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Run along, Jenny, and next week I'll show you why women can't play professional football.
— Ted Olson · Police Squad!
Behind the line May contain spoilers.
Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Ted Olson sends Jenny away with a patronising brush-off. The promise to show next week why women can't play professional football is the speaker's own sweeping claim, not established fact. It's a smug, deadpan gag of parody bluster.
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