The Simpsons

Series 2 | Episode 9 | Itchy & Scratchy & Marge

Homer with his head bandaged

Convinced that the images on The Itchy & Scratchy Show are a bad influence on kids, Marge wages a one-woman campaign against the show that eventually forces the creator, Roger Meyers Jr, to curb the violence in favor of bland, lovey-dovey plots.

The new format bombs and the show's ratings plunge. Meanwhile, Marge is asked to comment on The Springfield Art Museum's exhibition of Michelangelo's David.

Not finding it at all objectionable, Marge loses her standing with the anti-free speech brigade that once supported her.

'But Mom, if you take our cartoons away, we'll grow up without a sense of humour and be robots.'
- Lisa

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