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From: atario@cats.ucsc.edu (Stephen Wayne Miller)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: What was that chip????
Date: 25 Jan 1993 14:03:27 GMT
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AH.PBL@forsythe.stanford.edu (Mark) writes:

>  The collection of chips was hilarious.  I remember a woman who was
>on the David Letterman show who had just such a collection.  At one
>point, Letterman pretended to eat one of her collectibles.  The old
>gal looked like she was going to drop dead for a minute, until she
>realized that it was a joke.  (Or was it the Johnny Carson show?)

Both.  Letterman acted as though he were going to eat one as the woman
looked on; Carson (a year or more earlier) had a bowl of normal chips
behind the desk (for some unexplained reason) and loudly chomped into one
while she had her back turned, then acted innocent as hell when whe whipped
around almost hard enough to give herself whiplash in addition to her
induced heart attack.  (Always knew Johnny had a mean streak.)

J.Carson:  "I heard Milli Vannilli was arrested for impersonating a
           McNugget."
Bart:  "Oh well, it's fun to stay up anyway."

>  This episode was, IMHO, the best of the season so far.

It was very nice!  "Can't talk, comin' down <gulp>" -- Lisa

>The Disney bashing (particularly the "Main Street Electrical Parade" -
> held during the daytime - the music was amazingly similar, but just
> different enough so Disney can't sue, and "It's a Small World" - "I'm
> not sure that *is* water").

"I wanna get oooff!"
     --Bart, in a most appropriate response

"Hey kids!  Take a walk on the wild side!  And all the races sing Do,
de-do, shoo-be do be-do, do, de-do, shoo-be do do-do Yeah!"
     --Hooray For Everything, making me cringe

"I can see the music!"
     --Lisa tripping her face off in wonderment to the tracers her arms
seemed to leave behind

BTW, did anyone else think the discovery that Homer was sick (the "removing
the covers" scene) was a reference to the Ren and Stimpy cartoon "Nurse
Stimpy"?  The camera angle, Homer's tongue lolling out, his eyes open
before the cover is removed, etc., being just like the "peeling the covers
off" scene in said cartoon?
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From: Don.Delgrande@launchpad.unc.edu (Don Delgrande)
Subject: Re: Margery Simpson?
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 00:20:00 GMT
Expires: Wed, 3 Feb 1993 05:00:00 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.193518.20779@Virginia.EDU> jmw3c@Virginia.EDU ("Eddie Vedder") writes:
>I was wondering.  Didn't one of Marge's relatives, perhaps the
>aunt in the will, call her Margery.  It sure sounded like it.
>On that topic, are Bart and Lisa and Maggie's names
>Bartholomew, Elizabeth, and Margaret?

I've heard "Marjorie" and "Bartholomew" (both in the episode where Bart
was born, I think), but never "Elizabeth" or "Margaret".  (You would thing
Maggie is also "Marjorie", as Matt Groening's sister Maggie is named after
her mother (who is, in fact, Margaret).

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From: George.Harris@launchpad.unc.edu (George Harris)
Subject: Re: Duff Gardens
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 19:15:19 GMT

In article <124@bbx.basis.com> scott@bbx.basis.com (Scott Amspoker) writes:
>In article <1jph7l$35g@agate.berkeley.edu> beppe@sag4.ssl.berkeley.edu (Beppe Sabatini) writes:
>>Younger netsters will probably not remember that when LSD was at its most
>>popular,
>
>Sad to say, LSD is more popular today than it ever was in the 60's.

	It could be worse, they could be taking something really dangerous, like
alcohol, or nicotine.

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From: tetragon@werple.apana.org.au (Gavan McCormack)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Any .au files by Apu
Date: 28 Jan 1993 17:51:21 +1100
Organization: werple public-access unix, Melbourne
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tetragon@werple.apana.org.au (Gavan McCormack) writes:

>madabhus@eng.umd.edu (Rajiv Madabhushi) writes:


>>Can someone PLEASE post anything that the Kwik-e-mart (?) Injun guy Apu says?  I tried using
>>xarchie to find any ftpsites having any (Sparc2) .au files, but was unsuccessful.  

