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   From: et472@ncf.ca   
      
   On Mon, 28 Oct 2013, Barry Margolin wrote:   
      
   > In article ,   
   > Don Del Grande  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Travoltron wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> The simplest way to do this would be to have Bart (and Lisa) finally   
   >>> advance to the next grade.  It's a natural progression.   
   >>   
   >> One of the reasons the show has been on for 25 years is that the kids   
   >> DON'T get older.  (King of the Hill fudged it - Luanne got older, but   
   >> Bobby, Joseph, and Connie did not.)   
   >   
   > Would it really make that much difference if they aged by just *one*   
   > year?   
   >   
   No, but they might then have to change other things (yet to be determined)   
   to match up with their leap ahead.   
      
   > But they could also have Edna simply retire from teaching for some   
   > reason.   
   >   
   I thought this came up because she has become more than Bart's teacher,   
   marrying Ned Flanders and all.  The show wants to retire her because the   
   actor has died, but that leaves a lot of problems, including Ned losing   
   his second wife, if they remove her.   
      
      Michael   
      
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