Brooks "absolutely loved" this episode when O'Brien presented it. Burns falls in love with her both went well. O'Brien had previously pitched episodes where Lisa had a rival and where Marge gets a job at the power plant and Mr. He first pitched this episode at a story retreat to Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who said the episode was a little crazy and thought he should try some other material first. The episode was written by Conan O'Brien who conceived the idea when he saw a billboard in Los Angeles that just had the word "Monorail" on it, with no other details or explanation. As the passengers are rescued, Marge concludes that the monorail was the only foolish project the town ever embarked on, except for a skyscraper made from Popsicle sticks, a 50-foot-tall magnifying glass, and an up-escalator that leads nowhere. After damaging a large portion of the town-especially the already-derelict roads-the "M" catches on the giant donut of the Lard Lad Donut store's sign and the rope holds, stopping the monorail. Improvising quickly, Homer pries loose the metal "M" from the engine's side logo, ties a rope to it and throws it from the train. As Chief Wiggum and Mayor Quimby argue over who takes charge, Marge and Cobb contact Homer by radio and Cobb tells him he must find an anchor to stop the train. The train stops briefly during a solar eclipse, then starts again. Sub-standard equipment causes the solar-powered train to speed round the track, endangering Homer, Bart and everyone on board. When the flight makes an unexpected stopover in North Haverbrook, the townsfolk storm the aircraft to attack Lanley for ruining the town.īack in Springfield, the monorail leaves the station just before Marge and Cobb arrive. At the Springfield monorail's inaugural run, Lanley arranges for Leonard Nimoy to be present at a well-attended opening ceremony, which is a diversion that enables him to escape on a plane to Tahiti. Cobb offers to help Marge prevent Springfield from suffering the same fate. She meets Sebastian Cobb, the engineer who designed it and he confirms that all of Lanley's monorail projects are scams. She discovers the town and its monorail in ruins. Marge drives to the town of North Haverbrook, a previous purchaser of one of Lanley's monorails. Doubtful about Lanley, Marge visits his office and discovers he intends to run off with money skimmed from the project, leaving the townspeople with a defective train. After running a questionable training program, Lanley randomly selects Homer as the monorail's conductor. After a few suggestions-including one from a poorly disguised Burns to invest it back into his power plant-Marge nearly convinces them to repair the rundown Main Street but a fast-talking salesman named Lyle Lanley leads a song-and-dance routine that convinces the townspeople to instead build a monorail. Burns $3 million for dumping nuclear waste in a Springfield park, a town meeting is held to decide how to spend the money. ![]() When the Environmental Protection Agency fines Mr. Despite this, the episode attracted some criticism when it was first aired due to the somewhat abstract and less situational nature of the plot, particularly from voice actor Yeardley Smith who in 1995 described the episode as "truly one of our worst". Nimoy's unexpected guest appearance was also widely praised. O'Brien has said that, of the episodes he wrote, this was his favorite. the Monorail" has been widely praised by fans and critics and is generally considered one of the best episodes of The Simpsons. Recurring guest star Phil Hartman provided the voice of Lyle Lanley, while Leonard Nimoy made a guest appearance as himself. The episode was written by Conan O'Brien and directed by Rich Moore. ![]() The plot revolves around Springfield's impulse purchase of a faulty monorail from a conman, and how it subsequently falls to Marge to stop the train from destroying the town. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 14, 1993. ![]() the Monorail" is the twelfth episode of the fourth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. The Simpsons sit on the couch, followed by four rows of Springfield's residents sitting in front of the family.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |