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extracheese

05-03-2005, 07:24 PM

<table cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5" width="550" border="0"><tr><td>Subtly Simpsons </td></tr><tr><td>What follows is a list of lines from <a href="http://www.snpp.com/">The Simpsons</a> that we, your editors, have found to be particularly witty, often with their humor derived from subtleties of language, esoteric allusions, or just plain wit.  </td></tr><tr><td>Subtle Allusions </td></tr><tr><td> Grandpa: "Grover Cleveland spanked me on two non-consecutive occassions." Cleveland was the only President of the US to serve two non-consecutive terms. Episode: 3F09 Two Bad Neighbors  Sign outside Cape Canaveral says, "Cape Canaveral Formerly Cape Kennedy Formerly Cape Arbuckle" Cape Canaveral was formerly named Cape Kennedy, and before that was named Cape Canaveral (yes, the name was changed, then changed back). But it was never named Cape Arbuckle. Fatty Arbuckle was a popular silent-movie comedian whose career was ruined after he was tried for the rape & murder of actress Virginia Rappe at a wild party. Even though he was found not guilty, he was essentially blacklisted, and his very name became disreputable. So, the writers were making fun of the Cape's name-changing by IMAGINING that it was once called Cape Arbuckle in honour of Fatty, but changed to Canaveral after the scandal. There is also an implicit comparison between Kennedy's sexual scandals and Arbuckle's. Episode: 1F13 Deep Space Homer  Mayor: "Ich bin ein Springfielder." Homer: "Mmmmm. Jelly Donuts." Explanation: "Ich bin ein Springfielder" is an allusion to JFK's speech in West Berlin in which he said, "Ich bin ein Berliner" ("I am a Berliner"). A "Berliner," however, is not only someone from Berlin, but also a German word for Jelly Donut. Episode: 8F09 Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk  When Sideshow READ THE REST FROM THE LINK </td></tr></table><a href="http://www.westegg.com/simpsons/">http://www.westegg.com/simpsons/</a>

WhistlePig

05-03-2005, 07:49 PM

HaHa! These are great. You can catch a lot of these things when you have Tivo. Did you see the Itchy & Scratchy doctor checklist on the last episode? I rewound and paused it to read it. Nothing cryptic, but "hung with own intestine" was pretty funny.

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WhistlePig

05-03-2005, 07:49 PM

Goddammit it I hate this choppy cable modem connection. Keep double posting and can't stop! ARRAGGHH.

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