1. Let go, let go.
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2. This is Dateline: Springfield.
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3. From a distance, the Simpsons
were the perfect family.
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4. Homer and Marge were
high school sweethearts.
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5. She saved me
from a dateless prom.
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6. He saved me from a life
with my sisters.
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7. Those two are monsters.
Cut to them, you'll see.
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8. What are you filming us for?
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9. Marge and Homer raised
their three kids
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10. in an atmosphere
of love, laughter
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11. and crushing economic anxiety.
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12. The only thing they needed
was each other.
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13. When I first met the Simpsons,
in 1947,
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14. they were building affordable
homes in Pennsylvania.
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15. Little Maggie was going to be
the next Lindbergh baby.
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16. But John Foster Dulles
had other ideas.
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17. Don't interview Grampa.
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18. He almost made Ken Burns
quit the business.
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19. That pompous old fool
was more boring than baseball.
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20. Little did the Simpsons suspect
that their American dream
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21. was about to be flipped
upside down
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22. by the spatula of crime.
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23. Home to a nuclear power plant
and an active volcano,
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24. Springfield seemed like
the safest place in the world.
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25. But that tranquility
was about to be shattered,
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26. in a mysterious crime
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27. that would tear
the Simpson family apart.
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28. Tear us apart?
Nothing can tear us apart.
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29. Tear us apart.
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30. Mom, stop saying
"tear us apart."
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31. It's tearing us apart!
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32. Who wants mac and cheese?
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33. Our conscienceless reenactment
begins as Marge and Lisa
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34. return home from a trip
to the market.
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35. Whatever we didn't spend,
I'd donate
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36. to Lisa's secret college fund.
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37. We hid it in the last place the
men in this family would look.
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38. A jar of cleanser.
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39. What happened next was one
of those life-changing moments
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40. that always seem to happen
under the sink.
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41. The entire college fund,
$670.42, was gone.
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42. And just like that,
Lisa's dream
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for three weeks,
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44. without a food plan, was over.
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45. For any parent
of young children,
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46. the thing you dread most
is losing a can full of money.
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47. Uh, Chief, you found something?
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48. Zero evidence of Pringles, so...
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49. So we were back at square one.
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50. It was not
your typical break-in.
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51. No sign of forced entry.
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52. I mean,
the dog didn't even bark.
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53. Somebody knew exactly
where to rub him. The tummy.
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54. A police reenactment confirmed
the chief's theory.
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55. Oh, oh, God, that's great.
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56. Oh, there's no way I'm barking.
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57. Oh, Lou, you got to teach
my wife to do this.
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58. With zero evidence
of a break-in,
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59. police suspicion
turned to the family.
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60. This just didn't pass what cops
call "the smell test."
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61. I've watched a lot
of cop shows in my day.
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62. I consider myself something
of an amateur policeman.
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63. Let me just stop this
documentary, or "doc,"
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64. here and now!
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65. We are good people.
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66. We do not steal.
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67. That's borrowing.
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68. Borrowing. Borr-ow-ing.
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69. And so this nuclear family
began to explode,
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70. as suspicion focused
on one man.
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71. Oh, what about the important
clue the police missed?
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72. Somebody set a drink down here
without a coaster.
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73. That had to be a stranger.
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74. This is an expensive table,
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75. and my family knows
I don't want it stained.
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76. D'oh...
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77. Springfield detectives made
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78. a desperate plea
to the public for help.
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79. - They didn't have to wait long.
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80. Nelson came to school today
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81. with a salon-quality haircut.
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82. His family doesn't even have
money for milk.
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83. He eats cereal with rain water.
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84. Mr. Teeny stole the money,
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85. like he steals all my scenes.
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86. I swear it on my very bone.
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87. Sincerely, anonymous caller.
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88. But just as you're about
to give up after two calls,
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89. - you hit pay dirt.
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90. I would like to accuse
Marge Simpson
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91. of stealing that money to feed
her gambling habit.
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92. She told my husband,
the minister,
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93. that she was an addict.
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94. In confidence, but, you know.
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95. Marge Simpson.
This suburban mother
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96. with Olive Oyl good looks
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years ago. Or had she?
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98. I admit it. I couldn't
resist the temptation.
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99. But then I did.
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100. Marge walked out of the casino
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101. and off the suspect list.
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102. Shockingly, the mystery
would not be solved
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103. in the first five minutes
of the show.
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104. With Marge's name cleared,
the police moved
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105. to the next suspect
on their list, Homer Simpson.
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106. Homer's bar tab was spiraling
out of control.
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107. Five, six hundred bucks.
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108. That night, Moe cut him off.
