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| Bart, Lisa, and Maggie are in a room. Maggie sits in the corner, sucking | |||
| away on her pacifier. Bart at stage left, Lisa at stage right, each | |||
| with a can of soda in their hand. | |||
| Close-up on Bart as he takes a swig and burps. | |||
| Close-up on Lisa as she takes two sips of her soda and also burps. | |||
| Marge bursts in the stage left door. | |||
| Marge: | What are you kids doing now! | ||
| Bart: | We're having a ... [burp] contest, Mom. | ||
| Lisa nods in agreement. | |||
| Marge: | What? | ||
| Lisa: | We're having a burp contest, Mom. | ||
| Lisa holds up her can of POW Cola to illustrate. | |||
| Marge scolds the kids by shaking her index finger. | |||
| Marge: | Well, knock it off. I do not allow burping in this house. | ||
| Marge storms out. | |||
| Bart: | I love Mom... | ||
| Lisa: | But ... | ||
| Bart takes a gulp of soda and burps. Lisa does the same. | |||
| Bart: | The show must go on. | ||
| Lisa burps just as Bart takes huge swig of cola. Marge bursts | |||
| in the door, leaving Bart stuck with the soda in his mouth. Although | |||
| Bart's mouth is shut, we can still make a pretty good guess at what | |||
| he's saying. | |||
| Marge: | Bart! | ||
| Bart: | [his mouth shut] What? | ||
| Marge: | What did I say about burping? | ||
| Bart: | [shrugs, his mouth shut] I dunno. | ||
| During the lecture, Bart's cheeks puff up, and tiny bubbles emerge | |||
| from his ears. | |||
| Marge: | I said, no burping. And when I say no burping, what do I mean? | ||
| Bart: | [his mouth shut] No burping. | ||
| Marge: | That's right. No burping. I know you won't disappoint me. | ||
| Marge finally leaves, and Bart lets loose a huge burp that knocks | |||
| him on his back. Lisa and Maggie applaud. | |||
| Bart: | Watch this. The burp champion of the world. | ||
| Bart takes a huge sip and emits a belch. Marge bursts in. | |||
| Marge: | Burp, I mean, Bart, are you burping again? | ||
| Bart: | Maybe. | ||
| Marge: | What is it with this burping? Why? What's the thrill? | ||
| Lisa: | It's fun. | ||
| Marge: | It's crude. It's vulgar. It's, it's impolite. And, and it's nauseating. | ||
| Marge leaves. | |||
| Lisa: | That's what I said. It's fun. | ||
| Bart: | I'm still the burp champion of the world. | ||
| Maggie removes her pacifier and produces a high-power belch. | |||
| Lisa: | Bart, meet the new champ. | ||
| Bart: | Watch this! | ||
| Bart takes a sip and burps twice. Lisa takes a sip. | |||
| Lisa: | Oh yeah? | ||
| She burps thrice. Once again, Marge burps, I mean, bursts in. | |||
| Marge: | How many times do I have to tell you kids? | ||
| I absolutely forbid burping in this household. | |||
| Homer comes in the stage right door, in his hand a can of what we presume | |||
| to be some of that wonderful Duff. | |||
| Homer: | How's it goin', everybody? | ||
| Homer gives a monster belch. | |||
| Homer: | Oops. Pardon my French, heh heh heh. | ||
| Lisa: | Thanks, Dad. | ||
| Bart: | Good one, Dad. | ||
| Marge can only watch, disappointed. Maggie burps. | |||
| (Cut in syndication: After Maggie burps, Marge looks at all of them, | |||
| stunned.) | |||
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