This was the final association of Klasky Csupo with The Simpsons as it produced the Ullman shorts and Seasons 1-3. However, two holdover episodes from Season 3, " Kamp Krusty" and " A Streetcar Named Marge", were aired in the succeeding season, i.e., Season 4, with Season 3's production code, 8Fxx. Production then shifted to Film Roman, which produced episodes starting in Season 4. Film Roman's first Simpsons episode was " Homer the Heretic", as indicated by the first use of the production code 9Fxx. Chavez, Danette (April 15, 2020). "Interview: Al Jean knows which Simpsons episodes you think are the best—and worst". The A.V. Club . Retrieved January 15, 2022. Marge opens the fire extinguisher cabinet, sees a mother opossum with four offspring sleeping, who then start hissing] Marge: Homer, there's a family of possums in here! Homer: I call the big one Bitey. Bart witnesses both Principal Skinner and Mrs. Krabappel kissing, so he attempts to keep this a secret. However, he lands in the middle of the love affair between the two school staff members. Homer is kidnapped from his house by "hired goons" and taken to Burns's mansion. Burns gives Homer a tour of the mansion to get him in a good mood, but when the tour ends and the two men sit down to negotiate the contract, Homer suddenly needs to use the bathroom. Homer's delayed attempts to find the restroom lead Burns to inaccurately assume that Homer is a tough negotiator who is unwilling to hear him out. At a later union meeting, Homer tries to resign, tired of meeting with Burns. The union misinterprets his frustration, and the members decide to strike. Burns is undeterred by the strike and tries several methods of breaking it up but fails.

Marge's, Patty's, and Selma's Aunt Gladys passes away, and in her video will, Gladys admonishes Patty and Selma to raise families rather than die alone as she did. Selma takes the advice to heart, investigating and discarding several possibilities for having a child.The Simpsons' Top 30 Episodes". Consequence of Sound. December 17, 2019 . Retrieved January 15, 2022. Lout Break": Eating a radioactive doughnut causes Homer's burps to infect everyone with his DNA, turning them into versions of him. The children are immune, but fail to convince Homer to help find a cure....even when it infects Marge and the world. After learning that Mr. Burns' decision to revoke their dental plan has coincided with Lisa needing braces, Homer convinces his coworkers not to give up their dental plan and becomes the new head of the workers union at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. He holds talks with Mr. Burns, but these go badly because Homer is not intelligent enough to understand Burns' sly innuendos. The plant goes on strike and Mr. Burns decides to take away the electricity for the entire town. However, this just encourages the workers union and Burns decides to reach a deal with Homer. a b c d e f Cole, Sean (November 5, 2020). "An Oral History of 'Marge vs The Monorail', the Episode That Changed 'The Simpsons' ". Vice . Retrieved January 26, 2022.

a b "Primetime Emmy Awards Advanced Search". Emmys.org. Archived from the original on February 15, 2009 . Retrieved January 22, 2008. Troy McClure presents three Simpsons spin-off spoofs: In "Chief Wiggum, P.I.", Chief Wiggum becomes a detective and moves to New Orleans with Principal Skinner as his assistant. Next, Grampa Simpson's soul is trapped inside Moe's Love tester machine in " The Love-Matic Grampa". Finally, the Simpson family host a '70ish variety show in " The Simpson Family Smile-Time Variety Hour". King Homer: In a parody of King Kong, Mr. Burns hires Marge Bouvier to help him capture a mysterious large ape called King Homer.Chaney, Jen (June 1, 2004). "Bonus Points: The monthly guide to DVD extras". The Washington Post . Retrieved April 27, 2008. a b c d e f g h i j Jean, Al (2004). The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Last Exit to Springfield" (DVD). 20th Century Fox. Director Mark Kirkland considers this episode to be one of the most surreal episodes that he has worked on because it has a lot of story crammed into it, lots of parodies and contains several visual sequences. Al Jean has also called this one of the craziest episodes. Homer's line "uh... Yeah" after being asked if he found the bathroom is one of Jay Kogen's favorite Simpsons jokes. Moran, Michael (January 14, 2010). "The 10 best Simpsons episodes ever". The Times . Retrieved January 15, 2022. Clown Without Pity: Homer has forgotten Bart's birthday, and as a last-minute gift buys him a Krusty the Clown doll in spite of the store clerk's warning that the doll is evil. Bart is happy with the gift, but (initially unknown to the rest of the family) the doll repeatedly tries to kill Homer. Marge learns that the doll has a good/evil switch and changes the switch from "evil" to "good", after which the doll becomes Homer's slave.

This is the first complete season DVD to have the audio commentaries accessed from each episode's main menu rather than each episode's language selection menu. For the first three season DVDs, the commentaries were accessed from each episode's language selection menu. Whitney, Erin (September 13, 2014). "Here's Conan O'Brien Performing 'The Monorail Song' At 'The Simpsons' Hollywood Bowl Show". HuffPost . Retrieved January 15, 2022. Bush vs. Simpson" - James L. Brooks talks about the relationship between the Bush family and the Simpsons Jean, Al (2004). The Simpsons The Complete Fourth Season DVD commentary for the episode "Kamp Krusty" (DVD). 20th Century Fox.Groening, Matt (2004). The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Marge vs. the Monorail" (DVD). 20th Century Fox. Marge in Chains" originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 6, 1993. [6] The episode was selected for release in a 1997 video collection of selected episodes titled: The Simpsons: Crime and Punishment. [7] Other episodes included in the set were " Homer the Vigilante", " Bart the Fink", and " You Only Move Twice". [7] It was included again in the 2005 DVD release of the Crime and Punishment set. [8] "Marge in Chains" is also featured on The Simpsons' season 4 DVD set, The Simpsons – The Complete Fourth Season, which was released on June 15, 2004. [9] Cultural references [ edit ]