 Marge asks Belle to close down the burlesque house , but Belle refuses saying that the house is a part of Springfield . At a town meeting , Marge brings up the matter of the house and shows pictures of several prominent citizens leaving . They form a mob so they can go destroy the burlesque house . The mob arrives at the house and immediately start destroying things . Bart and Homer arrive and Homer decides to try to convince the mob to stop . He does so by singing a musical number accompanied by Belle and some of her dancers . The town soon joins in and are convinced to let the house stay . However , Marge arrives with a bulldozer , having missed the song . The town announces their intentions to let the house stay , but Marge tries to sing her own song about her views . During the opening lines , she accidentally puts the bulldozer into drive and destroys a wing of the burlesque house . Marge now finds that the tables have turned , and loses any support she once had . She apologizes profusely and , to pay for the damage , she starts a ventriloquist act at the house , but when Homer yells " Take it off ! " , Bart ( now a bouncer ) kicks him out of the house . 
