HDTenEightyP/NetNews huggingface dataset:
From: chris.baird@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Chris Baird) 
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: [8F09] Butchered in Oz,,
Date: 3 Jan 93 11:44:00 GMT
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Reply-To: chris.baird@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Chris Baird) 
Summary: The Night of the DYNs

From: c8923075@mystra.newcastle.edu.au (Chris Baird)
Date: 3 Jan 1993 07:02:23 -0500
Organization: Widener University Mail/News Gateway
 
Stuff that you won't see when OFF are shown at 6:30pm..
 
Once again, Itchy and Scratchy were a target of the censors.
Courtesy of J.D Baldwin's guide:
 
    Open with a shot of Itchy standing in front of Scratchy, who is bound
    with thick ropes to a post.  Itchy climbs a stepladder with a hammer and
    a very large nail, and holds it up to Scratchy's forehead, clearly
    intending to drive it.  Scratchy, of course, screams.  The view changes
    to a behind-Scratchy's-head shot, Itchy drives the nail, and we see it
    emerge from the back of the post.
    The shot returns to the previous view and we see that the nail has,
    indeed, been driven through Scratchy's forehead.  Itchy, in what may be
    his most deliciously ironic move yet, hangs a picture of a smiling Itchy
    and Scratchy with their arms around each other (remarkably similar to
    the publicity photo hanging on the wall of Roger Myers' office) on the
    newly-driven nail.
 
[Bart laughing]
 Marge: Bart, turn to the financal channel; Aunt Patty says our stock
	is skyrocketing!
[Duration: 25 sec]
 
Before Mr. Burns' game of Bocce in his park, Homer works on a toaster with
a knife (``Lousy German know-it-alls.  Who are they to say I'm not safe.''). 
[Duration: 10 sec]
 
Next week in Australia, ``Otto Show''.
 
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From: bw462@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bucky Whaley)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: What U Didn't Know about the Simpsons!!
Date: 6 Jan 1993 16:18:21 GMT
Organization: The Lutefisk Watch, Tonsorial Team
Reply-To: bw462@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bucky Whaley)
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In a previous article, frank2@odie.ee.wits.ac.za () says:
>In article <1993Jan5.201633.20412@netnews.noc.drexel.edu> glovercj@duvm.ocs.drexel.edu writes:
>
>>Q:What hairstyle does Bart wear?
>>A:Dreds, like what type of people(African-Americans)
>
>*Does* Bart wear dreads?

Only on bootleg t-shirts.
 
>                         I haven't been able to discern any particular style 
>in his yellow mop.

Well, hostile waitresses have described the 'do as [a] "brushhead."

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                                       - Fat Tony, `Bart the Murderer'
From: gregory.o..harp@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Gregory O. Harp) 
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re:[8F18] A Streetcar Named Marge
Date: 3 Jan 93 11:44:00 GMT
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Reply-To: gregory.o..harp@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Gregory O. Harp) 
Summary: The Night of the DYNs

From: harp@netcom.com (Gregory O. Harp)
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services  (408 241-9760 guest) 
Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 11:09:21 GMT
 
ericta@porky.Eng.Sun.COM (Eric Taylor) writes:
 
>The scene where Maggie repeatedly tosses the ball against one wall of the
>playpen is another movie reference.  Unfortunately, I don't remember the
>title of the movie it was taken from.  It is a well-known movie set during
>WWII, where an American POW is put in solitaire after he tries to escape.
>Does anyone remember the title of this of this movie?  I don't think it
>appears under the "movie reference" section.
 
"The Great Escape"
-- 
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  Of every blood dark sea / And every soul black night / And every dream
  you dream me in / And every perfect free from sin / And burning eyes /
  And hearts on fire / Are just the same old song" -- The Cure
 
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From: bwatson@nyx.cs.du.edu (bruce watson)
Subject: Re: Homer the Heretic
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Date: Wed, 13 Jan 93 00:21:24 GMT

In article <1993Jan8.014151.22604@ee.ryerson.ca> cal@ee.ryerson.ca (Calvin Henry-Cotnam) writes:
>Just something from tonight's episode:
>
>How many out there in net land keep oily rags....
>
>
>                         ... in a box labeled "OILY RAGS"?
>

