Good Night/Transcript

Transcript for the Tracey Ullman Short, "Good Night".

Transcript

 * [Homer is tucking Bart into bed]
 * Homer: Well, good night son.
 * Bart: Erm, Dad?
 * Homer: Yeah.
 * Bart: What is the mind? Is it just a system of impulses, or is it... something tangible?
 * Homer: Relax! What is mind, no matter, what is matter, never mind. [laughs]
 * Bart: [not entirely convinced] Thanks, Dad.
 * Homer: Good night, son.
 * [The lights go off, but Bart's eyes remain wide open, and one turns red]
 * Marge: Good night, Lisa.
 * Lisa: Good night, Mom.
 * Marge: Sweet dreams.
 * Lisa: [wearily] Thanks, Mom.
 * Marge: Sleep tight.
 * Lisa: I will Mom.
 * Marge: Don't let the bed bugs bite.
 * [Marge turns the light off, and Lisa eyes remain open]
 * Lisa: Bed bugs?
 * [Maggie is sucking her pacifier in her crib]
 * Marge: [singing] Rock-a-bye baby, in the treetop...
 * [Maggie imagines herself in a cradle balanced on a tree bough]
 * Marge: When the wind blows, the cradle will rock...
 * [The wind blows Maggie's bow off, rustles her hair, and starts rocking the cradle]
 * Marge: When the bough breaks...
 * [The bough breaks]
 * Marge: ... the cradle will fall...
 * [It does. Maggie screams (silently) as the cradle plummets to earth. Her pacifier also falls on a parallel course]
 * Marge: 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]
 * Marge: Sweet dreams.
 * [The lights go off, but Maggie's eyes remain wide open]
 * [Marge and Homer are lying in bed]
 * Homer: We may be the best parents in the world.
 * Marge: [sweetly] Mmm... Good night, dear.
 * Homer: Good night.
 * [They kiss. The three kids suddenly appear in the doorway, waving their arms frantically and talking simultaneously]
 * Marge: [sighs] All right, climb in.
 * [The kids zip in. Bart next to Marge, Lisa next to Homer, and Maggie between her parents. All three shiver]
 * Homer: There's nothing to worry about. Now, everyone go to sleep. Good night.
 * [The lights go off, and one by one, the family members close their eyes. Maggie's are last]
 * Maggie: Good night.