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From: bwatson@isis.cs.du.edu (bruce watson)
Subject: Re: 4/9/92 Episode
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Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 22:51:45 GMT

In article <g18TiB3w164w@cybernet.cse.fau.edu> dascoser.bbs@cybernet.cse.fau.edu writes:
>Tom.Warren@f355.n107.z1.ieee.org (Tom Warren) writes:
>
>> 
>>   This week episode (4/9/92) is NOT a repeat and is about 
>>   "Excon proposes to Selma"   It should be a good one.
>> 
>> -Tom
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>
>Not just any ex-con. It is the one, the only, Sideshow Bob!!!!!!
>(Boy Star Trek and Simpsons in the same year. Good Work Kelsey)
>
>
>Dascoser
>
My local paper's TV Dial gives "Black Widower" as the title of this episode.

>


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From: jeffy@cray.com (Jeff Neau)
Subject: The License Plate
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 9 Apr 92 19:34:24 CDT

Did anyone notice the license plate on the honeymoonmobile?  It said

IH8BART

or

"I hate Bart"


Ha HA HA HA HA HA

jeff
From: jdonald@us.oracle.com (John R. Donald)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: April 9 Episode
Date: 10 Apr 92 23:22:52 GMT
Organization: Oracle Corporation

>There was the cliche of the detective cracking a joke at the very
>end that everyone laughs at with a fade to credits; also the detective
>cliche of waiting unseen in a swivel-chair.
>
Swivel chair was not a reference to detective cliches, but another nod
to hitchcock's Psycho, including the swinging lightbulb.

Animation was off.  Hair was too short on Bart and Marge.  Plot was
disjointed.  Video tape flaw was inexcusable.  Too many references
to other, current TV shows (what will the future generations of tv 
viewers think when they are watching 10 year old reruns of the 
Simpsons, and the episode references some TV show they have never heard of?)
We all get the idea - MacGyver is a stupid show.  
Wierdness: Bart: 'Bad medicene'  I wonder if this is going to be a new 
thing with bart.

This was a strange episode because it mixed surreal elements in.  It was 
chock full 'o references, but that doesn't necessarily make it funny.  
But it was funny.  I give it a B-.

-jd


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From: George.Harris@bbs.oit.unc.edu (George Harris)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: The return of Sideshow Bob
Date: 14 Apr 92 16:57:57 GMT
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Organization: Extended Bulletin Board Service

In article <57305@cup.portal.com> Bruce_Morgan_Franklin@cup.portal.com writes:
>Anybody look closely at Lisa when she was dancing with her
>grandfather at the wedding?  She's standing on his shoes and
>he's doing all the moving.  

	I don't know if this is too general to be a referance or not, but there
is a scene in The Godfather (right after the wedding, yet!) where a little girl
is shown dancing with Abe Vigoda in exactly that manner.

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From: jjmckay@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jim McKay)
Subject: Re: The Return of Sideshow Bob
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 14:25:48 GMT

dhyatt@leland.Stanford.EDU (David Hyatt) writes:

>I think this was easily one of the best episodes this season, the
>others being the softball episode, the soapbox racer episode, and the
>career aptitude test episode.  Why?  The sexual references were ALL
>OVER THE PLACE, flying over the head of every 10-year-old in the
>country.  

Don't forget the episode where Bart sends love letters to Mrs. Crabapple..
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From: c8923075@frey.newcastle.edu.au (Chris Baird)
Subject: Re: Where can I find Simpsons' Sounds?
Keywords: sound, simpsons
Organization: Department of Mathematics, Uni of Newcastle, Oz.
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 1992 06:13:24 GMT

Steven T Chiang wrote:

>	The title says it all.  Are Simpson's sounds available?  And
>if they are I would appreciate it if you would send me the name of the
>ftp site and the directory (if possible).

Your in luck!  This morning I uploaded a raw 8bit sound sample from
Yeardly's cameo in "City Slickers" into the /pub/incoming/simpsons
/incoming directory on Frey.  I'm still undecided to if I'll support a
devoted sounds directory as yet.

--
Chris ``If it's too loud, you're too old.'' [RDFB]
From: meharp01@vlsi.louisville.edu (Michael Harpe)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: The Return of Side-show Bob
Date: 14 Apr 92 13:13:07 GMT
Organization: University of Louisville

Actually, my favorite sequence in this show was the direct slam at the show
"Dinosaurs."  Having Nancy Cartwright do the voice of the kid dinosaur ala Bart
was priceless.  

