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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 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). |
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| | 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 would profit greatly from this, although his reason for attempting multiple cons was to accumulate so much swindled money he could retire in Tahiti. |
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.
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.[1]
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Episode – "Marge vs. the Monorail" 
Special – The Simpsons Take the Bowl (live acted by Conan O'Brian)
Book – Simpsons World The Ultimate Episode Guide: Seasons 1-20 
Video game – The Simpsons: Tapped Out (quest only)
