Pynchon on Simpsons

[robinlandseadel at comcast.net]

Sorry about the typos, Here's a re-post
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From: 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 Chip!'---'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
> cartoons 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 chipmunk 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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> From: Dave Monroe <monropolitan at yahoo.com>
> Oops, sorry, not quite the right post.  Try ...
>  http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0312&msg=87511