TRP / Simpsons

[Mark Kohut]

As a satirist with moral values, I suggest his Lard-Ass and others can be
called that
because they are not loveable like Homer....

On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 3:45 PM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Aw... a soft-spot for the fatties?
>
> Such an anecdote warms the cockles of *this* fat-ass's Pynchon-loving
> heart.
>
> Anybody ever do a study on Pynchon's representation of the overweight, the
> obese, the rotund, the pleasingly plump, the "porky", the prodigiously
> proportioned, the gargantuanly endowed, the Brobdignagian, etcetera,
> etcetera, in his literature?
>
> I would certainly like to see it done!
>
> Cheers;
> yer old pal Jerky LeBoeuf, Esq.
>
> On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 1:27 PM Erik T. Burns <eburns at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > How The Simpsons Brought Reclusive Author Thomas Pynchon to TV (cbr.com)
> > <https://www.cbr.com/the-simpsons-thomas-pynchon-cameos/>
> >
> > According to *The Simpsons*' executive producer and showrunner Al Jean
> > <https://www.cbr.com/the-simpsons-al-jean-feliz-navidad-interview/> in
> the
> > audio commentary for *The Simpsons Complete 15th Season*, Pynchon was
> > initially drawn to the show because of his son Jackson, a professed fan
> of
> > the series. But Pynchon might also be something of a fan himself, given
> > that he made some slight tweaks to his appearance in "All's Love in Oven
> > War." Jean's fellow executive producer Matt Selman tweeted
> > <https://twitter.com/mattselman/status/505082780561051649> that Pynchon
> > actually sent the script back with some notes and different gags.
> Notably,
> > he refused to call Homer a "fat ass," as the author considered Homer
> > something of a "personal hero" and didn't want to insult him. All of this
> > made *The Simpsons* one of the very few times Thomas Pynchon has ever
> > broken his rule against appearing in public -- and let the author poke
> fun
> > at that legacy at the same time.
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> >
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