Mike Harpe
University of Louisville
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From: mcbride@pygmy.owlnet.rice.edu (Douglas Foster McBride)
Subject: Re: Explosion in Return of Sideshow Bob
Organization: Rice University
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 1992 08:35:19 GMT

In article <1992Apr14.195103.2774@jetsun.weitek.COM>, lupin@jetsun.weitek.COM (Edward Lupin) writes:
> I haven't seen anybody mention this, but I have been thinking about the
> sequence of events at the end of this show and they just don't jibe.
> As we know, Bob is down by the pool when the room explodes, yet the
> explosion occurs when the chief of police, celebrating A JOB WELL DONE,
> blows up the room with an errant match.
> 
> What were they celebrating if they hadn't yet arrested Bob?



They were celebrating saving Selma from getting blown to bits!



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From: jym@sybase.com (Jym Dyer)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: The Return of Sideshow Bob -- A Big Thumbs Up!!!
Date: 10 Apr 92 10:13:30
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In-reply-to: jym@sybase.com's message of 9 Apr 92 22:42:29

=o= So I screwed up on the _X,000_Finger_of_Dr._T_.  So sue me.
I also screwed up on my "From:" lines (but that "Message-ID:"
sure is a dandy, ain't it?)

=o= One more DYN:  Bob's "The car chase scene seemed tacked on"
comes, I think, straight from the episode where "the bald guy
and the fat tub of lard" are reviewing the latest McBain film.
Of course it's the bald guy who makes that remark, just as Gene
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From: flournoy@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Raymond Suke Flournoy)
Subject: Re: Colonel Homer Review
Organization: Computer Science Department, Stanford University.
Distribution: usa
Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1992 18:39:51 GMT

In article <22366@goofy.Apple.COM> Jawara@AppleLink.Apple.COM (R. Drake) writes:
>"Colonel Homer" ... had a hard edge to it (are there any politically correct "hillbillies" 
>out there? Y'all got slimed on this one). 

  Well, I don't think I'd call myself a hillbillie (even a PC one)
because I'm Asian-American and grew up in So. Cal., but since I'm a
country music fan and the son of a Texas A&M Aggie, I figured I might
as well respond.

  I really liked the episode.  I don't know what the writers'
intentions were, but I thought that the country music references were
handled with a tremendous amount of wit and affection for the whole CW
industry.  The Elvis references, the Yaa Hoo Reformed-Alcoholic Jug
Band, the charmingly strained story-song lyrics--I thought it was
great.  We've already had a Patsy Cline reference in a previous
episode, which makes me wonder if there isn't a CW fan over at
Simpson's Central...

>I hesitate to mention it, but here goes: how 'bout an episode rating 
>system? The unit of measure has to be something Simpsonian ("that was a 
>four Duff episode", "that was a three Lisa episode"--her star-shaped head 
>could serve as the graphic. 

  This sounds great, but I support Maggies as the unit--maybe Maggie
in her star-shaped snow suit?  After an episode, we could all mail our
0-4 Maggie rating to someone, who would post statistics.  Then at the
end of the season, the top five vote-getters would be the nominees for
the coveted "Raymond" award you mentioned!  Any volunteers?  

>Ron "And 'The Raymond' for Best Episode Goes To..." Drake

Hear hear!


--Raymond "Chen-Wannabe" Flournoy        
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flournoy@cs.stanford.edu         "For reasons I cannot explain
Computer Science Dept.            There's some part of me wants to see 
Stanford University, CA           Graceland"               -- P. Simon



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From: sjs28257@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Stelter)
Subject: Re: The Return of Sideshow Bob -- A Big Thumbs Up!!!
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1992 19:37:02 GMT

MHIRS00@ricevm1.rice.edu (Hirsh, Marc Bennett) writes:

>In article <JYM.92Apr9224229@remarque.sybase.com>
>jym@sybase.com (Jym Dyer) writes:

>>=o= DYN . . . Sideshow Bob lost all the muscles he'd been

>>=o= DYN . . . Bob's "rub Patty's feet" shudder was identical to
>>the shudders of Bart and Lisa in "Homer Alone?"  Patty's loss of
>>taste might explain her affinity for "Clamato, Mr. Pibb, and
>>Soymilk" (also in "Homer Alone").

It's also identical to Homer's shudder upon the arrival of Patty and
Selma in "Saturdays of Thunder."



"All I can be is myself."  Ah, the eternal lament of the true artist! :)


>What was the name of the World's Largest Cat? "Pupito?" Spanish scholars: que

I think it's "Pepito, The Biggest Cat In The Whole Wide World."  That's
gotta be a pain to write when you're making out a check.  :)


                                            --Steve Stelter
                                              sjs2825@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
From: rcharbon@athena.mit.edu (Ray Charbonneau)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: [8F20] The Return of Sideshow Bob (or is it `Black Widower'?)
Date: 14 Apr 92 14:08:47 GMT
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology

At least your TV "Guides" give episode titles.  The one in the Boston _Globe_
doesn't.