And it is a cliche that fires start in a pile of oily rags but the 
rags were one of the last things to catch fire.
From: oppedahl@panix.com (Carl Oppedahl)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: The premiere a.t.s weekly digest,,
Keywords: simpson discussionette
Date: 4 Jan 93 18:31:06 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

In <1hm45nINNam1@frey.newcastle.edu.au> c8923075@frey.newcastle.edu.au (Chris Baird) writes:

>In an attempt to reduce the unnecessary level of noise in this newsgroup and
>as a service to those readers who find wading through zillions of articles
>one of the less attractive aspects of alt.tv.simpsons, here's a brief recap
>of the past week(and a bit)'s discussion,,

>[any helpful suggestions with what kind of editorial stance I should take
>in compiling these summaries (like referals to other Usenet digests, etc)
>are welcome..]

I think this is just marvelous!  Please keep up the good work.  I don't
know your selection criteria, but they are just right.

Again, thanks.  I shall always read these posts if they are as succinct
as this one.


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From: mueller@b30news.b30.ingr.com ( Phil Mueller )
Subject: not going to kill Homer
Organization: Intergraph
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 23:06:01 GMT


Uh, people, Homer *is* the show.  No Homer, no show.  Therefore they're
not going to kill him.

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From: eric.taylor@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Eric Taylor) 
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re:[8F18] A Streetcar Named Marge
Date: 3 Jan 93 06:23:00 GMT
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Reply-To: eric.taylor@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Eric Taylor) 
Summary: The Night of the DYNs

From: ericta@porky.Eng.Sun.COM (Eric Taylor)
Date: 3 Jan 1993 07:01:26 GMT
Organization: Sun
 
In article <1hugn9INN1fo@cs.widener.edu> c8923075@mystra.newcastle.edu.au 
(Chris Baird) writes:
 
 
>% Nap time.  Maggie crawls beneath the cots, tapping each baby as she goes
>% by as an invitation to join her.  On her cue, they stack all the toys
>% in the room, which indeed reach to the locker, and although Maggie can
>% squeeze her tiny arm through the slats, the pacifier itself won't fit.
>% The scaffolding collapses, leaving Maggie suspended in air, the pacifier
>% in her mouth her only support.  Eventually, she falls.  Alerted by the
>% noise, Ms. Sinclair comes in and finds Maggie out of her cot.  ``We have
>% a place for babies like you:  The box!''  As Maggie is carted away, one
>% of her fellow co-conspirators tosses her a ball.
 
The scene where Maggie repeatedly tosses the ball against one wall of the
playpen is another movie reference.  Unfortunately, I don't remember the
title of the movie it was taken from.  It is a well-known movie set during
WWII, where an American POW is put in solitaire after he tries to escape.
Does anyone remember the title of this of this movie?  I don't think it
appears under the "movie reference" section.
 
 
-- Eric.Taylor@west.sun.com
 
 
 
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From: Don.Delgrande@launchpad.unc.edu (Don Delgrande)
Subject: January 21 Episode
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 23:06:42 GMT
Expires: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 05:00:00 GMT

According to TV Guide (which, as I recall, is owned by Rupert Murdoch, who
also owns Fox, and also, theoretically, the rights o OFF), the 1/21
episode is "Selma's Choice".  (What, TWO new ones in a row?  It's not even
a sweeps month!)

In case you're interested in the Guide synopsis:
(30 blank lines inserted for your protection - I can't figure out how to
insert a Ctrl-L, as typing the Ctrl-L key refreshes the screen)
.
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5
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10
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15
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20
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25
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.
Selma receives a videotape warning about dying alone, so she's on the
lookout for someone to father a child - but not before Bart and Lisa
accompany her to "Duff Gardens Amusement Park"
(Was that really worth 30 blank lines?)

One final (hopefully) comment on "eight fingers": if eight fingers is the
norm, how did they develop a base-10 numbering system?  (Here comes an
answer now....."and the horse I rode in on"?)


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From: gary.parilis@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Gary Parilis) 
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Misc Didya notices and Freeze-frame Fun,,
Date: 3 Jan 93 22:30:00 GMT
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Reply-To: gary.parilis@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Gary Parilis) 
Summary: The Night of the DYNs

From: parilis@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Gary Parilis)
Date: 3 Jan 93 23:45:20 GMT
an2.155253.18255@samba.oit.unc.edu>
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
 
In article <1993Jan2.155253.18255@samba.oit.unc.edu> Bucky.
Whaley@launchpad.unc.edu (Bucky Whaley) writes:
 
> chris@glencoe.apana.org.au (El Bairdo) writes:
 
> >[8F16]	HomerKong-sized plot hole:  Why didn't Edna recognise Bart's
> >	handwriting?
 
