In this episode, Krusty tells the story of the time when he made a feature film in which a younger Homer and Marge were part of the crew.
Most of the town of Springfield sign up for the film crew, including a young Homer Simpson and his girlfriend Marge Bouvier.
In the present, Krusty and Maron travel to Mexico and learn that the movie was released as a comedy there entitled El Bozo Loco.
In July 2018 at San Diego Comic-Con, comedian Marc Maron was announced to be a guest star in this episode as himself.
Club gave the episode a B, stating "This late-game Simpsons outing is a heartening glimpse of inventiveness, and improbable near-success, in defiance of show biz machinery.
"[4] Tony Sokol of Den of Geek gave the episode 4 out of 5 stars, stating "This is a spark of the classic Simpsons.
A lot of people lay this at the feet of Al Jean, but every now and then we get a selfish man doing a selfless act and are relieved he's learned his lesson and will never do it again.