- Marsha Wood: [watching TV] Got a call from school today, Ethan.
- John Wood: They said you were reading comic books in class again.
- Ethan Wood: Mr. Wrightson hates me.
- Marsha Wood: He doesn't hate you, he just doesn't want to see you wasting your time on comic books.
- John Wood: This is the end, son. We get one more call like that and there'll be no more comic books for you until you're finished college.
- Ethan Wood: What?
- Marsha Wood: It's for you own good, honey; those silly comic-books are an addiction.
- [both parents laugh uproariously at something on-screen]