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| Even the women are captivated by the magumbos. |
After losing a bet to Lisa, Homer spends time with Lisa by building homes somewhere. Giving Lisa a replication of his wedding ring so that it doesn't get paint on it, Homer attracts the attention of some desperate single women. Marge catches him seemingly showing off to them (though he's really just roleplaying Marge giving birth to Bart), and starts to wonder if she isn't as attractive as she used to be. Manjula furthers this thought by making Marge realize she's gotten a bit fat in certain places, and shoves Marge over to a doctor's office to get some liposuction, all before Marge can really figure out that, hey, exercise could've done the trick as well. The doctors botch the operation, though, by accidentally giving Marge breast implants meant for Mayor Quimby's mistress instead. Marge is furious over this, and has to wait 48 hours before she can have them removed.
Meanwhile, Bart and Milhouse are watching an episode of the 60s Batman show, where they find out that Krusty the Klown was a villain in the show: Clownface. Clownface traps the dynamic duo in a spinning carousel of death, and they decide to emulate it at school under the belief they'll be okay because Batman and Robin were okay afterward. After the attempt at school goes horribly wrong, Bart pins the blame on what he saw Krusty do, and Principal Skinner decides to direct his outrage at Krusty. A media firestorm erupts, and Krusty is forced to do lame, non-emulatable acts of safety on his show, which troubles Bart further.
Homer finds out about Marge's new 'equipment' in a rather fun way, and decides to have the family go out for dinner. Through the ever-powerful means of song, Marge begins to like her enlargements, and she's not the only woman to think that either: a manager for a modeling company invites Marge to model for this and that, and Marge willingly accepts. She enjoys the work at first, but the combination of those ever leering eyes from perverts, combined with her newfound back spasms due to her added weights, and Marge begins to reconsider her decision.
Bart decides to help Krusty's career get back on track. At the shoe expo, he plans on having his old pet elephant, Stampy, 'crush' Milhouse while Krusty comes in and says a magic word: "magumbo", which puts Stampy in a harmless state. At the same time, Marge is modeling at the shoe expo where her back pains and the howls from shoe vendors don't improve any. Krusty goes in to 'save the day' for Milhouse, but forgets the safety word. Stampy panics and puts Milhouse, then Bart and eventually Homer in its mouth. The police arrive to shoot Stampy, probably injuring the three in the process. Marge sees this and desperately thinks of a way to stop the police, resorting to what she believes is her only option: distracting everyone by baring her 'large Marges' to everyone. The ploy works: not only are the police distracted, but in describing what he's seeing, Krusty remembers the word "magumbo" is able to get Stampy to release the three. Krusty is returned to hero status, and Marge decides to have her implants removed.
Quick Review
This episode started off pretty promising. I particularly liked the Batman skit, with Adam West and Burt Ward appearing to reprise their old roles. However, the episode's humor slows down when the plot focuses on Marge for awhile, and the Krusty sideplot fades away. The two plots combine at the end, but the oddities that comprise the ending (the unexpected return of Stampy, Marge's desperate plan, that song that plays during the credits), really don't work out for me.
Final Score: 7.2
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