Dude, Where's My Ranch Capsule Submission

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Review: A. It's time for the another episode centering around the Simpsons going taking a vacation somewhere. This year, the family is getting away from listening Homer's hit song by going to a dude ranch. When I heard what the episode's concept was, I was a little nervous about this episode. However, it ends up being a enjoyable romp thanks to two enjoyable plotlines (Lisa's interest for a one of the dude ranch workers; Homer and Bart vs. Beavers), a lot of laughable moments (i.e. the bunk bed scene, the animals making sounds at the moon) and the fact that the whole cast is involved, even Maggie (the Britney Spears parody was downright hilarious).

DYN's

Michael Jackson and Mr T. on the wax museum brochure? Cookie was born in 1912?

Refs.

Dude, Where's My Car? -Title

Dr. No, Frankenstein -Homer considers Ned to be worse than both of them

Rocket Man -William Shatner's performance of "I Hate Ned Flanders" spoofs his performance of this song

Lord of the Rings -"My Precious" (complete with the actor who played Gollum).

Goofs

Marge said that she married the first guy that she liked, but what about Artie Ziff?

Joe Klemm

I have a question. Are you on crack?

Respectfully,

evan

On Mon, 28 Apr 2003 01:51:31 +0000, Park Luck wrote:

Please, it was a good episode.

The word "respectfully" ususally entails some modicum of respect. You, on the other hand, show absolutely no evidence of respect or common decency. Please take the time to think before you go around casually insulting people. Until then, others will misinterpret your unfortunate sense of humor and you and others will continue to get hurt because of it.

Manners moderator, Haven

"Haven" wrote in message news:[email]...

oh, man!!! are _you_ on crack, too? respectfully, -N

I have soiled myself. How embarrassing.

I will do no such thing.

Until then, others will misinterpret your unfortunate

Is that some kind of a threat?

evan PS: Are you on crack?

[email] (Joe Klemm) wrote:

} even Maggie (the Britney Spears parody was } downright hilarious).

Maybe, but why did she have a radio when it was established earlier in the episode that the ranch has no radios?

[email] (Joe Klemm) wrote:

Or his performance of "Mr. Tambourine Man".

Or his performance of "Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds".

Sure, it's a parody of all of Shatner's musical performances, but this definitely had some nuance specific to Rocket Man. It did, Maybe you don't know because you don't know that particular cover, but believe us. It did.

[email] (IRR) wrote in message news:...

"Steve Portigal" wrote in message news:[email]...

"Believe US"? I guess having a multiple-personality disorder is a prerequisite for listening to Shatner's "music."

"That Guy" wrote in message news:...

Tch. So judgemental. Since when is it automatically a "disorder."

"us" refers to me, and the original poster, both of whom were making a specific point, in concert. Together. In unison. Two people. Us.

Enjoy.

"Steve Portigal" wrote in message news:[email]...

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Humorless bastard understanding nothing, posts this senseless drivel.

Previously on Usenet, That Guy wrote (on 01 May 2003):

Hi, Ku!

J44XM <j44xm#seventy8.net> wrote in news:[email]:

Ku, eh?

Jim

In article , "That Guy" writes:

"GetRichQuick712" wrote in message news:[email]...

writes:

Nope. Haven't done AOL in ten years.

Did I mention there were two of us?

"Steve Portigal" wrote in message news:[email]...

Cluelessness of depths unfathomable my friend, keeps me entertained.

Listen here, the other guy and I just had a meeting and we both came to the same conclusion. Since there were two of us, you might think that meant conclusions (note plural) but in fact, it was the same conclusion, but from two sources. Us. We. He and I. Me and him.

One of us! One of us!

"Markc65" wrote in message news:[email]...

Heh.  :-)

"What are we wearing tomorrow?"

