Simpson's

[Bill Burns]

Jeff Rice writes:

>
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>I saw it and was blown away. Those guys take more and more drugs each
episode. I was especially blown away by Homer's entrance into the third
dimension and then arrival among non-cartoon life. At which point he wanders
into a shop of erotic cakes.
>I'm interested in setting up a chair of Simpson studies at any university
that will fund it.

I'd say that The Simpsons are worth a space in American studies. The show
incorporates enough allusion to catalogue a good portion of pop culture. One
of my favorite episodes (which was rerun recently) had Ernest Borginine
leading a group of scouts (or some similar entity) down a river as the first
bars of "Duelling Banjoes" play in the background. Groening seems to have a
thing for Hemingway, too. 

Homer in 3D appeared first last year. My favorite line from that skit: "Doh.
I dunno anything about astrophysics. I wish I woulda read that book by the
wheelchair guy."

Bill Burns
WDBurns at micron.net
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