Regarding Margie
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| The Simpsons episode | |
| "Regarding Margie" | |
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| Episode no. | 376 |
| Prod. code | HABF13 |
| Orig. Airdate | May 7, 2006 |
| Written by | Marc Wilmore |
| Directed by | Michael Polcino |
| Chalkboard | I will not leak the plot of the movie. |
| Couch gag | Trucks and cars drive up to the couch and change into the simpsons á la Transformers |
| Guest star | Sal Bando and Gene Tenace as themselves |
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| Season 17 September 11, 2005 – May 21, 2006 |
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Regarding Margie is the 20th episode of The Simpsons' seventeenth season that originally aired on May 7, 2006.
[edit] Synopsis
Looking for a way to get easy money, Bart, Milhouse, and Nelson go around town spray-painting people's addresses on their curbs and making them pay them ten dollars for the unsolicited service. It turns out to be a success after all, but after they already add the "7" and the "4" to the Simpsons' curb, Homer tells them that he won't pay, so they leave without finishing. The next day, the letter carrier delivers them someone else's mail, thinking that their address is 74 Evergreen Terrace. Homer continues to accept the mail. He gets steaks from omaha, and even accepts a wedding invitation to Scott Weingarten's cousin's wedding. One day, Marge gets a letter claiming that she has won a contest from a magazine she doesn't even subscribe to. Her prize is that a maid will clean the house for a day while she relaxes. Not wanting to look bad, Marge cleans the house until it's entirely spotless. That is, except for a small stain on the kitchen floor. She combines all of her different cleaners together, but the fumes make her woozy. She falls and hits her head on a stool. When she wakes up in the hospital, it is revealed that she has amnesia and can't even remember her own family.
After failing to jog her memory, the family returns home. However, when Marge hears Maggie suck on her pacifier, she suddenly remembers her. Then, when Lisa uses several fancy words, Marge then remembers her. And then, when Milhouse comes in to tell Bart that he's now lactose tolerant, she remembers both Bart and Milhouse. But she still forgets everything about Homer.
Homer tries to get her to remember him, but to no avail. He then decides to try to make her fall in love with him again, but he only makes her disgusted in him, saying that the greatest thing that's ever happened to her was forgetting about him. She kicks him out of the house. Patty and Selma excitedly take Marge to a speed date, and she meets a man who shares her interests. But when Marge tells him that she has amnesia and three kids, he leaves her. Homer catches up with him and scolds him for leaving her, saying that she is the most beautiful and kind woman he'll ever meet. Still, he leaves. Marge then tells Homer that even though she may not remember him, he knows the most wonderful things about her. As they drive back home, Homer brings up beer, and she suddenly remembers him. The episode ends with Homer driving (drunk, apparently) into the sunset. During the credits, Homer is asking Marge if she knows any of the people listed.
[edit] Trivia
- It is revealed Milhouse is (or was) lactose intolerant. This has also been mentioned in the flashback episode 'Lisa's Sax" where Milhouse says that the normal kind of milk could kill him, despite the fact that he enthusiastically drinks rat milk in an earlier episode.
- Homer shows Marge a picture of him punching former president George Bush, a reference to the seventh season episode "Two Bad Neighbors", and then shows a picture of him punching current president, George W. Bush. This is the first appearance of George W. Bush and now every living president has made an appearance on the show. The most recent President who has not been shown in animated form is Herbert Hoover.
- During the credits, Homer claims that Danny Elfman is only there because he's friends with Richard Sakai.
- The opening gag 'I will not leak the plot of the movie' is a reference to the upcoming Simpsons movie.
- Bart has an F in English, Math, Science, and Citizenship.
- Bart's scheme of painting house numbers on curbs to make money is possibly based on the real childhood of longtime Simpsons writer George Meyer.[1]
[edit] Cultural references
- The title is a reference to the movie Regarding Henry, in which Harrison Ford plays a man with amnesia.
- The scene where Marge and Homer go to a wedding uninvited is similar to various scenes from Wedding Crashers.
- Homer writes on the sidewalk that the '74 Oakland A's are the best team ever. Soon after, several members of the team drive by and thank Homer for remembering them. Sal Bando and Gene Tenace, two members of the actual team, make cameo appearances.
- Marge's quote, "Et tu Zud?" is reference to 'Et tu Brute,' from Julius Caesar by Shakespeare.
