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Last night's Simpson's episode is available online here.

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If you remember from the Simpson's episode, Brother can you spare two dimes, Homer's brother Herb invents a device to translate baby language. Now it looks like some Australian mother is claiming to have figured out baby speech. Shouldn't the Simpson's get a patent or something? Perhaps get a cut…
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A cartoon of Diplodocus from Simpson's letter. The accompanying text reads (starting at the head); Diplodocus longus; CRANIUM, or to use the technical term, BEAN; Beaming Orbs; Neck like a tail; The Rest of Him (or Her as the case may be); Diplodocus tootsies; Relative size of a man (Homo sap) of…
tags: Simpsons, liberals, streaming video This streaming outtake from a Simpson's episode about FOX news is amusing [1:13].

I recall there was controversy when "The Simpsons" premiered because some conservatives deemed the show to be a threat to the American family. The show is now in its 17th season and society is none the worse for wear. In fact here's evidence that the show has become part of our social fabric:

A course outline for "Philosophy and the Simpsons" at Rice University http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~norcross/Simpsons06.htm

A summary of some scholarly literature about the show published in the journal "Political Theory" http://www.snpp.com/other/articles/simpsonsrevealed.html

By Sean Storrs (not verified) on 17 May 2006 #permalink