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From: akbar@cs.mcgill.ca (Alain BOUCHARD)
Subject: Re: Les Simpson en francais!
Organization: SOCS - Mcgill University, Montreal, Canada
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 16:24:55 GMT

In article <1992Oct13.045050.10104@cc.umontreal.ca> lebeld@JSP.UMontreal.CA 
(Lebel David) writes:
>	Here in the province of Quebec, we have the Simpsons both in English,
>and French. The first one are from CTV, and the second air on Television 
>Quatre Saisons. I'm a Simpsons fan since almost day one, and let me say you
>that it's almost better in french than in english. Why? The translators had
>the good idea to use a very local way to speak french (not the dumb

I wouldn't use dumb, but international french would be improper for the
context of the simpsons, it would be like giving them an Oxford accent in a
British adaptation.

>international french, but the "Quebecois"). They translated the first two 
>season, and the result is quite impressive. 

I couldn't agree more!!  The team that worked on the translation is the 
same that did the Flinstones. (Les-Pierres-a-Feu)  Now a classic example
of good adaptation and translation.

>	Of course, it's always better to see one episode in English before
>seeing it in French, but as all translated episode are old stuff, I've
>already saw all of them. It's quite funny to hear Homer, Marge, Lisa, and
>Bart speaking rude local french. It's quite cute.

Actually only Homer and Bart are rude of course.  I think it would be out of
character to have Marge and Lisa be rude in any language.

There are of course a few difficulties, for example, the episode where
Homer is getting tutored by Marge for French class, becomes Spanish in 
the French version.

In your signature, I noticed:
> " Let me hear you make decisions
>   Without your television
>   Let me hear you speaking just for me "
>       - Martin Gore, Depeche Mode
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
One of my favourite from this group is: 

" I don't want to start any blasphemous rumors, but I think that God has
  a sick sense of humor, and when I die, I expect to find him laughing. "

By the way, Depeche mode does not translates to Fast Fashion like Sire
Records seems to be saying on all the re-release CDs from the group, but
it came from the french magazine of the same name and in that case,
Depeche Mode is Fashion Newsflash.

On s'excuse pour l'orthographe!

Alain
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Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: torsten@cwis.unomaha.edu (Torsten Wesley Adair)
Subject: Re: $$$$ for taping Simpsons
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 19:10:06 GMT

nardi@csserverb.scs.usna.navy.mil  writes:
> In article <BvBpHx.Awn@news.cso.uiuc.edu> g-martin1@uiuc.edu (Gregory A. Martin) writes:
> 
> >  1) I will offer $$$$ to anyone willing to tape future Simpsons episodes
> >     for me, provided they are satellite-quality recordings (SVHS or
> >     I could even live with good VHS SP) and the episodes are complete
> >     (opening and closing credits, every frame of animation). Someone
> >     who records from satellite would be ideal on both counts.
> >					   Greg Martin
> >					   g-martin1@uiuc.edu
> Isn't this illegal-in a rather big way?  I suppose taping the show for your
> private use is one thing, but offering (or soliciting) money is quite another.
> Wait long enough and maybe Fox Video will sell you High Quality Simpsons 
> Episodes on tape.
> pete
> nardi@csserverb.scs.usna.navy.mil

Yes it is illegal.  It violates Fox's copyright on the Simpsons.  If everybody
sold videocassettes of Simpsons episodes, Fox would not make any money on the
cassettes it sold.

I don't know if this is legal, but I am aware of people mailing blank cassettes
to people who would then dub (make a copy from one cassette to another) their
copy onto the blank cassette.  

As to Fox Video selling Simpsons cassettes, the christmas special was released
about a year ago, for about $12.  I don't know what the future holds.

Torsten at Omaha	Chuckles the Clown lives!
From: fjs@vulcan.ksu.ksu.edu (Frank J Sereno)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Cartoon/Sitcom Law of Conservation
Date: 12 Oct 1992 10:45:44 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: vulcan.ksu.ksu.edu
Keywords: Will Maggie ever grow up?


