Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)

"Ice Cream of Margie (with the Light Blue Hair)" is the seventh episode of The Simpsons' eighteenth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 26, 2006. In the episode, Homer gets fired from the nuclear power plant yet again and takes over an ice cream truck business, while a depressed Marge creates Popsicle-stick sculptures to keep busy. The sculptures quickly become popular, and Marge is excited to have a purpose in life until a turn of events divides the Simpsons household. It was written by Carolyn Omine, and directed by Matthew Nastuk. In its original run, the episode received 10.90 million viewers.

Mr. Burns fires Homer Simpson for playing with Lenny and Carl what seems to be a form of hockey with office supplies. Homer gets in more trouble when he fantasizes that Mr. Burns is an ice cream cone and tries to lick him. Homer uses a $100 bill to buy a 25 cent ice cream from an ice cream man named Max. Max collapses and dies while changing the bill into coins. Max's widow sells the truck to Homer, and Homer has Otto remodel it a la Pimp My Ride. Meanwhile, the television series Opal—Springfield's answer to The Oprah Winfrey Show—has a show about successful women, which sends Marge into a deep depression, as she feels she has not done anything memorable with her life. Marge is inspired by all the Popsicle-sticks Homer brings home, and makes sculptures out of them.

Kent Brockman sees the sculptures and interviews Marge, who says she creates them so they will serve as a reminder of her when she is gone. Kent includes her on a news special, Kent Brockman's Kentresting People. Thanks to the publicity, Rich Texan creates an art show to showcase Marge's talent; however, it opens on Saturday, a day with high ice cream sales. Homer promises to return by 3 o'clock to see the art show. He loses track of time and hurries home, but accidentally crashes into his own lawn in the process, destroying all of Marge's sculptures. Marge says that Homer has ruined her dreams and locks herself in the bedroom.