After repeatedly misbehaving, Homer disciplines Bart by telling him he can't go to the new Itchy and Scratchy Movie.

Homer sells his ticket for the Duff Blimp to enter Lisa in a beauty pageant, to try and boost her confidence.

After skipping church one week, Homer decides that he is never going back. However, when a calamity occurs, it takes the combined efforts of a number of people from different faiths to save him.

Marge wins the role of Blanche DuBois in a community theatre musical version of Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire. Homer offers little support for his wife's acting pursuits, and Marge begins to see parallels between him and the play's boorish lead male character

Bart and Lisa head to Kamp Krusty for the Summer, but instead of meeting Krusty, them and the other kids are put to work making crummy merchandise.