[Rehearsal footage from shooting a Simpsons episode]
Son, let's go out for frosty chocolate milkshakes!
Cowabunga, dude!
DDirector
And cut!
Dad, I've never said "cowabunga" in my life! Your script sucks!
[turns his face red in anger] Why you little...! [starts strangling Bart]
DDirector
Hey, that's funny!
[Homer and Bart pause for a moment, then continue with some fake strangling, camera cuts to Homer being interviewed for the program]
And that horrible act of child abuse became one of our most beloved running gags.
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