Raymond "I don't have a fortune program" Charbonneau

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Subject: Re: What Sideshow Bob *really* wanted
From: stapleton@misvax.mis.arizona.edu (Dr. Ross Alan Stapleton)
Date: 13 Apr 1992 18:02 MST  
Distribution: world,local
Organization: University of Arizona MIS Department
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    

In article <13APR92.04143053@umbc1.umbc.edu>, noel@umbc1.umbc.edu writes...
> 
>	In this post I will delve into some of the "whys"  that happened in the 
>Return of Sideshow Bob.  I think he is a lot smarter than everyone thinks.
>...
>	Somehere along the line Selma must have mentioned that she was Bart's 
>aunt, a chance at money and to get at Bart! 

Sideshow Bob is no fool, and probably watched "60 Minutes" in stir.  
He'd certainly know about the phone scams practiced by cons in Florida, and
could easily use his may free hours to conduct all sorts of teleresearch on
the Simpson/Bouvier extended family--there's certainly precedent for people
getting access to credit records, and genealogical records would be a snap
(just call the Mormons!).

I wouldn't be surprised if he sent the original "Find Love in the Big
House!" letter that must have prompted Selma to write in the first place.  
Clearly, Bob was hardly surprised when confronted with Bart & Lisa at the
house...

ras

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From: dhyatt@leland.Stanford.EDU (David Hyatt)
Subject: Lisa's pony episode, after a second viewing
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 92 03:35:06 GMT

Gosh, what a nice episode.  Sweet, but not too sweet.

I just noticed what the background music was during the sequence when
Homer drives home and then gets carried off into dream land: "Golden
Slumbers", by the Beatles.

My favorite line in the episode: Homer's very, very tired "D'oh!",
which came out something like "Duhyouuuuuuuuew"

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From: cantor@spot.Colorado.EDU (Evan Cantor)
Subject: Re: April 9 Episode
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Distribution: na
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 22:20:16 GMT

Bob goes down an old-style elevator--this scene is reminiscent of Mary Astor's final appearance in "The Maltese Falcon"--she appears in the old-style elevator and the shadows of the bars fall across her face, for*shadowing* her upcoming visit to the Big-house, where Sideshow Bob will also probably end up.  "The Maltese Falcon" ends with this memorable scene--thank God for College Movie Classes...
From: atario@cats.ucsc.edu (Stephen Wayne Miller)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Colonel Homer poll
Date: 11 Apr 92 12:54:04 GMT
Article-I.D.: darkstar.32674
Organization: University of California, Santa Cruz


In article <1992Apr10.205001.25781@muddcs.claremont.edu> omitchel@jarthur.claremont.edu (Ocie *banjo* Mitchell) writes:
>P.S. I don't know if anyone caught this, but the base player in the band held
>his cigaret behind one of the strings of his base while he played.  This would
>be a dificult way to play at best :->

Was it behind the string on the fingerboard or in the headstock?  If the
latter, this is the way lots of actual guitarists/bassists who smoke play
(check out a live U2 concert tape sometime).
  __
 (_
 __)teve

P. S.  Actually, it's "bass".
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From: wagenfuh@huey.udel.edu (Karl Wagenfuehr)
Subject: Re: a few new(?) dyns
Organization: University of Delaware, Newark
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 18:45:31 GMT

In article <3624@bacon.MooreNet.COM> chuck@MooreNet.COM (Chuck Ocheret) writes:
>>	This technique is difficult to do, and is rarely used.  A couple of
>>modern examples where it is used to good effect are Jaws and Night of the 
>>Creeps, although it was (I believe) pioneered by Alfred Hitchcock and used
>>extensively in Vertigo.  Brian DePalma also used it in one of his Hitchcock
>>rip-offs, the title of which escapes me.
>
>This technique is also used by Tobe Hooper in Poltergeist.
>
It seems to me this technique is being used more and more; I guess it is
no longer as difficult to do, with new equipment and stuff.  I've been seeing
this kind of zoom all over. (Including the Simpsons!)

The best use of it I ever saw was in a Japanese movie of a few years ago
called something like "The Family with the backwards installed Jet Engines";
the husband of the family is in the office, and it suddenly strikes him
just how absurd and stupid his life is.  This realization is marked by one
of these zooms -- and what made it so incredible was the length of the zoom.
It seemed to take minutes to complete, and the background just grew and grew
while his face remained steady, excpet for that weird warping... Well, 
basically what you see in this kind of zoom, only for a very long time and
obviously wide distance.  It was awsome.


