The Seven-Beer Snitch

"The Seven-Beer Snitch" is the fourteenth episode of The Simpsons' sixteenth season, first aired on April 3, 2005 in the US. The Simpsons go to Shelbyville to see a musical. The musical paints Shelbyvillians as smart, sophisticated people and the people of Springfield as hicks and morons. After the play, a furious Lisa declares that Springfield is not nearly as fitting of the Shelbyville stereotype as suggested, and an equally angered Marge goes ... more

"The Seven-Beer Snitch" is the fourteenth episode of The Simpsons' sixteenth season, first aired on April 3, 2005 in the US. The Simpsons go to Shelbyville to see a musical. The musical paints Shelbyvillians as smart, sophisticated people and the people of Springfield as hicks and morons. After the play, a furious Lisa declares that Springfield is not nearly as fitting of the Shelbyville stereotype as suggested, and an equally angered Marge goes to Springfield's Cultural Advisory Board to brainstorm a plan to make Springfield more sophisticated. During a free word association, Marge gets the idea to create a concert hall and hire Frank Gehry to build it. Gehry refuses at first, but is soon inspired after he crumples Marge's letter and hurls it to the ground. The $30 million project is eventually finished, but opening night proves to be a bust when everyone in Springfield leaves after hearing the first five bars of Beethoven's Fifth. Not even the symphony sticks around after Marge... less