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The Dad Who Knew Too Little
- Elliot Gould (65 years old in 2003, but juvenile-looking, slim in tracksuit) appears at length in the beginning, and has a neighbourly brawl with Krusty : his son has been bitten by Krusty’s tame chimp.
- PETA actions, i.e. freeing laboratory and circus animals, are a main action line. As for the freed animals, they have been consigned to the Spuckler family : while Cletus and Brandine are resting on their porch, a dozen smoking spider-monkeys are rampaging on the roof, and the chidren are running after the pigs (formerly labelled in the zoo : “The Sultry Sows from the Southern Seas”). But when Brandine sees a garishly make-upped sow whizz by, she warns her husband : if she finds makeup on his collar again, she won’t allow him to sleep in the pig-sty anymore. Cletus agrees, but smiles slyly : one more clear hint at his alleged zoophilia.
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