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   From: epwise@yahoo.com   
      
   Barry Margolin  wrote in news:barmar-   
   9DE63D.05330421072013@news.eternal-september.org:   
      
   > In article ,   
   >  Wiseguy  wrote:   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > That whole diatribe was clearly meant as sarcasm. Are you really   
   trying   
   > to interpret it literally, when it was intended as hyperbole?   
   >   
      
   I responded to what I read. Hard to hear a tone of voice when you're   
   reading.   
      
   Besides, the fanatics do exist here, and they think exactly like that   
   along with memorizing production codes and every thing the Simpsons ever   
   did and said.  Like I said, fanatics.   
      
   Understand now?   
      
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