ABSTRACT
Alice is w atching a soap opera on television when Dennis returns hom e.
Immediately, he begins to lecture her, “Hey, M om . . . don’t you know too
m uch telebision is bad for your eyes?” At first, she tries to ignore him ;
“M m m .” But he continues, citing the fact that “there’s a lotta JUNK” on tele
vision, that television violence “learns ya a lo tta BAD stuff,” and that she
should be doing som ething better with her time. She finally gets up and
turns off the set before asking Dennis what he thinks she should be doing
instead. “Bakin’ cookies! The cookie jar’s clean empty!”
