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   Matt Garvey to All   
   Notes for ZABF18 (I, Carumbus)   
   04 Oct 20 18:02:39   
   
   From: mxg77@po.cwru.edu   
      
   Not too shabby, although expectations are usually different for a historical   
   episode of this sort that doesn't need to make too much sense. The title, on   
   top of annoying me with its misspelling (surely it should be I, Carambus),   
   seems a little odd, since    
   even though Bart does take on the mantle of emperor, it's mostly Homer's   
   story. Why not go even closer with "I, Clod-ius"? Let me also point out that a   
   vomitorium is not... that. Anyway, fairly enjoyable, educational as well (I'd   
   never heard of this "The    
   Roman Holidays" cartoon), and nearly modern full length to boot (though it   
   also ran to 8:32!).   
      
   DYN:   
   ...rated TV-14-DLSV? (For what specifically, violence, brief mention of   
   orgies?)   
   ...Carl still has his voice (could this be a production order thing)?   
   ...Michael Palin as the museum curator/guide (I didn't!)?   
      
   Previous episode stuff   
   9F07: A pretty good reference to "Obesius" as "Mr. Plow" in reference to his   
   actual plowing past   
      
   Copyright shmopyright   
   Something seemed funny about the copyright screen in the credits last week as   
   it flashed by, but I forgot to take a closer look until the same thing   
   happened tonight. I've finally taken that look. It appears that starting this   
   (air) season, the copyright    
   belongs to "20th Television" instead of "TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM   
   CORPORATION", and with some condensation and mixed case it's shrunk to a   
   lighter-looking one line under the production code instead of three.   
   I looked back a little further, and only now do I realize that the legalese in   
   the bottom third of the screen has been shortened as of the beginning of (air)   
   season 30, in fall 2018, to remove a few lines about TCF being the author of   
   the show for    
   purposes of copyright etc. I suppose at least one of these things is due to   
   the Disney merger.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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