Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays

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"Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays"
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The Simpsons sit on the couch as normal. Knives are hurled at them, but hit the wall. Homer tries to get a bowl of chips, but another knife stops him.
CommentaryAl Jean
Jon Vitti
Matt Selman
Don Payne
J. Stewart Burns
Tom Gammill
Max Pross
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"Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays" is the eighth episode of the

Lindsay Naegle forms an anti-children group, Marge fights back with a group led with Mr. Burns' power.[1] It was written by Jon Vitti and directed by Bob Anderson
.

This episode earned Nielsen ratings of 6.7/10.[2]

Plot

When

Cletus Spuckler's farm, in a parody version of the original Woodstock concert. However, because the concert was oversold, it ends up packed, and the Teletubbies are the opening act, dismissed by Marge as repetitive. As it starts to rain, Roofi appears on stage to sing "The Nonsense Song", but is then hit in the face with a baby bottle, abruptly cuts the show short and gets on a helicopter. Soon, the babies riot against the police sent to contain them, an event referred to in the news as the "Tot Offensive," as reported by Kent Brockman.[3]

In response to the disaster, all the adults of

Lindsay Naegle arrives to form an anti-youth group named "Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays Against Parasitic Parents" (SSCCATAGAPP) to rid the town of anything that provides comfort to families. A statue of America's deadbeat dads is erected, a school bus ignores kids waiting at the stop to take senior citizens on a gambling junket, and a new ordinance allows children who act up in public to be tasered
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A furious Marge lobbies to get an initiative: "Families Come First", as she lobbies "Proud Parents Against Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays" (PPASSCCATAG). Her lobbying efforts do poorly initially, and she fends off a $50,000 offer from America's tobacco lobby, but fair support grows after Mr. Burns loans his signature on Marge's petition because he cares about children (specifically, their "supple young organs"). Other Springfield residents follow his lead, and Proposition 242 gets on the ballot. When the opposition slanders Marge with an ad where an actress posing as Marge says even she is against Prop 242, Homer tries to help with the campaign but screws up badly by placing the wrong information on bumper stickers and buttons for the voters, and his Rudy Giuliani-featuring advertisement is also a disaster. Bart and Lisa soon concoct a plan. When everyone goes to the voting polls, they are stopped in their tracks by the (literally) infectious hugs of children. Proposition 242 passes easily, and Homer decides to celebrate by dumping his kids at an R-rated movie with no supervision while he and Marge go to some nice place alone.

Critical reception

CinemaSentries gave the episode a positive review, writing "Marge Vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays is a great example of the way the show used to be able to find hilarity in mocking both sides of an issue when it spoofs both the grueling life of a parent and the grueling lives of those without children who have to put up with the problems caused by other people's kids."[4]

References

  1. IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "Ratings: Marge Vs. .. Everybody". simpsonschannel.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2006.
  3. ^ "Springfield! Springfield!".
  4. ^ Grande, Sombrero. (December 8, 2012). "The Simpsons: The Fifteenth Season DVD Review: Don't Have a Cow, Man, or Any Hope That This Season Will Be Better Than the Last Five". CinemaSentries. Retrieved July 23, 2015.

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