Which episode is it that Flanders declares Lisa an "answer to a question nobody asked"? Also in this episode Flanders says "diddily" a lot.
I need title, season, and episode #. I don't need "GAB4728" crap, because that's meaningless to 99.999% of the world's population. Thanks in advance for your help.
** Captain Infinity
Captain Infinity wrote:
It's "Hurricane Neddy", [4F07]. Original Airdate in U.S.: Dec 29, 1996, Season 8.
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Once Upon A Time, [email] wrote:
A cookie:
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** Captain Infinity
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Which, by strange coincidence, was played on Australian TV only yesterday (or Wednesday.) Good episode.
Paul
On Aug 7, 3:35 pm, Captain Infinity wrote:
Actually, I bet it's more helpful to most of the world's population, because it's the only thing about an episode that doesn't change. Other countries use different titles (often not direct translations of the English, especially when they're puns) and air them in different order with different season-episode numbers, or skip episodes entirely.
Granted, if you're in the US, all those other details (title, S##-E## format) will help too, and perhaps more so than parsing a production code, but on the other hand, that code makes it really easy to look an episode up, especially on SNPP.
Once Upon A Time, Matt Garvey wrote:
And I'll bet you keep all your "action figures" in their original packaging, to make sure they maintain their status as mint-condition collectibles.
** Captain Infinity
You mean you *don't*?
Once Upon A Time, Tony Harding wrote:
Mine are all open and standing on my bookshelves, the way god intended them.
** Captain Infinity
"Captain Infinity" wrote in message news:[email]...
and worthless.
Also, if you Google the production code, you're unlikely to have trouble finding whatever information you need.
Once Upon A Time, Brett A. Pasternack wrote:
There would be no need for me to use Google; I have every episode stored on a hard disk. All I needed was a title, or a season and ep#.
Some folks sure love to make things harder than they need to be. Dealing out arbitrary gobbledygook production codes so someone needs to use Google just to find an episode title is like building a nuclear-powered robot whose only function is to wipe your ass.
** Captain Infinity
Captain Infinity wrote in news:[email]:
Productions codes aren't arbitrary, FOX airdates are. In most cases, the production code will give you the real episode number. The DVDs should be grouped according to the production code (like the syndicated episodes) not the arbitrary FOX airdates.
Once Upon A Time, Wiseguy wrote:
Who said anything about airdates?
I don't own any of the DVDs and am not an anal-retentive obsessive-compulsive fanboy, so the production codes are meaningless and as useless as teats on a bull.
** Captain Infinity
Captain Infinity wrote in news:[email]:
I did. Pay attention.
Neither do I.
If we assume that you're the only person whose utility matters. <shrug>
Once Upon A Time, Brett A. Pasternack wrote:
Who else?
** Captain Infinity
Yeah, but if you give out a string of letters and numbers that don't really spell anything, it's useless to me. If you say "That episode where a hurricane destroys the Flanders home", then I know exactly what you are talking about. And so do most Simpsons fans.
[email] wrote in news:df532fe1-e10b-4039-a776- [email]:
But it wouldn't tell me what season or the number of the episode (either production or aired). And many times the description doesn't lead itself to the title easily so except for saying "I saw it" how does it ID the episode?
[email] wrote:
I would have to disagree here - using the production code insures all parties are referring to the same episode, no ambiguity.
When were you appointed to speak on behalf of Simpsons fans?
Only if all parties are complete geeks.
Well if I encounter a "Simpsons fan" that doesn't know what I'm talking about when I say "That episode where a hurricane destroys the Flanders home", then I will be pretty sure that person isn't really a Simpsons fan.
I personally know NOBODY that can, without going online or going to a book somewhere, describe an episode after hearing its production code. I am sure that such people exist. But they don't travel into my corner of the world. Do such people ever step away from their computers?
Production codes are for people who do most of their conversing online.
[email] wrote in news:8fd811da-d913-4160-b3ca-dac5ccb6c465 @59g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:
code
don't
I consider myself a Simpsons fan, I still watch the new episodes at least once, but most episodes I've only seen once or twice. I can't be expected to remember the plots of 400+ episodes. A simple description may not be enough to ID the episode.
I don't memorize production codes, but that's the whole point. The production code makes it easy to look the episode up.
online.
"Wiseguy" wrote
'New' episodes are shown in Australia up to 8 months after you guys have seen it and picked it to pieces on this group. So when they finally broadcast them here, I tape them, then use the production code in the end credits to check the comments. I can't use the title the TV station uses in their listings in newspapers etc. because they may not match the ones used in snpp.
Mind you, it can be hard to read the production code sometimes because the station squashes the credits so they can blast you with promos for whatever crap they show afterwards. (Big Brother is finally gone, but now we have to suffer with 'Idol'...)
Paul
[email] wrote:
You're clearly a foremost authority.
Like Prof Irwin Corey
On Aug 7, 3:35 pm, Captain Infinity wrote:
"Flanders says 'diddily' a lot" is not a good search key for www.snpp.com. But the following URL was eventually "unearthed" anyway.
Thank you http://www.snpp.com/episodes/4F07.html, for providing the dialogue for the scene where "Flanders says 'diddly' a lot".
Ned walks away from the demolished "house" and begins to buff his glasses. The right lens falls out, and Ned lets out a groan and puts on his glasses.
Ned: Calm down, Neddly diddily diddily diddily, doodily. They did
their best shodaiddily iddily iddily diddily diddily. Gotta
be
nice, hostidididildilidilly ah HELL diddily ding dong crap!
Can't you morons do anything RIGHT!?
[shocked gasps]
Marge: Ned! We meant well, and everyone here tried their best.The best way to figure out the episode numbers is to eat a box of mallowmars before you start to think about it.
Mr. Museum