The Simpsons S19E11 That 90's Show

When Bart and Lisa discover Marge's diploma from Springfield University, Marge reveals that she had attended the university back when she and Homer had first started dating. In a flash back, Homer gives up his dreams of becoming a musician and takes a job at his father's laser tag warehouse to support Marge attending Springfield University. However, when Marge finds herself attracted to an offbeat professor named Professor August, Homer decides he has had enough of Marge's wandering eye. Homer instead focuses his emotions on his music, inventing a new sound called "grunge." As Marge continues to date the pretentious professor, Homer becomes the hottest grunge artist around, as evidenced by Weird Al's parody of his music. But when Marge sees a special news report on MTV with Kurt Loder announcing that Homer's band, Sadgasm, has broken up and that Homer is holed-up in a mansion hopelessly addicted to drugs, Marge must choose between her new life and her old love.

FAN DESK VERDICT An all-timer. This is the episode you show someone to explain why The Simpsons matters — clear the evening and watch it properly.

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'Weird Al' Yankovic AS 'WEIRD AL' YANKOVIC (VOICE) Kurt Loder AS KURT LODER (VOICE) Pamela Hayden AS BUXOM COED (VOICE) Tress MacNeille AS FAN #1 (VOICE)

Dan Castellaneta AS HOMER SIMPSON Julie Kavner AS MARGE SIMPSON Yeardley Smith AS LISA SIMPSON Nancy Cartwright AS BART SIMPSON Hank Azaria AS MOE SZYSLAK Harry Shearer AS CHARLES MONTGOMERY BURNS