“What is the role of commercial television in the twentieth century and beyond?”

“In my blackest moods I feel it spells chaos for all of us.”

“How do you get over these moods?” I said.

“I take a mild and gentle Palmolive bath, brush my teeth with Crest, swallow two Sominex tablets, and try desperately to fall asleep on my Simmons Beautyrest mattress.”

“Thank you.”