Mama's Daytime Dramas

Mama's Daytime Dramas is two-page feature in The Marge Book. It shows off the television listings for daytime TV.

Listings[edit]

Channel	2:00 PM	2:30 PM	3:00 PM	3:30 PM
Ooh!	The Opal Show	The V.U.	Hard Hairball with Itchy & Scratchy	Smells Like Springfield
Yakking.	Yammering.	Mindless punditry and violence.	Nosing around with Kent Brockman.
Yikes!	These Old Leftovers	Pimp My Bride	Movie: Bringing Up Phlegm (Screwball Comedy)
Host Bob Beeler restores some of America's oldest food.	Spouse remodel.	Hijinks ensue when a madcap heiress comes down with pulmonary tuberculosis.
hey!	Locke & Lode (Crime Drama)	Charlie's Agents
Detectives Locke and Lode undergo plastic surgery to boost sagging ratings.	Charlie's numerous calls to his agents via speakerphone go unreturned.
Eek!	The Bold and the Sans Serif (Soap Opera)	The Immature and the Hyperactive (Soap Opera)
Property values plummet when a family of Italics move next door.	Jason, Julie, and Josh confront Jessica, Justin, and Jesse about Jordan and Jennifer.
Gasp!	One Day at a Time of Our Life to Live (Soap Opera)	Young Republicans (Soap Opera)	Judge Constance Harm (Courtroom Drama)
Judge Harm throws the book at a man caught stealing from the public library.
Eww	Movie: A Child Is Bored (Tragedy)	*After School Bummer: Omigod! Please, Dad! No!*
Based on the true story of a young girl growing up in the suburbia with nothing to do.	A young girl's father dresses like a 'tard.
Spit	One and a Half Laffs (Sitcom)	Two's Company (Sitcom)	Three's a Crowd (Sitcom)	Enough's Enough (Sitcom)
¡EH!	¿Dónde Está El Baño? (Discisión)	¿Qué? (Close-Captioned)	Señor Ding-Dong (Telenovela)	¡No Me Gusta! (Obras de Jabón)

Behind the Laughter[edit]

Many of the shows are references to real shows:

The V.U. is a parody of The View.
Pimp My Bride is a parody of Pimp My Ride.
Bringing Up Phlegm is a parody of Bringing Up Baby.
Charlie's Agents is a parody of Charlie's Angels.
The Bold and the Sans Serif is a parody of The Bold and the Beautiful and a reference to the font Sans-serif.
One Day at a Time of Our Life to Live is a parody of One Day at a Time and One Life to Live.
Judge Constance Harm is a parody of Judge Judy.
One and a Half Laffs is a parody of Two and a Half Men.
Two's Company and Three's a Crowd are parodies of Three's Company.

Appearances[edit]

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