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109. Yeah, our theory was that Homer
came home wasted, he fell,
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110. he shimmied and he found
the money under the sink there,
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111. and he figured he'd just
use it to pay his tab.
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112. Well it's indisputable
that Homer visited the kitchen
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113. before going to bed.
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114. You see, we found
spaghetti sauce splatter
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115. consistent with a very violent
late-night snack.
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116. This is, ah, this is not
a flayvin situation.
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117. Although, I still am compelled
to say flayvin.
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118. Sauce on the walls,
the ceiling,
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119. under Homer's fingernails.
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120. That pasta fought hard
for its life.
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121. What that man did
to those leftovers...
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122. I'm sorry, I-I can't continue.
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123. But if the kitchen had been
a tomato-soaked abattoir
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124. that night, why had no one
noticed in the morning?
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125. Hmm.
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126. He cleaned up the kitchen
after stuffing
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127. all the money into his pockets,
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128. so we just had to
get those pants.
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129. Fortunately,
a simple sting did the trick.
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130. Ooh, Super Bowl in July!
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131. No money in these pants.
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132. All we find is candy-coated
peanuts, popcorn and a prize.
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133. Now, that's some Cracker Jack
detective work.
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134. Get it? Cracker Jack?
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135. Yeah. Yeah.
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136. But as for evidence,
we, uh, we got nothing.
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137. With Homer
still the prime suspect,
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138. and the investigation stalled,
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139. Springfield
was in dire straits.
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140. The show desperately needed
a cliffhanger commercial break.
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141. What if the real
criminal mastermind
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142. was billionaire
Montgomery Burns?
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143. Why would I steal $600?
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144. That's nothing to me.
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145. This is what rich is. Smithers,
bring me some more money.
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146. Need more convincing?
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147. No. We'll be right back.
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148. Police returned
to their first theory:
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149. could Homer Simpson
have done it?
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150. Oh, definitely.
Hey, you're gonna distort
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151. my voice for this, right?
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152. 'Cause I don't want
no one knowing
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153. that this is Moe Szyslak here.
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154. Oh, and cut the name, too, yeah?
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155. As Moe Szyslak said,
Homer was definitely a suspect.
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156. It was pretty clear, Chief liked
Homer Simpson for this case.
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157. Well, geez, Lou, I wouldn't say
that I liked-liked him.
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158. I just, uh— why,
did he say something about me?
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159. I mean you thought he was
a person of interest.
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160. Shut up. I can find
someone interest-ing
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161. without being interest-ed
in them. Shut up.
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162. Yeah, but then
new evidence came in
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163. that apparently cleared Homer.
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164. Phone records showed a six-hour
call from Homer's phone
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165. to a third party
on the night of the crime.
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166. The DNA revealed
that it was a butt dial.
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167. Yeah, and not just to someone
on his speed dial list.
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168. Uh-uh. His dexterous cheeks
dialed all ten digits.
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169. Disco Stu is unavailable
for you.
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170. At the beep,
you know what to do.
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171. When police played back
Homer's message,
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173. Homer didn't scrub
the spaghetti sauce
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175. The sick bastard licked
those walls clean.
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176. He had a little help.
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177. My first thought was
to delete the message, sure,
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178. but then I started grooving
to that slurping safari.
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179. I hadn't heard any other music
than disco in so long.
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180. Sometimes, a persona can just...
it becomes a trap, you know?
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181. I knew it couldn't be Homer.
Every Simpson is innocent.
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182. Until proven guilty.
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183. No. Just innocent.
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184. What are you doing? Stop
panning across the family.
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185. They didn't do it.
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186. Finally.
I've been expecting you.
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187. Like any normal healthy boy,
Bart has been the focus
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police investigations.
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189. But a mother knows
when her son is innocent.
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190. And when she's kidding herself,
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191. and when she's turning
a blind eye.
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192. This time he's innocent.
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193. Just ask his friends.
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194. - State your name for the record.
- Bart Simpson took the money.
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195. I admit I knew about
the money under the sink,
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196. but whatever I borrowed,
I always put back.
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197. Also, $600?
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198. What would a ten-year-old boy
do with that much money?
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199. Slime. Bart was buying slime.
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200. I've never seen such
a cooperative witness.
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201. I brought extra batteries
for your tape recorder, too.
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202. Slime. The gooey, harmless
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with kids today.
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204. I'd seen all the fads:
yo-yos, pogs, Pokémon, crunking,
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of John Cheever.
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207. My plan was, if I owned all
the slime, I'd set the price,
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208. except that's when
the bottom fell out.
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209. Lucky for me, there was
one gullible schlub
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210. who didn't realize
the craze was over.
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211. I sold my entire stash to him.
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212. I have not agreed to be
in your documentary.
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213. Please go.
