[MG01] Good Night

Good Night                                             Written by Matt Groening
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[$Id: mg01 1.1 92/06/06 12:59:14 raymond Exp Locker: raymond $]
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> Didja notice...
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    Voice credits:
        YEARDLEY SMITH as Lisa
        NANCY CARTWRIGHT as Bart
        LIZ GEORGES as Maggie
        JULIE KAVNER as Mom
        DAN CASTELLANETA as Dad

    ... Homer and Marge sleep on the opposite sides of the bed, compared
        to the half-hour show?

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> Freeze-Frame Fun
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> Animation goofs
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> Assorted comments and observations
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Brian Howard {bh} gives the timing for this short as 1:51, whereas the
syndication package contains only 1:45 of animation.

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> Quotes and scene summary
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% H = Homer, M = Marge, B = Bart, L = Lisa, A = Maggie
%
% Homer tucks Bart into bed with a smile.  He then steps back...

H: [mildly annoyed] Now, good night, son.
B: Uh, Dad?
H: What.
B: What is the mind?
   Is it just a system of impulses?
   Or is it something tangible?
H: Relax.  What is mind?  No matter.  What is matter?  Never mind!

% Homer laughs one of his weird laughs you only get to see on the Tracey
% Ullman show.

B: [not entirely convinced]  Thanks, Dad.
H: Good night, son.

% (*click*)  The lights go off, but Bart's eyes remain wide open.
% (They also do weird things.)
%
% [End of Act One.  Time: 0:24]
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% Marge tucks Lisa into bed.

M: [sweetly] Good night, Lisa.
L: [sweetly] Good night, Mom.
M: Sweet dreams.
L: Thanks, Mom.
M: Sleep tight.
L: I will, Mom.
M: Don't let the bedbugs bite.

% (*click*) The lights go off, but Lisa's eyes remain wide open.

L: Bedbugs?

% [End of Act Two.  Time: 0:39]
%
% Marge tucks Maggie into her crib.

M: [singing]  Rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop...

% Maggie imagines herself in a cradle balanced on a tree bough.

M: When the wind blows, the cradle will rock...

% The wind blows Maggie's bow off, rustles her hair, and starts rocking
% the cradle.

M: When the bough breaks...

% The bough breaks...

M:                      ... the cradle will fall...

% It does.  Maggie screams (silently) as the cradle plummets to earth.
% Her pacifier also falls on a parallel course.

M: And down will come baby, cradle and all.

% Zoom in on Maggie's open mouth, whishing back to reality.  Maggie lies
% in her crib, sucking on her pacifier.

M: Sweet dreams.

% (*click*)  The lights go off, but Maggie's eyes remain wide open.
%
% [End of Act Three.  Time: 1:12]
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% Marge and Homer lie in bed.

H: We may be the best parents in the world.
M: [sweetly] Mmm...  Good night, dear.
H: Good night.

% They kiss.
%
% The three kids suddenly appear in the doorway, waving their arms
% frantically and talking simultaneously.

B: Dad, what you were saying about mind over matter?  Could you be
   more specific?
L: Mom, are those bedbugs... [unintelligible]  I can't sleep...

% Marge and Homer react.

M: [sigh]  All right, climb in.

% The kids zip in.  Bart next to Marge, Lisa next to Homer, and Maggie
% between her parents.  All three shiver.

H: There's nothing to worry about.  Now, everyone go to sleep.
   Good night.

% (*click*)  The lights go off, and one by one, the family members close
% their eyes.  Maggie's is last.

A: Goo' nigh', Da'.

% [End of Act Four.  Time: 1:45]
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remain the property of The Tracey Ullman Show, and the reproduced articles
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