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The Simpsons on libraries

By Meredith Farkas | May 21, 2005

I know this episode aired in 2004, but I was just watching it again today and it made me laugh just as hard as I did last time. And this time I remembered to write down the dialogue:

Lisa: I have to research a paper. Where did all the books go?
Librarian: Books? Books are for squares! We’re now a multimedia learning center for children of all ages… but mostly bums. (motions to a table full of bums — and Homer — sleeping).
Bart: Aye, Carumba!
Lisa: (looking at the few materials left) “Everybody Poops: The Video”??? “Yu-Gi-Oh! Price Guides”???

As Nelson would say, “HA! HA!” ;)

Of course the librarian was a matronly older woman who fit the negative stereotype, but I won’t touch that one…

Topics: libraries, random |

2 Responses to “The Simpsons on libraries”

  1. Lisle McKenty Says:
    May 24th, 2005 at 5:57 pm

    I did a kind of lengthy post on my blog. Kind of tangential, but still a comment.

  2. Gerard Says:
    December 13th, 2007 at 11:25 am

    Why did my Google alert only now find this reference to “books are for squares”? Oh well, I had not seen the episode, thanks for the write-up.