Editing Poorhouse Rock

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|image=Poorhouse Rock promo 7.png
|caption= 
|number=728
|season=33
|snumber=22 
|prodcode= UABF14
|airdate= May 22, [[2022]]
|couchgag= Several of the kids from [[Springfield Elementary School|Springfield Elementary]] are having a party in the house, when [[Marge]] and [[Homer]] suddenly arrive and everyone hides behind furniture or in other rooms. Lisa then retrieves a shirt that was left on the floor just as they're sitting on the couch. Everyone peek from around the corner and [[Maggie]] pops her lollipop out of her mouth.
|guests= [[Hugh Jackman]] as the {{ap|janitor|Poorhouse Rock}}<br>[[Megan Mullally]] as [[Sarah Wiggum]]<br>[[Robert Reich]] as {{Ch|Robert Reich|himself}}
|showrunner= [[Matt Selman]]<br>[[Al Jean]]
|writer= [[Tim Long]]
|director=[[Jennifer Moeller]]
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'''"Poorhouse Rock"''' is the twenty-second and finale episode of [[season 33]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the seven-hundred and twenty-eighth episode overall. It originally aired on May 22, [[2022]]. The episode was written by [[Tim Long]] and directed by [[Jennifer Moeller]]. It guest stars [[Hugh Jackman]] as the {{ap|janitor|Poorhouse Rock}}, [[Megan Mullally]] as [[Sarah Wiggum]], and [[Robert Reich]] as {{Ch|Robert Reich|himself}}

== Synopsis ==
{{Desc|After [[Bart]] humiliates him at church, [[Homer]] finally teaches his son to admire his dad - until a visit from a magical, singing janitor changes everything they thought they knew.}}

== Plot ==
[[Marge]] has organized a reunion with her lady friends to watch ''[[Tunnelton]]'' and denies the rest of the family access to the biscuits and pastries she has prepared. The ladies start watching the show, using [[Helen Lovejoy]]'s [[Netflix]] password while drinking. The next morning Marge has hangover and asks [[Homer]] to take the kids to church.

At the church after the hymn the kids are taken to Sunday school with Helen, where Bart is asked to present his work on "Honor Thy Mother and Father", where he shows how much Marge is a role model while Homer is a goofball, showing videos of the past, including a prank with him and Lisa and Homer chasing [[Capital City Goofball]] after he proposes to Marge with flowers.

Homer gets tired of church and uses [[Maggie]] as an excuse to get out of it, but discovers Bart's presentation, seeing how he thinks he's a loser, and gets angry once more, confirming how he acts in the scenes is real and gets sent into the angry grownup room. Later, Homer convinces himself that taking Bart to work will change his idea of him being a loser, so he takes him there while using a trick to take him inside once he shows no interest in going.

Once in the [[Power Plant]], Homer shows Bart the best parts of his job, gaining Bart's respect, ending with them getting the money from his paycheck. The next morning Bart gets dressed just like Homer and announces he wants to be a nuclear safety inspector just like Homer.

Later, Bart goes to the Plant to see his father working again, but only finds a janitor, which explains with a song how his job is coming to pass and doesn't exist anymore, with the help of Lisa. Bart tries to counteract with him saying he could use all the new technologies instead to make money and then they show him the crude reality of how making money out of them is impossible, thanks to the help of other Springfielders.

Bart realizes it's all true and goes to his treehouse, where the janitor tells him to burn the system, but Bart misunderstands him and burns the treehouse instead, getting saved by the [[Springfield Fire Department]], and finally realizing what he's going to do, becoming a fireman. Later, Marge and Homer are recovering the backyard, thinking of upgrading it, but Lisa tells them their homeowners policy doesn't cover musical numbers.

== Production ==
The story is inspired by [https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/life-simpsons-no-longer-attainable/617499/ an article] in ''The Atlantic'' of February 2021, inspired by a twitter post by Erika Chappell, about how the middle-class lifestyle of The Simpsons is no longer realistic.<ref name="PHRGuests_Story">[https://maximumfun.org/episodes/dead-pilots-society/episode-87-tim-long-the-simpsons-jon-radler-interview-perfect-harmony-after-show/ MaximumFun - "After Show for Perfect Harmony - Episode 87: Tim Long (The Simpsons) & Jon Radler Interview (Perfect Harmony After Show)"]</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/mrtimlong/status/1526609062925766657 Tim Long's Twitter - "Poorhouse Rock Inspiration"]</ref>

The episode's couch gag was designed by Venezuelan artist [https://twitter.com/spikermonster Spike Monster].<ref>[https://twitter.com/mrtimlong/status/1527352479523885063 Tim Long's Twitter - "Poorhouse Rock Couch Gag"]</ref>
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== References ==
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== Promo videos ==
*[[File:Twitter - logo.png|20px]] [https://twitter.com/TheSimpsons/status/1527363655305928705 "The Simpsons season finale is the hottest show in town — featuring @RealHughJackman this Sunday on @FOXTV!" on '''Twitter''']
*{{youtube|7CBZXWA7Y0I|Marge Watches "Tunnelton" With Her Friends}}
*{{youtube|BsmSmnqBYlE|Hugh Jackman makes his Simpsons debut singing about middle class decline}}
*[[File:Twitter - logo.png|20px]] [https://twitter.com/RBReich/status/1527434852286357504 "I'm grateful to be able to share this sneak peek of @TheSimpsons season finale, where @RealHughJackman and I team up to tackle inequality and the demise of the middle class. Here's a sneak peak of the episode. Be sure to tune in at 8pm ET/7pm CT/8pm PT this Sunday for the rest!" on '''Twitter''']
*{{youtube|pxyVpz4jDzo|Marge's Guilty Pleasure}}

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[[Category:2022]]
[[Category:Bart episodes]]
[[Category:Musical episodes]]
[[Category:Episodes written by Tim Long]]
[[Category:Episodes directed by Jennifer Moeller]]
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