Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for August 21, 1988
Transcript:
ba.by-sit.ter : a young person, usually a female teenager, who has total control over the social life of adults who have kids. Luann: Dad, can you drive me to the Hart's? I'm babysitting. Dad: Hart's? I thought you didn't like to sit there. Dad: Besides, didn't the Parkers already ask you to sit tonight? Luann: Yeah, but everything changed when the Harts got their new tv. Dad: Tv....? Luann: See, they had a puny 12 inch tv and the Parkers had a nice 12 inch. Then the Harts got a new 27 incher. Luann: But then the Parkers started buying magazines and popcorn for me. But the Hart's got a CD player. Then the Parkers installed an arcade video game which made the Harts buy a 700 watt stereo. Luann: Then the Parker's got a hot tub and a coke machine. But yesterday, the Hart's got a giant 70 inch tv. So I'm sitting for them tonight. Dad: I believe the competition for baby sitters is what keeps our economy going...
ReneeZimbodgi almost 12 years ago
I’d go with the parkers, personally.
sarafaye almost 12 years ago
What on earth would a 70’’ tv cost in 1988? Was there such a thing?
Lizi over 5 years ago
It would be a projection TV. Huge box.