Compare & Contrast: Family Therapy and Meta Commentary

“Wait a minute, these mallet things are padded with foam rubber.  What’s the point?” – Homer Simpson “They’d work much better without the padding, Doc.” – Bart Simpson “No, no, that’s not true.” – Dr. Marvin Monroe Shortly after Frink fell out of the sky and “How I Wet Your Mother” took its disastrous Inception turn halfway through, one of the scenes the family quantum slept into was a callback to an old Tracey Ullman short called “Family Therapy”.  (The original is about the family going to a therapist whom they torment until he throws them out of his office.) …

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“Oh, Mrs. Simpson, you are looking very prosperous today.  Might I interest you in some of our impulse items here by the cash register?” – Apu Nahasapeemapetilon