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From: chris.baird@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Chris Baird) 
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: `official' spellings of some names
Date: 3 Jan 93 11:45:00 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 93 13:37:14 GMT
Reply-To: c8923075@mystra.newcastle.edu.au
Organization: Widener University Mail/News Gateway
 
 
I was under the impression that the only irrefutable source of
information would be the half-hour show itself, but after checking
``Principal Charming'' and ``Homer at the Bat'', even they can't
decide on the name of Homer's brown co-worker.  (7F15: Homer scans
"Karl"; 8F13: "Carl" was signed on the softball sign-up.)
 
Btw,, the spelling of the name for Homer's one-time secretary was
never made clear in 7F02, but "Karl" was accepted by the newsgroup
when the episode aired to avoid confusion.
 
-- Chris Baird,,  <c8923075@mystra.newcastle.edu.au>
PROS: Posts the FAQ.
CONS: Sprained ankle.
 
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From: james.willer@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (James Willer) 
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: official spellings of some names
Date: 2 Jan 93 23:15:00 GMT
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Reply-To: james.willer@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (James Willer) 
Summary: The Night of the DYNs

From: jwlr@escher.cc.rochester.edu (James Willer)
Date: 3 Jan 93 00:56:51 GMT
<1hvloiINNeg3@agate.berkeley.edu>
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York
 
annie@garnet.berkeley.edu (Anne Jessop) writes:
>In article <1hvj39INN5na@cs.widener.edu> KitchenRN@ssd0.laafb.af.mil writes:
>>            ^^^^^^^^^^
>>Who are Karl and Carl?
 
>I can't remember two C/Karls, but one of them was the mysterious
>secretary/guy Friday that Homer got when he was promoted a few seasons ago
>(the one where he gets the key to the executive washroom).  He sort of ran
 
The second (actually *first*) C/Karl *is* one of Homer's co-workers.
Homer's two best friends are Lenny and C/Karl.
The black guy's name is C/Karl and the white guy's name is Lenny.
(Personally I think the secretary was Carl and the co-worker is Karl. Don't
as me why. I guess I just subconciously register the 'C' as a "softer" letter
than the 'K'.)
 
"Nice going, Karl!" -- Lenny, on being shot just before being eaten by 
KingHomer
 
				Jamesa Willer
[any opinions above are already registered with the federal government]
 
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From: felipe@larissa.jpl.nasa.gov (Felipe Hervias)
Subject: Searching for The Simpsons '93 Calendar
Reply-To: felipe@puente.Jpl.Nasa.Gov
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 15:54:20 GMT

I want to buy The Simpsons' '93 Calendar but I have not found it anywhere.
I have searched the local malls but they either sold out or don't stock it.
So, does anybody know of a mail order shop that sells it? I really really
want to buy one. Or as a second method I will buy a spare Calendar from 
someone in the net. PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!


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From: flaps@dgp.toronto.edu (Alan J Rosenthal)
Subject: Re: Homer the Heretic
Date: 9 Jan 93 05:22:02 GMT

pmm34393@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
>Second, it wasn't even God--it was a dream by Homer in church, just like
>the first scene with God in it.

Some people's religious beliefs specify that dreaming is one of the ways in
which one might have the opportunity to converse with God.  Homer was also of
this belief and according to him, this dream would be an actual conversation
with God.

My religious beliefs, so to speak, say that there is no such thing as God and
that a dream is just a dream.  Some people, such as Rev Lovejoy, believe that
God exists and one can talk to him in a dream, but nevertheless for some
unspecified reason people like Homer are wrong when they claim that this
is what they have done, and Homer's dreams were just dreams.
From: david.CLark@analog.COM (David Clark)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Dreadful Thread (was Re: What U Didn't Know about the Simpsons!!)
Date: 7 Jan 1993 14:18:05 -0500
Organization: Widener University Mail/News Gateway
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.widener.edu


Sideshow Bob had dreds!! 

IMHO, Bart's hair is more like one those "musclehead" haircuts.
From: stuart@jahangir.UUCP (Stuart)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Make Money Quick
Date: 4 Jan 93 17:41:34 GMT
Organization: MDC, NYC

In article <725537683.AA02050@illusion.tpg.org> Billy@f105.n514.z17.illusion.tpg.org (Billy) writes:
>How To Make Over 50 000 dollars FAST and EASY
>
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From: mxsst1+@pitt.edu (Michael   Stroucken)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: [8F09] Butchered in Oz,,
Date: 8 Jan 93 00:28:19 GMT
Organization: University of Pittsburgh


	Did Itchy ever lose a cartoon sequence, ie get bombed, stabbed,
burned....?