In article <1992Oct11.030922.771@udel.edu>, wagenfuh@huey.udel.edu (Karl Wagenfuehr) writes:
>I think they are pushing things with the fire in the Simpson household 
>if they expect us to just unblinkingly forget all about it by next
>episode, as we see the house fully intact, and no reference made to the
>fire.  I mean, come on, even "Happy Days" accepted and acknowledged
>change due to fire (remember the new Arnold's?).  What's particularly
>annoying is that the Simpsons, much more than other shows, makes references
>to past episodes.  For example, we know that "The Head" is safely stowed
>in the basement, and other such minor details.
>
>Of course they've done this kind of thing many times before; how many times
>has Homer become famous, only to be a totally obscure schmuck again next 
>episode?  (Or other family members, for that matter.)
>
 
I think that the Simpson's staff does this on purpose to show `us' how forgetful
we humans can be.  

How many times have you said to yourself, "I'll get so-and-so back for this!" and
then forgot about it a week later?

If, for example, Mr. Burns could actually remember Homer for a change, Homer
would be out of a job, living on the streets without a family, and the show would
be cancelled because the Simpson family would no longer exist.

So, if you are in favor of letting every character remember everything....well
then, that is your opinion.  But for myself, I find it funnier-than-ever when Mr.
Burns forgets Homer all of the time--it makes Homer seem so unimportant at such 
an important job.  (And the lines from Mr. Burns and Smithers are
priceless--"That's Homer Simpson, sir." "Simpson--eh??" "Yes, sir.")


Frank Sereno
Kansas State University

"Where the men are men, and the sheep are scared!"

Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: ctalbott@mksol.dseg.ti.com (christopher j talbott)
Subject: Re: Lorne Michaels in '66 ?
Organization: Texas Instruments
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 13:36:00 GMT

In article <1992Oct13.234037.4983@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, canderso@nyx.cs.du.edu (Chuck Anderson) writes:
|> > pi@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Raymond L. Gilbert) writes:
|>  [re: Lorne Michaels]
|> 
|> >You're right... it was '75.  And I have no clue what else LM could have
|> >been doing before then except to say he's old enough to have had a
|> >career in '66. Any old timers out there born before '66?
|> 
|> Geesh!  Old timers born before 1966?  I guess I better start picking out
|> a plot for these ancient old bones.
|> 
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|>      Boulder, Co. (303) 494-6278   internet:         canderso@nyx.cs.du.edu
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Actually, this whole Lorne Michaels thing wasn't a mystery to me...while
that particular issue of PlayDude was dated 1966, there WAS an interview
with Lorne Michaels in a recent 1992 issue of the real-world Playboy, and
it seems that Playboy had interviewed Lorne before.  Just my TWO CENTS
(none of this effeminate, girly-boy $0.02 crap for me, nosireebob!) worth.

-Chris
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Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: joelfire@elaine4.Stanford.EDU ( Firehammer)
Subject: Moe...
Organization: DSG, Stanford University
Distribution: alt
Date: 9 Oct 92 11:17:02

"Moe is their leader."  One of the funniest things ever to come out of
Homer's mouth.

-joel
From: santafe@watnxt09.ucr.edu (michael a parisi)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: The grand opening of "SHOP"
Date: 16 Oct 92 23:51:44 GMT




Did anyone notice this last night (on the Little Miss Springfield
episode)?  They wrote SHOP with the slash through the "O" just like
in Scandinavia.  I believe they were making reference to the chain of
Swedish home/furniture stores in the L.A. area called "STOR" (which
now, by the way are IKEA stores).


P.S.-Is there anyone else out there that laughs like hell when 
     Barney Gumble appears?

