A dumb sitcom is shown on TV]} Burns: {Smithers,

{[A dumb sitcom is shown on TV]}
Burns: {Smithers, I'm home! [canned laughter]}
Smithers: {What, already? [canned chuckle]}
Burns: {Yes. [loud canned laughter]}
Lisa: {[watching] Is it my imagination or is TV getting worse?}
Homer: {Ehh, it's about the same. Uh oh! Look out, Smithers!}
{[sound of breaking glass]}
{Heh heh, I love this show.}
-- Homer, discerning TV viewer, "Rosebud"

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