>>Thanks in advance.

>>		-Rajiv
>Well, I dont know of FTP sites, but I myself have a large collection of OFF
>samples, which may include some of Apu. If I fing any I'll send one perhaps.
>If others are interested in sound or graphics dont hesitate to contact me
>.

>	-Gavan McCormack, 	tetragon@werple.apana.org.au
Thanxx to ppl who responded, I'll get back to each individiually.
Actually I have about 25 Meg of my own sounds and graphics so others who would
like some are welcome to ask for a list I will now compile.

Later on perhaps I might be able to put this on an FTP site, and they may
also be availiable by BMS when I get my system on UUCP.

	-Gavan McCormack	tetragon@werple.apana.org.au

``Well, I'd hate to tell the No.1 cop in town how to do his job.'' Bart,8f20
From: bj835@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Tim Connors)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Takei cameo?
Date: 21 Jan 1993 20:25:56 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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In a previous post, M. Struecken writes:
 This was a nice line: "Our nonstop flight to Tahiti will be making a
short layover in North Haverbrook"

        The captains voice was even slicker than Lyle's.

MS

Endquote
	When I listened to this line again on my VCR I became
convinced that the voice of the captain was none other than
George Takei.  He wasn't in the credits, but he's been on the 
show once or twice before.  There was a post on here some time
back to the effect that the Nimoy cameos were originally
intended for GT.  Two questions:
	1)  Can I have a second on my ID of Takei?  and
	B)  If this is a correct guess, what's the deal with
Nimoy replacing him, his not being credited, etc.?
-- 
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                   they can't do?" -- HJS

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Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: jmw3c@Virginia.EDU ("Eddie Vedder")
Subject: Re: Marge versus the Monorail
Organization: University of Virginia
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 20:05:48 GMT

Monticello is not on the campus here at U.Va. but it is just a
few miles away and Virginia definitely is in the south.  Just
spend some time here and then go to Princeton or some other
Northeastern school.  You'll realize what the difference is.  I
didn't realize that Monticello was Springfield Town Hall
though.  That is really exciting.  Remember also that Bill
Clinton started his inaugural bus trip at Monticello.  There
must be something in that too.
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: rcharbon@athena.mit.edu (Ray Charbonneau)
Subject: Re: What was that chip????
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 13:24:15 GMT

In article <jbrowne.727677835@zaphod>, jbrowne@zaphod.ncsa.uiuc.edu (Jim Browne) writes:
|> 
|> 
|> When Homer was eating the Great Aunt's chip collection, what was the second
|> chip supposed to resemble?  I ask this 'cause he stared at it for a bit before
|> eating it, while he paid no attention the the first.
|> 
|> I wasn't sitting close enough to the TV to see what it was.  I thought perhaps
|> it might be a chip that looked like Bart given the cameo by the bart doll in
|> the Ayn Rand school for tots.
|> 
|> Clue me in,

Do you mean the Iwo Jima statue chip?

(you know, the famous statue of a group of Marines struggling to raise a US flag)


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From: jdonald@us.oracle.com (John R. Donald)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Selma's Choice -- *EEEEENNNK!*
Date: 24 Jan 93 18:51:31 GMT
Organization: Oracle Corporation
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In article <1993Jan23.173557.5535@udel.edu> wagenfuh@huey.udel.edu (Karl Wagenfuehr) writes:
>I never said I didn't *laugh*, or that it wasn't a funny episode; I
>said that as an episode, a half hour story with plot, it was bad.
>The Simpsons is done as a half-hour show, with one connected, continuous
>(though often multi-faceted) plot.  If all they were after were
>laughs, they could fill the half hour with several unrelated short
>vignettes or such; the fact that they choose not to do this shows that
>their goal is more than just to pack in as many yucks per half hour
>(or 22 minutes) as possible.  So just because a show has you (or me)
>howling, still doesn't make it a good show.