                           .....Mike
From: jstump@auntbea.austin.ibm.com (Jack E. Stump)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Cartoon/Sitcom Law of Conservation
Keywords: Will Maggie ever grow up?
Date: 13 Oct 92 13:34:08 GMT
Organization: IBM AWD Austin, TX

>What bothers me is the way that Burns, no matter how many times he has
>run-ins with Homer, never seems to know or remember who he is. I haven't
>figured out yet if that is supposed to be a running gag, or if each
>episode is supposed to be viewed alone, in which case Burns not 
>recognizing one of his "faceless drones" makes perfect sense.
>

Come on, y'all. It's a gag. Burns always has to ask who he is. How many
times have we heard Smithers say, "That's Homer Simpson, one of our
stiffs in sector 7G."? To me, that's hilarious.

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Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: cal@ee.ryerson.ca (Calvin Henry-Cotnam)
Subject: Re: springfield is in .....
Organization: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 03:46:18 GMT

"John Horzepa" <rdemo37@psilink.com> writes:
>>Now I'm not going to argue that it is actually in a Canadian province, as
>>there have been many references to the contrary of this.  However, to
>>emphasize that Springfield is a "generic-could-be-anywhere" town, I'd point
>>out that it *could* be here in Ontario because of the following:
>>
>> [examples deleted]
>
>There is a very strong argument against Springfield being in Canada.  
> [arguements deleted]

Why can't people learn to read what they are responding to.
NEVER did I say that there was any evidence that Springfield is in
Canada.  So John, why do you get all frazzled and attempt to straighten
me out?!?

Reread the part of my posting that I left in above.

Again, as I have said to others via posting as well as email,
most viewers of a TV show or movie feel a sense of pride in identifying
something in the setting. (Either the setting is familiar to them, or
the place it was shot in is).  Springfield is designed to be the sort
of town that anyone from anywhere can get a bit of this feeling from.
In pointing this out, I mentioned two characteristics in Springfield
that apply to parts of Southern Ontario.

Why do so many people understand that I'm not saying, "without a doubt,
Springfield is in...." ?


>last time I checked, Canada does not have any members in the House of 
>Representatives or the Senate.

No and yes, we have a House of Commons, but we do have a Senate.

Calvin Henry-Cotnam, CATE            |    MY CANADA INCLUDES CANADIANS!
Ryerson Polytechnical Institute      | I would really like this to include
Toronto, Ontario, Canada             | Quebec - but I won't hold my breath.
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: schrey@oak.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Timothy M. Schreyer)
Subject: Re: Meaning of life, 9F01 [Homer the Heretic]
Reply-To: schrey@prc.unisys.com
Organization: Paramax Systems
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 16:56:56 GMT

In article <1992Oct12.204219.19862@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, rcarter@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ron Carter) writes:
|> faurote@crchh484.BNR.CA (Joe Faurote) writes:
|> 
|> >I was out the night this episode aired, so I taped it and wouldn't you know,
|> >the recorder went off just as God was telling Homer the meaning of life.
|> >Did He explain it to Homer, or was there some sort of fade out like I
|> >expect?
|> 
|> Well, here in the US (at least -my- part of the US  :-) there
|> was a voiceover talking about upcoming FOX network shows...
|> 
|> Almost like the OFF crew was making a double comment on the
|> way local stations do voiceovers during the end credits, esp.
|> irritating when there something going on (a song, etc) during
|> that time...
|> 
   I'm reasonably certain that this was entirely intended.  People always
   complain about the local affliate chopping off stuff in closing credits
   so the Simpson team designed it to come in right at that point.  The
   show I got had a very noisy gap/pop when the affliate cut in and it
   usually doesn't.  I class this with Homer darn-ing those Hollywood
   producers just as the Simpsons producers' names get put up in another
   episode.

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From: winnipg@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (Winnipg)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: [9F01] Homer the Heretic
Date: 12 Oct 92 08:41:45 GMT
Organization: System 6626 BBS, Winnipeg Manitoba Canada

Mmmmm...good episode. Nuff said.

