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| The kids watch an Itchy and Scratchy cartoon. | |||
| Scratchy chases Itchy down a hallway with an axe. Itchy producse a picture | |||
| of a female cat, and Scratchy skids to a halt, drops his jaw, and pops out | |||
| his eyes. Itchy tosses a stick of dynamite into Scratchy's open mouth. | |||
| (*boom*) Scratchy's head has been cleanly severed off (cartoon logic) and | |||
| bounces around the floor. | |||
| The kids stare, bored. Bart slurps his soda. | |||
| Homer: | What the hell are you kids watching? | ||
| Homer has appeared. | |||
| Lisa: | It's Itchy and Scratchy. | ||
| Bart: | Our favorite show. | ||
| Homer: | Well, you're not watching it. | ||
| Homer clicks the remote control. | |||
| Bart: | Aw, Dad! | ||
| Lisa: | Come on, Homer! | ||
| Homer: | No, it's too violent. Go do something else. | ||
| Homer leaves. | |||
| Lisa: | Now I'm | ||
| Bart: | [gets an idea] I know! | ||
| Bart runs behind the television set, rips out the innards, tears the | |||
| drapes from the window, and hangs them behind the (now empty) frame as | |||
| a curtain. Bart sings a fanfare and produces a a rabbit puppet, which | |||
| serves as emcee. | |||
| Bart: | It's the Bart Simpson Show! Starring Bart Simpson! Featuring the | ||
| Bart Simpson Orchestra and the Bart Simpson Dancers! | |||
| The girls applaud. | |||
| Bart: | And now, here's the star of our show, Baaaaart Simpson! | ||
| Bart opens the curtain and takes center stage. | |||
| Bart: | Thanks, Ed. Funny thing happened on my way to the studio tonight: | ||
| I ran over my dad's head on my bike. | |||
| Homer pops in, angry. | |||
| Homer: | I thought I told you kids not to watch violent TV! | ||
| Lisa: | It's stupid, but it's not violent. | ||
| Bart: | [indignant] Oh, yeah!? | ||
| Homer: | [confused] Bart? | ||
| Homer grabs the remote control and clicks it. The picture doesn't change. | |||
| Homer then spots the TV poarts on the floor. | |||
| Homer: | Why you little... | ||
| Bart: | Whoa, gotta run, good-night folks! | ||
| Bart quickly closes the curtain as Homer dives behind the TV set. | |||
| Signs of a great struggle. Maggie hops off the couch and opens | |||
| the curtains, revealing Homer strangling Bart. Maggie returns to | |||
| the couch. Bart strangles Homer back. The girls applaud. | |||
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