Why did this have to happen now during prime time, when TV's brightest stars come out to shine?

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• Why did this have to happen now, during prime time,
  when TV's brightest stars come out to shine? --...
• The dream is over! -- Homer laments the fate of the couch,
  "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes...
• I feel so empty, so alone, so... couchless. -- Homer laments the fate of his couch,
  "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes...
• Well, friend, you're going back where you came from.
  the curb in front of Flanders' house. -- Homer laments...
• I gave Herb all the money I had in the world, and he still treats me like something he pulled out of his ear.
  Homer laments his fate, "Brother, Can You Spare...
• Homer: All right, who did this? Bart: We were just sitting on the couch quietly chatting when we heard a creaking noise.
  Lisa: We leapt off just in time to see it collapse...
• Homer, I know how you feel. You lost the couch. I lost the heavyweight championship.
  Smokin' Joe Frazier, "Brother, Can You Spare Two...
• Heavyweight championship? There's like three of those.
  Homer, "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes...
• Oh, they're singing again. Lousy neighbors, wish I was deaf.
  Homer, "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes...