Marge and the Simpson family remained the main characters on this new show.

He appears in the new opening sequence, peeking out of a sewer grate, but Marge runs it over with her car.

When the school psychologist, Dr. Pryor, studies the results, he identifies Bart as a genius, to the delight of Homer and Marge, who enroll him in a new school.

Bart suffers through a boring morning at church and is forbidden by Marge to see the violent new Space Mutants movie.

When he is unable to get through, Marge explains that the phone company has introduced a new area code to Springfield.

Along with returning the $ 2, 000 to Homer, Herb buys several gifts for the Simpson family, including a new washer and dryer for Marge, a subscription to the Greater Books of Western Civilization for Lisa, and a lifetime membership to the NRA for Bart ( since he is too young to have the machine gun he mentioned earlier ).

In the episode, Marge refuses to buy Bart the new video game Bonestorm, so he steals it from a local discount store.

Marge is overjoyed, and in gratitude for receiving her Christmas gift, she gives Bart the new game that a store salesman told her'all the kids want ', Lee Carvallo's Putting Challenge.

When Mr. Burns introduces his new religion, most of the sequence is a parody of the promotional video of Michael Jackson's 1995 album HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I. Willie scratching his nails along the church window to get Marge and Reverend Lovejoy's attention is a reference to the 1975 film Jaws, in which the character Quint performs a similar action.

Everyone, even Burns, who is at first outraged but then accepts his new glory, praises Marge's painting and thanks Marge " for not making fun of genitalia ," to which Marge replies, " I thought I did.

Homer forgets his wedding anniversary, but Marge forgives him due to his new demanding schedule.

In the second segment, which is a parody on both 2001: A Space Odyssey and Demon Seed, the Simpson family buys a new house, who falls in love with Marge and attempts to kill Homer.

After he is quickly expelled from a new private Christian school, Marge decides to homeschool Bart.

While Marge walks to a gas station to get a new tire, Homer continues his story.

The authors of the book I Can't Believe It's a Bigger and Better Updated Unofficial Simpsons Guide, Warren Martyn and Adrian Wood, described it as an excellent episode that added new depth to the show in the scene with Marge trying to convince Luann to let Milhouse play with Bart again.

While at the Ogdenville Outlet Mall buying a new TV ( after Grampa Simpson wrecks the old one while trying to change the channel ), Marge purchases a $ 90 Chanel suit at a discount fashion store, and without any special place to wear it, she runs errands around town in it.

When Doctor Hibbert offers Marge special health treatments such as a new heart because he likes her shirt, an envious Homer asks Marge if he can have it.

Soon, Homer is rewarded with food, special treatment, and a new plasma TV, while the other prisoners try to find out who keeps ratting out their secret plans ( which is made easy after Homer admits to Marge that he is being paid to snitch in the visitation room ).

However, he is a hopeless tennis player and so Marge ditches him and enters with Bart as her new partner.

According to then-showrunner Mike Scully, the story of this episode originated from the fact that the staff members of The Simpsons wanted to do an episode about Marge but felt they did not want it to revolve around her getting a new job, as that had been seen on the show " too often ".

Max seems to be more well-adjusted with his new name as all the negative attention had faded away for good, but Marge is somewhat unhappy that he changed his name without consulting her, saying that she fell in love with " Homer Simpson ", though she understands that his new name is opening new doors to success for him.

Lisa pointing out to Marge that " the Juice is still on the loose " is a reference to OJ Simpson being acquitted of the alleged murder of his wife.

Selig suspended Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott for a year in 1993 for repeated racially insensitive and prejudicial remarks and actions.

* August 18 – Marge Schott, American baseball team owner ( d. 2004 )

In " Husbands and Knives ", the store was finally closed due to bankruptcy when a rival comic book shop opened up ( whose owner had significantly better customer service ), and Marge bought the land in order to open up " Shapes ", a gym for regular women, on its former site.

At the end of his career, after being released by the Milwaukee Brewers the previous season, he was offered a contract by Pete Rose to play for the Cincinnati Reds for, but owner Marge Schott had a " clean cut " policy for her players ( mandating that all players must be clean shaven ).

He was also a castmember and impressionist on The Howard Stern Show during the 1990s, where he gained considerable fame with his impersonations of Three Stooges middleman Larry Fine, late Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott and Stern's head writer Jackie Martling.

Fans urged owner Marge Schott to lift the long standing policy that had been in place since 1967 which she eventually did.

* Marge Schott ( 1928 – 2004 ), controversial owner of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team

After his 1988 perfect game, Reds owner Marge Schott put a clause in his contract that stated his wife, Debbie, would receive a $ 300, 000 bonus if he pitched another perfect game in 1989.

Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott made a major verbal slip-up when she dedicated the 1990 World Series to " our women and men in the Far East " ( Schott meant to say Middle East ).

The restaurant that Jacques and Marge attend is called " Shorty's "; it was originally intended that a chef's hat would be shown moving around in the background, implying that the owner was short, but the concept was dropped as it seemed to be too much of a silly idea.

* Marge Schott, former owner of the Cincinnati Reds

In the episode, Homer and his wife Marge discover that convenience store owner Apu is having an affair with the Squishee delivery lady working in his store.

A writer for The Grand Rapids Press wrote in 2002 that " we all know who Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie are — heck, most Americans probably recognize their pets, Santa's Little Helper and Snowball II ".

As Homer retrieves his thumb from Santa's Little Helper who escapes to the Flanders ' house, Marge calls 911.

Marge tells him he has nothing to be afraid of -" except that fog that turns people inside out " when a creepy, mysterious green fog seeps through the window and the Simpsons are turned inside out ; they proceed to perform a bloody parody of A Chorus Lines song, " One " starring Willie the Groundskeeper over the end credits ending with Santa's Little Helper biting Bart and pulling him away from the screen.

Meanwhile, Marge and the kids leave Santa's Little Helper with Grandpa and the Springfield Retirement Home residents, because they seem to like him.

Lisa, Marge, and Maggie arrive back at the retirement home, only to discover that Santa's Little Helper has become one of the old people.

Meanwhile, Marge notices that their dog Santa's Little Helper needs a new dog house.

The levels include Marge in a zombie tale, Maggie as a fly, Lisa fighting cannibalistic teachers, Bart rescuing Santa's Little Helper in a haunted house, and Homer as a vampire killer, a robot, and the large ape King Homer.

Homer gets Marge and the kids to leave the house by sending them off to " Santa's Village ".

Homer and the kids go on a quest to find Marge and they stop and stay with their " country cousins " ( their dog is Santa's Little Helper's brother ).