After Flanders sends his boys to summer camp, the Simpsons decided to cheer up the depressed and despondent dad by letting him stay with them. Ned proves that he is never at a loss for a word of encouragement or a word to the wise, but while his sunny disposition and optimistic worldview do wonders for some of the members of the Simpson family, others (like Homer), find his clever array of words a little annoying! [per solicitation]; Bart draws a comic book with Homer wiping out on a roller skate. Will life imitate art as Homer approaches the top of the stairs and the waiting roller skate.