate their anniversary, leaving the kids at home with Grandpa Simpson. Marge points out that Grandpa needs to be home in an hour, so she and Homer do all their activities as fast as possible.
At home, Bart and Lisa are bored and ask Grandpa if they can play a game. Bart finds some plastic army men toys in the basement, which causes Grandpa to panic.
The family takes him to the VA hospital, but the doctor is unable to discover what is wrong. Lisa notices that the molding of the soldier toys resembles Grandpa. Grandpa remembers modeling for the toys back in 1947, and being promised a royalty for every toy. Lisa then asks if the company ever paid him, to which Grandpa replies they did not. Grandpa then realizes why he is getting the panics.
Grandpa ends up on Channel 6 news and shortly after reaches national headlines on NBC. After the headlines, the toy company invites Grandpa to visit their headquarters in New York City. The chairman tells him that he missed out on millions of dollars because he never signed his contract. Grandpa remembers running out of the shoot, when the male photographer kissed him. The company found out and fired the photographer. Realizing that he may have ruined the photographer's life, Grandpa makes his next goal to track the photographer down, visit him and apologize.
On a plane, Lisa finds out on an information website that the photographer who Grampa worked with, Philip Hefflin, lives in Marfa, Texas. The drive is long and the family encounters the Marfa lights and Prada Marfa. When they get to Philip's hometown, Grandpa stumbles into a gallery filled with paintings of him in his army uniform. Philip greets Abe, stating that he was better off being true to himself. They enjoy time together before Abe has to head back to Springfield.
In the backyard during the final scene, Bart, Milhouse, and Nelson are playing with the soldier toys. After Bart gets bored, he suggests melting them in the microwave, which the kids end up doing.
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"Mad About the Toy" is the eleventh episode of the thirtieth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons, and the 650th episode overall. The episode was directed by Rob Oliver and written by Michael Price. It aired in the United States on Fox on January 6, 2019.
Mar 28, 2024 · "Mad About the Toy" is eleventh episode of season 30 of The Simpsons and the six-hundred and fiftieth episode overall. It originally aired on January 6, 2019. The episode was written by Michael Price and directed by Rob Oliver. It guest stars Bryan Batt as Philip Hefflin, Lawrence O'Donnell as himself and Bill de Blasio as himself.
Jul 13, 2023 · When Marge and Homer leave Grampa to babysit the kids, some little green army men trigger a PTSD episode, sending the family on a journey to Grampa's past to when he was a post-war toy model.
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Jan 6, 2019 · A little prodding of his memory reveals that Abe was the model who posed for those army men toys, and but he was driven away from the job after learning that the cameraman taking his pictures was gay. After asking the toy company whatever came of him, they reveal he was fired for being gay — It was an acceptable practice in the The '40s. The ...
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