Okay, British Simpsons fan here. These references are probably well known to Americans, but I don't know what it's about..
In the Treehouse of Horror episode, Time & Punishment when Homersays he's the first non-South American to travel in time. What does this mean?
Also, who are the boy and dog that appear after that?
"Peter Morris" wrote in message news:ZwVyc.3091$[email]...
There's an explanation of this on www.snpp.com, but I forget what it is.
Sherman (boy) and Mr Peabody (dog), who were side characters on IIRC the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.
Oy! Listen to Blue Raja's latest shpiel!
"I'm the first non-Brazilian person to travel back in time!"
http://www.snpp.com/episodes/2F03.html:
On 6/13/2004 7:53 AM mark allen adams, jr. brightened our day with:
That makes no sense at all, for the simple fact that Castaneda's dubious claims were that he had gained access to ancient native American rituals and knowledge (and drugs), notably from Don Juan, a Yaqui shaman from Arizona. His writings really have very little to do with time travel (except for altered states of consciousness, out of body out of time stuff, but nothing like building a time machine out of a toaster) or Brazil.
I think the line's funny because it makes sense only to Homer, it's as though he has some skewed belief that all the people in Brazil can travel through time.
Except that CC wasn't a Brazilian, he was from Peru.
On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 09:56:09 GMT, "Peter Morris" wrote:
I may be wrong, but I believe it's a reference to the move "Brazil". Others may be able to back me up on this.
There wasn't any time travel in that movie.
"Peter Morris" wrote in message news:...
If a butterfly flaps its wings in Brazil, could that cause a storm in Texas?
Peabody, super genius time traveler, and his boy Sherman.
"Peter Morris" wrote in news:ZwVyc.3091$a35.26215515 @news-text.cableinet.net:
Based on the other responses you got, I'd guess that Homer thinks Sherman and Peabody are Brazilian.
Jim