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From: cantor@spot.Colorado.EDU (Evan Cantor)
Subject: Homer The Heretic, Le'Magnifique!!
Summary: Homer contacts God
Keywords: I win again, Hendrix
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 17:54:04 GMT

New season is really cookin'; Homer the Heretic is absuolutely hilarious
episode.  I loved the part where Benjamin Franklin is playing foosball with
JImi Hendrix.  I didn't get it at first and then a friend said "electric!";
voila! There you have the connection.  On the basis of the good Lord's advice,
I'm going to worship him/her in my own way, but probably not in Homer's style!

Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: jimdean@bnr.ca (Jim Dean)
Subject: Re: Quick Question
Originator: jimdean@bcrks81
Reply-To: jimdean@bnr.ca
Organization: Bell-Northern Research
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 16:38:21 GMT


In article <1992Oct7.145222.23293@news.iastate.edu>, jefhkahn@iastate.edu (Jeffrey H Kahn) writes:
> 
> Since I'm new at this newsgroup thing, could somebody
> answer a question for me?  What do FAQ and OFF mean?
> Are they Simpsons-related or generic newsgroup terms?

FAQ: Generic newsgroup term meaning "Frequent Asked Question(s)"

OFF: Simpsons-related term meaning "Our Favourite Family".

> Thanks.

Welcome.

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From: jeremy@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (jeremy.l.radosh)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Oct 15 episode
Summary: Yet another movie/personality reference in the YMS pagent!
Date: 16 Oct 92 19:46:06 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T

Didn't anyone catch the Bob Fosse-esque director of the pagent.  The smoking
and temper tantrums were straight out of the Bob Fosse movie (starring
Roy Scheider, what was the title?).  A short reference, but excellent.



PS  - has anyone counted the Hitchcock references throughout the series'
existence.  Certainly there are more than a handful.  Does Matt Groenig
really like the director, or is it simply because the style of Hitch
is so memerable and distinct?
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From: ipgrier@compass.uwaterloo.ca (Iain P. Grier)
Subject: Re: Couch & Chalkboard (was Re: [9F01] Homer the Heretic)
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 18:21:16 GMT

In article <1992Oct9.153012.9543@Princeton.EDU>, jacobw@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Jacob Solomon Weinstein) writes:
> >In article <4oeDsB1w165w@sys6626.bison.mb.ca>, dave@sys6626.bison.mb.ca (Dave Hall) writes:
> >> DYN: Jimi Hendrix & Benjamin Franklin playing ping-pong (obvious)
> 
> Are you sure it was Ben Franklin? I thought it was Mozart, my roommate
> agreed with you that it was Ben Franklin, and another friend of mine
> thought it was Newton. Anybody with a VCR care to verify that it was
> Ben? 
> 
> 

If he was wearing bifocals, it was definately Ben, since he invented them.
Those figures are all from the same era though.
Mozart spoke German, but everyone in Heaven speaks English since God is
an American.
Newton was too much of a prudish, reclusive asshole to get along with
Jimi I figure.
I still vote for Ben.
BTW:  Do you think Jimi is allowed to smoke dope in Heaven?
From: higgins%tiss.DEcnet@mdcgwy.mdc.com (TISS::HIGGINS)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Bart's Food Groups
Date: 12 Oct 1992 19:00:41 -0400
Organization: Widener University Mail/News Gateway
Distribution: world
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Can anybody tell me, in the Butterfinger advertisement on television
in the USA, what does he say the four food groups are? Obviously one
is The Butterfinger group, but the others....?

Earl T. Higgins
Saint Louis - Home of the first of the '92 USA Presidential Debates
From: syracurg@lp.musc.edu
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: RE: 9F01 Couch scene NOT
Date: 12 Oct 92 12:17:50 GMT
Organization: Widener University Mail/News Gateway
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   It's obvious ...
              GOD is a Canadian!
From: cik6239@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Jeff Devore)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: `Lisa the Beauty Queen' - 9f02 - Mo' SloMo Mania, refs, misc.
Date: 16 Oct 92 20:29:17 GMT
Organization: Educational Computing Network

U.S version
>>
>>Blackboard:  I will not defame New Orleans
>>             I will not defame Ne
>>
Canadian version

>Apparently, "I will not prescribe medication." What gives, I wonder?


