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Perpetual twilight. Bathed in the glow of Burns brand electricity.

Hello, lamp post. What you knowing?

I’ve come to watch your power flowing.

That’s odd. Where’s Homer? And Bart? And Lisa? And Grampa?

After all these years, things are finally starting to go my way.

I feel like celebrating.

Oh, it’s you. What are you so happy about?

I see. I think you’d better drop it.

I said, drop it!

Get your hands off.

Where is everybody?

Hey, man. Are you okay?

Won’t.dignify that.with a response.

Mr. Burns has been shot.

Just a minute. This isn’t Mr. Burns at all.

It’s a mask.

Oh, wait, it is Burns.

Heh– His wrinkly skin look– looks like a mask.

I don’t think we’ll ever know who did this. Everyone in town’s a suspect.

Well, I couldn’t possibly solve this mystery.

Can you?

Yeah, I’ll give it a shot. I mean, you know, it’s my job, right?

In this episode of The Simpsons, Mr. Burns constructs a giant disc to permanently block out the sun in the town of Springfield, forcing everyone to continuously use the electricity from his power plant.

Perpetual twilight. Bathed in the glow of Burns brand electricity.

So we hear Mr. Burns speak in a poetic way about electricity and street lighting. Twilight is the time of day just before night when the daylight has almost gone, but when it is not completely dark. Perpetual defines something that never ends; that is permanent.

so by perpetual twilight, he’s referring to the permanent darkness that is covering Springfield, caused by the giant disc which he is using to block out the sun. Literally speaking, the verb to bathe it means to take a bath

however, Mr. Burns is speaking figuratively here - he’s talking about how the streets are covered by or bathed in the glow from the lamp posts, which are powered by his power plant.

Hello, lamp post. What you knowing?

I’ve come to watch your power flowing.

What you knowing? is Mr. Burns’s own informal way of asking how are you?

this is a parody of the Simon and Garfunkel song ‘the 59th street bridge song (feelin’ Groovy).

Hello, lamp post. What you knowing?

I’ve come to watch your flowers growing.

Hello, lamp post. What you knowing?

I’ve come to watch your power flowing.

After all these years, things are finally starting to go my way.

I feel like celebrating.

If something goes your way, it goes according to your plans, you succeed; or you fail favored by the universe, God, or some higher power.

Check out this example

D’oh!

I’m sorry, Maggie.

But, even at your age, I’m sure you understand things can’t always go your way.

So, in the scene, Mr. Burns is referring to how his plans of blocking out the sun and making more money from all the extra power consumption are working.

So he said that things are finally starting to go his way meaning he’s finally being favored by the circumstances.

Oh, it’s you. What are you so happy about?

I see. I think you’d better drop it.

I said, drop it!

Get your hands off.

“Drop it” is an expression used as a command for somebody to drop or (let go of) their weapon.

For example, it is commonly used by the police when confronting armed suspects.

a little bit higher.

That’s better.

Very good.

Drop it, miss.

We cannot see what is happening with Mr. Burns in the scene,

I see. I think you’d better drop it.

I said, drop it!

But, from this line, we can guess he’s speaking to somebody holding a gun or other weapon.

By the way, did you notice how he pronounced the word drop and it together?

I think you’d better drop it. I said, drop it!

this is a clear and good example of how connected speech works in spoken English.

Connected speech is the tendency we have of cutting, reducing, and linking words together while speaking.

In this case, the letter P from “drop” simply links to the next word, which started with a vowel: it.

And that resulted in the sound we heard from Mr. Burns: dro-pit.

Let’s listen to it and practice after him.

I said, dro-pit!

I said, dro-pit!

Where is everybody?

Hey, man. Are you ok?

Won’t.dignify that.with a response.

To dignify somebody (or something) is to treat them with respect and take them seriously.

So if you say that you will not dignify something with a response, that means you will not answer or respond to it because you do not think it is worth your attention or respect.

Why can’t we ever have normal soup?

