Half-Decent Proposal - Revision history

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 == Synopsis ==
-{{Desc|[[Marge]], with a little help from [[Patty]] and [[Selma]], e-mails [[Artie Ziff]], who offers $1,000,000 for a weekend alone with her—money they could use for an operation to make [[Homer]] stop snoring and ruining Marge's sleep.}}
+{{Synopsis|[[Marge]], with a little help from [[Patty]] and [[Selma]], e-mails [[Artie Ziff]], who offers $1,000,000 for a weekend alone with her—money they could use for an operation to make [[Homer]] stop snoring and ruining Marge's sleep.}}
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-"'''Half-Decent Proposal'''" is the tenth episode of [[season 13]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the two hundred seventy-ninth episode overall. It originally aired on February 10, [[2002]]. The episode was written by [[Tim Long]] and directed by [[Lauren MacMullan]]. It guest stars [[Jon Lovitz]] as [[Artie Ziff]].
+"'''Half-Decent Proposal'''" is the tenth episode of [[Season 13|broadcast season 13]] of ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and the two hundred seventy-ninth episode overall. It originally aired on February 10, [[2002]]. The episode was written by [[Tim Long]] and directed by [[Lauren MacMullan]]. It guest stars [[Jon Lovitz]] as [[Artie Ziff]].
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-{{Desc|[[Marge]], with a little help from [[Patty]], [[Selma]], and Jack (Daniels), e-mails [[Artie Ziff]], who offers $1,000,000 for a weekend ("no funny business") alone with her - money they could use for an operation to make [[Homer]] stop snoring. [[Jon Lovitz]] reprises his role as Artie Ziff.}}
+{{Desc|[[Marge]], with a little help from [[Patty]] and [[Selma]], e-mails [[Artie Ziff]], who offers $1,000,000 for a weekend alone with her—money they could use for an operation to make [[Homer]] stop snoring and ruining Marge's sleep.}}
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 == Plot ==
-[[Marge Simpson|Marge]] is irritated when Homer is snoring, causing her to sleep less. She sees [[Julius Hibbert|Dr. Hibbert]] about the problem, and asks about a surgery, but he says it is expensive and tells them to get out when Homer asks him to do it for free. Developing a sleep problem, she spends a night at Patty and Selma's, and hears on the news that her old boyfriend, [[Artie Ziff]], is one of America's five richest people. She dictates an e-mail to Artie to congratulate him on his appearance, but [[Patty Bouvier|Patty]] and [[Selma Bouvier|Selma]] doctor it to use sexual terms in an attempt to split up Marge and Homer, much to Marge's horror (for using the word sex on the Internet). Artie, who over the years seems to have developed a rather frightening obsession with Marge (his house is decorated with a large number of 'Marge' sculptures/paintings), flies in his helicopter to the Simpson house to see Marge.
+[[Marge]] is irritated when Homer is snoring, causing her to sleep less. She sees [[Dr. Hibbert]] about the problem, and asks about a surgery, but he says it is expensive and tells them to get out when Homer asks him to do it for free. Developing a sleep problem, she spends a night at Patty and Selma's, and hears on the news that her old boyfriend, [[Artie Ziff]], is one of America's five richest people. She dictates an e-mail to Artie to congratulate him on his appearance, but [[Patty]] and [[Selma]] doctor it to use sexual terms in an attempt to split up Marge and Homer, much to Marge's horror (for using the word sex on the Internet). Artie, who over the years seems to have developed a rather frightening obsession with Marge (his house is decorated with a large number of 'Marge' sculptures/paintings), flies in his helicopter to the Simpson house to see Marge.
 After arriving, Artie offers Marge a $1 million proposal to spend a weekend with him, just to see what life would be like if they were married. Marge initially rejects the offer, but eventually can no longer stand it as Homers condition has advanced to the point that he actually snores while awake. She chooses to spend the weekend so she can get the money for the surgery. They have a good time until Artie tricks Marge into making out with him against her will in a fake prom made to mirror the one they attended in "[[The Way We Was]]" (with even its original attendants who were paid by Artie to show up). Homer, having just anxiously arrived to check up on them, sees them kissing and, unaware of the true premises, is devastated, and leaves with Lenny away from Springfield.
-[[Lenny Leonard|Lenny]] seems similarly dejected about his relationship with Carl; he and Homer get a job in an oil field in West [[Springfield]], a likely death spot for the two of them. On the way there, they discuss the loves they left behind. All cacti resemble Marge to Homer, and Lenny mournfully points out Mount Carlmore that he carved one blissful summer. Meanwhile, Marge leaves Artie furiously, only to discover what Homer had done when she gets home and finds he is not there and that he had left a tape behind.
+[[Lenny]] seems similarly dejected about his relationship with Carl; he and Homer get a job in an oil field in West [[Springfield]], a likely death spot for the two of them. On the way there, they discuss the loves they left behind. All cacti resemble Marge to Homer, and Lenny mournfully points out Mount Carlmore that he carved one blissful summer. Meanwhile, Marge leaves Artie furiously, only to discover what Homer had done when she gets home and finds he is not there and that he had left a tape behind.
-While working on an oil rig, Lenny and Homer accidentally set fire to an ant, who in turn sets fire to all her ant companions, who jump in a puddle of oil to dowse the flames. Their brief sighs of relief are replaced with screams as the whole rig catches fire. Marge, [[Bart Simpson|Bart]], and [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] go with Artie and [[Carl Carlson|Carl]] to West Springfield to save Homer and Lenny. At first, they are reluctant, as Homer still thinks that Marge and Artie are having an affair, and Lenny feels that there is nothing for him in Artie's helicopter. However, Artie finally admits defeat to Homer, saying that winning Marge's love was something that he could never accomplish, even with his billions, and Homer jumps on the ladder to the helicopter. Carl reveals that he is in the helicopter, and Lenny also jumps on to be saved, just before the rig collapses. Homer and Marge's marriage is also apparently saved when Artie offers a solution to Homer's snoring problem, a device which converts snoring to music and anti-Homer subliminal messages (though Artie seems to reveal himself soon after the messages start).
+While working on an oil rig, Lenny and Homer accidentally set fire to an ant, who in turn sets fire to all her ant companions, who jump in a puddle of oil to dowse the flames. Their brief sighs of relief are replaced with screams as the whole rig catches fire. Marge, [[Bart]], and [[Lisa]] go with Artie and [[Carl]] to West Springfield to save Homer and Lenny. At first, they are reluctant, as Homer still thinks that Marge and Artie are having an affair, and Lenny feels that there is nothing for him in Artie's helicopter. However, Artie finally admits defeat to Homer, saying that winning Marge's love was something that he could never accomplish, even with his billions, and Homer jumps on the ladder to the helicopter. Carl reveals that he is in the helicopter, and Lenny also jumps on to be saved, just before the rig collapses. Homer and Marge's marriage is also apparently saved when Artie offers a solution to Homer's snoring problem, a device which converts snoring to music and anti-Homer subliminal messages (though Artie seems to reveal himself soon after the messages start).
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