Nicholas Braun, Seth Green, John Lithgow, Edi Patterson, Krysten Ritter, and Paul F. Tompkins guest starred.
In the present, Krusty is celebrating the 50th anniversary of his fast food chain which everyone in town including the Simpson family attends.
Lisa accompanies Grampa to the board meeting as he along with the Redfield family, German politician Angela Merkel, businessman Kevin O'Leary, and TikTok star Charli D'Amelio prepare to cast their votes.
On the bus home, Lisa apologizes to Grampa for being unable to break the Simpson curse; but he assures her that despite all his bad decisions, he is lucky to have her as his granddaughter.
The Redstar lawyer appears in a helicopter revealing Gus's plot and offers Krusty his franchise back.
[1] Green previously appeared as another character in the couch gag of the twenty-eighth season episode "The Cad and the Hat.
[6] Tony Sokol of Den of Geek stated "’Meat is Murder’ is a well-balanced offering served fast.
"[7] Marcus Gibson of Bubbleblabber gave the episode an 6.5/10 stating, "Overall, ’Meat is Murder’ offers an intriguing part of Grampa and Krusty's early years as restaurant workers.
Aside from the flashback scenes and guest stars, the episode falls into the usual corporation trappings like the other shows but doesn't have an investing brand to sell to its customers.