Perhaps the different versions are due to the fact that New Orleans is a
city in the United States and the writers feared the meaning would be
lost in Canada (just a speculation).

Even if this were true, the meaning of the U.S. version is lost on me, a
U.S. citizen.  If someone could explain the meaning, I would greatly
appreciate it.

Another thing, I currently have every episode but one on tape.  The
missing episode was broadcast during the week of May 7, 1992.  As far as
I know, this episode dealt with Milhouse getting a girlfriend.  If there
is anyone who knows whether this is true or not, that would be
appreciated.  Or if there is someone who has a copy of this episode and
is willing to share a copy with me _PLEASE TELL ME_.

Hasta Lambada...

Jeff Devore
From: fstuart@eng.auburn.edu (Frank Stuart)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: 'Lisa the Beauty Queen'
Date: 16 Oct 92 18:58:27 GMT
Organization: Auburn University Engineering

All things considered, not a bad episode.  It would have been timeless,
however, if Willie had been selling lutefisk rather than hagis(sp?).

BTW, did anyone notice any peculiarities with the opening?  Specifically,
something seemed odd about Homer's radioactive bar.  I don't have a VCR
so its entirely possible that I'm just seeing things.

Frank Stuart           |   Slower traffic keep right.  |  Don't Panic
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From: rcarter@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ron Carter)
Subject: Re: Meaning of life, 9F01 [Homer the Heretic]
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Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 17:59:48 GMT

akbar@cs.mcgill.ca (Alain BOUCHARD) writes:

>rcarter@nyx.cs.du.edu (Ron Carter) writes:
>>Dunno what the Canadians got ... probably got -the- meaning to life...

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

Sure, like the Candians would tell us if they did...  :-)
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From: arandia@panix.com (Joel Arandia)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Another Streetcar reference? please?
Date: 9 Oct 92 22:59:30 GMT
Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix, NYC

When I saw Marge get applause, I instantly flashbacked to the Katherine
Hepburn movie, "Stage Door".  Does anyone else get these vibes?
	
	Oh, man.  And when Homer was folding up that program.  I remember
someone doing something like that in another movie.  Like one of those
film bios for a broadway composer like Jerome Kern or Cole Porter.

						Joel 
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Subject: Re: Itchy & Scratchy t-shirt
From: ngsippel@miavx2.ham.muohio.edu
Date: 7 Oct 92 15:14:41 EDT
Organization: Watch Ren And Stimpy or Else!

In article <1auvctINNgnk@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, bw462@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bucky Whaley) writes:
> Classified ad in _Rolling Stone_ #641 (10/15/92), p. 199:
> 
> ITCHY & SCRATCHY T-SHIRTS
> 
> Send check or money order $15.00 + $2.50 P&H to:
> 

I saw one at Spencer Gifts!  I think they are doing this because of the soon to
be shown "Krusty The Klown" will probably feature I&S.

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From: elm@cs.berkeley.edu (ethan miller)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: `Homer the Heretic' - 9f01 - Misc...
Date: 9 Oct 92 11:55:07
Organization: Berkeley--Shaken, not Stirred
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In-reply-to: will@ogre.cica.indiana.edu's message of Fri, 9 Oct 1992 15:03:42 GMT

In article <will.718643022@ogre> will@ogre.cica.indiana.edu (William Sadler) writes:
=>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.

I'd say it was a 2001 reference.  Remember the "Space Baby" or
whatever that big fetus was at the end of the movie?

ethan
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From: Hildum@beowulf.cs.umass.edu (David W. Hildum)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: RE:  Hendrix and Franklin
Date: 15 Oct 1992 17:30:38 -0400
Organization: Widener University Mail/News Gateway
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Oh, save me from this madness ...

