Pynchon on Simpsons

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

OOOOOH!! Thank you!

By the way, this is why I just love Vineland:

"Vato and Blood were slouched in folding chairs when Takeshi and DL came in to open up shop, both humming back and forth in a strange free-form antiphony, sometimes falling silent, picking up the tune two and a half bars later exactly together, latently menacing, like a bee swarm. It was the famous V & B Tow Company Theme, based on the Disney cartoon anthem "'I'm Chil!'---'I'm Dale!' " sung originally by a chipmunk act that never quite achieved the charisma or the recognition of Ross Bagdasarian's trio, Alvin, Simon and Theodore, In Vietnam, Vato and Blood had worked mostly in the motor pool but now and then had to go out on convoys, In off of what was supposed to be a routine spin through the forests and turned instead into an outstandingly dark and death-laden time, having wandered one afternoon into a cement lounge deep within the Long Binh complex, reeking with attitude, they opened beers and settled in to watch the Tube. Some officer far away had determined that Disney cartoon
s would be just the right kind of entertainment for them, which was correct, if for the wrong reasons. As other loungers edged nervously away from the boys, suddenly on came Chip 'n' Dale, and an unmistakable flash of recognition. After listening to the chipmonk duo's Theme a couple of times, getting the lyric and tune down, Blood, turning to Vato during a commercial for re-enlistment, sang, "I'm Blood," and Vato Immediately piped up, "I'm Vato!" Together, "We just some couple of mu-thuh-fuck-kers/Out___" whereupon a disagreement arose, Vato going on with the straight Disney, "Out to have some fun" while Blood, continuing to depart from it, preferred "Out to kick some ass," turning immediately to Vato. "What's 'is 'have some fun' shit?"
"OK, OK, we'll sing 'kick some ass,' no problem. Singing "I'm Vato---" . . .
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