Quotes
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Baby Sinclair : Something's funny.
Fran Sinclair : Nothing's funny!
[turns off the TV]
Fran Sinclair : Nothing's funny at all!
Charlene Sinclair : But Mom, they said a dirty word on TV.
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Earl Sinclair : Hey, kids. Is it off? Did they take it off yet?
TV Announcer : The Smoo Show, now on seven nights a week.
[Earl Sinclair moans]
Robbie Sinclair : Nice day's work, Dad.
Charlene Sinclair : Yeah.
Earl Sinclair : Thanks, Mr. Negative. I'll have you know we were out planting the seeds of change. You just wait. Those seeds are gonna bear fruit.
TV Announcer : Then, from the producers of The Smoo Show, it's The Flark Show followed by Kiss My Glick.
Robbie Sinclair : Who can say, Dad? It's probably just a coincidence.
Charlene Sinclair : Yeah, you got them on the run. A couple more protest raillies, they'll make it into a mini-series.
Earl Sinclair : Ha, ha, ha. You have anything to say?
Baby Sinclair : Flark, bad. Glick, bad.
Earl Sinclair : There, see? My message got through.
Baby Sinclair : Smoo? That's funny!
[laughs]
Earl Sinclair : Oh, this is so discouraging. TV has become the cesspool of vulgarity.
Fran Sinclair : Then why don't you just turn it off?
Earl Sinclair : Because, I shouldn't have to turn off my TV set, ever! I worked my whole life, I raised my family. I wanna be able to park them in front of the TV, and I know they're gonna watch good, clean, time-consuming, energy-sapping entertainment. So by the time I get home, they can barley wave hello.
Fran Sinclair : Well, obviously, the TV network dosen't care how you feel.
Earl Sinclair : Then I'm gonna have to go over their heads.
[Earl Sinclair leaves]