[ 7f09 ] Das Fernsehen ist an allem Schuld / Itchy and Scratchy and Marge
Marge findet Itchy & Scratchy zu gewalttätig und startet einen Feldzug gegen die Serie. Kent Brockman lädt sie in Smartline ein. Mit dabei sind auch Roger Meyers (CEO of I&S, Intl), Krusty und der Psychiater Dr. Marvin Monroe.
Script (engl.): Hello, I'm Kent Brockman, and welcome to another edition of `Smartline'. Are cartoons too violent for children? Most people would say, ``No, of course not, what kind of stupid question is that?''
His guests are Marge, Roger Meyers (CEO of I&S, Intl), and Krusty (``Hi, kids!''), and... Joining us live, via satellite from Vienna, home of Sigmund Freud, the world's greatest psychiatrist, to give us an insight into the human mind, Dr. Marvin Monroe.
After a brief clip of I&S, the debate begins...
Meyers: I did a little
research and I discovered a startling thing... There was violence in the
past, long before cartoons were invented.
Kent: I see.
Fascinating.
Meyers: Yeah, and
know something, Karl? The Crusades, for instance. Tremendous violence,
many people killed, the darned thing went on for thirty years.
Kent: And this was before cartoons were invented?
Meyers: That's right, Kent.
Dr. Marvin Monroe adds his two cents... Well, Kent, to me, the hijinks of a few comic characters absolutely pales in comparison to the crippling emotional problems a psychiatrist runs into every day. I'm referring to women who love too much, fear of winning, sexaholism, stuff like that.
Krusty is next...
Kent: For another opinion...
Krusty: [laughs] Hi, kids! [laughs]
Kent: Krusty, please.
We're giving you the opportunity to participate in a serious discussion,
here.
Krusty: Oh, I'm sorry Kent. Just that when the camera gets on me, I just...
Hey! [throws a custard pie in his own face] [honks horn]
Kent: Krusty! Krusty: [honks horn] [cowers]
Marge get to make her concluding statement, in which she asks all concerned parents to write to I&S and express their feelings.
