Satellite TV Addict

Bart is hoping school is closed during the big snowstorm. Bart is excited to find that he has a snow day. After trying to go outside and being blown back into the house due to the snowstorm, Bart settles for a day of video games and TV. The storm downs electrical lines foiling Bart’s plan for electronic play. Bart finds Lisa and Maggie playing fashion show dress up. Bart is desperate and begs them to let him play along. Lisa and Maggie dress Bart up in girls clothes and giggle. Lisa tells Bart he will never have the close relationship she and Maggie have because they are sisters and Bart has no brother.

Bart asks his dad if he can have a little brother. After Homer turn Bart down, Bart plans to trick his mom into getting pregnant. Bart replaces Marge’s birth control pills with tic tacs. Marge finds Bart tampering with her birth control. Bart throws the tic tac container with birth control pills out the window. Nelson finds the tic tac container and starts taking the birth control pills. Nelson starts getting very emotional and has PMS symptoms. Marge tells Bart she and Homer are happy with three children and think it is the perfect number. Marge reminds Bart if she did get pregnant there would be no guarantee that Bart would end up with another sister instead of a little brother.

Bart has a dream that he is carrying shopping bags for his three sisters and absolutely hates life while being their pack mule. As Bart dreams he dislikes the idea of another sister as they force him to obey their commands and enjoy sister-like closeness. Bart dreams of different famous brothers like the Blues Brothers, the Mario Brothers, the Manning brothers, the Wright brothers, the Smith cough drop brothers, and last but not least the Smothers brothers, who then go into one of their comedy routines.

Bart decides to visit the Springfield orphanage to find a brother for himself. After getting turned down to adopt a brother, Charlie, one of the boys, escapes and meets up with Bart who promptly declares him his new little brother. Bart takes Charlie to watch Sever V. Charlie is so terrified of the scary movie he curls up in a fetal position. As Bart and Charlie head home from the movie Charlie is frightened by all the noises surrounding them. Lisa finds Bart has brought Charlie home and that Bart wants to have Charlie adopted into the family. Lisa tries to convince Bart they shouldn’t adopt Charlie. Bart and Charlie run away from home and hide in a hole dug out of a snow hill. Lisa joins them and warns them the snow plow is going to cover up the hole. Bart argues with Lisa and the escape hole is covered up by the snow plow. Lisa is frantic but Bart tells Lisa its no problem as he and Charlie pee into the snow, melting an escape hole. Charlie runs up to Chief Wiggum, begging him to take him back to the orphanage because Bart has scared him so much.

Bart and Lisa goes to the orphanage to visit Charlie. They find out Charlie has been adopted into a family with six very bossy, talkative, active sisters. Charlie gets shoved into the family car and looks out the back window in terror as the family drives away.