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The Simpsons episode
Episode no. Season 13
Episode 13
Directed by Lance Kramer
Written by Jon Vitti
Production code DABF09
Original air date March 10, 2002 (2002-03-10)
Guest appearance(s)

Olympia Dukakis as Zelda
Bill Saluga as Ray Jay Johnson

Episode features
Couch gag The Simpsons run to the couch, only to find Blue Man Group performing.
Commentary Al Jean
Matt Selman
Carolyn Omine
Tom Gammill
Max Pross
Matt Warburton
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"The Old Man and the Key" is the thirteenth episode of the thirteenth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired in the United States on the Fox network on March 10, 2002. In the episode, Grampa Simpson falls in love with Zelda, an old woman who has just moved into the senior home in which Grampa lives. However, Grampa is not the only one in the home who is infatuated with Zelda.

The episode was written by Jon Vitti and directed by Lance Kramer. The storyline was pitched by Vitti, who based it on an article about social status in senior homes. The episode features Olympia Dukakis as Zelda, and Bill Saluga as his television character Ray J. Johnson. The song "Ode to Branson", which was written by Vitti and composed by Alf Clausen, was submitted for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Music And Lyrics in 2002, which it ultimately lost to a score from The Blue Planet.

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