Ivy League References

Nov 14, 2001, 5:09 PM ET16 posts by 11 postersalt.tv.simpsons
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Matt Sorianoalt.tv.simpsons

Somebody told me that the Simpsons is mostly written by Harvard guys who take digs at all the other Ivy League schools.

I've got a few references. Can you folks come up with more?

Yale: Of course, we know that C. Montgomery Burns is from Yale, and when he tries to get his son into Yale, the Yale admissions staff showed the alumni donation / alumni son's stupidity matrix. "For instance, if your son got an A on the test, you could donate a bus stop. For a B, you'd have to donate new uniforms for the football team. For your son... an international airport".

Dartmouth: Dartmouth (my school) gets two mentions. One on the episode where the Simpsons go to Duff Days and the announcer says: "The next event counts for Course Credit at Dartmouth College. Trick Pouring!" and also when Flanders meets that Christian Rock singer she's singing "I was in a motel in Delacroiz

Brown: Remember when Lisa cheated on a test? She dreamed that the Harvard admissions officer came into her classroom and decided to deny her acceptance to Harvard... but he will send her application to Brown. Then Otto the bus driver looks up from his suntanning position and goes: "Brown? Heck, I almost got tenure there!"

Princeton: This is basically about Sideshow Bob and Cecil. I remember when Cecil is building the dam he has a spat with Bob. "I wasn't the person who spent four years at CLOWN COLLEGE!" "I'll thank you not to refer to Princeton that way."

Any more?

There don't seem to be any references to the University of Pennsylvania, Columbia, Cornell, or MIT on the show.

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The RackMatt Sorianoalt.tv.simpsons

Drunk and full of pie, Matt Soriano wrote:

I think there is an MIT reference... relating to Star Trek:

Some guys at MIT think Captain Picard is better than Captain Kirk... they're out of their MINDS!

Chadderack Director: Okay... on the downbeat, you'll jump forward, waggle your tongue and lick the camera lens...
The RackMatt Sorianoalt.tv.simpsons

Drunk and full of pie, Matt Soriano wrote:

Also in 9F16 "The Front", one of the writers tells Meyers "You have the boorish _____ of a Yalie!"

"Here's a witty rejoinder for ya!"

Chadderack |_________|Surprising Facts|__________| | ------------------ | | Penguin evolution is a fib. |

"Theodore G. Paulakis" wrote:

Only at football, and only half-right (yes, we do suck at football, but not as much as Yale.)

Go Tigers!

Brian

I've got some barbs I could throw at the Ivy League.  How about, "It's a huge
fucking scam" and "You pay for the name"?
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It's not a scam, it's exactly what you said, we pay for the name I am not under any illusion the Ivy leagues provide some substantially superior education Maybe some other people think otherwise, I know I'm paying for a reputation and a name -billy (Go UPenn!)

"Sydney Assbasket " wrote in message news:[email]...

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mirilidiumPJam07alt.tv.simpsons

I agree 100%. It's all about the reputation. College is college, whether it's Springfield U. or Springfield A&M.

- mirilidium, thanking the financial aid people because he knows he'd never be here without them

PhilMatt Sorianoalt.tv.simpsons

"Matt Soriano" wrote in message news:9suq30$okv$[email]...

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"Brown?

I just applied early decision to Cornell U... there better be a reference to the school, or else all is lost!

-Phil

Aaron HirshbergPhilalt.tv.simpsons

"Phil" wrote in message news:...

As an MIT grad (Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, 1981), (Sideshow Bob snobby tone of voice) I resent THIS IMPLICATION that MIT is part of the Ivy League. It most assuredly is NOT.

(Continuing Sideshow Bob snobby tone of voice)I was an undergrad at Georgia Tech, and as a Rambling Wreck, I consider your Ivy League boasts about football prowess so much crap. The ACC is not the Ivy League, but we do have DUKE, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, UNC, and NC State. All good schools. And we do kick ass in football and basketball.

Aaron "Space Museum" Hirshberg

Aaron Hirshberg wrote:

I went to the Tech vs Maryland game a few weeks back here in Atlanta and I have to ask you...does GT bring in cheerleaders on scholarship? They were hot, not one female student in the crowd was. Compare that to Athens this past weekend for UGA vs Auburn, hubba hubba! Sincerely, Little Girl

On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Internet King wrote:

TV's there...bathroom's there...and there's your king-size bed for...[wolf-whistles, makes a cat noise, imitates a bed squeaking, purrs, pants, barks, howls, twiddles his lips] Hubba hubba!

/ Kristian

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Drunk and full of pie, Kristian Ronge wrote:

Stop that! I'm only using this bed for sleeping, eating, and maybe building a little fort. But that's it!

Chadderack June: Ward, the Beaver blew up the Dairy Queen, again. Ward: I'll have a talk with him, dear.

On Wed, 14 Nov 2001, Theodore G. Paulakis wrote:

O'Doyle rules! O'Doyle rules! O'Doyle rules! (repeat ad nauseam)

/ Kristian

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