From: jym@mica.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.simpsons
Subject: DYNs for "Halloween Special" and "Itchy & Scratchy The Movie"
Date: 6 Nov 92 21:27:55 GMT
Organization: The Naughty Peahen Party Line
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=o= Didja notice...

* Halloween Special
   ...that the "religious crybabies" Homer refers to might
      not be too fond of (1) Patty losing the last remaining
      thread of her heterosexuality, (2) Smithers remarking
      that women and semen don't mix, and (3) a school library
      with occult books that feature condom brand names. :-)
   ...that Buckminster Fuller's gravestone was topped with
      a geodesic dome?
   ...that the American Workmanship tombstone fell apart?
   ...that the American Workmanship tombstone looks just
      like the collapsing Taco Bell monolith featured in
      Taco Bell commercials that run during _The_Simpsons_?
   ...that Marge's Egyptian outfit was really rowrrr? :-)
** Clown Without Pity
   ...that Malibu Stacey's moved out of her shoebox apartment
      into a lovely new home?  I wonder if she's still putting
      out that feminist newsletter on her little printing press.
   ...the "Love, American Style" ending?
** King Homer
   ...that the "Dick Cavett Born" news item featured a photo of
      an adult Dick Cavett?  (Cavett's birthday, 18-Nov-1936, is
      mentioned on the _Simpsons_ calendar.)
   ...how Marge's father's remark that "seeing that Simpson boy
      took years off my life" was not inconsistent with his fate
      at the wedding.
   ...the "Love, American Style" ending?
** Dial "Z" for Zombie
   ...that the Dewey Decimal number for books in the occult
      section is 666?
   ...that Bart had a Time-Life book of magick and spells?
   ...that Snowball died four years ago, but her gravestone
      lists 1990 as the year of her death?  (Oops!)
   ...the wooden tombstone for Snowball (as depicted in the
      _Uncensored_Family_Album_) has been upgraded?
   ...the hamster gravestone with an exercise wheel atop it?
   ...that neither "Barts" nor "Strikes" were part of the
      condomic zombie incantation?

* Itchy & Scratchy The Movie
   ...that the voice of Sulu sounded exactly like George
      Takei's?  ("They didn't use their real names, but you
      could tell it was them!")
   ...Janie's mom, and the father of the kid who eats paste?
   ...that "Steamboat Itchy" looked so much like "Steamboat
      Mickey," it's a good thing the latter is now old enough
      to be in the public domain?  (Will Disney sue over the
      trademarked Mickey Mouse pants, though?)
   ...that WWII-era Itchy & Scratchy looked a whole lot like
      WWII-era Tom & Jerry?
   ...that Maggie shares Baby Bart's ability to drive without
      using pedals?
   ...that the Flanderses were some of the first people in line
      at the evil violent movie?  (Good heavens!)
   ...that 40 years later, Barney (with a Reagan-like dark
      dye job) is hanging out in front of Moe's?
   ...that 40 years later, the "do not sell a ticket to this
      boy" picture of Bart is still hanging up in the ticket
      booth?
   ...that 40 years later, the guy in the ticket booth looks
      suspiciously like an grown-up version of the kid who's
      in there now?
   ...that 40 years later, there's a poster for yet another
      Space Mutants movie?  (Or has the series also become
      a classic?)
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