What was wrong with the plot?  In case you missed it, Selma wanted to have
a baby, but after taking Bart and Lisa to Duff gardens, decided that she
wasn't cut out to have kids.  A simple plot, the best kind.  When the show
has too laborious a plot, too much time is spent trying to tell the story,
leaving not enough time for the jokes.  I thought this episode was hilarious.
-jd



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From: rlopez@loanstar.tamu.edu (Robert Lopez)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: The Scientist Guy (was Re: Escalator to Nowhere)
Date: 22 Jan 1993 15:01:10 GMT
Organization: Academic Computing Services
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In article <1993Jan20.181128.22614@Princeton.EDU>, jacobw@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jacob Solomon Weinstein) writes:
|> jlpicard@austin.ibm.com writes:
|> >That scientist guy that Marge brought back was supposed
|> >to be Klaus Kinski, I think.
|> I have just re-watched the episode, and I am now able to offer two
|> entirely radical pieces of Simpsonology:
|> 1) The scientist guy's name was "Sebastian Cobb." Pronounce "Cobb"
|> backward, and it sounds just like "Bach," as in, "Johann Sebastian
|> Bach." Whether or not this sheds any light on the debate over who was
|> polaying air hockey with Jimmy Hendrix is left as an exercise to the
|> reader.

eep.

|> 2) At one point in the episode, there is a drawing of a dinosaur taped to the
|> refrigerator of the Simpsons' kitchen, continuin the Flintstones
|> leitmotif.

or a backhanded ref. to "Dinosaurs" on ABC.

or just a drawing done by some Simpson kid at school.

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From: jdonald@us.oracle.com (John R. Donald)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Superman ref?
Keywords: eat more moose
Date: 22 Jan 93 19:56:09 GMT
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In article <1jn8amINNg4h@tamsun.tamu.edu> rlopez@loanstar.tamu.edu (Robert Lopez) writes:
>In article <1993Jan21.213009.23670@udel.edu>, wagenfuh@huey.udel.edu (Karl Wagenfuehr) writes:
>|> In article <1jn2umINNc34@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bj835@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Tim Connors) writes:
>|> >The appearance of Lurleen Lumpkin in the episode with Lyle
>|> >Lanley makes me wonder whether Springfield, USA, like Metropolis
>|> >USA, has a disproportionate number of citizens with the initials
>|> >LL (Lois Lane, Lana Lang, Lex Luthor...).  Perhaps this is a

>|> This gets my vote as the most contrived reference of the week.  It
>
>Sorry, Karl, but I disagree.  "They refered..." seems much worse to
>me.  I kinda like the LL ref.  Makes sense to bring ol' Lurleen back for
>this LL stuff (why did they, anyway?  did it add anything?...well I guess she

Yeah, springfield has a disproportionate number of citizens with the
initails LL.  Let's see, how many are there.  I count one. 
-jd (In case you can't tell, I'm being sarcastic!)
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From: judge@cutie.acns.nwu.edu (Thomas W. Judge)
Subject: DYN: 'hooray for everybody...'
Followup-To: alt.tv.simpsons
Organization: fairly random
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 23:25:41 GMT

...replaced Lou Reed's "and the colored girls sing" with the more P.C.
"and all the races sing.. doot de doot de doot....."

also, did Lisa's acid trip seem a little bit TOO cariacatured? nobody that
I
have ever known to dose has ever mistaken themselves for a lizard queen...

-thomas
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: bwatson@nyx.cs.du.edu (bruce watson)
Subject: Springfield Sperm Bank sign
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Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 20:23:15 GMT

What did the rest of the sign say?

Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: ganders@Qualcomm.comm (Greg Anderson)
Subject: Springfield Sperm Bank
Followup-To: alt.tv.simpsons
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 18:03:19 GMT

"Place Your Sperm in Our Hands"

"bbBBUUuuuuurrrRRR!!!!!"


