 An Itchy & Scratchy cartoon is interrupted with a news report that an oil tanker has crashed and spilled millions of gallons of oil on " Baby Seal Beach " . Lisa sees the report and asks Marge if she can go and help save the wildlife . After some begging , Marge agrees and the two go to help out , leaving Bart and Homer home alone . The house quickly becomes a mess and Bart goes out to play with his friends . Milhouse 's toy airplane crashes into a house after Nelson tampers with the remote control and Bart , despite warnings that the house is inhabited by a witch , goes to retrieve it . While doing so , he accidentally knocks down a stone gargoyle and Belle , the owner of the house , goes to Homer and says she will not press charges but demands he be punished . Homer originally dismisses this , but Belle threatens to come back and speak with Marge , leading Homer to force Bart to do chores for Belle . Fearing the worst , Bart soon discovers that the house is actually a burlesque house called the Maison Derrière ( the " back house " as Belle translates it to Bart ) and quickly takes a new enthusiasm to his job . 
