The Simpsons episode
"Marge on the Lam"
Marge with Ruth Powers
Episode no.	87
Prod. code	1F03
Orig. airdate	November 4, 1993
Show runner(s)	David Mirkin
Written by	Bill Canterbury
Directed by	Mark Kirkland
Couch gag	The family run towards the couch and crash through the backdrop which is painted to look like the living room.
Guest star	Pamela Reed as Ruth Powers George Fenneman as the narrator
DVD commentary	Matt Groening David Mirkin Mark Kirkland David Silverman
Season 5 September 30, 1993 – May 19, 1994
Homer's Barbershop Quartet Cape Feare Homer Goes to College Rosebud Treehouse of Horror IV Marge on the Lam Bart's Inner Child Boy-Scoutz N the Hood The Last Temptation of Homer $pringfield Homer the Vigilante Bart Gets Famous Homer and Apu Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy Deep Space Homer Homer Loves Flanders Bart Gets an Elephant Burns' Heir Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song The Boy Who Knew Too Much Lady Bouvier's Lover Secrets of a Successful Marriage
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Synopsis

The family is watching a public television marathon when Marge calls in and donates $30. She gets two tickets to the ballet, whose play is Romeo and Juliet. At work, Homer gets his arms stuck in a soda machine and a candy machine, which means he can't be home in time to go to the ballet with Marge. Marge invites her next door neighbor Ruth Powers to come since Homer can't. The next night, Marge and Ruth head out for a night on the town in Ruth's convertible. They visit a bar that Marge calls "Shtkickers", although the third letter in the bar's exterior sign is missing and could be the letter "i". Afterwards, they go to an empty farmer's field and Ruth instructs Marge on how to shoot a pistol she has brought with her by targeting some old tin cans. The kids during all this are being babysat by Lionel Hutz who at one point claims to them that he is now Miguel Sanchez. Painting of ballet dancers by Edgar Degas, 1872. ... Title page of the Second Quarto of Romeo and Juliet (published 1599) For other meanings see Romeo (disambiguation) and Juliet (disambiguation). ... A vending machine is a machine that provides various snacks, beverages and other products to consumers. ... A Browning 9 millimeter Hi-Power Ordnance pistol of the French Navy, 19th century, using a Percussion cap mechanism Derringers were small and easily hidden. ... For recurring characters who are associated with the Mafia, see Springfield Mafia. ...

As Ruth is driving Marge home at the end of the night, Chief Wiggum (who is giving Homer a ride home) claims that one tail light on Ruth's car is slightly smaller than the other, and tries to pull them over. Ruth informs Marge that the car is not really hers, and manages to evade Wiggum by turning off her headlights (Chief Wiggum: "A ghost car!"). Marge and Ruth are eventually chased by a large number of police cars, and drive towards a large ravine. Homer, thinking that Marge is purposely heading over the cliff, apologizes to Marge through a bullhorn for "just about everything" and begs her not to drive over the cliff. Ruth and Marge, upon hearing about the cliff, immediately slam on the brakes and stop short. Homer and Chief Wiggum, following behind them, are not so lucky, and fly into the air. The scene fades out (just like the end of Thelma and Louise), but quickly fades back to reveal that the ravine is actually a landfill, and Homer and Wiggum are safe. The very end of the episode ends in a Dragnet-like sequence (including the music), telling the fates of each of the characters involved in the episode. Ruth gets her child support money. Lionel Hutz gets his payment for babysitting Bart, Lisa, and Maggie ("He was glad to get it"). Marge has to pay 50 cents to replace the antique cans and a further $2,000 for mental anguish. Homer is taken back to a military base in Maryland for extensive testing. In the television series, The Simpsons, the Wiggum family consist of Clancy (father and police officer), Sarah (mother), and Ralph (child). ... A ghostly woman coming down the stairs. ... Albury landfill, Surrey, England A landfill, also known as a dump, is a site for the disposal of waste materials by burial and is the oldest form of waste treatment. ... Dragnet opening frame from the 1967 version. ... Official language(s) None (English, de facto) Capital Annapolis Largest city Baltimore Area  Ranked 42nd  - Total 12,407 sq mi (32,133 km²)  - Width 90 miles (145 km)  - Length 249 miles (400 km)  - % water 21  - Latitude 37°53N to 39°43N  - Longitude 75°4W to 79°33...

Trivia

• 'Welcome to the Jungle' by Guns N' Roses was used during this episode
• In Homer's vision of Maggie's wedding, Maggie still has her pacifier when she's an adult.
• It is implied that Chief Wiggum ordered an inflatable man instead of an inflatable woman.
• The total amount of money raised at the telethon is $23.58 (plus Marge's $30).
• The voice for the end part was by George Fenneman, who did the original Dragnet endings as well.

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Cultural references

• Much of the plot, along with Ruth's blue convertible and Homer and Wiggum's fall over the chasm, is a parody of Thelma and Louise. Also, in the third part of the episode, a road sign reads

   Entering Badlands: High-Speed Chases Use Diamond Lane 

• A possible reference to Badlands, in which a man goes on a killing spree while he takes a woman as his accomplice.
• Crystal Buzz Cola is a reference to the fad drink Crystal Pepsi.
• The SPRINGFIELD letters on the hill are reminiscent of the famous Hollywood sign.
• The comedian who performs at the telethon whom Homer does not find funny is a parody of Garrison Keillor.
• When Ruth tells Marge that she "better get home before that naked talk show comes on", she is referring to the Robin Byrd Show.
• The songs "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns N' Roses and "Sunshine Lollipops and Rainbows" by Lesley Gore are featured in the car chase scenes.
• Homer reads a Jet Magazine which has an article about the birthday of former Saturday Night Live castmember Garrett Morris at the Kwik-E-Mart.
• Lionel Hutz makes fun of the legal drama L.A. Law for depicting lawyers as successful.
• The Police Mug scene at the end of the episode is a direct parody of Dragnet.
• Homer tries to convince Bart and Lisa they don't need a babysitter by mentioning the movie Home Alone
• The comment Marge makes to Ruth on the farmer's field about being hunted for sport is a reference to The Most Dangerous Game.
• Homer mentions that Marge has became a criminal just because he didn't take her to the ballet; Chief Wiggum then claims "that's exactly how Dillinger got started."
• Homer mentions "oh I don't know a little show called Dr Quinn Medicine Woman." A popular show at the time.

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