> Or maybe Edna, embittered by loneliness, boredom, and
> the erosion of her youthful dreams, no longer actually reads 
> anything the students write, but randomly marks test answers right
> or wrong according to whimsy.
 
If that's true, then it's amazing that Bart so consistently receives
the poor grades he deserves!  ;-)
 
- Gary
 
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From: winnipg@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (Winnipg)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Pornography charges against Simpsons Illustrated/Oz are dropped.
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 93 01:40:50 CST
Organization: System 6626 BBS, Winnipeg Manitoba Canada

> 						         |         |
> But if you <must> have a genuine I&S T-Shirt,     ______/           \______
> there are a few Collectors' import operations    /                         \
> who could provide that service.                 /                           \
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Don't forget this shirt...
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From: scm@harvee.billerica.ma.us (S. Mudgett aka little gator)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Mr. Groening in the news....
Keywords: Heap on the humor
Date: 5 Jan 93 13:53:14 GMT
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In <1i345uINNdn0@maico.ksu.ksu.edu>, Frank J Sereno writes:
>
>Here is a little news off the Associated Press wire........
>

>plant,' and everybody laughed."  Groening, whos name rhymes with raining, lives
>with his wife and two sons in Venice, a beach community near Los Angeles.  He
i heard his first kid was named homer, after the kid's grandfather.  anyone
know the second kid's name?

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From: ffr@strider.UUCP (F Frank Rowe)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: those oily rags
Date: 12 Jan 1993 18:23:38 -0500
Organization: Widener University Mail/News Gateway
Distribution: world
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After watching the Simpsons' house burn down in "Homer the Heretic", I
couldn't help myself....  I went to the basement and labelled one of my
own storage boxes "OILY RAGS".

Anybody else?
From: cb366@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mark B. Bendiksen)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Tonight's Episode?
Date: 7 Jan 1993 14:21:28 GMT
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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So, is tonight's episode _Marge vs. the Monorail_? I saw it
in the FAQ as the next one to be aired, but I don't know if
tonight is another repeat. Thanks in advance......


Mark B. Bendiksen
cb366@freenet.cwru.edu
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From: c8923075@mystra.newcastle.edu.au (Chris Baird)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: The Return of "Where is Springfield?"
Date: 9 Jan 1993 10:51:36 -0500
Organization: Widener University Mail/News Gateway
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> ... [Homer listening to radio station KBBL; the possibility there's a real
>     KBBL out there somewhere]

A ridiculous question.  Why don't they use real phone numbers instead
of the `KL5' prefix?  (Please everyone, that's a rhetorical question.)

> *Usually* (in fact, in the vast majority of cases), radio stations
> whose call letters start with "K" are west of the Mississippi.  I
> know this isn't a hard and fast rule, but it is for most stations.

The reason for the hostile attitude a.t.s readers have towards the
``Where is Springfield'' discussions is that all the obvious clues
have been thrashed to DEATH in the past, but invariably some newbie
`discovers' the same information time and time again. (States that
have a Springfield, Radio station call signs, Groening's Home town
(and the now decommissioned nuke plant), blah blah blah).  But my
opinion is the anal-ysis is an uneasy reminder of Usenet's inherit
geekhood,, :)  The Subject: line has been a standard for years.

Meta-discussions are poor form,, my ObSimpsons is in the next posting.

-- 
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From: alan.j.rosenthal@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Alan J Rosenthal) 
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: official spellings of some names
Date: 2 Jan 93 23:14:00 GMT
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Reply-To: alan.j.rosenthal@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Alan J Rosenthal) 
Summary: The Night of the DYNs

From: flaps@dgp.toronto.edu (Alan J Rosenthal)
Date: 3 Jan 93 00:36:18 GMT
 
KitchenRN@ssd0.laafb.af.mil writes:
>>Jimbo, Nelson, Maude Flanders, Rodd Flanders, Todd Flanders, Gov Mary Baily, 
>                                                                  ^^^^^^^^^^
>This isn't the Mary "Bailey" who was played by Donna Reed in "It's a 
>Wonderful Life," is it?
 
