Marge on the Lam

Rating: 3.6 (154 votes)

Memorable quotes

Homer: Mmm... invisible cola.

Homer: Hello? Can I get some help? Snack-related mishap!

Fireman: Homer, this... this is never easy to say. I'm going to have to saw your arms off.
Homer: They'll grow back, right?

Marge: I'm disappointed in you. But it turns out I had a wonderful time with Ruth Powers. In fact, we're going out again tomorrow night.
Homer: Marge, that's twice, I think you're spending entirely too much time with this woman!

Homer: Moe, get the darts, I wanna play.
Moe: No. We're phasing out the games: people drink less when they're having fun.

Wiggum: Ah, just get one of those inflatable women. But make sure it's a woman, though, because one time I... uh, heh...

Wiggum: Mmm, engine-black eggs. If we can keep these down, we'll be sitting pretty.
Homer: (sees Marge and Ruth drive by) That's them!
Wiggum: Quiet! I can't hear the eggs.

Wiggum: Uh, I'm on a road. Uh, looks to be asphalt... Oh, geez, trees, shrubs... er, I'm directly under the earth's sun...now!

Lisa: I always knew someday Mom would violently rise up and cast off the shackles of our male oppressors.
Bart: Eh, shut your yap.

Homer: Look Marge, I'm sorry I haven't been a better husband. I'm sorry about the time I tried to make gravy in the bathtub. I'm sorry I used your wedding dress to wax the car. And I'm sorry -- oh well, let's just say I'm sorry for the whole marriage up to this point.

Notes

• One voluteer at the pledge drive is asleep; another is knitting.
• The total amount pledged to the public television fund was $23.58.
• Outside the high school is a sign reading ''Tonight: Professional Ballet; Tomorrow: Closed To Fix Gas Leak.''
• Otto wears his personal stereo in the underground club.
• The neon sign outside Jittery Joe's Coffee Shop depicts a shaking hand holding a cup of coffee.
• A sign on the highway reads: ''Entering Badlands; High Speed Chases Use Diamond Line.''
• Springfield has their town name spelt out in giant letters on a hillside, like Hollywood.

References

• Much of the plot to this episode is taken from ''Thelma and Louise.''
• The man reading at the telethon who the Simpsons don't find funny is based on Garrison Keillor.
• The scene with Mayor Quimby in the underground club is a reference to the Ted Kennedy/William Kennedy Smith alledged rape incident.
• The conclusion to the episode is a parody of Dragnet, and the music over the credits is a Simpsons-style performance of the theme.