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CEIA: ``The Silent Treatment'' (#132)

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Airing Info

Production Date: [?]: Oct 92
Broadcast Date: [?]: 28 Nov 92
Running Time: [?]: 13:41 + 10:01 = 23:42
AKA: [?]: None.

Episode Content

Plot Synopsis: [?]

When Ferguson starts giving Clarissa the old silent treatment, she wishes things would go back to how they used to be.

Subplots: [?]

Janet is a juror in the trial of local gangster Fishface Eddie.

Opening Scene: [?]

``The human brain is an amazing thing. The inventions we brought into this world!'' / The development of modern humans.

Closing Line: [?]

``Isn't family life wonderful?''

Spoofs: [?]

Other Cut-away Segments: [?]

Computer Stuff: [?]

``Doctor Torture'' computer-aided design software

Sam's Entrances: [?]

``Hi, Sam. You're just the man I want to see.'' ``What's up?''
``Hi, Sam.'' ``Hey, Clarissa.''
See #2.

Names for Ferguson: [?]

Dave Harris says of the scene where Clarissa calls Ferguson every name in the book:

I sampled this yesterday and slowed it down enough to make out what she says. I'm not completely sure of some bits... but this is the general gist of it: [slightly edited]
dummy
mutt-face
barf-brains
armpit
chimp cheeks
slug-leimpy (whoa, bucket, sport!) (??)
spit-o-face (??) [Adam Lieberman suggests ``spittle-face'']
geek
Fergalizer (??)
dink
whopper-mouth (??)
peas-for-brains (??)
teacher's pet (??)
steaming turd from outer space that landed on my head (??)
I plegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all!

About the last one, Dave says:

I sampled it several times, and it came out ``plegiance'' (instead of ``pledge allegiance'') every time. Weird.

Dave went on to say:

I also tried another approach: our old friend closed captioning. Here's the relevant bit: [also edited]
DUMMY
MUTT-FACE
[VERY QUICKLY]
ARMPIT
CHIMP CHEEKS
GEEK
FERGILIZER
CHEESE-BRAIN
[TOO QUICKLY TO UNDERSTAND]

Marshall's Designs: [?]

Janet's Work: [?]