Since I was in a rush last night (PPV was on last night), I was unable to make some comments about some of the references. Since I have more time now, here's my additional comments:

Song royalties can be a very complicated thing. As the overzealous lawyer points out, since the Xmas songs songs that the Simpsons are singing do have copyrights, they may have to pay royalties in order to sing those songs for carolling. However, for a person to pay royalties, the song, according to copyright law, must be performed "at a place open to the public, or at any place where a substantial number of persons outside of a normal circle of a family and its social acquaintances is gathered." Meaning if you sing the song at home or at a friend's house, you don't have to pay for royalties, however if the song is sung at a sports complex or restaurant, then you have to pay up. Since the Simpsons are basically singing Xmas carols door-to-door, it is uncertain whether this counts as a public performance or not.

Moe's comment about Misery refers to the Stephen King novel of the same name. The book is about Paul Sheldon, an author who, after getting into an accident, is rescued by Annie Wilkes, a nurse who is the "number one fan" of a character that the author created named Misery Chastain. Considering this, you'd think Annie would help nurse the author of her favorite books back to health. However, this is Stephen King we're talking about, so there has to be a twist somewhere. That twist comes when Annie discovers that Paul has killed of Misery, which results in her to force him into writing a book that will bring Misery back to life, and by force, I mean by threatening to kill him. The book was made into a 1990 film starring James Caan as Paul and Kathy Bates in her Oscar-winning peformance as the psychotic fan Annie. As for Moe referencing it, I have a feeling that Moe's song at the end of the episode was the result of him torturing the producing into making one a la Annie torturing Paul into writing another Misery Chastain book.

Joe Klemm

I think the joke here is that it's pretty obvious that the Simpsons can sing copyrighted songs door-to-door. It's absurd that they would have to pay royalties to sing such songs or refrain from using them in their carols.

But there was a big fuss some years back when the Girl Guides in the US got into trouble over the song "Happy Birthday". That was the first time I'd heard that it was a copyrighted song. I always thought it was just something people repeated over the years. I can't remember the full story, and I think there was some misinterpretation or something, but it was out there.

Michael

On 29 Apr 2003 01:20:59 GMT, [email] (Michael Black) wrote:

No, that's true. Many organizations have their own Birthday song to avoid this issue, like Wall E. Weasel's "You're the birthday, you're the birthday, you're the birthday boy or girl".

"Happy Birthday" was supposed to be entering the public domain, but Congress and the Supreme Court have decided that copyrights will now last forever.

You hit a sore subject for me. "Coincidentally", everytime Mickey Mouse nears its expiration of copyright, "they" extend the time period for copyrights. They're robbing the public! Copyrights are to protect the livelihood of its creator and then allow a work to become "property" of everyone to perform or enjoy as they wish. Although it still hasn't reach "forever", I have no doubt that anything currently under copyright will never become Public Domain - at least in the U.S.

"Alan Hamilton" wrote in message news:b8l4oj$b1gs1$[email]...

sing

carols.

And that is why you'll never get to see an unedited copy of "Mickey's Mellerdrammer" (and good luck to you in trying to find even an edited copy of that cartoon).

Yeah, but people can still sing it at a private function, like a relative's birthday party. Same with the Simpsons singing copyrighted Christmas carols door-to-door. They are not charging money for a public performance.

Btw, I have no idea what the Girl Guides is. Is it like the Girl Scouts?

They are Girl Guides here in Canada. As I typed it, I wondered if I'd gotten it right, but I missed it. Obviously, it is the Girl Scouts, because the story was out of the US.

I brought it up because the initial story was pretty restrictive. If only I could remember what was said. My memory says it wasn't that far from the lawyer on the Simpsons popping out and telling them that they couldn't sing the carols. It was only a bit later that whatever was the initial problem, it turned out to be some sort of misinterpretation.

Michael

It made me laugh, but it went on for too long. I can only stand two consecutive seconds of Britney Spears.

She never said "liked" did she - the implication was first person she slept with, but she never finished the thought.