HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: abw@natchez.bu.edu (Al Wesolowsky)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Moe...
Date: 9 Oct 92 18:44:05 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: Boston University

In article <JOELFIRE.92Oct9111702@elaine4.Stanford.EDU> joelfire@elaine4.Stanford.EDU ( Firehammer) writes:
>"Moe is their leader."  One of the funniest things ever to come out of
>Homer's mouth.

That line cracked me up seriously.  A shame ascii can't do justice to
his phrasing. Sort of

"Moooe is their leeed-er,"

as though he was trying to explain Stoogian hierarchy to Snowball II
(or possibly himself... who can say which has the greater intellect?).

-- 
Al B. Wesolowsky  abw@crsa.bu.edu - Horked compilers, faithless systems,
Boston University abw@acs.bu.edu       Red-eye whiskey for the pain.
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: stu5s33@bnr.ca (Robert Nychka)
Subject: Re: Ayn Rand books (was Re: Chase scene ref
Reply-To: stu5s33@bnr.ca
Organization: Bell Northern Research Ltd
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 15:18:52 GMT


dgil@ipsaint.ipsa.reuter.COM (Gillett, David) says...
>
>     In _For the New Intellectual_, Rand treats readers to:
>
>a)  assertions of "scientific fact" which are contradicted in the scientific
>    literature,
>
>b)  errors which suggest a naive and/or incomplete understanding of Free Market
>    economics,
>
>c)  a view of the art of writing fiction, of what distinguishes quality in the
>    art of writing fiction, entirely at odds with the views of other respected
>    authors, and
>
>d)  an improbable view of human history, supported only by the implication that
>    all concrete evidence for this view has been suppressed by an international
>    conspiracy.

Huh?  Did we read the same book?  Why don't you tell us what opinions you 
disagreed with instead of making such vague comments.  I don't recall ANYTHING
about assertions of "fact" which contradict reality OR any mention of an 
international conspiracy.  What does she say that shows an incomplete 
understanding of economics?  And which authors' views do YOU consider 
respectable?

Robert Nychka
From: baldwin@csservera.scs.usna.navy.mil (J.D. Baldwin)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Itchy & Scratchy t-shirt
Date: 8 Oct 92 16:21:26 GMT
Organization: Comp. Sci. Dep't., U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD
In-reply-to: CHARLIE@ac.dal.ca's message of 07 Oct 92 21:25:41 -0400

CHARLIE@ac.dal.ca writes:
>I hope it's a frame from Porch Pals!  Anyway, I vote that we wait for
>JD Baldwin to order his [Itchy & Scratchy T-shirt] (which he will),
>then he can tell the rest of us if it's worth our seventeen-fifty or
>not.

Hey!  What makes you think I'd be so predictable about something like
this?

And the fact that you correctly guessed that my check is already in the
mail proves NOTHING.  Do you hear me?  NOTHING!
--
 From the catapult of:              |+| "If anyone disagrees with anything I
   _,_  J. D. Baldwin, Comp Sci Dept|+| say, I am quite prepared not only to
 _|70|___:::)=}-  U.S. Naval Academy|+| retract it, but also to deny under
 \      /   baldwin@usna.navy.mil   |+| oath that I ever said it." --T. Lehrer
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From: sat@elm.circa.ufl.edu (Scott Tacktill)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Ayn Rand books (was Re: Chase scene ref in "Homer the Heretic"?)
Date: 14 Oct 92 03:12:10 GMT
Organization: University of Florida, Gainesville

>Frank Stuart writes:
>^ ObSimpsonsResearch:  I rented _Streetcar_ last night.  I wish I'd recorded
>^ last weeks episode.  Can anyone recommend a good Ayn Rand book?  :>

	I see the smiley, but you did ask...

	My friend James Scribner, world famous objectivist, suggests two
books.
        The first is a very short fiction book, ANTHEM, which he says
will give the gist of Rand's view of individualism versus collectivism.
I read this one and found it both interesting and brief.
	The second is FOR THE NEW INTELLECTUAL, which lays out her
philosophy as it is portrayed in her fiction.  I've not read this one,
but he claims that this is a definitive book of her philosophy.  Believe
him if he looks trustworthy to you.
	Mr. Scribner further claims that the image of Ayn Rand suggested
by the "Streetcar" episode was one "espoused by her detractors during
her lifetime.  However, even her followers would not describe her as the
most jovial of people, and she would never have anything to do with
children."
	Alright everyone, I want a three page report by Monday.  Single
spaced.

Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: ipgrier@compass.uwaterloo.ca (Iain P. Grier)
Subject: Re: Miss American Girl
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 1992 18:02:25 GMT

In article <1992Oct8.145406.13472@njitgw.njit.edu>, andy@eies2.njit.edu (Andy) writes:
> In article <BvrLCr.6vB@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> ipgrier@compass.uwaterloo.ca (Iain P. Grier) writes:
> >
> >	  Vanessa Williams lost her Miss America title when some
> >lezbo fotos of her somehow managed to turn up in a 1983 (?) issue
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> 
> Excuse Me!  Lezbo fotos?  Let's try and be a little less sexist and
> homophobic here and perhaps just a bit more mature and politically
> correct?
> 
> Grow up!

Dear net.cop:

Since you obviously stopped reading upon finding a word that offended
you, I'll tell you what the rest of my article said.  Since I was speaking
within the context of explaining a gag that pointed out how silly beauty
pageants were, I fail to see how my WHOLE posting could be interpreted as
sexist.  I even cut up Bob Guccioni for crissakes!  Let's try and be
a little less sensitive here and get on to talking about OFF.

ObSimpsons:  I thought Bart and Marge were left-handed.  How come they
	     weren't mentioned in _When Flanders Failed_?

ObNetCopFlame:  Since when are Simpsons fans supposed to be PC?
From: fjs@nighthawk.ksu.ksu.edu (Frank J Sereno)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Devil in Church
Date: 9 Oct 1992 15:23:45 -0500
Organization: Kansas State University
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: nighthawk.ksu.ksu.edu


Did anyone else find it funny when Rev. Lovejoy announced that Satan was 'amoung'
the church-goers and Bart grabbed the "satanic" looking guy in front of him and
then yelled, " I got him!!!"

(Check out the guys' bulging, blood-shot eyes while being choked)

I laughed and laughed and laughed.....

Frank Sereno
Kansas State University


Perhaps...though....this could be a small reference to a real modern-day witchhunt
of sorts.....
From: CHARLIE@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: (aus) Stark Raving Dad & Some Enchanted Evening,,
Date: 7 Oct 1992 21:08:09 -0400
Organization: Widener University Mail/News Gateway
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.widener.edu

>Please tick here [__] if you have read this far.
>--
>Chris Baird,,  <c8923075@mystra.newcastle.edu.au>
                    _/
Please tick here [\/] if you have read this far.

I can't believe the torture your local VideoDictator puts you poor
Aussies through!  Cutting I&S...AHHHHHHHH.  Answer me this, and 
correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you guys get OFF much *much* later 
than when it's first aired in the U.S.?  If so, how is it that you 
are able to participate in the discussions of the current episodes.  
Have you retained a specialized taping/international courier service?
I have a friend who works for the local tv stn. here and he pulls Star 
Trek off the satellite feed when it first airs in the U.S., but a week 
before it is allowed to air here.  Well okay, DON'T answer me this! ;-)

Chuck in New Scotland.
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: akbar@cs.mcgill.ca (Alain BOUCHARD)
Subject: Re: Meaning of life, 9F01 [Homer the Heretic]
Organization: SOCS - Mcgill University, Montreal, Canada
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 06:41:30 GMT

In article <1992Oct12.204219.19862@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> rcarter@nyx.cs.du.edu
(Ron Carter) writes:
>
>Dunno what the Canadians got (probably got -the- meaning to
>life, just like they got a blackboard and (better) couch) at
>that point...

Well, I didn't tape the show, but I remember the couch scene:
The couch and part of the wall are on a rotating table and
disappear in the next room as soon as they sit down. (Just like
in many spy/adventure/Bond/Indiana Jones/etc. type films)

I can't remember the chalkboard, but I remember thinking that was
a reference to the previous show.

