The Sound of Bleeding Gums

The Sound of Bleeding Gums is the seventeenth episode for Season 33. It aired on April 10, 2022.
==Synopsis==
Lisa meets the son of the late musician Bleeding Gums Murphy -- and attempts to improve his life.
==Full Story==
Lisa is listening to jazz music on her phone while Marge and Bart are watching TV, when a commercial for the Springfield Lottery comes on, reusing the song by Bleeding Gums Murphy "Can't Face Tomorrow" with new lyrics. She goes on a rant against the lottery and how Murphy wouldn't have approved of it and showing her webpage on him and a bust of his embouchure. Afterwards she goes to The Jazz Hole, after passing through countless people singing the lottery song. There, she finds out that all the musicians participated on the lottery, increasing the lost cause vibe.
After asking for Homer's advice, where he advises to avoid losing time on the lost causes, she goes on Channel 6's Smartline to a debate against the lottery, however after getting all the questions right, she stumbles on the knowledge he has a son. Soon, she finds him, Monk Murphy, at his house and after a while she discovers he was born deaf. He tried asking for the doctor's advice on how to solve the issue, but the cost of the operation was too high, so Lisa sets herself up to win against the lottery for him.
She brings Monk to The Jazz Hole, and find out that his publisher was Treasured Artists Publishing. They go to the Springfield Brill Building to find out who's selling his dad's music but finds out he got scammed by them on signing his contract, and they sold the rights to big companies and at that point, Monk asks Lisa to leave him alone. Feeling the sadness, she sneaks out of the house to the Bleeding Gums Murphy Memorial Bridge, where his ghost appears and makes her realize that what the blues is all about.
Lisa goes to The Sky's the Limit center where Monk works and is directing a production of Richard III, to apologize for her actions, and he mentions getting the implant thanks to winning the money at the lottery. At the bridge, Lisa has him hear as the first thing his dad's vinyl but Bart scratched it so she plays "Monk's New Tune", played by Bleeding Gums Murphy. In the end she dreams of playing "Happy Talk" with the other musicians at The Jazz Hole with Bleeding Gums playing with them, and makes Bart disappear once he protests for their seats.
==References==
Category:Lisa episodes
Category:Season 33 episodes
Category:Episodes named after a character
Category:Bleeding Gums Episodes
Category:Lisa seeks understanding episodes
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Category:Sequels
Category:Episodes with recycled animation
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