CHALMERS: Well, Seymour, I made it… despite your directions.
SKINNER: Ah, Superintendent Chalmers! Welcome! I hope you’re prepared for an unforgettable luncheon!
CHALMERS: Uhh…
SKINNER: [gasp] Oh egads, my roast is ruined! But what if… I were to purchase fast food and disguise it as my own cooking? [to himself] Oh ho ho ho ho… delightfully devilish, Seymour!
CHALMERS: Uh-
[cue song]
Skinner with his crazy explanations,
The superintendent’s gonna need his medication,
When he hears Skinner’s lame exaggerations,
There’ll be trouble in town tonight!
[end of song]
CHALMERS: Seymour!
SKINNER: Superintendent, I was just, uh… just stretching my calves on the windowsill. Isometric exercise! Care to join me?
CHALMERS: Why is there smoke coming out of your oven, Seymour?
SKINNER: Uhh… no! That isn’t smoke. It’s steam. Steam from the steamed clams we’re having! Mmm… steamed clams! [beat] Ooh…
[a few moments later]
SKINNER: Superintendent, I hope you’re ready for mouthwatering hamburgers!
CHALMERS: I thought we were having steamed clams.
SKINNER: D’oh, no. I said steamed hams! That’s what I call hamburgers!
CHALMERS: You call hamburgers “steamed hams?”
SKINNER: Yes. It’s a regional dialect!
CHALMERS: Uh-huh… uh, what region?
SKINNER: Uhh… upstate New York?
CHALMERS: Really? Well, I’m from Utica, and I’ve never heard anyone use the phrase “steamed hams.”
SKINNER: Oh, not in Utica, no. It’s an Albany expression.
CHALMERS: I see. [beat] You know, these hamburgers are quite similar to the ones they have at Krusty Burger.
SKINNER: Oh ho ho ho… no, patented Skinner burgers. Old family recipe.
CHALMERS: For steamed hams?
SKINNER: Yes.
CHALMERS: Yeah, so you call them “steamed hams” despite the fact they are obviously grilled.
SKINNER: Ye- hey- you know, the- one thing I should- excuse me for one second.
CHALMERS: Of course.
SKINNER: [YAWN] Well, that was wonderful. A good time was had by all, I’m pooped. CHALMERS: Yes, I should be- Good Lord, what is happening in there!?
SKINNER: Aurora borealis?
CHALMERS: Uh- aurora borealis!? At this time of year, at this time of day, in this part of the country, localized entirely within your kitchen!?
SKINNER: Yes!
CHALMERS: May I see it?
SKINNER: No.
SKINNER’S MOTHER: Seymour, the house is on fire!
SKINNER: No, mother—it’s just the northern lights!
CHALMERS: Well, Seymour, you are an odd fellow, but I must say… you steam a good ham.
SKINNER’S MOTHER: Help! Help!