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After receiving a considerable donation of money, the people of Springfield decide what to spend it on. Enter Lyle Langley, a jocular salesman who gets Springfield hooked on a monorail system. After the monorail is up and running, and with Homer as the conductor, it's time for the maiden voyage. Little do the people know they have just boarded a one-way train to Hell. Written by
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Trivia
Homer's line, "I call the big one Bitey," is creator 'Matt Groening''s favorite line of the fourth season.
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Quotes
Homer:
Marge, I wanna be a monorail conductor.
Marge:
Homer, no.
Homer:
It's my lifelong dream!
Marge:
Your lifelong dream was to run out onto the field during a baseball game, and you did it last year, remember?
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Points to a framed newspaper reading "IDIOT RUINS GAME - Springfield forfeits pennant"]
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Connections
References
Star Trek (1966)
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Soundtracks
"The Monorail Song"
(uncredited)
Written by
Jeff Martin,
Al Jean,
Mike Reiss,
George Meyer,
Jon Vitti (as John Vitti),
John Swartzwelder,
Conan O'Brien and
Frank Mula
Performed by
Phil Hartman and Cast
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Conan wrote one of the funniest episodes of the Simpsons ever. When the town comes into money they foolishly spend it when a shyster played by Phil Hartman convinces the the town they need a Monorail system just like Ogdenville and North Haverbrook. Homer becomes the monorail driver and everything goes haywire! The "Monorail Song" is hilarious! One of the funniest lines in a Simpsons song is when Apu asks in song, "is there a chance the track could bend?" Phil Hartman's character answers, "Not on your life my Hindu friend." Leonard Nimoy appears in one of his 2 guest appearances on the Simpsons. I wish Conan still wrote for the Simpsons, it might still be funny if he did.