I'm Goin' to Praiseland
"I'm Goin' to Praiseland"
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Episode Information
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At an Ice cream social at the church Ned Flanders bumps into Rachel Jordan (from the episode Alone Again, Natura-Diddly) He invites her to spend the night at his place (With him sleeping on the couch) claiming to have gotten over Maude's death. Once there, she notices that he has a lot of photos of Maude, and he insists that she doesn't sleep on Maude's indentation. During the night he changes Rachel’s hair to look like Maude's, she screams and leaves, which causes Ned to realize that he hasn't gotten over Maude at all. The next day the Simpsons volunteer to sort all of Maude's things while he is at the eye doctor. Homer brings over a shredder to help "sort" things faster. When Ned returns they have sorted everything of Maude's and replaced her face on their wedding photo with Homer's face. Bart then finds Maude's sketchbook that apparently didn't get "sorted". Ned flips through and finds a sketch of a Praiseland amusement park that was Maude's last wish. Ned decides to fulfill Maude’s dream and so he buys the old Storytown Village from the Rich Texan. After weeks of work it is finally the grand opening of Praisleand. With a statue of Maude with the phrase "She taught us the joy of shame and the shame of joy". The amusement park is a flop. Featuring things like a ride that reads you all of the psalms of David, and a Noah's ark gummi, flavored plain. Just as everyone is about to leave a Maude mask floats up in front of the face of the statue. After this phenomenon stops, Principal Skinner tries to argue it away only to fall on the floor and speak in tongues. He then stands up to say that he had a vision of heaven. The place then gets very popular as people pay to see "Miracle Maude". Ned then finds out that there is a leak in the gas line and that instead of miracles people are just getting goofy off the gas. They try to continue with the lie, but after a near disaster. They decide to close Praiseland down forever. Ned then sees Rachel again who is wearing a wig after the hair incident. They then go back to Ned's house where the make the bed, erasing Maude's indentation.
