TRP / Simpsons

[Mark Thibodeau]

Hey man, that's a Navy nickname. Those are hardly ever known for their
sensitivity to the subject's feelings!

Yours,
Jerky

PS - Also, I'm not suggesting that every fat character in his fiction need
be heroic  in some way... just that they at least have some depth (and I
don't mean their belly buttons).


On Thu, Dec 29, 2022 at 4:30 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>> > --
>> > Pynchon-L: https://waste.org/mailman/listinfo/pynchon-l
>> >
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>>
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