Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em

"Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em" is the third episode The Simpsons’ eighteenth season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on September 24, 2006. In this episode, Marge teaches herself carpentry, but uses Homer as a front when she wants to make money off her talents since no one in Springfield believes that women can be carpenters. Meanwhile, Principal Skinner and Bart fight each other when Bart discovers that Skinner is allergic to peanuts and Skinner discovers that Bart is allergic to shrimp.

It was written by Matt Warburton and co-directed by Mike B. Anderson and Ralph Sosa. In its original broadcast, the episode received 9.72 million viewers.

On a trip to the extremely rundown Springfield Mall (Bart says that this is because Mayor Quimby's father was murdered there), very similar to the Dixie Square Mall, Homer happens across the Time–Life Carpenter's Library, and Marge encourages him to buy them. Homer's interest in carpentry fades, and Marge decides to use them herself to fix up the house, starting with her broken nightstand. She begins to learn more and more about carpentry and Lisa suggests to Marge that she try to earn some money as a handyman, thus opening up 'Simpsons Carpentry'. However, potential clients (Superintendent Chalmers and Krusty the Clown) turn her down, dismissing the idea of a female carpenter. Commenting on how people expect carpenters to be male, Marge develops a plan. She uses Homer as a front to the customers, while Marge, hiding in an accompanied red tool chest, does all of the work as Homer rests in the tool box, and switching back when the customers come to check on Homer's work. Meanwhile, a note is sent out from the school, informing parents that someone at the school has a peanut allergy so foods containing peanuts will no longer be allowed on school premises. An indignant Bart claims it to be unfair not to disclose the identity of the "kid", but he soon discovers the "kid" is actually Principal Skinner. With this newfound knowledge, and with the assistance of a peanut on a stick, Bart forces Skinner to do his bidding (publicly humiliating and injuring himself).