Marge vs. the Monorail
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"Marge vs. the Monorail"
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Episode Information
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"Marge vs. the Monorail" is the twelfth episode of Season 4. It originally aired on January 14, 1993. The episode was written by Conan O'Brien and directed by Rich Moore.
After getting $3 million from a fine due to Mr. Burns's illegal disposal of nuclear waste, the town decides to spend money on a needless monorail ....built from shoddy materials. Leonard Nimoy guest voices as himself.
Plot
After being caught dumping nuclear waste in the city park, Mr. Burns is fined three million dollars. A town meeting is immediately held so that the citizens can decide what to spend the money on and Marge suggests using it to fix up Main Street, which is in a bad condition. The town a smooth stranger named Lyle Lanley suggests that the town buys a new monorail (and he convinces them in a song), bvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbggjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj.
Still feeling uneasy about the monorail, Marge decides to visit Lyle Lanley and discovers a notebook that reveals Lanley’s true intentions, having the monorail breakdown and him getting away with the money. Lanley sees her and htreatens her to not tell anyone about the book.
Marge immediately drives to North Haverbrook, which Lanley mentioned was a previous purchaser of one of his monorails. The town she finds is rundown and nearly deserted. While asking around about the monorail, she meets Sebastian Cobb who explains that Lanley cut costs everywhere and that the entire thing is a scam, as he shows her the remnants of the town's monorail; now broken and in disrepair.
At the maiden voyage of the monorail, the entire town has come out, including Leonard Nimoy. Lanley grabs his money and jumps in a taxi, which takes him to the airport. The monorail takes off just before Marge and Cobb arrive. At first things run smoothly, but the cords malfunction, causing the monorail to speed up and travel at dangerous speeds. Nobody can figure out how to stop the monorail (since it's solar-powered) and although a Solar eclipse briefly halts it, the eclipse ends and the monorail takes off. Meanwhile, Lanley’s flight makes a brief unscheduled stop in North Haverbrook, where Lanley is immediately attacked by a group of locals, having been tipped off, perhaps by Marge. Back in Springfield, Cobb tells Homer that in order to stop the train, he needs to find an anchor. Homer grabs the giant “M” from the side of the Monorail and uses it as an anchor. Eventually, it latches onto a giant doughnut, stopping the monorail and saving its passengers.
The episode ends with Marge explaining that the monorail was the last folly Springfield ever had... except for the popsicle-stick skyscraper... and the giant magnifying glass... and the escalator to nowhere.
Reception
In 2003, Entertainment Weekly named this the fourth best episode in the show's history.
In the 2009 movie Taking Woodstock, a woman named Marge suggested that the town build a Monorail.
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