> I agree that it was Bach, not Franklin. I had to explain it to my wife,
> so I was paying close attention to it...

Did you also have to explain to her that every picture of Bach shows him
wearing bifocals?  C'mon, hasn't everybody seen enough Peanuts cartoons to know
what Bach looked like?

Personally, although I never met him, I've never seen a likeness of Mr. Bach
that showed him wearing bifocals.  I would assume this is because they just may
not have existed during his lifetime.

JS Bach lived from 1685 - 1750.
Mr. Franklin lived from 1706 - 1790.

So, Mr. Franklin was roughly 44 when Mr. Bach died.  I don't know when Franklin
invented bifocals, but I would be surprised if there was much overlap between
the time they were made available to the general public and the time of Mr.
Bach's death.

Now, mind you, this is not to suggest that the Head Honchos at Simpsons Central
decided to portray Mr. Bach in an episode and found out that he did indeed wear
bifocals following prolonged research into the existence of bifocals during his
lifetime, although this is conceivably possible.  On the contrary, I suggest
instead that they chose Mr. Franklin (for whatever reason you like) and
portrayed him as the average American recognizes him -- i.e. wearing a pair of
the eyewear that he himself invented.

Frankly, I myself find the pairing of Jimi Hendrix and JS Bach to be more than
just a little boring (even if they are playing air hockey).  Wow, they were both
musicians!  Hendrix and Franklin strikes me as being more in line with the kind
of humor I tend to find in the Simpsons.

Now, if you meant that it was one of JS's sons Karl Philipp Emanuel Bach
(1714-1788) or Johann Christian (1735-1782) who was playing with Hendrix, then
I'd have much less to argue about.

Meaninglessly yours,

        - David W. Hildum (hildum@cs.umass.edu)
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From: rlopez@loanstar.tamu.edu (Robert Lopez)
Subject: 1991 penny HELP!
Keywords: eat more moose
Organization: The Hosequarium South
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 22:27:50 GMT

would some of you enlightened coinage people please please
please tell me what the significance of a 1991 penny is?

Or at least why it is such a big DYN that Homer found one?

please?

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From: flaps@dgp.toronto.edu (Alan J Rosenthal)
Subject: Re: PORNO IN SIMPSONS
Date: 13 Oct 92 21:56:47 GMT

chris.burgess@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Chris Burgess)  writes:
>There is NOTHING pornographic about a cat licking its butt.

Um, it was licking its genitalia, not its backside.  I assume that this is
masturbation when cats do it.  (Actually, I've only seen dogs do it, but I'm
not an animal person.)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: Six Months to live....and future episodes
From: bigbro@netlink.cts.com (Kenneth Sullivan)
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 92 15:26:18 PDT
Organization: NetLink Online Communications, San Diego CA

jdahl@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Jared Dahl) writes:

> In article <Bw5B7E.IxC@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, adpeters@sunflower.bio.indian
> |> In article <1b4uc7INNfg8@nighthawk.ksu.ksu.edu> fjs@nighthawk.ksu.ksu.edu 
> |> 
> |> >I have posted this before, but for those who missed it here it is again..
> |> >
> |> >Several weeks ago at the radio station that I work at, we received word o
> |> >Associated Press Newswire about some upcoming episodes of the Simpsons as
> |> >by the shows' spokesperson (a Mr. Silverman).  The Newsbit contained the
> |> >following information that might help explain the six months bit....
> |> >
> |> >It said that in addition to Aunt Selma becoming artificially inseminated,
> |> >leaving the Simpson household to pursue a job, Homer meeting God
> |> >face-to-face, and Bart finally having a crush on a *girl*, Homer was also
> |> >to have a heart-attack (look at this past show with the super-waffle and 
> |> >butter!!  This could be a prelude...).  This episode of the 'heart-attack
> |> >said to be quite graphic...
> |> >
> |> >So far, one down and four to go..........
> |> >
> |> >As I said before, if I see any relevant information come down the Wire
> |> >again.....I would be happy to post it.
> |> 
> |> I predict a Near Death Experience for Homer.
> 
> WHy not?  Both Bart and SLH had them!! 
> 
> They run in the family!
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I also hear Maggie is going to talk.  

