"Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"
Written by: John Swartzwelder
Directed by: Jim Reardon
First aired: December 20, 1990
S02E09
(7F09)
Episode Background
Episode Background:
"Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"
"Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"
Written by: John Swartzwelder
Directed by: Jim Reardon
First aired: December 20, 1990
S02E09
7F09
Episode Background
Itchy & Scratchy & Marge was part of the winter lineup of the 1990-1991 US TV schedule. It first aired December 20, 1990 at 8pm on Fox following “local/syndicated programming” and was followed by “Babes”, both of which remain top notch examples of quality television, well worth clearing your Thursday nights to watch on the family TV. Itchy & Scratchy & Marge was seen by over 22 million people when it first aired according to Nielsen ratings.
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Plot
As Homer clumsily attempts to build a spice rack for Marge, Maggie sneaks up and hits him on the head with a mallet. Marge is initially puzzled as to why Maggie would attack Homer, but notices that Maggie readily imitates the acts depicted on The Itchy & Scratchy Show, a cartoon program filled with violence. She blames the makers of the show for Maggie’s actions and bans Bart and Lisa from watching it, but the two sneak out to see it at their friends’ houses. Marge writes a letter to the studio asking for the violence to be toned down, but chairman Roger Meyers, Jr. sends a dismissive reply, which goads Marge into showing him what a lone dissenter can do.
“I’m cataloguing the violence in these cartoons. I don’t think adults have ever actually sat down and watched them before.”
Top Quotable Lines
- Bart: “TV sucks”. Homer: “I know you′re upset right now, so I′ll pretend you didn′t say that”.
- Homer: “To alcohol! The cause of and solution to all of life′s problems!”
- Homer: “Hello? You′ll have to speak up. I′m wearing a towel”
Top Ranking Term
Professor Frink has ran advanced ranking algorithms and processed every spoken line of this episode and found that…
“cartoons”
… is the top ranking unique term in Itchy & Scratchy & Marge.
“Please try to tone down the psychotic violence in your otherwise fine programming. Yours truly, Marge Simpson.”