Upcoming Episodes - November 1

Nov 8, 2011, 2:21 PM ET3 posts by 3 postersalt.tv.simpsons
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Mike Powellalt.tv.simpsons

Reply is to a message from: Don Del Grande

The Homer part sounds like another "Mad Men" knock-off. The last one I remember was a THOH a couple of seasons back.

Pardon my ignorance, but what are those acronyms for? Thanks!

Mike

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lugnutMike Powellalt.tv.simpsons

On Tuesday, 08 Nov 2011 19:21:00 -500, "Mike Powell" wrote:

I don't think they're really acronyms for anything. I remember it was discussed on one of the DVD commentary tracks that the producers have no idea what they mean or the logic in which those numbers are assigned, they're just some kind of Fox internal accounting codes that are used to keep track of payments to the staff (and Yeardly Smith chimed in that there's actually a second similar code that's never displayed on-screen that's used to keep track of the actors' payments).

-lugnut

lugnut wrote:

A number of 20th Century Fox-produced shows have these codes - for example, "L.A. Law" used 4-character codes with "L" as the second character, and I think "The Tracey Ullman Show" used them with "W" as the second character.

-- Don