"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge" | |
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The Simpsons episode | |
Episode no. | 247 |
Directed by | Steven Dean Moore |
Written by | Larry Doyle |
Showrunner(s) | Mike Scully |
Production code | BABF18 |
Original air date | May 14, 2000 |
Chalkboard gag | "I cannot hire a substitute student". |
Couch gag | The Simpsons are blank paint-by-numbers figures; Korean animators come in and color the family, but do not detail Homer and Marge's eyes. |
Commentary |
Mike Scully George Meyer Ian Maxtone-Graham Matt Selman Larry Doyle Steven Dean Moore |
Guest appearance(s) | |
Parker Posey as Becky |
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Season 11 episodes
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Seasons | |
Parker Posey as Becky
"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge" is the twenty-first episode of The Simpsons eleventh season. It first aired in the United States on the Fox network on May 14, 2000. After a failed marriage attempt with Otto, Becky (played by guest actress Parker Posey) stays with the Simpson family. However, Marge begins to get paranoid at her family's newfound love of Becky, and begins to think that she is seducing Homer.
The episode was directed by Steven Dean Moore and written by Larry Doyle. Doyle was assigned to write the episode based on actress Drew Barrymore's desire to appear in a Simpsons episode; Barrymore instead appeared in a later episode and the guest role of this episode was given to Posey. The episode is notable for its poor reception among fans.
Each student in Bart's class is given a video camera for a school project to create a movie. Otto drives the school bus to a drive-through restaurant where his girlfriend, Becky, works. Otto proposes to her, and she accepts. On Bart’s suggestion, they decide to have the wedding at the Simpson house and sends out flyers. Marge reluctantly agrees, since she still has everything from Apu's wedding. The wedding is a success up until the point when Otto gets a Poison tribute band (called Cyanide) to play "Nothin' but a Good Time". Becky admits to Marge that she hates heavy metal music. At the wedding, Marge suggests to Becky that she gives Otto an ultimatum: either her or heavy metal. Otto chooses heavy metal and breaks up with Becky.