"A Streetcar Named Marge" is the second episode of The Simpsons' fourth
season. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on
October 1, 1992. In the episode, Marge wins the role of Blanche DuBois
in a musical version of Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named
Desire. Homer offers little support for his wife's acting pursuits, and
Marge begins to see parallels between him and Stanley Kowalski, the
play's boorish lead male character. The episode contains a subplot in
which Maggie attempts to retrieve her pacifier from a strict daycare
owner. Jeff Martin wrote the episode, and Rich Moore served as director.
Jon Lovitz made his fourth guest appearance on The Simpsons, this time
as musical director Llewellyn Sinclair, as well as Llewellyn's sister,
who runs the daycare. The episode generated controversy with an
unflattering original song about New Orleans; one newspaper published
the lyrics before the episode aired, and the president of Fox
Broadcasting issued a public apology. The episode was well received by
many fans, and show creator Matt Groening has named it one of his
favorite episodes.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Streetcar_Named_Marge>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1800:
With the signing of the Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, Spain
returned the colonial territory of Louisiana to France in return for the
Tuscany area of Italy.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Treaty_of_San_Ildefonso>
1891:
Stanford University, founded by railroad magnate and California
Governor Leland Stanford and his wife Jane on their former farm lands in
Palo Alto, California, officially opened with 559 students and free
tuition.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_University>
1946:
Mensa, the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world, was
formed in the United Kingdom.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mensa_International>
1991:
Croatian War of Independence: Yugoslav National Army forces
invaded the area surrounding Dubrovnik, Croatia, beginning a seven-month
siege of the city.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Dubrovnik>
2012:
A ferry collision offshore Hong Kong killed 39 people and
injured 92 others.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Lamma_Island_ferry_collision>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
mosquito bite:
(chiefly in the plural, slang, potentially offensive) A small breast of
a woman. […]
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mosquito_bite>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Life is Supercalifragilisticexpialidocius.
--Julie Andrews
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Julie_Andrews>