Bart's New Friend is the eleventh episode of Season 26.
Plot
There is a retirement party at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. Homer is shocked to discover the man retiring, Don, is also a safety inspector at sector 7G. Homer has not done any real work for years, Don had done the full workload by himself. After Don's retirement, Homer is preoccupied with work at the office and at home. Marge plans to spend the day at the circus with the family. When at a hypnotist tent, Homer is hypnotized into thinking he is ten years old and before the hypnotist Sven Golly can undo the hypnosis he runs off to escape an arrest by the police. Homer is stuck thinking of being only ten years old.
Production
Bart's New Friend is based off a script written by Judd Apatow, 25 years before the episode's airing.
Videos
Virtual Tour from "Bart's New Friend" THE SIMPSONS ANIMATION on FOX
Tunnel Tag from "Bart's New Friend" THE SIMPSONS ANIMATION on FOX
Homer Can't Afford to Take a Break from "Bart's New Friend" THE SIMPSONS ANIMATION on FOX