High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" is the eleventh episode of the The Simpsons` eighth season, which originally aired January 19, 1997. It was written by Jennifer Crittenden and directed by Chuck Sheetz. The episode guest stars Jack Lemmon as Frank Ormand and Joe Mantegna as Fat Tony. Over the course of the episode, Marge sets up her own business, selling pretzels.