The Thing

Season 3, Episode 9, Aired
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Oliver is tired of paying storage for something neither he or Lisa can recall, so he has it shipped to Hooterville. Inside a giant crate is a genuine Stavinski birdbath that Lisa had bought years earlier for Oliver's birthday. The hideous collection of pipes and faucets leads Oliver to plot "the thing's" demise.moreless
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      • Oliver returns to using the phone on top of the pole because the Monroe brothers, when fixing the hole in the roof, cut the line to the kitchen phone. Edit
      • Lisa's new birthday present for Oliver is a full sized model of the Eiffel Tower, made of wire hangers, by the artist LaTouche. Edit
      • The crate had the phrase "Karl Marx Is a Hothead" written on it by the county's great crate writer Dooley Hickens. Mr. Bennett says Hickens has a piece on display at the Museum of Art in New York City that reads "Henry VIII Is a Sloppy Eater." Edit

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      • Oliver: (wanting to ditch the Stavinski with the county museum) Yes, but Lisa, it would be selfish of me to keep a great work of art like this all to muself. I'm going to give it to the world. They deserve it! Lisa: Oliver, you're a great man! Olvier: (modestly) Oh, really, I'm-- Lisa: You think more of others than others think of you. Oliver: What? Edit
      • Lisa: (about the Stavinski) Oliver, if you don't like it now, don't worry. It'll grow on you. Olvier: Oh no, it won't. I'm not going to get that close to it. Edit
      • Alf: (answering phone) Good evening. Monroe Brothers. Oliver: (irrate because rain's coming through the roof) You stupid knuckhead! Alf: Just a minute. (turning to Ralph) It's for you, Ralph. Edit

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