We didn't get the meaning of life though, I am quite certain of that.

Alain
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: pi@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu (Raymond L. Gilbert)
Subject: Burned house? ...NOT!
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 14:36:16 GMT


    One other comment I forgot to add... it seems like this week OFF's
house is completely in tact, fogetting about that little fire they had
there last week (just as predicted by some, BTW).  Well, us die-hard
fans aren't going to forget this as easily as Burns forgets Homer!!!
Maybe this episode was supposed to take place much later than last weeks
episode (say 5 months, 3 weeks?) :-)
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From: andy@eies2.njit.edu (Andy)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Miss American Girl
Date: 8 Oct 92 14:54:06 GMT
Organization: NJIT - EIES2

In article <BvrLCr.6vB@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> ipgrier@compass.uwaterloo.ca (Iain P. Grier) writes:
>
>	  Vanessa Williams lost her Miss America title when some
>lezbo fotos of her somehow managed to turn up in a 1983 (?) issue
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Excuse Me!  Lezbo fotos?  Let's try and be a little less sexist and
homophobic here and perhaps just a bit more mature and politically
correct?

Grow up!
From: cb366@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mark B. Bendiksen)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Tastiest Line
Date: 16 Oct 1992 13:55:45 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu


Hmmmmmm......vaseline.


Mark B. Bendiksen
cb366@freenet.cwru.edu
-- 
"If we don't get some cool rules ourselves, pronto,
 We'll just be bogus, too."-- Dr. Jeff Spicolli
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: TMCCART3@ua1vm.ua.edu
Subject: Re: `Lisa the Beauty Queen' - 9f02 - Mo' SloMo Mania, refs, misc.
Organization: The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 07:41:53 GMT

In article <1992Oct16.052625.13750@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
rcarter@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ron Carter) writes:
 
>
>Blackboard:  I will not defame New Orleans
>             I will not defame Ne
>
>If we got `New Orleans...' tonight, what did the Canadians get?
>
 
Apparently, "I will not prescribe medication." What gives, I wonder?
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From: will@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (William Sadler)
Subject: Re: `Homer the Heretic' - 9f01 - Misc...
Organization: Indiana University
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 15:03:42 GMT

In <1992Oct9.025820.2674@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> rcarter@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ron Carter) writes:

>Movie (and other) refs...
>    `2001, A Space Odyssey'
>        -Homer in the womb, with music...
I'm not sure if this was a reference to 2001 or just the common use of
the "Blue Danube" waltz as background music for skating/synchronized swimming
scenes. 

>    `Risky Business'
>        -Homer in briefs, shades, and bear slippers...
>    `Starsky and Hutch' -and- `Freebie and the Bean' (generic car chase)
>        -Chase scene music -and- automobile through train car...

I thought that the music during Homer's dream where God takes off the
roof of the house was straight out of _Raiders of the Lost Ark_

Did anyone get Krusty's reference to the tornado in Lubbock, Texas
destroying clowns?  There was a big tornado in Lubbock in 1970 or 1972
(I was there!).

Will
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From: STOLLER@dickinson.edu (Stoller, Richard)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: 9F01 (Homer the Heretic)
Date: 12 Oct 1992 09:27:34 -0400
Organization: Widener University Mail/News Gateway
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.widener.edu

I thought it was pretty clear that Apu's son was named "Jamsheed"
(or similar), rather than the vulgar suppositions I've seen posted.  I'm no 
ethnographer, but I thought the name "Jamsheed" (or similar) was more Muslim, 
whereas Apu is clearly Hindu.

PS: I'm told that the Simpsons is now on TV in Colombia, tho I'm not sure 
whether it's on Colombian TV or one of the Peruvian/Mexican satellite
channels that city-dwellers receive.  In any event, "they just don't
get it," not surprisingly given the multiple barriers to understanding.
They love the merchandise, though.
--Rich Stoller, Dickinson College (stoller@dickinson.edu)
From: jojw@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (John J. Wood)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: "Homer The Heretic"
Date: 9 Oct 92 17:36:47 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester (Rochester, NY)

Just when I griped about how the Simpsons were losing their edge came
one of the funniest episodes in a loooooooong time.  The storyline was
interesting, but the dialogue and spoofs worked beautifully, especially
the Risky Business spoofs.  

