Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield

Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search The Simpsons episode "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" Marge at the country club Episode no. 142 Prod. code 3F11 Orig. airdate February 4, 1996 Show runner(s) Bill Oakley

Josh Weinstein Written by Jennifer Crittenden Directed by Susie Dietter Couch gag Everybody sits, bathed in black light, until Homer turns on a lamp. Guest star Tom Kite as himself DVD commentary Matt Groening Bill Oakley Josh Weinstein Susie Dietter Season 7 September 17, 1995 – May 19, 1996 Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two) Radioactive Man Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily Bart Sells His Soul Lisa the Vegetarian Treehouse of Horror VI King-Size Homer Mother Simpson Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular Marge Be Not Proud Team Homer Two Bad Neighbors Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield Bart the Fink Lisa the Iconoclast Homer the Smithers The Day the Violence Died A Fish Called Selma Bart on the Road 22 Short Films About Springfield Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish" Much Apu About Nothing Homerpalooza Summer of 4 Ft. 2 List of all The Simpsons episodes "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" is the 14th episode of The Simpsons' seventh season. The title is an allusion to Karl Marx's tract, The Class Struggle in France, as well as the films Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills and Scenes from the Class Struggle in Portugal.

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[edit] Synopsis Spoiler warning: Plot or ending details follow. Homer with Tom Kite.The family's TV breaks down (thanks to Grampa trying to fix it), and they go buy a new one at an outlet mall in Ogdenville. While the family is there, Marge sees a $90 Chanel suit (marked down from $2800). After some coaxing from Lisa Simpson, she buys it, and is wearing it at the Kwik-E-Mart when she meets an old high school acquaintance, Evelyn Peters, who invites her to the Springfield Country Club. Marge begins visiting the country club with the family, and works hard to fit in with the snobbish members, finding less time for her children and spending it all socializing and altering her suit to appear like multiple outfits.

Meanwhile, Homer takes a fondness to the game of golf, meeting PGA Tour pro Tom Kite, who considers Homer to be a natural. When he discovers Homer showing off his impressive skills in a bathroom at work, Mr. Burns has Waylon Smithers schedule a match for the two. Burns appears to be an amazing player before it is revealed that Smithers has been cheating on his behalf for decades by secretly placing a ball on the green for each shot, leading Burns to believe that he has reached the green himself. Homer wants to reveal the truth, but is told that Mr. Burns will block the family's Country Club entry if he goes public. He reluctantly obliges to keeping the secret.

On the eve of the gala ball in which the Simpsons will be granted membership in the country club, Marge accidentally destroys the suit when Lisa is distracting her, and rushes back to the outlet mall to find another dress. Being unable to find one, she heads to a Chanel store to purchase an expensive replacement. As they approach the country club, Marge realises how she has changed to fit in and decides that she wouldn't want to join a club that would have the fictional, snobbish Marge, anyway. (It is revealed in a cutaway scene that the country clubbers really did like them, and were really looking forward to their joining.) The Simpsons then have dinner instead at Krusty Burger, reveling in the lower-class surroundings.

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