From: eichler2@comcast.net   
      
   On Sun, 07 Dec 2025 21:40:00 -0500, Matt Garvey    
   wrote:   
      
   >Not too bad secondary-character episode and one that felt a little   
   >grounded and classic. (The only thing that really seemed ridiculous to   
   >me was the ball pit "drowning" but I guess there was worse even in the   
   >golden years.)   
      
   This show had one of the most obscure references I ever remember   
   seeing on a Simpsons episode.  Just after Skinner pulled Hub out of   
   the ball pit, there was a really brief shot of the arcade games behind   
   them, and one of them was Polybius.   
      
   It's claimed by some people that Polybius was an early 80s arcade game   
   that caused hallucinations and even insanity in people who played it,   
   and all Polybius machines mysteriously vanished from arcades overnight   
   and were never seen again.   
      
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybius_(urban_legend)   
      
     -- Bob   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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