Even Homer nods twice

James Wynn · 10 Feb 2003, 20:25 · from urth-v0302.mbox · original

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From: "James Wynn" <crushtv at HotPOP.com>
Subject: RE: (urth) Even Homer nods twice
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 14:25:04 -0600
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Nigel opines:
As far as I can see, no one ever answered that question, but I finally got
to see that episode of "The Simpsons" on BBC2 this evening and I would say
definitely, yes! That really does look like a Gene Wolfe homage. A bizarre
one, it's true, but an homage none the less.

Crush plays the party-pooper:
I'd much prefer that this were so and I plan to use it to recommend Gene
Wolfe to my Simpson-crazed friends, however...

the Simpson's Archive (http://www.snpp.com/episodes/8F02.html) notes three
other possible movie horror sources for this homage, two of which seem quite
credible:

o The Incredible 2-Headed Transplant (1971) http://us.imdb.com/Title?0069372

o The Thing with Two Heads (1972) http://us.imdb.com/Plot?0067245

-- Crush

--=20

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