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Continuing
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3 years ago
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Sundays 8:00 PM on Disney+

Season 20  "Four Great Women and a Manicure"  20x20

Aired 15 years ago - May 10, 2009

Marge and Lisa visit the nail salon where they engage in a spirited debate as to whether a woman can be smart, powerful and beautiful all at the same time and spin four tales of famous women featuring famous Springfield faces: Selma as Queen Elizabeth I, Lisa as Snow White, Marge as Lady Macbeth and Maggie as Howard Roark, the idealistic architect protagonist from Ayn Rand’s The Fountainhead.

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Whoa. Someone call Beowulf! Grendel got in again!
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(GRUNTING)
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Your Majesty, it's so kind of you to give up the one man you truly loved.
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But I know a story of a dangerous obsession with female beauty.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 8
- No one owns that. - Are there any dwarves in your story?
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 9
(ALL SINGING) Ho-hi, ho-hi
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 10
by a wicked queen.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 11
Bring me Snow White's heart in this box.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 12
Now turtle, I'll need you to get in the soup.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 13
Run, lassie! Find wee little men and hide with them!
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 14
Let's see. Gingerbread house.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 15
This bed's too hard.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 16
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If you were in marketing, you'd know.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 18
Guess it's you and me again, doorknob.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 19
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(BOTH GRUNTING)
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 21
Ooh!
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Snow White was brought back to life by a lady doctor.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 23
- All I have are some dry-cleaning coupons. - Deal.
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Marge, please. If you don't like getting barbecue sauce out of a leotard,
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 25
I thought I was marrying a man who could play Macbeth.
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Out, out, brief candle.
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Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 30
By Sinel's death I know I am thane of Glames.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 31
Conrad Birdie? Coming here to Sweet Apple?
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 32
"Tonight the Springfield Community Playhouse
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 33
Screw your courage to the sticking-place, and we'll not fail!
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(GROANS)
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"then last, and least, the lead, Homer Simpson."
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Why did he have to kill everyone in their costumes?
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 39
(ALL WAILING)
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 40
Okay, Homer. It's our last performance.
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Homie. You were brilliant. I knew you could do it. I knew it.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 44
Me having to read all those plays would be the real tragedy.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 45
Mom! Isn't that book the Bible of right-wing losers?
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 46
Now children, while I do traffic school online,
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 47
But her teacher, Mr. Elsworth Toohey, wanted every child to conform.
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 48
Your rubble is still a little bit higher than the others, so let's just...
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(GRUNTING)
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Your Majesty, it's so kind of you to give up the one man you truly loved.
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Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 7
But I know a story of a dangerous obsession with female beauty.
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- No one owns that. - Are there any dwarves in your story?
#8
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 9
(ALL SINGING) Ho-hi, ho-hi
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Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 10
by a wicked queen.
#10
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Bring me Snow White's heart in this box.
#11
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 12
Now turtle, I'll need you to get in the soup.
#12
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 13
Run, lassie! Find wee little men and hide with them!
#13
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 14
Let's see. Gingerbread house.
#14
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This bed's too hard.
#15
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If you were in marketing, you'd know.
#17
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Guess it's you and me again, doorknob.
#18
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(BOTH GRUNTING)
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Ooh!
#21
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Snow White was brought back to life by a lady doctor.
#22
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- All I have are some dry-cleaning coupons. - Deal.
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Marge, please. If you don't like getting barbecue sauce out of a leotard,
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I thought I was marrying a man who could play Macbeth.
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Out, out, brief candle.
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By Sinel's death I know I am thane of Glames.
#30
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Conrad Birdie? Coming here to Sweet Apple?
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"Tonight the Springfield Community Playhouse
#32
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Screw your courage to the sticking-place, and we'll not fail!
#33
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(GROANS)
#35
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"then last, and least, the lead, Homer Simpson."
#36
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Why did he have to kill everyone in their costumes?
#38
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(ALL WAILING)
#39
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Okay, Homer. It's our last performance.
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Homie. You were brilliant. I knew you could do it. I knew it.
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Me having to read all those plays would be the real tragedy.
#44
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Mom! Isn't that book the Bible of right-wing losers?
#45
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Now children, while I do traffic school online,
#46
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But her teacher, Mr. Elsworth Toohey, wanted every child to conform.
#47
Recap of The Simpsons Season 20 Episode 20 (S20E20) - 48
Your rubble is still a little bit higher than the others, so let's just...
#48
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