On The Simpsons yesterday, a scam artist suckered Springfield into building a monorail (season 4, episode 71). A timely repeat, substituting a certain current craze . . .
Ned Flanders: Wind power!
- Lyle Lanley: Well, sir, there's nothing on earth
- Like genuine,
- Bona fide,
- Electrified,
- Three-winged
- Wind power!
- What'd I say?
Lyle Lanley: What's it called?
Patty & Selma: Wind power!
Lyle Lanley: That's right! Wind power!
[crowd chants 'wind power' softly and rhythmically]
Miss Hoover: I hear those things are awfully loud...
Lyle Lanley: They spin as softly as a cloud.
Apu: Is there a chance the blades could bend?
Lyle Lanley: Not on your life, my Hindu friend.
Barney: What about us brain-dead slobs?
Lyle Lanley: You'll be given cushy jobs.
Abe: Were you sent here by the devil?
Lyle Lanley: No, good sir, I'm on the level.
Wiggum: The ring came off my pudding can.
All: Wind power!
- Lyle Lanley: Take my pen knife, my good man.
- I swear it's Springfield's only choice...
- Throw up your hands and raise your voice!
Lyle Lanley: What's it called?
All: Wind power!
Lyle Lanley: Once again...
All: Wind power!
Marge: But Main Street's still all cracked and broken...
Bart: Sorry, Mom, the mob has spoken!
[big finish]
- All: Wind power!
- Wind power!
- Wind power!
Wind power !!!!
Homer: Wind... D'oh!
