Old Money (The Simpsons)

Grampa falls in love with Beatrice "Bea" Simmons, a new resident at the Springfield Retirement Castle.

The safari trip goes wrong when Homer goes onto an unauthorized pathway that leaves the family surrounded by lions and trapped overnight until a warden rescues them.

Several of the townspeople visit Grampa with frivolous, greedy, and destructive proposals, disgusting him so much that he goes for a walk to clear his mind.

Seeing the plight of Springfield's homeless residents during his walk, he realizes he does not have enough money to solve the city's problems.

Homer finds him on a winning streak at a casino's roulette tables and pleads for him to stop while he is ahead.

The two struggle over the bet, and Homer manages to drag Grampa's chips off the table just before the wheel stops on a number he had not covered.

Grampa uses the money to renovate the retirement home and has the dining room renamed in Bea's honor.

Al Jean, a writer on the show, said Meadows was perfect for the role because she was very sweet, and the staff had a lot of fun during the recording sessions with her.

[5] The scene with Grampa and Bea eating their pills seductively is a reference to the 1963 film Tom Jones.

The climax scenes, where Grampa uses the money to fix up the Springfield Retirement Castle, is a reference to the ending of the 1932 film If I Had a Million.

The authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, wrote: "a wonderful episode, very sad but ultimately uplifting, with great one-liners (particularly from Grampa)".