Thursdays with Abie

Summary

Grampa is sitting on a bench waiting for his family when a thoughtful-looking man named Marshall Goldman approaches him and asks to hear about his life. Grampa tells Goldman about the time he was on a World War II battleship, which was hit by an enemy torpedo, and Goldman, a human-interest columnist, publishes it in The Springfield Shopper. Later, Grampa meets Mitch Albom and shares another story with Goldman for a follow-up article. Homer becomes jealous of Grampa's newfound fame and seeks a surrogate father. But when Homer discovers a draft of Goldman's third story, he must race to find Grampa before it is published and his life is changed forever.

Guest stars

• Russi Taylor as Martin Prince (voice)
• Marcia Wallace as Edna Krabappel (voice)
• Pamela Hayden as Milhouse Van Houten (voice)
• Tress MacNeille as Slimu Host / Agnes Skinner (voice)
• Mitch Albom as Mitch Albom (voice)