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- From: rlopez@loanstar.tamu.edu (Robert Lopez)
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- Subject: Re: Superman ref?
- Date: 21 Jan 1993 22:32:54 GMT
- Organization: The Hosequarium South
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- In article <1993Jan21.213009.23670@udel.edu>, wagenfuh@huey.udel.edu (Karl Wagenfuehr) writes:
- |> In article <1jn2umINNc34@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bj835@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Tim Connors) writes:
- |> >The appearance of Lurleen Lumpkin in the episode with Lyle
- |> >Lanley makes me wonder whether Springfield, USA, like Metropolis
- |> >USA, has a disproportionate number of citizens with the initials
- |> >LL (Lois Lane, Lana Lang, Lex Luthor...). Perhaps this is a
- |> >backhanded salute to the deceased (at least for the time being)
- |> >Man of Steel. (I suppose we can't really call him "The Man of
- |> >Tomorrow" anymore, can we?)
- |>
- |> This gets my vote as the most contrived reference of the week. It
- |> clearly beats out the "They refered to Springfield in the Inauguration"
- |> one, though that was certainly a good effort.
- |>
- |> PS: :-)
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- Sorry, Karl, but I disagree. "They refered..." seems much worse to
- me. I kinda like the LL ref. Makes sense to bring ol' Lurleen back for
- this LL stuff (why did they, anyway? did it add anything?...well I guess she
- is a celeb from Springfield) I am glad the "Which state has the crooked
- governor" refs died down though.
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