From: mcbride@cs.arizona.edu (Chris M. McBride)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: `Brother Can You Spare 2 Dimes' - 8F23 - Mo' SloMo Mania
Summary: my 3 cents
Date: 29 Aug 92 09:41:38 GMT
Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson


   Ok my few cents about the most recent episode.
This IS not, was not, and will never be the legendary Maggie Speaks
episode. I thought that was coming in about mid season?
 
A shot at the emmys? One of the best parts of the show, and yes it is 
a deliberate shot. Don't forget that the Emmy's have always snubbed
the Simpsons(even after they APPEARED on the emmy's.) Yes they are
nominated for Best Animated show, but those awards are given out on 
SATURDAY... My favorite tho is the commerical, shown during the second
break. They show the same scene we just saw, just before Homer Falls
out of the balcony. The announcer is saying "You are invited to a
pre-Emmy party, celebrate their nine emmy nominations"!!! This is
great!
 
Ok now for the washer and dryer. I loved the bar scene, it was
classic. A perfect Bar game, I'm just mad I never thought of it. So
dryers don't shake around, huh? Obviously you've never seen an old
dryer. Yes An unblanced washer will walk around, but so will an old
on.(rather an old washer is harder to get balanced. A new washer will
be happy with half the clothes on one side, but in an old washer, one
extra sock will make it off balance) Are washer and DRYER used to walk
all over the place, not unlike the two chasing snoball. 

How about the fruniture store. EVERYTHING (almost) had tags on it. The
picutre, among other things. When Homer is walking down the sidewalk
he sees the Spinemelter 2000 chair. There is someone in the chair with
a Spinemelter 2000 only $1,999.99! sign just to the right and a little
back. Behind the sine is an OPEN bookcase with a globe, some books and
oher stuff, and behind the chair is a picture(with a red price tag,
like the one on the upper right corner of the chair) (the picture is
hanging from the wall)
 
Next we see Homer sitting in the chair, saying "Give me full power"
Again we see what looks like an open bookcase to the right and a
little back(but in a different orientation) It looks like open store
behind Homer(no wall or picutre) and the "NEW" sign is missing from
the floor. I presumed that there were two chairs, one in the window,
and one on the floor, and Homer was on the floor model. 
Then we go into the Warp drive like sequence. Homer slides off the
chair and there is a book case DIRECTLY behind him(with a closed back)
As He climbs back into the chair, And Marge is reading the price tag,
we see part of the SpineMelter 2000 sign! (Which wasn't ther just
before the warp sequence, the picture is back. Then we pan to Marge,
and back to Homer and the Spinemelter 2000 sign is gone. There was a
LOT of animation problems with this scene.
Oh by the way the SM 2000 being $2000 wasn't a coincindence, Where
would the story have been if its 2500 and Homer couldn't afford it?
 
When Unky Herb was in the park, getting is bright idea. There was a
guy with a black beard sitting on the bench in the backgroud. A spot
on his beard, about where is mouth should be turned on or off, an
animation fluke? There was an object which looked like a soda can next
to Herb(to answer someones question)
 
Ok lets see some of the books Lisa wanted.
Paradise Regained
Martin Chelsewitz
Herman Omouthville's classic Omill and Ticies?
(beats me, but thats what they sounded like)

Question, What is Bush gonna say now? Bart is a card carrying member
of the NRA!
 
The reason the sperm and the credits jiggle, is cause Homer is sitting
in his SpineMelter 2000 chair.
 
By the way the Washer was #55(and won) and the Dryer was #17
 
Herb got the Spinemelter 2000 from the Seatery, which was NOT the same
place Homer went to 'something STORE'
 
One last thought. Typical Burns. He spent an unkown amount of money,
to throw a spur of the moment awards cermony, that rivals the Emmies,
and hired Joe Frazier, just to give a $2000 check to Homer. If Homer
had sued it would have probably cost less!
 
Ohhh yeah, the got a new couch(didn&t they?)
 
Chris
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