Just once, can we have a soup that people have heard of.

Like French Onion, or Navy Bean?

First of all, your father can’t eat onions. He’s deathly allergic.

And I won’t even dignify your navy beans suggestion.

Mr. Burns has been shot.

Just a minute. This isn’t Mr. Burns at all.

It’s a mask.

Oh, wait, it is Burns.

Heh– His wrinkly skin look– looks like a mask.

This part of the scene makes fun of something a lot of science fiction movies and series have done– to have a character wearing a realistic human mask, which is only noticed and removed at a critical moment in the story.

The joke is the Chief Wiggum thought Mr. Burns’s wrinkly skin made his face look like a mask.

Heh– His wrinkly skin look– looks like a mask.

I don’t think we’ll ever know who did this. Everyone in town’s a suspect.

Well, I couldn’t possibly solve this mystery.

Can you?

Yeah, I’ll give it a shot. I mean, you know, it’s my job, right?

If you say that you will give it a shot, that means you will make an attempt to do something you will try to achieve it.

This is especially used when talking about something that you are not familiar with.

Don’t ask why, but you have to lose the big race.

You want me to lose the Springfield Derby?

We’ve been pushing that poor horse too hard.

Maybe. But, if Duncan wins the Derby, he can spend the rest of days as a stud.

Well, it is a good life. Believe me.

Alright. We’ll give it a shot.

Stop! Don’t shoot my dad!

He’s innocent. He wouldn’t hurt a fly.

Stop telling them it was me!

I’ll kill you for saying it was me!

What is the meaning of this?

Smithers, who is this beast that’s shaking me?

D’oh!

Say it, Burns! Say I never shot you.

before

Shot? By you? I’m afraid not, my primitive friend.

Your kind has neither the cranial capacity. nor the opposable digits to operate a firearm.

The one who shot me was-

Ah! Ah! Ah!

M-Maggie Simpson!

With the sun-blocker in place and the town aghast, I was on top of the world.

So, I wanted to kick up my heels and indulge my sweet tooth.

I feel like celebrating.

Oh, it’s you. What are you so happy about?

I see.

Yes.

That’s the one.

Smithers had thwarted my earlier attempt to take candy from a baby.

But with him out of the picture, I was free to wallow in my own crapulence.

I think you’d better drop it.

But, the old axiom was misleading.

Taking the candy proved exceedingly difficult.

I said, drop it!

Stricken, I lurched forth in search of aid.

But, finding only slack-jawed gawkers. I gave up and collapsed on the sundial.

Then, with your last ounce of strength. you pointed to “W” and “S.” Or, from your point of view, “M” and “S.” Maggie Simpson.

What? No!

With my last ounce of strength, I sucked out my gold fillings and swallowed them. Those paramedics have sticky fingers.

Well, I’m just relieved that Homer’s safe and that you’ve recovered. and we can all get back to normal.

If Maggie could talk, I’m sure she’d apologize for shooting you.

I’m afraid that’s insufficient.

Officer, arrest the baby.

Yeah, right, Pops. No jury in the world’s gonna convict a baby.

Hmm, maybe Texas.

Stop! Don’t shoot my dad!

He’s innocent. He wouldn’t hurt a fly.

A fly is this insect.

So if you say that someone wouldn’t hurt a fly, that is a figurative way of saying that they are very kind and gentle, and would not hurt anyone (not even a fly).

Come on, people. You’re safe as Sunday with me. I wouldn’t hurt a fly.

Say it, Burns! Say I never shot you.

before

Shot? By you? I’m afraid not, my primitive friend.

Primitive refers to something or somebody relating to very old time, like a society at a very early stage of development, with people living in a simple way without machines or advanced technologies, for example.

Example, Primitive races colonized these islands 2,000 years ago. Mr. Burns called Homer his primitive friend meaning to insult him and call him ignorant or simple-minded.

Your kind has neither the cranial capacity. nor the opposable digits to operate a firearm.

