S15 E14
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Continuing
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Airs
Sundays 8:00 PM on Disney+

Season 15  "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner"  15x14

Aired 20 years ago - Mar 14, 2004

Homer tries to take the kids (Bart, Lisa Rod & Todd) to a movie; meanwhile Ned has taken the seniors for ice cream to celebrate Jasper's birthday. With all the kid friendly movies sold out, Homer (on Lenny's recommendation – he's in the movie) takes the kids to see "The Re-Deadening" a horror film that really scares the children. So much so that Bart and Lisa begin hearing noises from the attic. They try to investigate, but their fears scare them out of the attic. They get Homer to lead an investigation into the attic and they find that Artie Ziff has been living there. Ziff tells them why he is living in their attic, his Internet business failed and he's lost everything. He wants to stay there and promises to be on his best behavior until he gets back on his feet. Artie stays, but Marge sees a news report that the SEC is looking for Artie Ziff. Meanwhile, Artie is playing poker with Homer and his friends. Artie puts up 98% of his remaining stock to make a bet and Homer wins the pot, just as the SEC sweeps in to arrest Ziff. Homer (as majority stockholder) is taken into custody. Homer is put on trial and sentenced to ten years in prison. Marge tells Artie that the only reason no one likes him is because he only thinks of himself, which he soon begins to realize and after a night of passion with the only Bouvier sister (Selma) he can have he Ziff turns over his corporate books and Homer is exonerated.

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Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 1
Hey, lenny, is your film appropriate for kids?
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 2
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 3
Then I have no choice.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 4
Everything you see is make believe,
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 5
I'd better tell the governess.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 6
Can we go home?
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 7
Mm-hmm. That's my girl.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 8
like roofing and driveway scams.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 9
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 10
with donald sutherland as the priest who stopped believing...
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 11
Bart and I will explore the attic
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 12
oh, god, oh, god, oh, no...
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 13
Bones!
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 14
put together.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 15
and will be held against you in a court of sex.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 16
"Why america loves saddam hussein."
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 17
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 18
I've been hiding in your attic,
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 19
Oh, yeah. ( Chuckles )
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 20
I would stop, but I love my voice!
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 21
Everyone loved my corporation.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 22
they even took my repo vans.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 23
Not even a fresh remark. Except this one.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 24
No way! He's an annoying sneak who's out to steal my wife.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 25
( Sighs )
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 26
Doesn't your father ever read to you?
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 27
Yeah, but after the ice cream man cut up his credit card,
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 28
Guys,
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 29
It seems ziffcorp spent stockholders' money
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 30
that ziff is living in a cave somewhere.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 31
Maybe I have some kind of "tell."
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 32
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 33
Flush. What have you got?
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 34
freeze!
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 35
I sure am, with all the inherent legal liability.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 36
into his home
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 37
I'm the fat one!
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 38
Dudes, I think this guy's comin' on to me.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 39
and she was so beautiful, but what man would want her now?
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 40
Marge, I think about a lot more than just moi.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 41
I never want you in this house again!
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 42
Okay, kids, this book
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 43
"Johnny's friends get some payback on daddy
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 44
The smell of marge's pork chops...
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 45
aw, it's no use, son.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 46
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 47
We were jogging and ran out of cigarettes.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 48
No. She kicked me out for sending her husband to prison.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 49
Come on, short round, we're going back to my temple of doom.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 50
I'm going to stop now.

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Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 2 #2 Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 3
Then I have no choice.
#3
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 4
Everything you see is make believe,
#4
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 5
I'd better tell the governess.
#5
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 6
Can we go home?
#6
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 7
Mm-hmm. That's my girl.
#7
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 8
like roofing and driveway scams.
#8
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 9 #9 Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 10
with donald sutherland as the priest who stopped believing...
#10
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 11
Bart and I will explore the attic
#11
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 12
oh, god, oh, god, oh, no...
#12
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 13
Bones!
#13
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 14
put together.
#14
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 15
and will be held against you in a court of sex.
#15
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 16
"Why america loves saddam hussein."
#16
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 17 #17 Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 18
I've been hiding in your attic,
#18
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 19
Oh, yeah. ( Chuckles )
#19
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 20
I would stop, but I love my voice!
#20
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 21
Everyone loved my corporation.
#21
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 22
they even took my repo vans.
#22
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 23
Not even a fresh remark. Except this one.
#23
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 24
No way! He's an annoying sneak who's out to steal my wife.
#24
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 25
( Sighs )
#25
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 26
Doesn't your father ever read to you?
#26
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 27
Yeah, but after the ice cream man cut up his credit card,
#27
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 28
Guys,
#28
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 29
It seems ziffcorp spent stockholders' money
#29
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 30
that ziff is living in a cave somewhere.
#30
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 31
Maybe I have some kind of "tell."
#31
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 32 #32 Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 33
Flush. What have you got?
#33
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 34
freeze!
#34
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 35
I sure am, with all the inherent legal liability.
#35
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 36
into his home
#36
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 37
I'm the fat one!
#37
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 38
Dudes, I think this guy's comin' on to me.
#38
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 39
and she was so beautiful, but what man would want her now?
#39
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 40
Marge, I think about a lot more than just moi.
#40
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 41
I never want you in this house again!
#41
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 42
Okay, kids, this book
#42
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 43
"Johnny's friends get some payback on daddy
#43
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 44
The smell of marge's pork chops...
#44
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 45
aw, it's no use, son.
#45
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 46 #46 Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 47
We were jogging and ran out of cigarettes.
#47
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 48
No. She kicked me out for sending her husband to prison.
#48
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 49
Come on, short round, we're going back to my temple of doom.
#49
Recap of The Simpsons Season 15 Episode 14 (S15E14) - 50
I'm going to stop now.
#50