Principal Cecil Alexander, Dan and others in “Unfinished Business”

I want you to know we're usually very happy with D.J. He's a hard worker, listens well in class, although this new dressing-up phase does concern us a little.

Dan

Kids.

Well, we don't discourage unorthodox dress here. We do discourage, however, students from bringing certain types of reading material to school.

Dan

[thinking the principal is talking about one of his Playboys] I understand, Cecil. Something that might be perfectly normal and acceptable for adults wouldn't be okay for kids to bring to school.

I'm sorry, but the filth that D.J. was reading couldn't possibly be considered okay anywhere. It's the most offensively sick piece of garbage I've ever seen.

Dan

[still thinking the principal is referring to a Playboy issue] Didn't you read the articles?

[hands the book to Dan] I didn't see any articles in this.

Dan

It's a comic book. D.J., you brought a comic book to school. Good boy!

I can see I should've spoken to his mother.

Dan

[leafing through the comic] Well, look, I...I know it's wrong for kids to bring comics to school and read 'em in class, but hey, they're kids. I know it's not great literature...[turns a page] My God, what kind of diseased mind could create something like this?!

It's obviously some sort of cheap underground thing.

Dan

Oh, man. Hey, I don't know where D.J. got this, but you can be sure we don't allow things like this in our house. This is not the way we raise our children. [to D.J.] Where did you get this?

D.J.

Darlene made it.