MS
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From: cal@ee.ryerson.ca (Calvin Henry-Cotnam)
Subject: Homer the Heretic
Organization: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 01:41:51 GMT

Just something from tonight's episode:

How many out there in net land keep oily rags....


                         ... in a box labeled "OILY RAGS"?



Incedently, two things occurred to me in the closing scene where God starts
to tell Homer the meaning of life.

First, when Homer wanted to know, then God said that he'ld have to wait
unitl his death, then Homer replied, "I can't wait that long", then God
said that it would only be six months (we all know the treads that
resulted from this), as God said, "Well alright..." and proceeded to tell
Homer, this could imply that the *plans* for Homer's future had been changed.
After all, if He decided to postpone Homer's death, then He would have
reason to tell Homer the meaning of life.

Secondly, it occurred from me that the producers *copied* an idea that
I and a friend used in a short film we made in 1982.  Of course I said
"*copied*" because I can say with reasonable certainty that none of them
could have seen our film.  Anyhow, the film was about a guy that was
bothered by such stupid little things (sidewalk cracks, cars with missing
hub caps, etc) and all through the film he kept asking "Why".
At the end he has sort of a nervous breakdown and a stranger appears
with the lights in a God-like setting and picks him up an proceeds to
explain "Why" in a maner that segues into the closing theme just like
what happened to Homer.

No, they didn't see the film.

But the film's character (and my co-producer for that film) was none
other than Mike Meyers (aka Wayne Campbell).  Of course we all know
what he went on to do while I am here at this terminal reading news. :-)


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From: Bucky.Whaley@launchpad.unc.edu (Bucky Whaley)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Misc Didya notices and Freeze-frame Fun,,
Date: 4 Jan 93 22:36:35 GMT
            <1993Jan2.155253.18255@samba.oit.unc.edu> 
            <Jan.3.18.45.19.1993.23224@gandalf.rutgers.edu>
Organization: The Lutefisk Watch

parilis@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Gary Parilis) writes:
>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!  ;-)

Excellent point.  Maybe Edna, embittered by loneliness, boredom, and
the erosion of her youthful dreams, no longer actually reads anything
the students write, but marks test answers right or wrong according 
to how she sized up their authors during the first week of class???


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From: dkumasaw@oracle.uucp (Darren Kumasawa)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Oh, no, not again! Where is Springfield?
Date: 9 Jan 93 02:16:37 GMT
Organization: Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores CA
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by an unauthenticated user
              at Oracle Corporation.  The opinions expressed are those
              of the user and not necessarily those of Oracle.

In article <1993Jan6.214048.16874@medtron.medtronic.com> mg0001@medtronic.COM writes:
>In article 1icr65INN6a4@cs.widener.edu, KitchenRN@ssd0.laafb.af.mil () writes:
>>
>>Of course, it was snowing heavily.  It would have to be some Pacific area 
>>that encounters heavy snowfall.
>>
>>Any other ideas?
>>
>
>ALASKA?  Game Starts at 8:00 could be 68 - 68 by 11:00am

YES!!!!  This would explain the polar bear in last night's episode (I'm not
sure if the title was "Homer Alone" or "Homer the Heretic") and the
moose from "Northern Exposure" that showed up on an episode a couple of 
months ago.

Indisputable proof!!  Springfield is in Alaska!!!

Darren

ps. Just kidding!
From: og@access.digex.com (Gary Goldberg)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Oh, no, not again! Where is Springfield?
Date: 6 Jan 1993 00:32:22 GMT
Organization: Order? Just a small bureaucracy really. (DIGEX)
Distribution: world
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[References to EST and Sunday football game times ...]

Of course, Marge and the kids were stuck in church with the rest of
the town until the doors were forced open by Groundskeeper Willie.

-- 
- Gary Goldberg og@access.digex.com Bowie, MD KA3ZYW
From: amitava.biswas@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Amitava Biswas) 
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Nietschze (sp) on the Simpsons
Date: 2 Jan 93 15:17:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: HAL 9000 BBS, W-NET HQ, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Reply-To: amitava.biswas@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Amitava Biswas) 
Summary: The Night of the DYNs

From: ami@leland.Stanford.EDU (Amitava Biswas)
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Sat, 2 Jan 93 18:08:37 GMT
 
 
 
Someone asked about this before and I wondered myself...
 
