1+2. Summer holiday boredom
3. At the very beginning of the opening credits of every episode of The Simpsons, Bart is alone in his classroom at school, writing lines on the chalkboard. The lines change every episode. The ones for an episode first aired in January 2001 read NETWORK TV IS NOT DEAD. It isn't, of course. Not yet. When it does die, though, it's obituary should contain the name of its killer: DIY.
- Chris Turner, Do-It-Yourself, Planet Simpson (2005)