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Andrew Levine

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Mar 11, 2001, 7:38:07 PM3/11/01
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DYN...
--Fry was born October 16, 1969 (the day the Mets won the World Series)?
--The centaurs have long pointy ears?
--two Benders appear in this episode? (One is the robot, the other is Judd
Nelson as Bender on the Breakfast Club album)
--If Yantzee never had other children, Farnsworth is descended from the first
man to reach Mars?

References:
"Doug" (TV series)
The middle name of the title character, also voiced by Billy West, was Yantzee.

"Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds (1985 song)
The theme from the Breakfast Club is played at the end of the episode.

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Fen Phen

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Mar 11, 2001, 7:42:48 PM3/11/01
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"Andrew Levine" <yanke...@aol.completeBS> wrote in message
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> References:
> "Doug" (TV series)
> The middle name of the title character, also voiced by Billy West, was
Yantzee.

I believe it's "Yancy."


Zikron the Insistent

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Mar 11, 2001, 10:56:20 PM3/11/01
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On 12 Mar 2001 00:38:07 GMT, yanke...@aol.completeBS (Andrew Levine)
wrote:

>DYN...
>--Fry was born October 16, 1969 (the day the Mets won the World Series)?
>--The centaurs have long pointy ears?
>--two Benders appear in this episode? (One is the robot, the other is Judd
>Nelson as Bender on the Breakfast Club album)
>--If Yantzee never had other children, Farnsworth is descended from the first
>man to reach Mars?
>

Didn't Philip already mention in an earlier episode something about
his nephew? It seems all single guys talk about their nephews.

LooseChanj

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Mar 11, 2001, 11:38:51 PM3/11/01
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"Andrew Levine" <yanke...@aol.completeBS> wrote in message
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| DYN...
| --Fry was born October 16, 1969 (the day the Mets won the World Series)?

How could I miss it? Fry's 9 days older than me. Funny, I always thought
he was in his 20's. A 30 year old pizza delivery boy...no wonder he hated
his life.
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Nathan Mulac DeHoff

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Mar 12, 2001, 12:27:55 AM3/12/01
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"LooseChanj" <Loose...@aol.com> wrote in message
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I thought he mentioned being 23 or 25 or something in an earlier episode.

Nathan

LooseChanj

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Mar 12, 2001, 1:47:55 AM3/12/01
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"Nathan Mulac DeHoff" <Dinne...@tmbg.org> wrote in message
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Not unless 1969<----->1999 is less than 30 years.
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Nathan Mulac DeHoff

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Mar 12, 2001, 3:40:47 AM3/12/01
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"LooseChanj" <Loose...@aol.com> wrote in message
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Well, it obviously isn't, which I think is why there might be a continuity
glitch here. Does anyone else remember Fry being in his twenties in an
earlier episode?

Nathan

Gyumaoh

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Mar 12, 2001, 5:17:58 AM3/12/01
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> Does anyone else remember Fry being in his twenties in an
> earlier episode?

Yes. I do remember Leela saying he was either 25 or 26, though I have no idea
what episode it's from.

Willie

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Mar 12, 2001, 11:01:58 AM3/12/01
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Well, remember that the Mets made it to the World Series in both 1969
and 1973. Ed Kranepool was still with the Mets in 1973. That would make
Fry 26 years old during News Years Eve, 1999.


Willie

chris

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Mar 12, 2001, 12:09:19 PM3/12/01
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Got this from www.planetexpress.dk

>Fry always lived in New York. He was born in 1974 and as a kid he always
dreamed of >being an astronaut like Neil Armstrong and those other guys
noone ever heard of.

There's gotta be some kinda continuity problem. There's almost no way Fry's
30 years old. I seem to remember in a previous ep Fry mentioning his age or
something. Guess it's time to fire up Realplayer and going thru the
archives.

Chris

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Matt Worthington

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Mar 12, 2001, 2:46:37 PM3/12/01
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In the very begining of the Titianc episode, Fry says "This is great.
I haven't had time off since I was 21 through 24" .

-Matt

Larry F

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Mar 12, 2001, 10:29:34 PM3/12/01
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On Mon, 12 Mar 2001 19:46:37 GMT, screw...@hotmail.com (Matt
Worthington) wrote:

>
>>I thought he mentioned being 23 or 25 or something in an earlier episode.
>>
>>Nathan
>>
>>
>>
>In the very begining of the Titianc episode, Fry says "This is great.
>I haven't had time off since I was 21 through 24" .
>
>-Matt

Yes, and then he went back to work at the pizza place. So, he was 24
when he started working there, but how long was that before he
disappeared?

In "My Three Suns" Leela says he's 25.

Leela: ". . .that a shiftless 25 year old delivery boy could kill the
emperor and be rewarded instead of punished."

Fry: "Leela, you don't have to beat around the bush. We all know who
you're talking about, Me right?"

(typed from memory, may not be exact. your reality may vary)

--Larry

Grosseyboy

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Mar 13, 2001, 12:34:19 AM3/13/01
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"chris" <chri...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Got this from www.planetexpress.dk
>
> >Fry always lived in New York. He was born in 1974 and as a kid he always
> dreamed of >being an astronaut like Neil Armstrong and those other guys
> noone ever heard of.
>
> There's gotta be some kinda continuity problem. There's almost no way
Fry's
> 30 years old. I seem to remember in a previous ep Fry mentioning his age
or
> something. Guess it's time to fire up Realplayer and going thru the
> archives.
>
Leela first mentioned he was 25 in "My Three Suns."

So, obviously, the writers screwed up with the Mets thing.

Willie

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Mar 13, 2001, 1:37:01 AM3/13/01
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Grosseyboy wrote:

> So, obviously, the writers screwed up with the Mets thing.

I posted on this subject before, but it looks like few newsreaders
picked it up.

The two players mentioned by name were Ed Kranepool and Jerry Grote.
They were together on the Mets from 1966 to 1976. The Mets won the World
Series in 1969, and the NL pennant in 1973. However, the radio broadcast
that Fry's mother was listening to does not say anything about the game
other than the Mets winning it.

So it could have been 1974, agreeing with the other information given.


Willie

Mike Zaite

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Mar 13, 2001, 1:37:24 AM3/13/01
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But the Mets did win in 1973 as well as Willie pointed out. So they were
only off by one year. Or Leela was just rounding down.

http://www.sportingnews.com/archives/worldseries/1973.html
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Mike Zaite

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Mar 13, 2001, 1:43:40 AM3/13/01
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The mets didn't win but they did go all the way to game 7 before
loosing. So that could have been game 5. Or the NL Penant game. So that
would push Fry's birth date back.

Andrew Levine

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Mar 13, 2001, 8:39:40 AM3/13/01
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Well, we can see if the broadcast Mrs. Fry listens to corresponds to the final
game of the '69 Series, or any game in the '73 playoffs. Does anyone have a
transcript of the broadcast heard in the episode? I can check it against what
Total Baseball says.

Matt Worthington

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Mar 13, 2001, 10:56:48 AM3/13/01
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The radio broadcast does say: "And Grote leans into the pitch. It
hits him! The Mets win." So, (providing that wasn't made up by the
writers) anyone remember Grote getting hit by the pitch and winning
the game? Hmm, reminds me of that episode of the Simpsons with
the nuclear power plant softball team, where Homer gets hit by the
pitch, and wins the game.

-Matt

Dave

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Mar 13, 2001, 12:42:41 PM3/13/01
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None of the WS games in '69 or '73 ended with a hit batsman.

Shame, they went through the trouble of getting the names right, they
should have gone a step further.

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