From: c8923075@mystra.newcastle.edu.au (Chris Baird)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: (aus) One Fish, Two Fish.. & Itchy and Scratchy and Marge,,
Date: 2 Oct 1992 02:45:28 -0400
Organization: Club Simpson, Intl.
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== [7f11]  One Fish, Two Fish, Blow Fish, Blue Fish ==

Act durations,,
  (aus) 27-Sep-92 {} (7:00) (13:36) [20:03] {}

A shortened intro, and the credits of Homer sitting on the couch aborted after
a few seconds.


Included,,

Starting after Dr Hibbert consoles Homer that he has another 22 pain-free
hours left to live..

  Dr H:  Well, if there's one consolation, you will absolutely no pain, until
         sometime tomorrow evening when you heart suddenly explodes...
         Now a little death anxiety is normal.  You can expect to go through
         five stages.  The first is denial.
 Homer:  No way!  Because I'm not dying!
 Dr.H:   The second is anger..
 Homer:  [throwing himself about] Why you little!! Daaghh! Oiooohhh! Aigggha!
 Dr.H    And after that, comes Fear.
 Homer:  [cowering to Dr.H] What's after fear?!  What's after fear?!
 Dr.H:   Bargaining.
 Homer:  Doc, you've gotta get me out of this.  I'll make it worth your while..
 Dr.H:   Finally, acceptance.
 Homer:  Well, you've all got to go sometime.
 Dr.H:   Mr Simpson, your progress astounds me.

Hibbert hands Homer the ``So you're Going to Die'' pamphlet, and leaves the
examination room.

At home in the parent's bedroom, Homer prepares his list of `dumb things to
do' during his last day on Earth.  Marge is sobbing into a tissue.

 Homer:  Hello Marge.. Hello,,  I'm the one who's dying, not you.
 Marge:  [sniff]  I'm sorry Homer, [sniff] Have you thought about what you
         want to tell the kids?
 Homer:  Nothing, it'll just upset them.  I want my last hours of family life
         to be happy ones.

Marge asks what he intends to do tomorrow and has a look through his list. She
suggests they watch the sunrise together before they fall asleep.

At 6:00 the alarm clock beeps, only to be deftly silenced by Homer, who then
falls back to sleep.  He finally awakes at 11:30.

[Duration: 1:45]


Censored,,
  -- ~6 seconds of the Head Chef and Mrs. Krabappel wrestling on the back seat
     of her car.

DYNs,,
    -- The Abstract paint of Bart on the kitchen noticeboard.
    -- OFF's shoes in a corner at the Sushi Restaurant.  Any connection with
       the ``Maggie Simpson Counting Book'' ?
    -- Marge fell asleep before Homer.. (re: ``Dancin' Homer'')
    -- Sonny and Cher's ``I've got you, Babe.'' paying in the background at
       Moe's Tavern.
    -- Maggie dressed in a pink `baggie'.


== [7f09]  Itchy and Scratchy and Marge ==

Act durations,,
  (aus) 27-Sep-92 {} (5:11) (12:19) (19:12) [19:51] {}

Included,,

While Marge prepares more of her famous pork chops (complaining at Homer's
spice rack under her breath), she takes a phone call from Meyers who asks for
a nonviolent solution to their cartoon.

 [The telephone rings]
 Marge:   Hello?
 Meyers:  Is this Marge Simpson?
 Marge:   Yes.
 Meyers:  /The/ Marge Simpson who fixed it so that cartoons can't be violent
          anymore.
 Marge:   Yes.
 Meyers:  This is Meyers, I'm here with the writers,,  Ah, listen, you're so
          smart, how do we end this picture?
 Marge:   Huhmm, well, what's the problem you're having?
 Meyers:  Okay, here it is.  Itchy just stole Scratchy's ice-cream cone and..
 Animation director:  Oh, make it a pie.  Pies are easier to draw.
 Meyers:  [to animator, furiously] Okay, a pie!
 	  [to Marge] Anyway, Scratchy is understandably upset.
 Marge:   Uh huh.
 Meyers:  So we figured he could just, you know, grab Itchy and toss him into
          a bucket of acid.
 Marge:   Oh dear!
 Meyers:  But then we remembered that this might be interpreted as violence,
          which is morally wrong now, [with a light sarcastic laugh] thanks to
          you.  So, what's your big idea?  How do we end this?
 Marge:   [still preparing dinner] Huhmmm, let's see.. hmm..  Oh!  Couldn't
          Itchy share his pie with Scratchy?  Then they would <both> have pie!
 Meyers:  [walks to storyboard, considers, steps back]
	  It's different, I'll give you that...

[Duration: 1:00]

Any guesses to who voiced I&S?

.. and to whoever's responsible for the voice of Meyers, exceptional voice
direction! (Enviable to say the least.)  Definitely one of the more convincing
portrayals in the last three seasons.  (7f09 was entered into the '91 Emmys
wassenit?)


-- Chris Baird,,  <c8923075@mystra.newcastle.edu.au>


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