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So many shows play the parents as clueless or foolish and the kids are smart alecks who are always playing them.

Ask Matt: Walking Dead, Homeland, Terra Nova, Dexter and More! 2011

CI: You know, I'm a musician, and I'm part of the problem I guess because musicians are known to be smart alecks and wise guys and cynical.

Mike Ragogna: Beyond The Sun and Corroncho: Chatting with Chris Isaak and Phil Manzanera Mike Ragogna 2011

All you smart-alecks who snarked about Lynda's episode-one boast that her agency "caters to the ambassadors, to the dignitaries" ... and got a letter from her lawyer ordering you stop implying she runs a brothel.

"I want to see that invitation": D.C. 'Housewives' recap and fact-check (#8, Oct. 1) The Reliable Source 2010

Smart alecks, we kids knew all that was needed to give Hercules a good pounding was an eleventh ordinary man.

The Mighty Hercules in the Medusa’s Sceptre - The Retroist 2009

CI: You know, I'm a musician, and I'm part of the problem I guess because musicians are known to be smart alecks and wise guys and cynical.

Mike Ragogna: Beyond The Sun and Corroncho: Chatting with Chris Isaak and Phil Manzanera Mike Ragogna 2011

All you smart-alecks who snarked about Lynda's episode-one boast that her agency "caters to the ambassadors, to the dignitaries" ... and got a letter from her lawyer ordering you stop implying she runs a brothel.

"I want to see that invitation": D.C. 'Housewives' recap and fact-check (#8, Oct. 1) The Reliable Source 2010

For reasons beyond comprehension, McChrystal and his fellow high ranking smart alecks let the Rolling Stone writer listen in as they trashed just about everyone in the civilian chain of Afghanistan command ... most memorably the Vice President, who will forevermore be known as Mr. "Bite Me".

Bob Franken: Afghanistan: Send Out More Clowns 2010

Smart-alecks and cynics will say, "Yeah, Osama bin Laden sure repented when his family ostracized him."

Rob Asghar: The Secret Weapon Muslims Must Use Against Extremism 2010

Yes, there were a lot of jokes made about Dibble after the Tommy John diagnosis came down on Friday morning, but they were largely made by fans who were broken up over the thought of another lost Nats season, and by out-of-town smart-alecks.

Dibble discusses Strasburg's injury 2010

"If it's not on the record", Rivera continued, "It's off the record", meaning, I suppose, that these defiant statements should have been kept confidential because the smart alecks didn't know better.

Bob Franken: McChrystal, Geraldo and Me: Full Disclosure 2010