After his first heart attack on Homer's Triple Bypass, Homer asks Dr. Hibbert,
"Whatever doesn't kill me makes me stronger, right?"
 
Homer quoting Nietschze? Where did that come from?
 
Well, here's my theory.
 
He's not quoting Nietschze, he's quoting Lisa.
 
In Dancing Homer, when they're deciding whether or not to go to Capital City,
the kids are ambivalent until Marge convinces them, at which point Lisa
says....
 
	"Whatever doesn't kill me will make me stronger!"
 
So, Homer must have internalized that and coughed it up from the dark reaches
of his subconscious at the appropriate time. 
 
Whadda you think?
 
Ami
ami@leland.stanford.edu
 
 
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From: KitchenRN@ssd0.laafb.af.mil
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Dreadful Thread
Date: 8 Jan 1993 12:04:04 -0500
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jwlr@monet.cc.rochester.edu (James Willer) writes:
>rnelson@alexandria.lib.utah.edu (Robert Nelson) writes:
>>In article <1993Jan7.171520.5797@samba.oit.unc.edu>
>Bucky.Whaley@launchpad.unc.edu (Bucky Whaley) writes:
>>>>>*Does* Bart wear dreads? I haven't been able to discern any particular
>style 
>>>>>in his yellow mop.
>>>>If you don't know what dreds look like try to find an African-American 
>and >>>make a comparison.
>>>If *you* don't know what dreads look like, try to find a Rastaman and make
>>>a comparison.  WRT Bart, picky head (brush cut) I could go with maybe, but 
>>>no way dreadlocks.
>>I agree.  It's got to be either a crewcut or flat top.  
>
>Definitely crewcut!
>For a referential flat-top, see the "Do The Bartman" video.

Naaaaah, it *can't* be a flattop!  Ever notice when Bart gets all dressed up 
(like for church, etc.) the pointy parts are combed down?

Rick Kitchen
LA Air Force Base
From: Zapper@qube.OCUnix.On.Ca (Zapper)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: The premiere a.t.s weekly digest,,
Distribution: world
Date: 3 Jan 93 18:15:17 EDT
Organization: The QuBE BBS

In a message dated Sun  4 Jan 93 17:56, C8923075@frey.newcastle.edu.au (chr
wrote:

 C> (preferably for a Canadian or someone with a
 C> satellite feed that hasn't been butchered by FOX)

  I had the dubious pleasure of finally seeing a genuine FOX airing of OFF
on New Years Eve via satellite dish here in Canada.

  I noticed a lot of butchering, the title sequences as reported many times
don't match the Canadian ones, and twice I was embarrassed by saying to my
friends "Oh watch this next part, it's hilarious" and the next part never
happened. They seemed to remove only a few seconds here and there, but
often taking a cool line or reference with them...

  But the MAIN difference was the closing credits are MUCH longer. I, along
with most Canadians I am sure, always thought that the episode codes were
either a a.t.s. invention or else insider information, but the FOX airings
actually give the episode code on one of the closing credit screens. Very
interesting indeed... but if it's all the same I'll stick with the Canadian
versions... ;>

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From: chris.baird@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Chris Baird) 
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Misc Didya notices and Freeze-frame Fun,,
Date: 3 Jan 93 06:17:00 GMT
Distribution: world
Organization: HAL 9000 BBS, W-NET HQ, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Reply-To: chris.baird@hal9k.ann-arbor.mi.us (Chris Baird) 
Summary: The Night of the DYNs

From: chris@glencoe.apana.org.au (Chris Baird)
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 93 22:35:38 AESST
Organization: The Novocastrian Public Access Project
 
Be thankful there aren't any movie references,, >:)
 
[8F15]	The Teachers' Lounge:
	- Mr. S. Skinner					[Principal]
	- Mrs. Krabappel					[4th grade]
	- Ms. Hoover						[2nd grade]
	- Mr. Largo						    [Music]
	- PysEd teacher (cf: 7G06)					[PE]
	- Nurse (cf: 7F14)				     [School nurse]
	- Dr. J. Lorne Pryor			      [School psychologist]
	- Pale-skinned, black-haired, way-ugly looking teacher (female) [?]
	- Mr. Glascock							[?]
	- ``60s'' teacher, wearing sandals (male)			[?]
	- Black curly hair and mustachioed teacher (male)		[?]
 (8F17) - Golden haired, spectacled female	  [Glascock's replacement?]
 
