Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield

"Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield"
The Simpsons episode
Marge in her pink Chanel dress at the country club
Episode no.	142
Directed by	Susie Dietter
Written by	Jennifer Crittenden
Showrunner(s)	Bill Oakley Josh Weinstein
Production code	3F11
Original air date	February 4, 1996
Couch gag	The living room is bathed in black light. Homer turns the light on and everything is returned to normal.
Commentary	Matt Groening Bill Oakley Josh Weinstein Susie Dietter
Guest appearance(s)
Tom Kite as himself
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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Tom Kite as himself

"Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" is the fourteenth episode of The Simpsons' seventh season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 4, 1996. In the episode, Marge buys a Chanel suit and is invited to join the Springfield Country Club. Marge becomes obsessed with trying to fit in, but realizes that it has changed her personality. She decides she would rather go back to the way things were than continue to pursue high social ambitions.

The episode was written by Jennifer Crittenden and directed by Susie Dietter. It was the first time a female writer and director were credited in the same episode. Tom Kite guest starred in the episode, and he "really enjoyed" recording his parts for it. The episode's title is a parody of the 1989 film Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills. Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 8.8, and was the fifth-highest-rated show on the Fox network the week it aired.

The Simpson family travel to the Ogdenville outlet mall to buy a new television. Marge and Lisa wander off to a discount store and Marge locates a fancy Chanel suit. Marge buys the suit, and soon encounters an old classmate, Evelyn, who is impressed by Marge's fashion sense and invites her to the Springfield Country Club.

While Marge is desperately trying to fit in, the rest of the family is mostly uncomfortable at the country club. Marge tries to alter her suit for the club membership ceremony, but accidentally destroys it. With no other options, Marge purchases a new expensive dress. When she and the rest of the family are about to enter the party, Marge criticizes the behavior of everyone in her family. But when Homer tells his children that they should thank their mother for pointing out how bad they really are, Marge realizes that she has changed for the worse. The family decides to skip the country club party and goes to Krusty Burger instead.