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   From: epwise@yahoo.com   
      
   Michael Black  wrote in   
   news:alpine.LNX.2.02.1307201032050.11357@darkstar.example.org:   
      
   > On Sat, 20 Jul 2013, Wiseguy wrote:   
   >   
   >> weary flake  wrote in news:wearyflake-   
   >> E070E0.18012819072013@news.giganews.com:   
   >>   
   >>> Je?us  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Thu, 18 Jul 2013 18:07:47 -0400, David    
   >>>> wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> DOUBLE-D?OH!   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> THE GRIFFINS MEET THE Simpsons IN AN EPIC ?Family Guy? EPISODE   
   >> AIRING   
   >>>>> NEXT FALL ON FOX   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Guest Voices from THE Simpsons include Dan Castellaneta, Julie   
   >> Kavner,   
   >>>>> Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith and Hank Azaria   
   >>>>   
   >>>> The prophesy is about to be fulfilled. The last act of the   
   >>>> Simpsons, way overdue.   
   >>>   
   >>> I suppose this "special" will just add the worst feature of   
   >>> each show: the constant references to Stars, or "Celebrities"   
   >>> as they prefer to be known as nowadays.  Surely, we can't   
   >>> keep up with the stupid pop-culture in-joke references, I mean,   
   >>> a real fan is not allowed to see more than one show, so that   
   >>> would make it impossible to be a Simpsons or Family Guy fan   
   >>> and get the jokes about the damn stars because that would   
   >>> require seeing other shows.   
   >>   
   >> Huh?   
   >> Constant references to stars?   
   >> a real fan is not allowed to see more than one show?   
   >>   
   > I think he's implying that "a real fan" would spend so much time and   
   > energy on "their favorite show" that they'd have no time for some   
   > other show.   
   >   
   > It takes time to go through each episode in slow motion and grab all   
   > the details.  He may not have even been a fan at the beginning, so he   
   > has to go back and start from the beginning.  A real fan has to have   
   > two jobs, the extra to pay for all the show-related items, which also   
   > require upkeep like dusting.  A real fan spends all his idle time   
   > looking over the synopsises of old shows, so he's ready to point out   
   > exactly when and where something happened when someone asks.   
   >   
   >    Michael   
   >   
      
   That's not fan, that's "fanatic."   
   And we have enough of those here already.   
      
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