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Die Simpsons Secrets of a Successful Marriage (1989– ) Online
1989– Dan Castellaneta Julie Kavner Nancy Cartwright Carlos Baeza
Original Title :
Secrets of a Successful Marriage
Genre :
TV Episode / Animation / Comedy
Year :
1989–
Directror :
Carlos Baeza
Cast :
Dan Castellaneta,Julie Kavner,Nancy Cartwright
Writer :
Matt Groening,James L. Brooks
Type :
TV Episode
Time :
30min
Rating :
8.1/10

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Die Simpsons Secrets of a Successful Marriage (1989– ) Online

Homer is given the task of teaching an adult education class about relationships. He fails to woo the class until he starts talking about his and Marge's sex life. When Marge finds out, she orders him not to talk about their private life again. But then he invites his entire class to dinner. This is the final straw for Marge and she chucks him out of the house. He then moves in to Bart's tree house. After seeing the error of his ways he asks Marge for a second chance. She accepts and the two reconcile.
Episode cast overview:
Dan Castellaneta Dan Castellaneta - Homer Simpson / Barney Gumble / Grampa / Squeaky-Voiced Teen / Groundskeeper Willie / Hans Moleman / Sideshow Mel (voice)
Julie Kavner Julie Kavner - Marge Simpson / Patty Bouvier (voice)
Nancy Cartwright Nancy Cartwright - Bart Simpson (voice)
Yeardley Smith Yeardley Smith - Lisa Simpson (voice)
Hank Azaria Hank Azaria - Moe Szyslak / Carl / Adult Class Principal / Apu Nahasapeemapetilon / Chief Wiggum (voice)
Harry Shearer Harry Shearer - Lenny / Ned Flanders / Man Chewing Tobacco / Principal Skinner / Otto / Smithers / Mr. Burns / Reverand Lovejoy (voice)
Phil Hartman Phil Hartman - Lionel Hutz (voice)
Marcia Wallace Marcia Wallace - Edna Krabappel (voice)
Pamela Hayden Pamela Hayden - Smithers' Ex-Wife (voice)
Maggie Roswell Maggie Roswell - Miss Hoover / Woman in Class / Helen Lovejoy (voice)

This episode marks the first appearance of Princess Kashmir since the season one episode Simpsonovi: Homer's Night Out (1990), though she has no spoken lines here.

This was the second script Greg Daniels wrote for the show. He thought the staff had previously done many episodes where Homer "wasn't good at anything", so he tried to figure out something Homer was really good at, and he came up with the idea of Homer being a good husband.

While Bart had been the star of the show during the early years, by Season 5, the focus had clearly shifted to Homer. Al Jean stated that because Homer is an adult character, he has more depth to him and thus storyline possibilities. David Mirkin commented: "Bart, to write him accurately as a child, he can only have so much depth at a certain age. With Homer, we try to explore all levels of adulthood. There are just more places to go. Writing Homer properly is the trick, he's our main rock of the whole series. Homer's IQ is fairly flexible, he won't necessarily understand how to open a door at some point, but he can name the Supreme Court justices. Finding that balance is key to making the show work and making it surprising and making it believable and emotionally grounded."

David Mirkin was very fond of the fact that Homer and Marge have the biggest fight they have ever had on the show in the episode, and he thought it was a "really great" exploration of their marriage. He noticed that because Homer is thrown out of the house, the audience really worry about their relationship. Mirkin had been asked many times why Marge and Homer are still together, to which he replied that all people stay together even if they argue, "there's some sort of connection".

This is the first episode to express Moe's feelings toward Marge.

This episode really made fans think Marge and Homer were going to get a divorce.


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In some ways it is hard to look back on the Simpsons for me since I have seen so many of the episodes so many times and often know some episodes inside out. That said it is to its credit that I still find it funny and still continue to find lots of little things that I may have missed (or been too young for) the first time around. This fifth season pretty much continues the very high standard of the previous season. The only slight difference that stood out for me was that a higher percentage of the plots than before seemed to be more fantastic in nature rather than grounded in a semi-real world. So Homer goes to space, Bart becomes famous, the family get an elephant, Bart becomes Burns' heir etc; I had no problem with any of these, but it felt stepped up a little bit and it stuck in my mind. Even the writers acknowledge this a little bit by having a joke about going along with the adventures knowing that all will be back to normal the following week.

Outside of this though it is business as normal. Each episode is quite brilliant – delivering a story but packing it full of sight-jokes, great dialogue and tones of cultural references, the vast majority of which are smartly done. There were a couple of times this season again when I had to Google to get the full context of some of the references. The animation is consistent and the supporting characters continue to be well used whether it is to drive a specific plot or just little asides which are both funny but also build up the understanding of who the character is. This ensemble feel is well done and adds a lot of value to the show.

This fifth season may have seen a few more plots which stretch the Simpsons universe, but they all work and are very funny, so this really doesn't matter at all. Very strong season – consistently clever and funny.