To sum it up in two words:  CLASSIC HOMER!


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From: ksm@abb-sc.abb-sc.com (Ashley)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Simpsons spinoff
Date: 8 Oct 92 17:53:32 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: Kaos Laboratories


In article <Floyd.0maa@qube.OCUnix.On.Ca>, Floyd@qube.OCUnix.On.Ca (Floyd) writes...
>In a message dated Wed  6 Oct 92  7:45, Guppy@wixer.cactus.org (jennifer Me
>wrote:
> 
GM> I heard on CNN Headline news today that Krusty is going to get his
GM> own
GM> show, a spinoff of the Simpsons. They said something about Krusty
GM> being
GM> a talkshow host, so are they just screwing up not knowing he does a
GM> kids
GM> show, or is he supposed to be a talk show host in the spinoff?


	Hey, there's this rumor that Groening is helping John K. of 
Ren-n-Stimpy with legal costs on fighting Nick. Hmmmm. Put two and two 
togetherr and speculate........John K does Krusty? Sounds interesting if 
possible.....



		- Ashley
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: AH.PBL@forsythe.stanford.edu (Mark)
Subject: Re: Newsbrief: LMS hit by lightning
Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 20:58:06 GMT

In article <16OCT199213402071@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu>,
doctor8@jhuvms.hcf.jhu.edu (Jason Abner Miller) writes:
>In article <1992Oct16.161109.23264@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, hot@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (henry.o.tirado) writes...
>>
>>LITTLE MISS SPRINGFIELD would get HIT BY LIGHTNING!!!  Bwahahahaaa!
>
>        HUH??????????????????????????
>        THAT was FUNNY????
>        I BEG to differ.  Watching someone get hit by lightning is by no
>means funny.  In an animated series, it is only funny if the person appears
>again, totally unharmed in the very next scene (as in any RoadRunner cartoon).

  Get a grip, 'lil Abner.

>        The fact that Amber is never mentioned again in the episode does not
>help that bit of humor.  Along with the reference to the Hindenberg crash, I
>found these to be two of the most tasteless bits of humor in the entire
>series.

  (You must not be from New Orleans.)

  Um, they *did* reassure all of Amber's fans (you included) that she *was*
recovering from her run-in with Mother Nature.

  It's funny how you apparently weren't bothered by the jokes about
the (thousands of) people who die from cigarette smoking every year.

  -- Mark

  Mmmmmmm...tasteless.
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: OFF getting dehumanized and Cynical
From: psantucci@desire.wright.edu
Date: 6 Oct 92 22:14:29 EST
Organization: Wright State University 

	Hi folks.

	I really enjoyed "A Streecar named Marge", all the more so because of
my objectivist AND theatrical background (can anyone else make that claim?) but 
I found it to be part of a disturbing trend as well. 

	The last three episodes, while funny and especially filled with erudite
referneces, have begun to dehumanise OFF. Homer has gotten stupider and meaner,
Bart is out of character (ref. "he's such a bitch" in streetcar) Marge is more
helpless and Lisa is going from precocious to downright existential.

	Does anyone else notice this almost post-modernist trend toward
increasingly referential, intellectual snob humor at the expense of the lovable 
charchters of OFF? The cynicism level is going way up, and the "redeeming"
moments are fewer and farther between.

	I would say that at least half of the Simpson's audience like it
because they see themselves therein, and the lower middle class losers always
seem to pull through somehow. Lose that aspect, make OFF helpless pawns, and
you lose your ratings too. Then there wont be simpsons for anyone.

	How do you feel? Post replies - perhaps the netter with studio
connections could pass them on?

PATMAN

P.S. - Come on now - how many people can get a joke that requires both
familiarity with Ayn Rand and fanatics who deliberately misunderstand her work?


Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: egl1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Elizabeth G. Levy)
Subject: Re: Ayn Rand School
Reply-To: egl1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Elizabeth G. Levy)
Organization: Columbia University
Distribution: na
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 18:22:03 GMT

In article <1av5erINNq9t@vulcan.ksu.ksu.edu> fjs@vulcan.ksu.ksu.edu (Frank J Sereno) writes:
>
>In article <1992Oct7.155742.19583@galileo.cc.rochester.edu>, jwlr@escher.cc.rochester.edu (James Willer) writes:
>>>>>One of the quotes on the wall was something like "Help is futile."  Is this
>>>I think this was a reference to the Borg, from Star Trek: The Next Generation.
>>
>>No. That would be "Help is irrelevant."
>>
>
>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!"
>

WRONG!!!  Both are valid.  "Resistance is irrelevant" was used in Best
of Both Worlds.  They switched to the much more cliched "Resistance is
futile" in that oh so irritating Hue episode last season.  Shoulda
kept "irrelevant:" sounds more menacing in a way.


--
"Sounds interesting....  Sounds interesting...."
				-- Homer Simpson
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: AH.PBL@forsythe.stanford.edu (Mark)
Subject: Re: Oct 15 episode
Organization: Stanford University, California, USA
Distribution: usa
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 19:47:23 GMT

In article <16882ABE3.TMCCART3@ua1vm.ua.edu>,
TMCCART3@ua1vm.ua.edu writes:
>In article <1992Oct16.044635.3746@ee.ryerson.ca>
>cal@ee.ryerson.ca (Calvin Henry-Cotnam) writes:
>
>>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 it was the "Princess Leia" from "Star Wars" look...
>

  No, it was definately Ben Franklin.

Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: jblackwo@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (J P Blackwood)
Subject: Burns for Governor
Organization: The Ohio State University
Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1992 16:50:36 GMT

A friend of mine teaches political science and is looking for a good copy of 
this episode to show to his class. He will cover the expenses of anyone who 
would help him out. And yes, he'll write for permission to show it.

J.P.

Blackwood.1@osu.edu
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: KCSCHIE@vm.cmp.ilstu.edu
Subject: Episode #8f20 ???
Date: Fri, 09 Oct 92 08:59:51 EDT
Organization: Illinois State University

As I'm looking through my Simpsons videos for the last season, I've
noticed that I don't have episode #8f20. Could someone let me know
which episode this was or did it not get aired. Any help would be
very appreciated.
Thanks!
 
Kyle
From: Floyd@qube.OCUnix.On.Ca (Floyd)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Simpsons spinoff
Distribution: world
Date: 7 Oct 92 13:08:51 EDT
Organization: The QuBE BBS

In a message dated Wed  6 Oct 92  7:45, Guppy@wixer.cactus.org (jennifer Me
wrote:

 GM> I heard on CNN Headline news today that Krusty is going to get his
 GM> own
 GM> show, a spinoff of the Simpsons. They said something about Krusty
 GM> being
 GM> a talkshow host, so are they just screwing up not knowing he does a
 GM> kids
 GM> show, or is he supposed to be a talk show host in the spinoff?

I'd rather have the Itchy and Scratchy Show.

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From: egl1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Elizabeth G. Levy)
Subject: Re: Flanders misses church
Reply-To: egl1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Elizabeth G. Levy)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 18:04:53 GMT

In article <Bvv269.96x@rice.edu> langrock@rice.edu (David Jeffrey Langrock) writes:
>
>Question:  How was Flanders able to save Homer?  It was Sunday morning and "he's             a regular Charley Church."  Did I miss something?  Maybe he was sick.

God told him to stay home.


--
"Moors."  "Moops."  "Moors."  "Moops."  Psssssssssssss.....
From: TMCCART3@ua1vm.ua.edu
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: References
Date: 11 Oct 92 16:53:49 GMT
Organization: The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa

In article <1992Oct9.213837.28841@athena.mit.edu>
johnnyp@athena.mit.edu (John Piscitello) writes:
 
>        Please! Enough of these idiotic attempts to find references
>which are clearly not there.
>
AMEN! Sure, some things are references, and some are their for their own sake.
I don't see how you can enjoy the show if you're hunched in front of the VCR wi
th a remote control in one hand (one finger poised on the slo-mo button, of cou
rse), and a notebook in the other. It's supposed to be ENTERTAINMENT. Relax.
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