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From: cad28526@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Chuck Douglas)
Subject: Re: Bart: Left-handed....???
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1992 23:50:18 GMT

jac15@po.CWRU.Edu (Jeffrey A. Curtis) writes:


>Actually, it hadn't occurred to me til now, but an obvious place
>to look would be in the opening credits when Bart is writing on
>the blackboard.

>-- 
>=======>My Smile Is Stuck:  I Cannot Go Back To Your Frownland!..

I believe he is using his left hand in the opening credits...I will
check tonight.

I have noted Bart tends to use his left hand for writing and such
but in the Yo-Yo episode, he was using his right hand to yo.  As
both a lefty and a yo-ist, this to me is WRONG!  I don't yo in my 
right hand unless there is already a yo-yo in my left. (I did notice
in this episode that he used his left hand to write so they aren't
flipping back and forth and forgetting between episodes).

Clearly he must be ambidextrous or else Matt Groening has no clue
how to yo. (IMHO)

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From: elo9246@summa.tamu.edu (LaNelle Ohlhausen)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: The Return of Sideshow Bob
Date: 16 Apr 92 16:18:00 GMT
Organization: Texas A&M University, Academic Computing Services
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41

In article <74153@netnews.upenn.edu>, saffer@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Heidi Saffer ) writes...
> 
>Who the hell is Kelsey Grammar? I recognize his voice and I cannot figure
>it out. Somebody help me!!!!!!!
> 
>Heidi

It's Kelsey Grammer, and he plays Frazier Crane on "Cheers."

He also had a bit part in a recent episode of "Star Trek: The Next 
Generation."

LaNelle
From: kring@efes.physik.uni-kl.de (Thomas Kettenring)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: The Return of Side-show Bob
Date: 16 Apr 92 12:54:09 GMT
Organization: FB Physik, Universitaet Kaiserslautern, Germany

In article <32902@darkstar.ucsc.edu>, atario@cats.ucsc.edu (Stephen Wayne Miller) writes:
> But there's one
> not listed there which I have noticed:  Selma wears "S"-shaped earrings.

Patty wears triangular ones.  But - I think Selma had just round
ones at her first appearances, settling on S-shaped ones in
"Principal Charming".
-- 
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From: pearl@spectacle.sw.stratus.com (Dan Pearl)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: The return of Sideshow Bob
Date: 10 Apr 92 15:38:44 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: Stratus Computer, Software Engineering

I'd agree: "Cool Hand Luke" is the reference in the chain gang scene.

It wasn't just the Jerry Lewis Telethon that was spoofed, but Jerry's
on-air reunion with his partner Dean Martin after a falling-out.

I recall there was a "Wizard of Oz" reference, too.

How about "Psycho" -- The swiveling chair containing Bart (instead of
 "Mother"), and the swinging lightbulb.


The clattering can on the lonely road after the car zoomed by:
"Blood Simple"???


All you folks gripe about the animation.  I'm not a purist, and I am
continually impressed by the use of lighting (e.g., the swinging
bulb, the TV illumination as Bob prepares the murder, etc.)


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From: dascoser.bbs@cybernet.cse.fau.edu
Subject: Re: 4/9/92 Episode
Organization: Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1992 01:44:15 GMT

Tom.Warren@f355.n107.z1.ieee.org (Tom Warren) writes:

> 
>   This week episode (4/9/92) is NOT a repeat and is about 
>   "Excon proposes to Selma"   It should be a good one.
> 
> -Tom
>  T&S BBS Tom.Warren@f355.n107.z1.ieee.org 908-297-5669 9600V32 24 hrs 
> --  
> =*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
>  Tom Warren - Internet: Tom.Warren@f355.n107.z1.ieee.org

Not just any ex-con. It is the one, the only, Sideshow Bob!!!!!!
(Boy Star Trek and Simpsons in the same year. Good Work Kelsey)


Dascoser


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From: kern@ruhaix1.rz.uni-hohenheim.de ()
Subject: Brauche Videotapes von Sky-One
Organization: my own
Distribution: eunet
Date: Fri, 10 Apr 1992 09:19:37 GMT

Mein Name ist Helmut Kern, wer zum Teufel seid ihr alle ??

Ist irgendeiner im Raum Stuttgart, der die englischen 
Simpson-Folgen auf Video hat ???
Bitte direkt Kontakt ueber Mail aufnehmen !!
danke..