When
Bart Simpson is assigned to be
Lisa Simpson's
co-anchor on
Kidz News, he goes to TV's
Kent Brockman for advice on how to be the best newsman he can be on
The Simpsons's episode "
Girly Edition".
Brockman teaches
Bart that the best way to achieve fame as a
newscaster is with
fluff pieces that
tug at the heartstrings and
cloud the mind. Thus
Bart creates "Bart's People", a segment of
Kidz News where he talks in a solemn, serious voice about whatever
sappy goings-on he can find.
"Joe Banks, eighty-two years young, has come to this pond every day for the past seventeen years, to feed the ducks. But last month, Joe
made a discovery. The ducks...were gone. Some say the ducks went
to Canada. Others say, Toronto. And some people think that Joe
used to sit down there, (camera moves to another nearby pond) near
those ducks. But it could be, that there's just no room in this
modern world, for an old man...and his ducks."
The "Bart's People" segment becomes a
overnight sensation and turns
Bart into a local celebrity. Everyone, it seems, wants to be one of Bart's People.
"Of forgotten veterans: Their guns are quiet now. Their helmets lost, or pawned. And yet here they are, making flags out of old clothes.
Sure, they may not have the right number of stripes. And the colors
are all wrong. And some purists will tell you the American flag
doesn't contain the word 'Jordache'. But you know, if they run this
up the flagpole, I'll salute."
The "Bart's People" segment was eventually cancelled with the rest of
Kidz News and repleaced with
The Mattel and Mars Bar Quick Energy Chocobot Hour.
References: http://www.snpp.com/episodes/5F15