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From: epwise@yahoo.com
Matthew Garvey wrote in
news:f1717ca2-247a-4083-898e-dde71bc25a8a@y12g2000yqb.googlegroups.com:
> On Apr 5, 10:45 am, Wiseguy wrote:
>> Matthew Garvey wrote
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> c6270f45@v8g2000yqe.googlegroups.com:
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>> > On Apr 2, 12:19 pm, "Brett A. Pasternack"
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>> >> Wiseguy wrote:
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>> >> > Matthew Garvey wrote in
>> >> > news:28f1156b-6517-4105-
>> >> > a4db-809e855d7...@k4g2000yqn.googlegroups.com:
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>> >> > > So, the repeat of RABF02 (Homer Goes to Prep School) tonight
>> >> > > included a dedication to Don Payne, who died last week - it
>> >> > > was shown before the Gracie Films logo over a background of
>> >> > > Lisa at the wall of plaque
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>> >> > > (the wall, though not the still, being from LABF01).
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>> >> > If you really want to impart useful information, give the title
>> >> > of the episode as well. No one except you and Don Del Grande
>> >> > memorizes the production numbers.
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>> >> And even if a few people know the production number, no one could
>> >> ever be expected to know what "Homer Goes to Prep School" means.
>> >> We need the episode title, not that meaningless gibberish, man!
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>> >> Yeesh.
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>> > I suppose he was referring to LABF01 and not RABF02. It didn't seem
>> > as important to note that, because you know the wall or you don't -
>> > but it's "Take My Life, Please" - happy?
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>> "You know the wall or you don't."
>> What is that even supposed to mean?
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>> Many people don't know the titles but a hell of a lot more know the
>> titles or can identify the episode from the title than a bunch of
>> letters and numbers. Sure the production numbers have a meaning and
>> a use but if you want to let people know what you're talking about
>> (and I assume you do) you use either both the production number AND
>> the title. And if you only choose one use the title. Expecting people
>> to know the episode from the production number alone is ridiculous
>> and rather pompous ("Ooh I know what I'm talking about and I know
>> you don't.")
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> I think you're reading more into this than you have to. All THAT
> comment presupposes is that you read my original message, which refers
> to the WALL of commemorative plaques. Is everything clear now? And to
> further drill the meaning of my comment into clarity, if you don't
> know what that wall of plaques is, the title of the episode is not
> going to help. Even the general plot of it may be unlikely to shake
> the memory loose. OK?
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> While I may get annoyed at the attitude I'm greeted with I'm also not
> gonna be a jerk about it. So long...
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You're the one with the attitude. You think you're being so scholarly
by talking in (production) code when anyone and his brother could look
up the code if he wanted. The fact is for the past 50+ years to this
day anyone referring to an episode of a TV series does so by mentioning
the title. If a person doesn't know the episode well enough to know by
the title he certainly won't know by the production code. Again, more
people would recognize the title than the production code. I'm talking
of the normal viewer here, not anal fanatics like you, Don Del Grande
(Is that a real name or did it come from a porn star?) and the guy who
insists on calling the series OFF (presuming that there is no other
family on TV we may like better). And again, I assume you want to
provide information to the group. Better information can be given by
the title. Sorry, this is a fact.
And no, I still don't know what the wall of plaques mean. I don't
generally watch reruns of episodes I've already seen and I certainly
don't have the time or inclination to continually watch 500+ episodes
that I've already seen. I'm a fan not a fanatic. But there would be a
better chance of my recognizing the episode from the title than from the
code which I would always have to look up to see what episode it
referred to.
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