I couldn't tell you, but I think it's the person who defeats Burns in that
first season episode.
 
>Where's Mrs. Krabappel?
 
I believe she's living in Springfield, U.S.A.
 
This was not a list of all Simpsons characters, just of those featured in a
picture-to-name matching contest on page 35 of the Winter 1993 Simpsons
Illustrated.
 
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From: mcguire@ecf.toronto.edu (MCGUIRE Peter F.)
Subject: Where to put Samples
Organization: University of Toronto, Engineering Computing Facility
Distribution: alt.tv.simpsons
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 18:36:58 GMT

 I have just posted a uuencoded sample from the simpsons to this group
despite the obvious inappropriateness of posting a binary to a discussion 
group. 
 The reason for this is to satisfy all of those people who do not have 
access to the binaries newsgroups. I had about a million requests to 
email my postings directly ... and I don't feel like doing it all over
again next time. 
	
 If someone out there is willing to let me store these files in an FTP site
then it would save a lot of problems for everybody, otherwise I will have to
stop posting alltogether. I would appreciate any returns to this request.


By ther way... the ssample I posted is of moe, and we just digitized a whole
new set, so ... enjoy

TEx
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From: scm@harvee.billerica.ma.us (S. Mudgett aka little gator)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Oh, no, not again! Where is Springfield?
Date: 6 Jan 93 14:38:24 GMT
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there's a big discussion of springfields going on on alt.folklore.urban these 
days.
s
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From: jcl@sactoh0.sac.ca.us (John C. Laviolette)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Homer the Heretic
Keywords: (Not really a comment to Calvin, but anyways...)
 
    Simpsons stuff I'd like to mention:
 
    "Homer the Heretic":  because of the Great Controversy over whether it
Date: 9 Jan 93 07:59:33 GMT
Distribution: alt
Organization: Sacramento Public Access Unix, Sacramento, Ca.

was Ben Franklin or J S Bach playing air hockey with Hendrix, I was
especially watchful when the sequence came up.  It was, indeed, Franklin. 
The evidence:
                   He wears glasses.  I've never seen a
                   portrait of Bach wearing glasses.
 
                   He speaks with a Colonial American accent,
                   not a German accent.
 
     The Nietszche quote:
 
              Homer is probably not quoting Lisa quoting Nietszche (since
when has Homer listened to what his children had to say?) but is rather
quoting the opening of "Conan the Barbarian" quoting Nietszche.  I can
easily imagine Homer being a fan of sword-and-sorcery/sword-and-sandal
films...
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From: pdaugher@mcl.bdm.com (Pat Daugherty)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: more samples please
Date: 7 Jan 93 17:22:12 GMT
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Organization: BDM International, Inc.

The title says it all. More samples please!!!!!!!!


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From: syracurg@lp.musc.edu
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: RE: [8F18] Broken Bottle
Date: 4 Jan 93 13:51:17 GMT
Organization: Widener University Mail/News Gateway
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     Was there a broken-bottle-shoved-in-Stanley's-face scene in the
   "real" Streetcar play?  (I don't remember it, if there was)
mjs
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: u920381@postoffice.utas.edu.au (Alexander Lum)
Subject: Re: RE: Magazine article
Organization: University of Tasmania (Australia)
Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 01:20:19 GMT

In article <1i9h2eINNm1k@cs.widener.edu>, syracurg@lp.musc.edu writes:
> 
>      Just for the record, for all of us "foreigners", what kind of
>    magazine is 21*C and what's an ABC shop?
>      Thanks
> mjs

21C is an Australian magazine with very high quality printing/photos, etc. It
deals with issues that will affect Australia and the world in the near future,
particularly in the next century, hence the name. These include the environ-
ment, technology, culture, etc. I think the Simpsons cover/article was
intended to illustrate modern family values, which, let's face it, the
Simpsons are the perfect embodiment of.

The ABC Shop is a chain of book/record/toy/clothing shops run by the Aust-
ralian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), the national government-owned TV and
radio network. These shops are in all major cities, and sell mostly TV related
merchandise, as well as other material like 21C. By the way, "The Simpsons"
is not shown on ABC-TV in Australia.

        - Alex
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