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From: pratten@csd.uwo.ca (A Warren Pratten)
Subject: RE: PORNO IN SIMPSONS
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, UWO, London Canada
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 20:21:37 GMT

In article <944.71.uupcb@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca>,
chris.burgess@outlan.ersys.edmonton.ab.ca (Chris Burgess)  writes:
|> Well, I must say that this strikes me as a STUPID concept to bring
|> up.
|> There is NOTHING pornographic about a cat licking its butt. That's
|> what
|> cats do. My cat does it all the time, and I find nothing dirty about
|> it,
|> as that's how they clean themselves. If you want anything that might
|> border on potential pornography, how about the recurring theme of
|> Bart
|> taking snapshots of his butt? (Seperate Vocations, Homer's Night
|> Out)
|>                                                                      
|> 
Or how about "I will not grease the monkey [bars]" chalkboard quote from
Bart (second season I think)?

-- 
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Email: Pratten@csd.uwo.ca
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
From: egl1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Elizabeth G. Levy)
Subject: Re: Pornography in Simpsons?
Reply-To: egl1@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Elizabeth G. Levy)
Organization: Columbia University
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 17:05:15 GMT

In article <1992Oct12.160519.1629@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> jwlr@okeeffe.cc.rochester.edu (James Willer) writes:
>yurick@vaxr.llnl.gov writes:
>
>>> Simpson's cat is sitting next to Homer LICKING HERSELF.  
>
>>I don't know if you can call this pornographic, but as any cat-owner can tell
>>you...it is normal behavior for a feline!   
>>Tacky...maybe, pornographic...doubtful. 
>
>Agreed. Now if the cat was licking *Homer* or *Homer* was licking
>the cat....

Or Michelle Pfeiffer in the Cat-suit?


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From: eapg071@orion.oac.uci.edu (Richard Weiss)
Subject: Homer the Heretic
Summary: continuity error?
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Organization: University of California, Irvine
Keywords: flanders
Date: 9 Oct 92 16:35:38 GMT

here's a potential continuity/plot error:

how is it that flanders is the first to arrive at the fire?
i would think he'd be at church with everyone else.

comments?

Rick Weiss--University of California, Irvine

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From: jwlr@okeeffe.cc.rochester.edu (James Willer)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: Re: [9F01] Homer the Heretic
Date: 12 Oct 92 16:20:32 GMT
Organization: University of Rochester - Rochester, New York

SOWHALEY@ecuvm.cis.ecu.edu writes:

>Someone (sorry, forget who) had a question about what the sign with
>Blinky on it said.  It read, "Springfield Harbor."

That would be me.

>DYN:
>-Kent Brockman had smut on his face when he was reporting the fire
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

They must have censored it, here! All we got to see was *soot* on
his face. (I guess that episode *did* have pornography...)

			James Willer
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 anyone at all}
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From: ami@leland.Stanford.EDU (Amitava Biswas)
Subject: Re: Hindu God Wearing Sunglasses, more
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 92 20:56:57 GMT

In article <1992Oct10.003959.26608@leland.Stanford.EDU> kessler@roses.Stanford.EDU (Will Kessler) writes:
>My roommate swears that the Hindu Elephant God in the 7-11 was
>wearing sunglasses... any concurrence out there?
>

Sorry for not answering the question (I can't remember whether he was wearing
sunglasses or not), but there are a few things to note about this scene.

