Parade was stupid

Now all we need to do is have some of these "Simpsons Fans" say that plot went nowhere. Of course, we have to hear something about Season 11, 12, 13 or whatever.

I thought the whole parade was hilarious.... I loved it

Simpsons Fan wrote:

.edu? Of course you did.

....And of course your @aol.com says a lot as well.

Simpsons Fan wrote:

Drunk and full of pie, kiwi and the apricot wrote:

He's a writer in disguise, kiwi. HTH :)

Yeah, it says I'm posting from aol.com you silly little kiwi. Instead of getting your .edu(cation) you're fooling around on a newsgroup. .edu you too indeed.

Thanks.

Hey, this is just great... I was looking forward to domain-based discrimination. Now when you run out of racial, religious, gender, sexuality and economic slurs, you can attack people based on their email addresses. Some people really seem to lust after reasons to attack people.

I am just relieved that aol.com users will likely get the worst of it.

fishy

"fishy" wrote in message news:G9q58.3583$[email]...

What's with all the top-posting?

webtv and deja users get it worse.

.org people get called non-profiteerers and other nasty things.

it's awful.

Thanks.

[email] (Simpsons Fan) wrote in message news:...

Re: Parade was hilarious

• Maggie wiping her eyes and looking at her bottle.
• SLH discovering his sexual identity.
• The gay steel workers float.
• Smithers and one of Marge's sisters in the closet.
• Lisa's "you do this every year and we're used to it" comment.
• Gay dogs dressed like the Village People.

Thank you, http://www.snpp.com/episodes/4F11.html, for reminding me that the entire steel industry is gay!

Homer goes back to the drawing board: to make a boy into a man, you need the apex of manhood and virility as your environment. Something like, I dunno... a steel mill?

Homer introduces Bart to a big man in overalls and a hard hat.

 Homer: Bart, I want you to shake hands with -- what's your name,
fella?
Roscoe: Roscoe.
 Homer: Roscoe here runs this mill.  He's gonna show us around to let
you
        get a first-hand look at real all-American Joes doing what
they do
        best.
  Bart: Why the hell would I wanna see that?
 Homer: [sotto voce] You'll thank me on your wedding night.
-- Not if he divorces twice, he won't, "Homer's Phobia"

A bunch of men are working in the mill when Roscoe, Homer and Bart walk in.

Roscoe: [to all]  Hey!  Listen up!  I want all of youse to say hello
to
        the Simpsons.
   All: [waving in a cliche, sissy-like attitude]  Hello-o.
 Homer: [gasps]  Has the whole world gone insane?!
Worker: [sissy-like] Stand still, there's a spark in your hair!
Worker: Get it!  Get it!
 Homer: [whimpers]
         [another guy walks past Homer holding a vat of hot steel in
hot
         pants]
Worker: Hot stuff, comin' through!
 Homer: [screams]
  Bart: Dad, why'd you bring me to a gay steel mill?
 Homer: [frightened] I don't know!  This is a NIGHTMARE! YOU'RE ALL
        SICK!
Worker: [waving his hand] Oh be nice!
 Homer: Oh!  My son doesn't stand a chance!  The whole world's gone
gay!
         [a whistle goes off]
        Oh my god!  What's happening now?
Roscoe: We work hard.  We play hard.  [pulls a chain]
         ["Everybody Dance Now" starts playing]
-- Oh, that ain't good news, "Homer's Phobia"

Suddenly, a hi-tech disco ball slides down and the entire mill turns into a night club called "The Anvil", with smoke and dance stands and everything, with every worker dancing along "Everybody Dance Now." Homer slowly backs away, frightened, hiding Bart's eyes.

[End of Act Three. Time: 13:45]

At Moe's...

 Homer: ... and the entire steel mill was gay.
   Moe: Where you been, Homer?  The entire steel industry is gay.  Eh,
        aerospace, too, and the railroads. And you know what else?
        Broadway.

Space Museum

Not funny at all.

Huh? Musta missed it.

Kinda funny.

Funny.

Not funny.

Certainly not funny.

I agree, "parade was stupid".

On Mon, 28 Jan 2002 21:42:18 GMT, "EDF" wrote:

It was freakin' hilarious!

And I suspect it was a refernce to looney tunes... ;)

You indeed did.

A nice reference.

Yeah.

That was great! It was a well-deserved polite barb of sorts...

Sure it was! Dogs! Village people! What's there *not* to laugh at? :)

TTYL

[email] (AcK!) wrote in message news:...

This is similar to the barb Homer made when he made the $10000 donation to PBS. He made the comment that with all the cable TV stations offering fare similar to PBS, the government subsidy of PBS no longer made sense. Most people think that PBS shouldn't be subsidized by the government, but nobody gets excited about it. As for the gay pride parade, most straight Americans know people who are openly gay and don't get uptight about it.

Groups like the Village People and Kiss helped make the 70s weird and funny.

Space Museum

On 1 Feb 2002 08:29:10 -0800, [email] (Aaron Hirshberg) wrote:

What's really weird and funny is that at the time, mainstream america didn't think Kiss and the Village People were weird or funny, but fresh and exciting.

On 1 Feb 2002 08:29:10 -0800, [email] (Aaron Hirshberg) wrote:

So PBS and the homosexual community are strange bedfelllows you say? ;)

Oh on, secret code words. Run!

TTYL

[email] (AcK!) wrote in message news:...

I have to respond, in spite of your ";)", which indicates sarcasm. The Homer/PBS dialogue, and the Lisa/Gay Parade dialogue are both instances where Simpson characters state the obvious, in spite of the fact that they might upset liberal/PC types.

"Space Museum" was the best of the three nicknames that the people in this newspgroup have given me.

Aaron "Space Museum" Hirshberg

On 15 Feb 2002 07:02:34 -0800, [email] (Aaron Hirshberg) wrote:

It also indicates tomfoolery. ;)

Yeah, I'm happy to see Lisa and Homer do that. A real father/daughter bonding thing going on.

Oh wait, your point is wrapped up so nicely I really can't add anything constructive to it...

[AcK! sidles away]

I missed the newspgroup contest? Blast!

TTYL

No it wasn't.

Drunk and full of pie, Simpsons Fan wrote:

That was fast.

Awright, who are you really? Matt Selman? Is that you? Cool reverse psychology, telling everyone how much you dislike your own episode... If it's you... great episode. Seriously.

Who are you really? Bullwinkle, the moose?

Marvin Monroe. The doctor IS in, with a vengenance. Diddly.

On Sat, 02 Feb 2002 01:06:05 GMT, [email] (The Rack) wrote:

Ah, arguments that don't go anywhere because they aren't based on anything deep. I like it. ;)

I dunno about him, but I saw Joel Coen and Tim Long yesterday!

TTYL

In article , [email] (Simpsons Fan) writes:

That wasn't five minutes just then!

"Jason Saslow" wrote in message news:[email]...

Why, yes it-- ah, sorry.

Dr Music P.S. Parking was ample.

Gay dogs or steel workers are not funny. So what about Marge's sister. Lisa's rarely funny, that was not one of them. Dog is weird no matter what. So what about Maggie's bottle too.

Thanks Aaron.