Marge Be Not Proud

"Marge Be Not Proud"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.	139
Directed by	Steven Dean Moore
Written by	Mike Scully
Showrunner(s)	Bill Oakley Josh Weinstein
Production code	3F07
Original air date	December 17, 1995
Chalkboard gag	"I will stop talking about the twelve inch pianist"
Couch gag	Homer notices a plug in the middle of the floor and pulls it. Everyone and everything gets sucked down the drain.
Commentary	Bill Oakley Josh Weinstein Mike Scully Steven Dean Moore David Silverman
Guest appearance(s)
Lawrence Tierney as Don Brodka Phil Hartman as Troy McClure
Season 7 episodes September 17, 1995 – May 19, 1996 "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)" "Radioactive Man" "Home Sweet Homediddly- Dum-Doodily" "Bart Sells His Soul" "Lisa the Vegetarian" "Treehouse of Horror VI" "King-Size Homer" "Mother Simpson" "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" "Marge Be Not Proud" "Team Homer" "Two Bad Neighbors" "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" "Bart the Fink" "Lisa the Iconoclast" "Homer the Smithers" "The Day the Violence Died" "A Fish Called Selma" "Bart on the Road" "22 Short Films About Springfield" "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"" "Much Apu About Nothing" "Homerpalooza" "Summer of 4 Ft. 2"
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Lawrence Tierney as Don Brodka
Phil Hartman as Troy McClure

"Marge Be Not Proud" is the eleventh episode of The Simpsons' seventh season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 17, 1995. In the episode, Marge refuses to buy Bart the new video game Bonestorm, so he steals it from a local discount store. Bart ends up being estranged from his mother when he gets caught, and fearing that he has lost her love, he decides he must regain it.

The episode was written by Mike Scully and directed by Steven Dean Moore. Scully got the inspiration for it from an experience in his childhood when he shoplifted. Lawrence Tierney guest starred in the episode as Don Brodka. Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 9.5, and was the fourth highest-rated show on the Fox network the week it aired.

Christmas is approaching, and Bart wants the new video game Bonestorm, but Marge refuses to buy it. Discouraged, Bart visits the local Try-N-Save discount store where Jimbo Jones and Nelson Muntz convince him to steal a copy of the game. On his way out of the store, Bart is caught by security guard Don Brodka, who tells Bart to leave and never return.

Unaware of Bart's shoplifting, Marge takes the family to the same store to get their annual Christmas picture taken. Bart tries to avoid detection and trouble, but is spotted by Brodka, who shows a disbelieving Marge and Homer the security tape of Bart shoplifting. Disappointed by Bart's actions and concerned that she may be mothering him too much, Marge decides that he is old enough to make his own decisions and becomes distant with him. Fearing he has lost Marge's love, Bart decides he must regain it.

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