Take it, Tom!

The Simpsons had an episode in which Bart wants a brother. The reason he decides a brother might be nice is following seeing his sisters interact and having a strange dream about brothers. In it are the Manning brothers (football) and the Smothers brothers (folk music). At the shows end, instead of the Simpsons theme we hear the Smothers brothers sing and talk. Here is how it goes:

(both brothers are singing, Dick expects Tom to take the next verse or solo)
Dick: Take it, Tom!…..Take it, Tom! Wait, stop. I said ‘Take it Tom.’ Didn’t you hear me?
Tom: I don’t think I heard what you think you said.
Dick: What did you think I said?
Tom: It sounded like, ‘naked bacon’.
Dick: Naked bacon?
Homer: Did somebody say ‘naked bacon’?
Tom: See? We all heard ‘naked bacon’!
Dick: I definitely said, ‘Take it, Tom.”
Homer: No you said, ‘naked bacon.’
Tom: Yeah, that’s what I thought. We both agree.
Dick: You may both agree, but folk singers never say ‘Take it naked bacon’…

The whole exchange just makes me laugh.

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