"Yechhhh!!  Throw that 'Nessy back to the Loch!!"
From: c8923075@mystra.newcastle.edu.au (Chris Baird)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Assorted answers,,
Date: 28 Jan 1993 15:49:08 -0500
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    From: jlschwar@athena.mit.edu (Jeffrey L Schwartz)
    Subject: Wendel
    |
    On what episode did Wendel, the kid who throws up on buses, originally
    appear?  ...

Wendel (surname `Burton', if you believe SI) appears in the very first
episode ``Simpsons Roasting Over An Open Fire'' as one of the 4th
grade choir, but he pukes for the first time in ``Homer's Odyssey''.

    From: david.CLark@analog.com (David Clark)
    |
    [A vague description of no use to anyone]

    From: amb55929@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Alan M. Braverman)
    |
    Actually, according to Simpsons Illustrated, when the opening
    credits quickly pan over a scene in Springfield ... so his first
    appearance is in the first regular episode's opening credits.

Bzzzt.  The `fast pan of Springfield' is shown only with the second
season episodes and beyond.


    From: app45293@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (ZUSS)
    Subject: Where are the names of the episodes revealed?
    |
    I see that everyone here refers to the episodes by what must be their
    official titles.  I have tried to find the title of an episode somewhere
    in the opening or closing credits, but haven't found any yet.  Are they
    revealed somewhere that I haven't found yet?

    From: rlopez@loanstar.tamu.edu (Robert Lopez)
    |
    They are indeed listed at the end of the closing credits, right before the
    Gracie shhhh.  However, I think some Fox affiliates cut this.  Also, they
    only pop up for a fraction of a second, so they are nigh on impossible to
    catch without FreezeFrame action.

Read his posting again carefully, Robert.  The episode _titles_ are
provided by many television guides.  But we here at alt.tv.simpsons
are fortunate to have a few `insiders' at Gracie Films who let us know
a few months beforehand.  This is mentioned in the FAQ.


    From: amb55929@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Alan M. Braverman)
    Subject: Re: the definitive answer as to where springfield is!
    |
    ... where does the FAQ get this insider info???

This is mentioned in the FAQ. :)


    From: uhschreg@cip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Ulrich Schreglmann)
    Subject: Re: Homer's Death
    |
    ... could someone pleeze tell me how [``One Fish, Two Fish, Blow Fish,
    Blue Fish''] ended?  The tape was too short, so I never found out
    whether Homer died or not!  :-)

Sally forth to the archive of Raymond Chen's episode `capsules' at
ftp.cs.widener.edu, cd to the /pub/simpsons/episode directory, and
snarf a copy of the file `7f11'.  If you don't have ftp, then read
the FAQ. If you don't have a copy of the FAQ, then wait a few days
for it's periodic posting on the 1st of February.


The faqette seems a complete waste of time...

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From: dascoser@cybernet.cse.fau.edu (david serchay)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Duff Gardens
Date: 25 Jan 93 17:39:06 GMT
Organization: Cybernet BBS, Boca Raton, Florida

dbell@cup.portal.com (David J Bell) writes:

> >A similar bit of irony involved "Hooray for Everything", a take-off on Up
> >With People, the most clean-scrubbed inoffensive Christian singing group
> >ever. Pretty much just as depicted.  The irony comes in having them perform
> >"Walk on the Wild Side" which is about gay prostitution (or something like
> >that) and is among the most sleazy pop songs ever.  This was one of Lou
> >Reed's only hits.  Someone might want to post the lyrics.  It might be
> >interesting to post the Robert Frost poem as well.
> 
> I don't particularly agree with your opinion of the song, but I
> *loved* having "Hooray for Everything" perform it... I'd say it
> was a good jab at the group for picking up a popular song and 
> parroting it back in their squeeky-clean style, while not having
> the slightest idea of what the song was *about*. And yes, I 
> recall it is about gay prostitution, in New York, I believe, and
> "names" a number of particularly well-known folks invloved in
> a very un-"gay" subculture. It made some points about these people
> being human and having dreams and philosophy toward life. Not
> all that sleazy, to me...
> 
> Dave
> dbell@cup.portal.com

And did you notice that the line "and the Colored girls sing" was 
replaced by "and all the races sing"? Kind of reminds me of how I once 
saw a similer group doing Time Warp from Rocky Horror.
As for "The land of Duff" ride, I have to say that the real song in the 
"It's a Small World" ride" is even more anoying. Of course that's always 
where the ride gets stuck. It's almost as anoying as the late "If you had 
wings" song from the Eastern Airlines song.