	Among the books stacked in Lisa's locker:
	    Sociology  Teacher's Edition
	    HISTORY TEACHER'S EDITION   
	    The Answer Book  1946 edition
	    ALGEBRA  Teacher's Edition
	    Basic Math
	    TYPING ANSWER BOOK
 
[8F10]	_Lisa makes a fist_ as she and Bart start to fight over the
	name of baby.  Shock!  Very unladylike.
 
[8F16]	HomerKong-sized plot hole:  Why didn't Edna recognise Bart's
	handwriting?
 
[8F21]	The 2 minute parking out front of the KEM.
 
[8F24]	The name (and as importantly, the correct spelling) of the TV
	Yoga teacher in ``Kamp Krusty'' is _Sadrodin_Muraradad_
 
	How can I speak with such authority? -- In the 2nd season
	episode ``Blood Feud'', we can see the title of his (ghost-
	written) autobiography.
 
-- 
El Bairdo,,
 
 
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From: harold@groucho.dev.uga.edu (Harold Pritchett)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Springfield once more
Date: 10 Jan 93 14:59:49 GMT
Organization: University of Georgia, Athens


The following picture caption was seen in this mornings paper.

     "Quartermaster Chief Petty Officer Robert McLean salutes as
Quartermaster 3rd class Robert Lassiter of Georgia raises the flag
during the commissioning ceremony of the U.S.S. Springfield Saturday
morning at the submarine base in Groton, Conn.  The Springfield is the
seventh ship of the improved Los Angeles class, and is the Navy's most
advanced submarine."

Does this mean we have a fan of OFF in the DOD? :-)

Harold
From: cal@ee.ryerson.ca (Calvin Henry-Cotnam)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: 1991 Penny
Date: 9 Jan 93 04:02:14 GMT
Organization: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto

beppe@ssl.berkeley.edu (Beppe Sabatini) writes:
>Something interesting in the Homer the Heretic rerun last night.  You may
>remember when it first aired, Homer found his lucky penny and said "Ooooh --
>1991."

I don't think so!

>Anyway, it wasn't a very good joke (the episode was aired in 1992, after
>all).  A few people posted, saying they didn't get it.  
>
>So last night, they cut this line out!  Maybe some postings do trickle
>through to production people after all.  

Homer did not make any reference to the year of the penny in last night's
rerun nor the original airing.

The DYN postings regarding this only pointed out that the penny was
a 1991 penny and (as usual) many tried to read something into it.

>Am I imagining all this?

Yes.  But I don't blame you.  With all the little details that are
picked apart, it is easy to forget what the original comment was.

>I taped the rerun but not the first airing.  Can anyone compare?

I had taped the original airing and watched it several times in order
to add to the details list.  I do not still have the copy of it, but
I did pull the penny's year as a detail and I distinctly recall being
only able to get it from sight.


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From: Jim.Tambas@f250.n514.z17.illusion.tpg.org (Jim Tambas)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Looking for Episodes
Date: 6 Jan 93 19:59:02 GMT


   Looking to buy all the Simpson's episodes.
   
   Please email me with the price and number of tapes you have.

   Thank You

... "Scotty, beam me up another Blue Wave message."
___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12
From: hceng@solomon.technet.sg (HC Eng)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: FAQ (was MacSimps DYN)
Date: 11 Jan 93 04:04:35 GMT
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]

Captain Error (parry@bass.geo.ucalgary.ca) wrote:
:   At long last I have something of critical importance to announce to the 
: masses who are hunched over their machines yearning for more Simpsonia! It's 
: a DYN (ooh, how exciting). It's not in the FAQ (how in accordance with 
: accepted netiquette - I _am_ Canadian you know). It's ...

:   Um, some background seems to be required. I recall reading somewhere that
: "Simpson" was MG's choice of a name for OFF as they are sons of simps 
: (presumably daughters of simps also, but I digress). Enough background.

.....long article deleted ....

Pardon me.  Can someone tell me what is OFF.  I am sure it must be something
pretty obvious, but I just can't decipher it.  Thanks.