Burns: I don't know what's happening. It seems our profits have
dropped 37%.
Smithers: I'm afraid we have a bad image, Sir. Market research shows
people see you as something of an ogre.
Burns: I ought to club them and eat their bones!
Smithers: Heh heh, well, maybe this film festival could help us. A film
biography might let them get to know the real you: virtuous,
heroic, nubile...
Burns: [menacing] You left out pleasant! [clubs Smithers with a
newspaper] But I like that film biography idea: a slick
Hollywood picture to gloss over my evil rise to power like
"Bugsy" or "Working Girl".
-- Melanie Griffith: newly notorious?, "A Star is Burns"
dropped 37%.
Smithers: I'm afraid we have a bad image, Sir. Market research shows
people see you as something of an ogre.
Burns: I ought to club them and eat their bones!
Smithers: Heh heh, well, maybe this film festival could help us. A film
biography might let them get to know the real you: virtuous,
heroic, nubile...
Burns: [menacing] You left out pleasant! [clubs Smithers with a
newspaper] But I like that film biography idea: a slick
Hollywood picture to gloss over my evil rise to power like
"Bugsy" or "Working Girl".
-- Melanie Griffith: newly notorious?, "A Star is Burns"
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of this slacking off?
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Everyone:
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"What is the real deal with Mr. Burns' assistant... - Moe: Don't worry about nothing, Homer. I have a feeling that Mr.
Burns is going to have a little accident that might... - Mel: Mr. Burns was shot Friday at three p.m., the very time that
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Smithers: Well, I caught up on my laundry, wrote a... - Burns: Heh heh, look, Smithers -- a creature of pure malevolence.
He's the perfect one to suckle at my proverbial... - Burns: [menacing] I want that oil well. I've got a monopoly to
maintain!
I own the electric company, and the water works --... - Burns: [groaning] Ohh! I need some more ether. I can still feel the
movement of the emory board.
Smithers: [checks bottle] We're fresh out, Sir. I'll...
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honey. Marge: Homer, I'm a Bailey Booster. Homer:... - Ned: We did it! We got rid of --
[siren wails;
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Bart: Um, excuse me, sir. I already know how not... - Homer: Guys, believe me, I didn't mean to get you expelled.
Nerd 3: Oh, don't worry, Mr. Simpson, we can take care... - Abe: I'm a member!
Homer: Huh?
Abe: What?
Homer: What?
Abe: Huh? Lisa: You're a member of the Stonecutters...
