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| Scene: Bart and Lisa watch TV on the couch with Maggie. At the left is | |||
| Bart, sipping a huge plastic cup of soda through a straw. At the right is | |||
| Lisa, munching on a bag of chips. (She scarfs down three chips in rapid | |||
| succession, then holds the fourth chip in her hand.) Maggie, sitting | |||
| between them, merely sucks on her pacifier. | |||
| On TV, the title ``The Itchy and Scratchy Show'' appears, followed by an | |||
| I&S cartoon. Scratchy chases Itchy down a hallway (the wainscotting | |||
| riddled with mouse holes), axe poised to do some serious damage. Itchy | |||
| pulls ahead, goes through an open door, and slams it shut. Scratchy, unable | |||
| to stop in time, slams into the door, flattens, and oozes down, his axe | |||
| remaining suspended in midair. After Scratchy oozes to the floor, the axe | |||
| falls, hitting him squarely in the head. (Thud.) | |||
| The kids chuckle at this, and Homer crosses in front of the TV. | |||
| Lisa: | Hey, do you mind? | ||
| Bart: | We happened to be watching some very educational cartoons. | ||
| Homer: | Not any more you weren't! The big tournament's on! | ||
| Homer grabs a remote control and changes the channel to a bowling | |||
| tournament. | |||
| Bart: | Aw, come on, man! | ||
| Bart leaps to his feet to protest, tossing his soda aside. Homer takes | |||
| the vacant spot on the sofa. | |||
| Homer: | Nope. Now beat it. | ||
| Lisa: | [chip still in hand] But what are we supposed to do? | ||
| Homer: | Why don't you go fly a kite? Hee hee hee. | ||
| The three kids march off. | |||
| Outside, Bart flies the kite while the girls watch. But a gust of wind | |||
| blows the kite into the TV antenna. Inside, the TV picture statics out. | |||
| Homer: | Huh? | ||
| Homer walks to the TV room window. | |||
| Homer: | What the... | ||
| Outside in the yard... | |||
| Lisa: | Uh oh. | ||
| Homer comes outside, looks to the roof and sees the reason for the | |||
| poor TV reception. | |||
| Homer: | D'oh! | ||
| Bart: | [not apologetic] Sorry, Homer. | ||
| A ladder is raised, and Homer climbs onto the roof. | |||
| Homer: | Get in there and tell me when the TV's fixed. | ||
| Homer crawls to the antenna. The camera pans down to the TV room window, | |||
| which Bart opens from the inside. Lisa and Maggie are already on the couch. | |||
| Bart joins the girls on the couch. | |||
| Homer: | [off screen] How is it now!? | ||
| Bart: | Still no picture, Dad. | ||
| Homer struggles with the antenna for a bit. | |||
| Lisa: | Still putrid, Dad. | ||
| The TV screen shows colored blobs in weird patterns, intermingled with | |||
| static. Homer struggles some more. As we continue to watch the TV... | |||
| Bart: | Ooh, psychedelic. | ||
| The TV now shows more colors, interspersed with occasional images of | |||
| people (not bowling). | |||
| Atop the roof, Homer continues his struggling and falls off the roof. | |||
| Homer: | D'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh! | ||
| Inside... | |||
| Bart: | Perfecto, Homer! | ||
| And Bart is right. The picture is clear as a bell. | |||
| The kids resume their I&S-watching. On the TV screen is Scratchy falling, | |||
| arms flailing. He splats on the camera. Bart and Lisa laugh. | |||
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