Homer visits Disco Stu’s “Can’t Stop The Learnin’” Disco Academies kiosk at the Franchise Expo.
Disco Stu: Did you know that disco record sales were up 400% for the year ending 1976?
[He points to a chart for the years 1973-1976.]
If these trends continue … aaaaaaay!
At a Springfield Nuclear Power Plant corporate retreat at a national park, Bart and Lisa encounter Mr. Smithers, who is competing to find a cabin hidden on the mountain.
Lisa: We'll help you.
Bart: I have a watch with a minute hand.
Smithers (sighing): All right, you can come. What time is it?
Bart: 12:80. No, wait. Wait. Wh-what comes after 12?
Smithers: One.
Bart: No, after twelve!
[Smithers groans.]
The animated children’s show “The Itchy & Scratchy Show” adds a new character, Poochie the dog, who introduces himself with a rap.
Poochie's rap: The name's Poochie D / And I rock the telly / I'm half Joe Camel / And a third Fonzarelli / I'm the kung fu hippie / From Gangsta City / I'm a rappin' surfer / You the fool I pity.
Bart’s classmate Martin Prince has an extravagant birthday party in his backyard, complete with an entertainer dressed in a whimsical magician's costume and writing on a blackboard.
Bart: Hey, Houdini! Why don't you saw Martin in half?
Mathemagician: Oh, I'm not the kind of magician who does tricks. I'm a mathemagician!
[All the kids except for Lisa groan.]
Bart (whining): Oh, man.
Mathemagician: Now, prepare to marvel at the mysteries of the universe, as I make this remainder disappear.
[He writes 7 goes into 28 three times.]
Lisa: But 7 goes into 28 four times.
Mathemagician: Uh, this is a magic 7.
Mr. Burns offers Lisa a check for ten percent of the $120 million he got for selling their recycling business. Concerned that the business had been unethical, Lisa tears up the check, causing Homer to collapse and be rushed to the hospital.
Dr. Hibbert (chuckling): Well, that's the first case I've ever seen of a man suffering four simultaneous heart attacks.
Lisa: I'm sorry, Dad.
Homer (weakly): It's all right. I understand. But we really could've used that $12,000.
Lisa (nervously): Um, Dad, ten percent of $120 million isn't $12,000. It's . . .
Hospital staffer [over P.A.]: Code blue! Code Blue!
Lisa’s class watches a 1952 filmstrip about the Moon. The Earth/Moon Weight Conversion chart indicates that an object weighing approximately 175 pounds on Earth weighs approximately 35 pounds on the Moon.
Film narrator: Once there, you’ll weigh only a small percentage of what you weigh on Earth.