Dascoser
From: Jym Dyer <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Monorail:  Reference to Clinton?
Date: 25 Jan 1993 01:54:24 GMT
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In-reply-to: kaya@world.std.com's message of 16 Jan 93 02:31:35 GMT

[This is not yet another message about what state was being
referred to.  Really it isn't.  But I did first think of
Lousiana. :-)]

> Arkansas is dead last in the nation in enviromental
> initiatives.

=o= Nit:  most environmental watchdog groups place it close to
last, not dead last.  I don't think there's widespread agreement
on what's dead last.

=o= I hope _The_Simpsons_ do poke fun at Clinton, but
I don't think this was such an incident.                  .-.  .-.
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From: chall@eco.twg.com (Charles Don Hall)
Subject: Fear and Loathing at Duff Gardens <TM>
Organization: The Wollongong Group (East Coast Operations)
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 93 21:09:21 GMT


		"Fear and Loathing at Duff Gardens<TM>"
			   a monograph by
		Charles Don Hall, Licensed Philosopher


In this article, We will attempt to determine the probable cause
of Lisa Simpson's hallucinations, which occured immediatly after
she ingested the water at Duff Gardens <TM>.

Like most factories in the Simpsons' universe, the Duff <TM>
brewery presumably has lax standards. We can hypothesize a 
forgotten storeroom, filled with malt or barley; these grains 
are both commonly used in the production of beer[1]. Now, there 
is a particular kind of mold, called "ergot", which can grow on 
grain in such conditions.[2] Ergot is an excellent source of
lysergides, a class of chemicals related to the hallucinogen
LSD. Even though ergot is not nearly as potent as LSD, it
can cause similar hallucinations when taken in large enough
doses.[3]

It is therefore possible that a leaky pipe in the warehouse
leached lysergides from the grain, and carried them into the
canal from which Lisa drank. The problem with this theory
is that lysergides tend to break up fairly quickly in water,
and the solution would be too dilute to produce such intense
hallucinations from such a small dosage. [4] However, it has 
been observed on several occassions that the laws of chemistry
in the cartoon world are not exactly the same as those in
the real world. We therefore propose that lysergides are more
stable (and likewise more potent) in the Simpsons' universe.

The "alternate chemistry" theory is supported by the fact that 
Lisa's hallucinations began only seconds after she ingested the 
water. It has been observed that real-world LSD does not cause 
hallucinations until about 30 minutes after consumption.

An alternate explanation: On one of their television commercials,
Duff Gardens <TM> claimed that "roving gangs of thugs are no longer 
a problem". It may be that they decided to spike the water supply
with LSD (or some other hallucinogenic), in the hopes that their
patrons would be more attuned to the Cosmic Oneness, and less
likely to act in a thuggish manner. Of course, this plan was
doomed to failure, because everyone at Duff Gardens <TM> drinks
beer. Thus, only Lisa had the hallucinations.

This theory is supported by the fact that a roving band of thugs
stole three bumper cars, indicating that Duff Gardens <TM> had
implemented some type of flawed crime-prevention program.

[NB: Real-world bumper cars cannot be driven down the highway.
They draw their power from the electrical grid on the ceiling
of their enclosure. [5]]

[1] This is probably written in a book somewhere. We would
have tried to look it up, but We feel that We've done
enough already.
[2] Ibid.
[3] Ibid.
[4] Ibid.
[5] Ibid.

Copyright 1993, by Charles Don Hall, Licensed Philosopher
All rights reserved.
Mmmmm.....ergot.....
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