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214. So I put the money back
I had borrowed
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and I filmed it
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216. because I knew no one
would believe me.
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217. So that's everyone
in the Simpson family,
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218. except for Lisa, of course.
It couldn't be her, right?
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219. Nah. Well, let's look at the...
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when the money was stolen
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222. and she said, "Chillin'.
You know, maxin' and relaxin'."
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223. Now these are the words
of a very cool person,
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224. but Lisa Simpson is not even
a little cool.
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225. So... huh.
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226. Oh, come on.
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227. No one, I repeat no one,
would believe Lisa could do it.
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228. But she's also a girl
who wants a new saxophone.
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229. I'm just saying.
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230. I've been Lisa's supplier
for years.
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over a new sax?
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compose in 9/8 time?
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234. He did. We'll count
it out together.
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236. Oh, it's the best bari sax
on the market,
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in black nickel.
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240. - No, I didn't.
- Lisa, it's your bedtime.
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Harry Potter book four.
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242. Oh, yeah, the one
where Cedric Diggory dies?
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You did it!
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245. Okay, okay. Time's up.
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247. You can't spell greed
without reed.
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to do this documentary?
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biggest stars today
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on the Today Show.
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254. It turns out Lisa
did not buy the new saxophone.
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to play bari sax,
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259. - What do you think of this?
- You're still a disappointment.
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to explain her whereabouts
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263. Shut up about my Lisa!
I can tell you where she was.
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264. - She was...
- Uh, bup, bup, bup, bup!
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266. Apparently, some of the girls
at school were...
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267. Let's just say I stole the
money, okay? End of documentary.
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268. See you at the
Independent Spirit Awards.
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269. I took her to her
hopscotch tutor.
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271. and now the whole world
will joke about
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ever needed a hopscotch tutor.
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273. Lisa, just repeat after me.
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one foot, two foot, one foot,
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Who invented this game?
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277. The Scotch invented hopscotch
and Scotch tape!
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278. - What about scotch whiskey?
- Never heard of it.
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280. So maybe now you vultures
can leave us be.
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281. We've taken up
enough of your time.
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282. Let's go, guys.
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283. What are you doing?
My family's in the clear.
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284. I want you to apologize
to my wife!
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285. Apologize? Us?
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286. Oh, you will, and you know why?
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287. I am the last person
that watches network television,
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292. I can't promise that,
only the editor can.
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293. - I got him.
- I'm gonna report you
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295. It's just
an honorary society.
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296. You take that back!
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297. Whew. What a relief.
So who did do it?
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298. It was obviously Bart.
It's always Bart.
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299. Hey, nothing is my fault
'cause Dad raised me so rotten.
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300. Well, nothing is my fault 'cause
my dad raised me so rotten.
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301. Don't blame me.
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302. It was a race out the door
and your mother won.
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303. - Oh, yeah?
- It was Bart!
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304. - Goes to show
how irresponsible you are!
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all you innocent people.
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306. I wish I was
never responsible for you.
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307. Stop it, stop it!
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308. You're tearing
this family apart.
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309. And stop calling
the sofa a love seat!
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310. I barely like it!
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311. The great Simpson Robbery
remains unsolved.
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312. Justice may never be served,
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313. but at the end of the day,
what matters is that we enjoyed
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314. watching bad things
happen to human beings
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316. Ah! Help, Mother.
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319. Instead, you stare out to sea
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323. You got what you need?
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looking better
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since André the Giant.
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you'll leave a ring.
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330. Ta-da! A snap-on coaster.
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Where'd you get this thing?
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start a business.
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That must've been expensive.
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but it was only 65 cents apiece.
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at your timeses?
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the whole time you denied it.
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you did the wrong thing.
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something wrong, and then...
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to your friends, to Moe's.
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352. And I had an idea,
an idea for something
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I was gambling,
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- Well, Lisa,
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- Lisa, I just want you to know
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the money was eaten by rats.
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- How did rats
get inside the can?
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363. Oh, why do they blame
everything around here on me?
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with the greatest woman ever.
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367. From that moment on, Homer
and I had never been closer.
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369. It was so sexy.
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371. I'm losing my hair.
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372. "The Great Simpson Robbery
remains unsol..."
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mean unsolved?
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to solve the mystery, Bob.
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the format of the show.
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378. Our viewers want one thing,
it's simple:
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be told who did it.
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380. And I am the soothing voice,
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381. - the reassuring voice that— Ah!
- (pop)
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382. Did you hear that? Oh, my God,
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383. I snapped my right vocal cord—
that's the dulcet one.
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for cord transplant.
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386. All we have is the vocal cord
of a sheep.
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387. And I'm
ba-a-ack.
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ethic for a voice-over actor.
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