Ok, one more thing to add...this season's episodes seem different. Maybe 
it's the lack of censor's I don't know.

p.s. "Resistance is Useless!"
From: yurick@vaxr.llnl.gov
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Hendrix and Franklin
Date: 14 Oct 92 02:56:51 GMT
Organization: LLNL_LIS

In article <1992Oct13.054443.10383@cc.umontreal.ca>, (Lebel David) writes:
> In article <1992Oct11.194831.10489@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> (Ken Wright) writes:
> 
> 
>>Kinda on this topic: Skeet shoot? Fooz-ball (sp)? I'm sure I saw another
>>name posted for what I've always called AIR HOCKEY! Are these other
>>terms refering to the same thing, or something different?
> 
> 	The real name is Shufflepuck, or atleast, it's the name I use
> myself to describe this game.
> 

Yeah, yeah, yeah...who cares?  Back to the original question, which I haven't
seen answered, why the combination of Hendrix and Franklin???

Joe
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From: yurick@vaxr.llnl.gov
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Pornography in Simpsons?
Date: 12 Oct 92 04:30:04 GMT
Organization: LLNL_LIS

In article <1992Oct11.205218.23804@u.washington.edu>, volinsky@bert.stat.washington.edu (Christopher Volinsky) writes:
> Did anybody else notice the pornographic cat scene in "Homer the Heretic"?
> 
> When Homie is sitting home skipping church and watching the 3 Stooges,  the
> Simpson's cat is sitting next to Homer LICKING HERSELF.  
> 					-CTV-

I don't know if you can call this pornographic, but as any cat-owner can tell
you...it is normal behavior for a feline!   
Tacky...maybe, pornographic...doubtful. 

Joe
From: brewer@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (marmoset)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Ayn Rand School
Date: 8 Oct 92 13:23:07 GMT
Distribution: na
Organization: University of Pennsylvania

>
>
>No, no, no....I believe you are all wrong.  In reference to the Borg quote, 
>the correct one from Star Trek: The Next Generation is, "Resistance is futile!"
>
>
>Frank Sereno
>Kansas State University
>Manhattan, Kansas

What? "resistance is futile" (which I would credit to the Hitchhiker's Guide as
well as to countless bad movies) is certainly NOT the only declaration of doom 
made by the borg.  There were tons of things that were irrelevant/futile.
If you listen real close, however, you can hear some of these that many missed:


	"The annoying boy-ensign is irrelevant"
	"The useless half-betazed twit is irrelevant"
	"The first officer's laughable poses are irrelevant"
	"The season premier will be irrelevant (could have been 'will suck',
		but it's hard to discern on my tape)"
	"Posts about ST:TNG on alt.tv.simpsons are irrelevant"	
	"The following .sig is irrelevant"


--

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"BROWN BOTTLES!"
From: jwlr@okeeffe.cc.rochester.edu (James Willer)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: what?
Keywords: OFF
Date: 12 Oct 92 15:53:10 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

brewer@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (marmoset) writes:

>Although I've never asked anyone and don't really know for sure and probably
>shouldn't be spreading such potentially way off information, I just always 
>that OFF is an anagram for Our Favorite Family.  So far that has fit in
>contextually.  It's probably something much cooler though, and I'll wind 
>up looking silly.  

Actually an anagram of "Our Favorite Family" would be
"IOU For My Vital Fear".	I-)

>Stupid anagrams...

			James Willer
{the opinions above are probably NOT those of
 anyone at all}
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: msavasti@telesciences.com (Michael Savastio)
Subject: Re: springfield is in .....
Summary: The Simpsons live in Springfield, NE
Organization: TeleSciences CO Systems, Inc.
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 21:45:12 GMT

In article <BvB3n8.IzC@rice.edu> langrock@rice.edu (David Jeffrey Langrock) writes:
>
>Springfield is in California.
>

In article <199209271909.AA20182@ub.d.umn.edu>, rnelson@UB.D.UMN.EDU (Ron Nelson) writes:
> IT IS IN MINNESOTA!!!!!!!!!!!
>

In article <20953@drutx.ATT.COM>,  bdm@druwa.ATT.COM (Brian Millham) writes:
>It's in Colorado.  Springfield must be in a state that has a point common
>with 3 other states.  [...]