As you may know, the noun kind refers to a group with similar characteristics, or a particular type.

Is it me, or you’re just becoming a little bit more human?

You are the last of your kind.

in this case, Mr. Burns is still referring to Homer as a primitive or prehistoric person, as if he were a caveman.

Your kind has neither the cranial capacity. nor the opposable digits to operate a firearm.

So, he says that Homer does not have the cranial capacity (that is, the intelligence) nor the opposable thumbs to handle a gun.

Opposable thumbs is how we call this dumbs seen in human hands, that can be placed opposite the other fingers, allowing the hand to hold and handle objects.

The one who shot me was-

Ah! Ah! Ah!

M-Maggie Simpson!

With the sun-blocker in place and the town aghast, I was on top of the world.

Sun-blocker is what he’s calling the giant disc which was placed in front of the sun, and covered the whole town from daylight

Aghast is an adjective meaning extremely shocked or horrified. This word is not very common. And if you say that you feel, or that you are on top of the world, you are emphasizing that you feel extremely happy and healthy.

Yeah, Ben! We did it!

This whole company is ours.

No, it’s not.

That’s mine! That’s mine! It’s all mine!

I’m on top of the world!

So, I wanted to kick up my heels and indulge my sweet tooth.

I feel like celebrating.

Oh, it’s you. What are you so happy about?

I see.

The expression “to kick up your heels” means to relax and enjoy yourself a lot, for example at a party. Now, if you say that you have a sweet tooth, you mean you have a craving or a desire to eat sweet food, especially sweets and chocolate.

So if you indulge your sweet tooth, you are allowing yourself to enjoy the pleasure of eating sweets.

So, we are at peace once more.

Let us indulge in exaggerated displays of affection.

This guy. I love him! Get over here.

My brother. Over here.

you’re, my everything over here.

You color my world, over here.

Yes.

That’s the one.

Smithers had thwarted my earlier attempt to take candy from a baby.

But with him out of the picture, I was free to wallow in my own crapulence.

to thwart somebody means to prevent them from accomplishing something. So if you thwart a person’s attempt to do something, you are stopping them from being successful.

As you know, every diabolical scheme that I’ve hatched.

has been thwarted by Austin Powers.

And, why is that, ladies and gentlemen?

Mr. Burns is saying that Smithers had stopped him from taking candy from a baby before, but now that he is out of the picture (that is, he is not president anymore), he will not be able to interfere and stop him.

Now, even though in English there is a figurative expression “to take candy from a baby”, meaning to do something that is very easy and offers no challenge or resistance, here Mr. Burns means it literally– he has actually tried to take candy from a Maggie, baby. So he said that without Smithers to stop him, he could indulge his impulses for eating sugary food.

I think you’d better drop it.

But, the old axiom was misleading.

Taking the candy proved exceedingly difficult.

I said, drop it!

An axiom is a statement which is regarded as being accepted or true, without the need for proof. for example, the axiom “you cannot give what you do not have”.

So, Mr. Burns refers to taking candy from a baby being easy as misleading axiom, saying that the task actually proved to be very difficult. which is quite humorous when we think about it.

Something considered misleading gives you the wrong idea or impression about it.

Het! Uh

I thought – I thought you were at able 6.

Ah—no—9.

Oh, see.

Before, you, uh, when you showed it to me, you held it that away, which

Which was misleading.

Stricken, I lurched forth in search of aid.

But, finding only slack-jawed gawkers. I gave up and collapsed on the sundial.

to lurch is to move in a way that is not regular or normal, making sudden movements backwards or forwards or from side to side, especially in an uncontrolled way.

So he says that he lurched forth in search of help.

A gawker is a person who stares openly at someone or something. for example, after a bad car accident on the highway, gawkers often slow down for a look.

A slack-jawed person is someone with their mouth open in surprise.

A sundial is a device similar to a clock, that looks like this, which indicates the time of day by the position of the shadow of some object exposed to the sun’s rays.

