Flanders: Reverend, I'm, uh, I'm afraid something terrible has
happened.
Lovejoy: Well, sit down and rap with me brother, that's what I'm here
for.
Flanders: [sits] I was talked into doing a dance called "The Bump,"
but my hip slipped and my ... my buttocks came into contact
with the ... buttocks of another young man.
Lovejoy: [pause] I ... see.
[voice-over] Then the calls began.
[dissolve to shot of the Reverend at the dinner table, on
the phone with Flanders]
Flanders: Well, I, I think I may be coveting my own wife.
[cut to shot of Reverend playing with a small train set]
I'm meek but, I could probably stand to be meeker.
[cut to shot of the Lovejoys in Paris]
I, I ... I think I may have swallowed a toothpick.
Lovejoy: Finally, I just stopped caring. Luckily, by then it was the
Eighties, and no one noticed.
-- Reverend Lovejoy's cautionary tale,
"In Marge We Trust"
happened.
Lovejoy: Well, sit down and rap with me brother, that's what I'm here
for.
Flanders: [sits] I was talked into doing a dance called "The Bump,"
but my hip slipped and my ... my buttocks came into contact
with the ... buttocks of another young man.
Lovejoy: [pause] I ... see.
[voice-over] Then the calls began.
[dissolve to shot of the Reverend at the dinner table, on
the phone with Flanders]
Flanders: Well, I, I think I may be coveting my own wife.
[cut to shot of Reverend playing with a small train set]
I'm meek but, I could probably stand to be meeker.
[cut to shot of the Lovejoys in Paris]
I, I ... I think I may have swallowed a toothpick.
Lovejoy: Finally, I just stopped caring. Luckily, by then it was the
Eighties, and no one noticed.
-- Reverend Lovejoy's cautionary tale,
"In Marge We Trust"
Related:
- Reverend Lovejoy: "Eventually I stopped caring. But that was the '80s so nobody noticed."
Episode:
when Marge takes over the help line at the Church and... - Lovejoy: [walks into the room] Yes, Marge?
Marge:
Reverend, I gave Ned Flanders some bad advice. Now... - Marge: But you can't let a few bad experiences sour you on helping
people.
Lovejoy: Oh, sure I can. [the phone rings]... - Ned: Jeepers H. Crackers. I'd better call the Reverend.
[pushes "Rev. Lovejoy" button on phone] [the... - Lisa: [on the phone]
Dad, I broke my last saxophone reed,
and I need you to get me a new one. Homer: Uh... - Marge: Reverend Lovejoy, I had a bit of an ulterior motive in
inviting you to dinner.
Rev. Lovejoy: [surprised and angry] What!? -- "Homer... - Ned: Rev. Lovejoy, with all that's happened to us today,
I kinda feel like Job. Lovejoy: Well, aren't... - Ned: What do you think, reverend?
Lovejoy: Once something has been approved by the government,
it's no longer immoral. Audience: Yay! ...
From the same category:
- This better be important, it's my wedding night. I'm trying to sleep!
Troy's views on wedding nights, "A Fish Called... - Dad Dinosaur: Would you turn off that rock-and-rock music?
Boy Dinosaur: Hey, don't have a stegasaurus, man!... - Lisa: No I can't! I can't eat any of them!
Homer: Wait a minute wait a minute wait a minute.
Lisa honey, are you saying you're *never* going... - Marge: Homer! Will you get that crazy box of off the dinner table?
It came from the dump. Homer: But Marge, I'm obsessed... - Washington: Looks like I'm going to have to find another little girl
to be President.
What's your friend Janey's number? Lisa: No,...