You people are forgetting the fundamental rules of cartoon physics.
Cartoon characters are perfectly capable of driving a bus from any state
to Mexico faster than the speed of light.  They can also live in a
state that has a common point with three other states regardless of how
that state looks on an actual map.

But why are we arguing which state the Simpsons live in, when the
show itself has explicitly revealed the name of the state?  In the 
episode where Homer falsified his insurance claim for "Dimoxinil",
Smithers is shown snooping through Homer's personnel file.  One sheet
of paper reveals the following biographical information:

   Homer's birthday      : 5/10/55
           SSN           : 668-47-8008
           Phone #       : Home: 555-6518
                           Work: 555-7714
           Middle initial: I
           Street        : Green Terrace
           State         : NE

Of course, there is some dispute as to whether "NE" stands for Nebraska
or, more probably, for some imaginary state.

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From: andre@avalanche.Canada.Sun.COM (Andre Giroux - Sun Montreal SSS)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Les Simpson en francais!
Date: 14 Oct 92 19:45:16 GMT
Reply-To: andre@avalanche.Canada.Sun.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.

I don't know if there is an international agreement that the Simpsons  must
be translated in local language as opposed to international. I often read
posts  coming from fans worldwide. In Germany , someone mentionned
Bart calls Homer PAPA. etc...and the locality list goes on and on ...

it's kinda cute.But I can't get used to Bart saying "aille omerre" (wrong spelling
to emphasize the pronounciation)


Ho well...

andre

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From: syracurg@lp.musc.edu
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: RE: 8F18 SNM Summary
Date: 12 Oct 1992 09:35:39 -0400
Organization: Widener University Mail/News Gateway
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.widener.edu

     To Chris J. Baird and/or Dave Hall
          a zillion thanks for the postings summary and script for 8F18

     Keep them scripts and summaries coming!
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: st1p8@rosie.uh.edu 
Subject: "Pain in me gulliver"
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Organization: University of Houston
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 04:32:00 GMT

I believe that quote came from "A Clockwork Orange."
From: ar710@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (William G. Martin)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Oct 15 episode
Date: 16 Oct 1992 13:37:08 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
Reply-To: ar710@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (William G. Martin)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, cal@ee.ryerson.ca (Calvin Henry-Cotnam) says:
>But did anyone notice the "Buffy" from "Family Affair" look?
>You know, the one with the large pom-pom of hair on either side
>of the head?

I thought that was Princess Leia from Star Wars.

But maybe both this and "Buffy" were modelled on her...
-- 
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From: jwlr@escher.cc.rochester.edu (James Willer)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Miss American Girl
Date: 7 Oct 92 16:06:27 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

When last year's winner of the Miss American Girl pageant
came out she said that everything was great and she wanted
to apologize for her unfortunate remarks at the U.N.

I don't want to sound ignorant, but I just didn't get it.

Can someone please fill me in?

				James Willer
{the opinions above are probably NOT those of
 anyone at all}
From: bw462@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bucky Whaley)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Hendrix and Franklin
Date: 14 Oct 92 03:46:40 GMT
Reply-To: bw462@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bucky Whaley)
Organization: The Lutefisk Watch
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


In a previous article, yurick@vaxr.llnl.gov () says:

>Yeah, yeah, yeah...who cares?  Back to the original question, which I haven't
>seen answered, why the combination of Hendrix and Franklin???
>
>Joe

Someone did speculate in an earlier post that the connection is 
electricity.  Works for me.

 Bucky "SmutFace" Whaley

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From: ar660@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Pasi Korhonen)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Simpson GIFs ?
Date: 13 Oct 1992 09:46:25 GMT
Organization: Ripoff Industries
Reply-To: ar660@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Pasi Korhonen)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


	Yo !

What's the definitive FTP site for Simpson GIFs ? Or other format pics ?
Any other cool stuff around ?

	Pasi
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