First, Ganesh (they pronounced it "ga-nee-sha", which is acceptable) is not
the "Elephant God", but a god with an elephant's head. Yes, I know this is
nitpicky and nobody meant any offence, I just thought that you might like to
know. (if you wanna know how he got the head, you can e-mail me).

Second, he generally isn't referred to as the "God of Worldly Wisdom" as 
Apu called him, at least nowhere that I've heard. Perhaps I can be corrected
on this. I think the wisdom Goddess is Saraswati, but that's another story.

But, Ganesh IS the appropriate God for commerce, and religious Hindu
businessmen often have a Ganesh shrine in their place of business, so on
that count, the show did real well. Good God research!

Regards,

Ami
From: david.CLark@analog.COM (David Clark)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: RE:  Barney Gumble
Date: 16 Oct 1992 22:42:58 -0400
Organization: Widener University Mail/News Gateway
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In message <23057@galaxy.ucr.edu> Mike asks the question; 

 Stuff deleted...



>P.S.-Is there anyone else out there that laughs like hell when 
>    Barney Gumble appears?
>
>                          .....Mike


HAHAHAHAHA.... Yes I do! He's got to be one of the best characters on the show!
Everything he's ever done from the first episode he appeared in, (which I can't
recall at this moment) has had me rolling on the floor. Especially when he 
burps. They need a spinoff of Moe's tavren with all the regulars, they could 
call it....  MOE'S!

             Dave "Sounds interesting" Clark
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From: "russ heaton" <russ.heaton@canrem.com>
Subject: springfield is in ...
Reply-To: "russ heaton" <russ.heaton@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: alt
Date: 8 Oct 92 02:20:18 EST


   Regarding post from Calvin Henry-cotnam to All
       dated 10-07-92 on the subject of: SPRINGFIELD IS IN .....

CH>emphasize that Springfield is a "generic-could-be-anywhere" town, I'd point
CH>out that it *could* be here in Ontario because of the following:

CH>1)  It is near highway 401 (pronounced four-oh-one; just as anyone in
CH>    Ontario near the four-oh-one pronounces it)

CH>2)  The local nuclear plant is a dead giveaway.  Ontario Hydro is one of
CH>    the world leaders in nuclear generated electricity.  (OK, OK, O.H. is
CH>    a *public* utility while Burns' empire is not!)

Two good points Calvin, but you must admit, their weather seems to
be a bit better than ours generally is.

      Russ Heaton

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From: cal@ee.ryerson.ca (Calvin Henry-Cotnam)
Subject: DYN: Homer's Religion
Organization: Ryerson Polytechnical Institute, Toronto
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1992 04:08:18 GMT

Just saw the October 8 episode of OFF about Homer's religion. Twice.

I thought I'd jump the gun on a few did-ya-notices:

- the singing in underwear alone scene from "Risky Business"
  (although Homer didn't sing Bob Seger's "Ol Time Rock & Roll")

- the reference to the opening of "Mission Impossible" when the cigar
  set fire to the magazine and house.  The trail of the flame plus the
  high pitch music had me anticipating the beat of the Mission
  Impossible theme, but it never came.

- Homer found a *1991* penny.

- All those volunteer fire fighters - Apu, Krusty, Police Chief Wiggum,
  Barney, Otto, and I believe Milhouse's mother and one other.

- The insurance adjuster from "Total Disaster Insurance".

- Religious holiday: the Feast of Maximum Occupancy.

- God had to leave in order to appear in a tortilla in Mexico.


In all, a pretty good episode.  The one scene that had me in stitches
was where Flanders threw out the mattress then prayed that Homer would
be "guided" to it.  I immediately said, "He won't", but to my surprise
he landed on it but bounced through the first floor window.  This had
me rolling in laughter and remembering the scene with Homer on Bart's
skateboard flying over the gorge.

That's it for now, let's see how this list grows.


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Ryerson Polytechnical Institute      | I would really like this to include
Toronto, Ontario, Canada             | Quebec - but I won't hold my breath.
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