I Married Marge
11th episode of the 3rd season of The Simpsons / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"I Married Marge" is the twelfth episode of the third season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on December 26, 1991. In the episode, Marge worries that she may be pregnant again and visits Dr. Hibbert's office. While anxiously waiting at home, Homer tells Bart, Lisa, and Maggie the story of his and Marge's marriage and Bart's birth. The episode was written by Jeff Martin and directed by Jeffrey Lynch.
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Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 11 | ||
Directed by | Jeffrey Lynch | ||
Written by | Jeff Martin | ||
Production code | 8F10 | ||
Original air date | December 26, 1991 (1991-12-26) | ||
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Chalkboard gag | "I will not torment the emotionally frail" | ||
Couch gag | The family (except Maggie) cartwheel into place and strikes a pose. Maggie hops onto the couch and joins them, striking the same pose. | ||
Commentary | Matt Groening James L. Brooks Al Jean Mike Reiss Dan Castellaneta Jeff Martin Jeffrey Lynch | ||
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The Simpsons season 3 | |||
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"I Married Marge" was the second flashback episode of The Simpsons after season two's "The Way We Was", which focused on how Homer and Marge met. It features cultural references to The Empire Strikes Back, Charlie's Angels, and Ms. Pac-Man. The title of the episode is a play on the American television series I Married Joan. Since airing, "I Married Marge" has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 11.9 and was the highest-rated show on Fox the week it aired.
The episode was the first of three about the births of the Simpsons children, this one covering Bart's birth, with Lisa's covered in "Lisa's First Word" in the fourth season, and Maggie's covered in the sixth-season episode "And Maggie Makes Three". The episode also expands upon the family's origins as a result of Marge falling pregnant with Bart, briefly referred to in "The Way We Was", and introduces key moments, such as Bart's conception at a mini-golf course, which would ultimately become a major part of the series' canon.