Then, with your last ounce of strength. you pointed to “W” and “S.” Or, from your point of view, “M” and “S.” Maggie Simpson.

Lisa is saying that Mr. Burns gathered all the energy had left - that is, his “last ounce of strength,” and pointed to the “w” and “s” letters, as a way of informing who had shot him.

What? No!

With my last ounce of strength, I sucked out my gold fillings and swallowed them. Those paramedics have sticky fingers.

If you say that somebody had sticky fingers, you mean that they have an inclination or tendency to deal.

Mr. Burns is saying he swallowed his goal teeth pieces to keep the paramedics, who would help him, from robbing him.

If Maggie could talk, I’m sure she’d apologize for shooting you.

I’m afraid that’s insufficient.

Officer, arrest the baby.

Yeah, right, Pops. No jury in the world’s gonna convict a baby.

Hmm, maybe Texas.

To convict somebody of a crime is to declare them to be guilty.

This is normally done by a jury or the decision of a judge in a court of law.

Now why does he say, “Maybe Texas?”

Culturally, many other states look at Texas as being a very conservative state. for example, it is one of the states that still has the death penalty.

Chief Wiggum is joking that perhaps texas would be strict enough to convict a baby of a crime.

Perpetual twilight. Bathed in the glow of Burns brand electricity.

Hello, lamp post. What you knowing?

I’ve come to watch your power flowing.

That’s odd. Where’s Homer? And Bart? And Lisa? And Grampa?

After all these years, things are finally starting to go my way.

I feel like celebrating.

Oh, it’s you. What are you so happy about?

I see. I think you’d better drop it.

I said, drop it!

Get your hands off.

Where is everybody?

Hey, man. Are you okay?

Won’t.dignify that.with a response.

Mr. Burns has been shot.

Just a minute. This isn’t Mr. Burns at all.

It’s a mask.

Oh, wait, it is Burns.

Heh– His wrinkly skin look– looks like a mask.

I don’t think we’ll ever know who did this. Everyone in town’s a suspect.

Well, I couldn’t possibly solve this mystery.

Can you?

Yeah, I’ll give it a shot. I mean, you know, it’s my job, right?

Stop! Don’t shoot my dad!

He’s innocent. He wouldn’t hurt a fly.

Stop telling them it was me!

I’ll kill you for saying it was me!

What is the meaning of this?

Smithers, who is this beast that’s shaking me?

D’oh!

Say it, Burns! Say I never shot you.

before

Shot? By you? I’m afraid not, my primitive friend.

Your kind has neither the cranial capacity. nor the opposable digits to operate a firearm.

The one who shot me was-

Ah! Ah! Ah!

M-Maggie Simpson!

With the sun-blocker in place and the town aghast, I was on top of the world.

So, I wanted to kick up my heels and indulge my sweet tooth.

I feel like celebrating.

Oh, it’s you. What are you so happy about?

I see.

Yes.

That’s the one.

Smithers had thwarted my earlier attempt to take candy from a baby.

But with him out of the picture, I was free to wallow in my own crapulence.

I think you’d better drop it.

But, the old axiom was misleading.

Taking the candy proved exceedingly difficult.

I said, drop it!

Stricken, I lurched forth in search of aid.

But, finding only slack-jawed gawkers. I gave up and collapsed on the sundial.

Then, with your last ounce of strength. you pointed to “W” and “S.” Or, from your point of view, “M” and “S.” Maggie Simpson.

What? No!

With my last ounce of strength, I sucked out my gold fillings and swallowed them. Those paramedics have sticky fingers.

Well, I’m just relieved that Homer’s safe and that you’ve recovered. and we can all get back to normal.

If Maggie could talk, I’m sure she’d apologize for shooting you.

I’m afraid that’s insufficient.

Officer, arrest the baby.

Yeah, right, Pops. No jury in the world’s gonna convict a baby.

Hmm, maybe Texas.

Besides, she didn’t mean it. It was an accident.