Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield

"**Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield**"
"Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.	Season 7; Episode 14
Directed by	Susie Dietter
Written by	Jennifer Crittenden
Production code	3F11
Original air date	February 4, 1996
Guest appearance
	Tom Kite as himself;
Episode features
Couch gag	The living room is bathed in black light. Homer turns the light on and everything is returned to normal.
Commentary	Matt Groening; Bill Oakley; Josh Weinstein; Susie Dietter
Episode chronology
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	The Simpsons season 7
	List of episodes

"Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" is the fourteenth episode of the seventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on February 4, 1996.^[2] In this episode, Marge buys a Chanel suit and, invited to join the Springfield Country Club, becomes obsessed with trying to fit in with Springfield's upper class.

The episode was written by Jennifer Crittenden and directed by Susie Dietter. It was the first time that a female writer and director were credited in the same episode. Tom Kite guest starred in the episode, and he enjoyed recording his parts for it. The episode's title is based on the 1989 film Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills.

Since airing, the episode has received mostly positive reviews from television critics. It acquired a Nielsen rating of 8.8, and was the fifth-highest-rated show on the Fox network the week it aired.

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