Lyle Lanley - Revision history

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-{{Quote|You know, a town with money's a little like the mule with a spinning wheel. No one knows how he got it, and danged if he knows how to use it!|Lyle Lanley|Marge vs. the Monorail}} {{Quote| I've sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook!|Lyle Lanley|Marge vs. the Monorail}}
+{{Quote|You know, a town with money's a little like the mule with a spinning wheel. No one knows how he got it, and danged if he knows how to use it!|Lyle Lanley|Marge vs. the Monorail}}
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 == History ==
 === The con ===
 The "marks" in Lanley's con scheme were towns with a lot of money. He got Springfield to get on board with his idea by writing a song. At the end of the song where they finished off by singing the word "monorail," Homer said "Mono- d'oh!" Lanley would visit a town and make a sales pitch for his monorails. After the town bought the monorail, Lanley would open a monorail conductors' training school, which was more akin to a diploma mill, providing very little in the way of authentic transportation issues or safety. Lanley had a questionable method of selecting who would get the conductor's job, in one case selecting Homer Simpson as he was seated in the front of the class and looked attentive (though to Homer's credit, he did take the "school" seriously).
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 === In Springfield ===
 In [[Springfield]], Lyle Lanley interrupted a town meeting when the people were trying to decide how to spend three million dollars the town had collected in fines from [[Mr. Burns]]. The town was on the verge of voting to use the money to repair Main Street when Lanley successfully made his sales pitch for the monorail. At the conductors' training school, Lanley chose [[Homer Simpson]] to be the conductor, seemingly at random as he (Lanley) walked out the door on the last day of class. The monorail opening ceremony featured celebrity guest {{Ch|Leonard Nimoy}}, who wowed the townspeople by joking that the monorail could do at least Warp Five. After the first run started, the monorail's throttle broke and its brakes failed, leaving the monorail speeding out of control. Monorail conductor Homer saved the day, however. He took the "M" from the "Monorail" sign and used it as an improvised anchor, embedding it in a giant metal donut atop a donut shop and stopping the monorail without serious injury to the passengers.
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 == Appearances ==

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 '''Lyle Lanley''' is a con artist and shyster who sold faulty monorails to several towns, including [[Springfield]].
-== The con ==
+== History ==
-The "marks" in Lanley's con scheme were towns with a lot of money. He got Springfield to get on board with his idea by writing a song. At the end of the song where they finish off by singing the word, monorail, Homer says "Mono- d'oh!" Lanley would visit a town and make a sales pitch for his monorails. After the town bought the monorail, Lanley would open a monorail conductors' training school, which was more akin to a diploma mill, providing very little in the way of authentic transportation issues or safety. Lanley had a questionable method of selecting who would get the conductor's job, in one case selecting Homer Simpson as he was seated in the front of the class and looked attentive (though to Homer's credit he did take the "school" seriously).
+=== The con ===
-After the monorail was built and a conductor selected, Lanley would set up a huge opening ceremony with a celebrity presiding, then leave (with the town's money) while everyone's attention was focused on the monorail's maiden voyage. The monorail, due to shoddy materials, would typically crash on its first run, causing loss of life and extensive property damage, and leaving the town financially ruined. Afterwards, Lanley would profit greatly from this, although his reason for attempting multiple cons was to accumulate so much swindled money he could retire in Tahiti.
+After the monorail was built and a conductor selected, Lanley would set up a huge opening ceremony with a celebrity presiding, then leave (with the town's money) while everyone's attention was focused on the monorail's maiden voyage. The monorail, due to shoddy materials, would typically crash on its first run, causing loss of life and extensive property damage, and leaving the town financially ruined. Afterwards, Lanley profited greatly from this, although his reason for attempting multiple cons was to accumulate so much swindled money he could retire in [[Tahiti]].
-== In Springfield ==
+=== In Springfield ===
 In [[Springfield]], Lyle Lanley interrupted a town meeting when the people were trying to decide how to spend three million dollars the town had collected in fines from [[Mr. Burns]]. The town was on the verge of voting to use the money to repair Main Street when Lanley successfully made his sales pitch for the monorail. At the conductors' training school, Lanley chose [[Homer Simpson]] to be the conductor, seemingly at random as he (Lanley) walked out the door on the last day of class. The monorail opening ceremony featured celebrity guest {{Ch|Leonard Nimoy}}, who wowed the townspeople by joking that the monorail could do at least Warp Five. After the first run started, the monorail's throttle broke and its brakes failed, leaving the monorail speeding out of control. Monorail conductor Homer saved the day, however. He took the "M" from the "Monorail" sign and used it as an improvised anchor, embedding it in a giant metal donut atop a donut shop and stopping the monorail without serious injury to the passengers.

