Are we to stay or up and quit? There's no avoiding this conclusion, our town is turning into shit." [The anachronism of the pure white townsfolk using a four-letter word in their church hymn song is typical of Brooks' humor.He confirmed:I've never been allowed outside of the house.After visiting the garage, the group went inside the house, where Chance described how early in his life, he first listened o the radio, then was given television sets by the eccentric, bed-ridden millionaire "Old Man" - with whom he had lived his whole sheltered life, while remaining oblivious about the real world."While babysitting Tommy, Laurie was asked: "Is the boogeyman real?" She teased him, responding that the boogeyman liked to eat little boys.The sinister, Dr.Fu Manchu-like agent Yen Lo with a long mustache, introducing himself as from the "Pavlov Institute," has also been assigned to watch Shaw - he giggles about the North American profit-making Soviet front led by Zilkov:Profit? Fiscal year? (Tsk, tsk, tsk.