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-{{Quote|You know, a town with money's a little like the mule with a spinning wheel. No one knows how he got it, and danged if he knows how to use it!|Lyle Lanley|Marge vs. the Monorail}} {{Quote| I’ve sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook!|Lyle Lanley|Marge vs. the Monorail}}
+{{Quote|You know, a town with money's a little like the mule with a spinning wheel. No one knows how he got it, and danged if he knows how to use it!|Lyle Lanley|Marge vs. the Monorail}} {{Quote| I've sold monorails to Brockway, Ogdenville and North Haverbrook!|Lyle Lanley|Marge vs. the Monorail}}
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 == The con ==
-The "marks" in Lanley's con scheme were towns with a lot of money. He got Springfield to get on board with his idea by writing a song. At the end of the song where they finish off by singing the word, monorail, Homer says “Mono- d’oh!” Lanley would visit a town and make a sales pitch for his monorails. After the town bought the monorail, Lanley would open a monorail conductors' training school, which was more akin to a diploma mill, providing very little in the way of authentic transportation issues or safety. Lanley had a questionable method of selecting who would get the conductor's job, in one case selecting Homer Simpson as he was seated in the front of the class and looked attentive (though to Homer's credit he did take the "school" seriously).
+The "marks" in Lanley's con scheme were towns with a lot of money. He got Springfield to get on board with his idea by writing a song. At the end of the song where they finish off by singing the word, monorail, Homer says "Mono- d'oh!" Lanley would visit a town and make a sales pitch for his monorails. After the town bought the monorail, Lanley would open a monorail conductors' training school, which was more akin to a diploma mill, providing very little in the way of authentic transportation issues or safety. Lanley had a questionable method of selecting who would get the conductor's job, in one case selecting Homer Simpson as he was seated in the front of the class and looked attentive (though to Homer's credit he did take the "school" seriously).
 After the monorail was built and a conductor selected, Lanley would set up a huge opening ceremony with a celebrity presiding, then leave (with the town's money) while everyone's attention was focused on the monorail's maiden voyage. The monorail, due to shoddy materials, would typically crash on its first run, causing loss of life and extensive property damage, and leaving the town financially ruined. Afterwards, Lanley would profit greatly from this, although his reason for attempting multiple cons was to accumulate so much swindled money he could retire in Tahiti.

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 == The con ==
-The "marks" in Lanley's con scheme were towns with a lot of money. He got Springfield to get on board with his idea by writing a song. At the end of the song where the finish off by singing the word, monorail, Homer then says “Mono- d’oh!” Lanley would visit a town and make a sales pitch for his monorails. After the town bought the monorail, Lanley would open a monorail conductors' training school, which was more akin to a diploma mill, providing very little in the way of authentic transportation issues or safety. Lanley had a questionable method of selecting who would get the conductor's job, in one case selecting Homer Simpson as he was seated in the front of the class and looked attentive (though to Homer's credit he did take the "school" seriously).
+The "marks" in Lanley's con scheme were towns with a lot of money. He got Springfield to get on board with his idea by writing a song. At the end of the song where they finish off by singing the word, monorail, Homer says “Mono- d’oh!” Lanley would visit a town and make a sales pitch for his monorails. After the town bought the monorail, Lanley would open a monorail conductors' training school, which was more akin to a diploma mill, providing very little in the way of authentic transportation issues or safety. Lanley had a questionable method of selecting who would get the conductor's job, in one case selecting Homer Simpson as he was seated in the front of the class and looked attentive (though to Homer's credit he did take the "school" seriously).
 After the monorail was built and a conductor selected, Lanley would set up a huge opening ceremony with a celebrity presiding, then leave (with the town's money) while everyone's attention was focused on the monorail's maiden voyage. The monorail, due to shoddy materials, would typically crash on its first run, causing loss of life and extensive property damage, and leaving the town financially ruined. Afterwards, Lanley would profit greatly from this, although his reason for attempting multiple cons was to accumulate so much swindled money he could retire in Tahiti.

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 In [[Springfield]], Lyle Lanley interrupted a town meeting when the people were trying to decide how to spend three million dollars the town had collected in fines from [[Mr. Burns]]. The town was on the verge of voting to use the money to repair Main Street when Lanley successfully made his sales pitch for the monorail. At the conductors' training school, Lanley chose [[Homer Simpson]] to be the conductor, seemingly at random as he (Lanley) walked out the door on the last day of class. The monorail opening ceremony featured celebrity guest {{Ch|Leonard Nimoy}}, who wowed the townspeople by joking that the monorail could do at least Warp Five. After the first run started, the monorail's throttle broke and its brakes failed, leaving the monorail speeding out of control. Monorail conductor Homer saved the day, however. He took the "M" from the "Monorail" sign and used it as an improvised anchor, embedding it in a giant metal donut atop a donut shop and stopping the monorail without serious injury to the passengers.
-Lanley, meanwhile, boarded a plane for Tahiti, looking forward to his next vacation. His plans went awry, however, when his flight made an unscheduled stop in [[North Haverbrook]], one of his previous monorail "mark" towns. Apparently alerted to Lanley's presence, a crowd of locals boarded the plane and attacked him, at least beating him up as Lanley was heard screaming and the plane was seen rocking back and forth. Lanley's ultimate fate is unknown. While is possible Lanley may have been handed over to authorities and jailed for fraud and reckless endangerment, as he has not been seen since that episode, it is more likely that he was lynched by the angry mob in North Haverbrook.<ref>"[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]"</ref>
+Lanley, meanwhile, boarded a plane for Tahiti, looking forward to his next vacation. His plans went awry, however, when his flight made an unscheduled stop in [[North Haverbrook]], one of his previous monorail "mark" towns. Apparently alerted to Lanley's presence, a crowd of locals boarded the plane and attacked him, at least beating him up as Lanley was heard screaming and the plane was seen rocking back and forth. Lanley's ultimate fate is unknown. It is possible that Lanley may have been handed over to authorities and jailed for fraud and reckless endangerment, as he has not been seen since this episode. However, it is more likely that he was lynched by the angry mob in North Haverbrook.<ref>"[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]"</ref>
 == Victims ==

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 *{{ep|Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass|([[Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass/Gags|opening sequence]])}}
 *{{spec|The Simpsons Take the Bowl|(live acted by [[Conan O'Brian]])}}
 *{{bk|Simpsons World The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1-20}}
 *{{game|The Simpsons: Tapped Out|(quest only)}}