the dog picture in Treehouse IV

[BIER, LAURENCE]

I've posted this before, but I'll post it again. Isn't the picture of
dogs playing poker seen in this episode based on an actual picture of dogs
playing cards by William Wegman, who has done lots of other pictures of dog
engaged in human activities?

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"In this country you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the
money you get the power. Then when you get the power then you get the
woman."
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[Clark Curtis Roger]

: I've posted this before, but I'll post it again. Isn't the picture of

: dogs playing poker seen in this episode based on an actual picture of dogs

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: "In this country you gotta make the money first. Then when you get the
: money you get the power. Then when you get the power then you get the
: woman."
: *******************************************************************************

: playing cards by William Wegman, who has done lots of other pictures of dog
: engaged in human activities?

It sure looks the same to me. If not the actual, it made reference to
the painting, (The Simpsons Would NEVER stoop to something like this).
I remember a cheers episode where sam has this painting too.

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[AZ...@asuacad.bitnet]

Actually both Wegman and the Simpsons writers got their inspiration from
the same source--those innumerable, tacky, and unforgettable paintings of
dogs playing cards from several decades past which can still occasionally be
found in garage sales, junk shops, and attics alongside velvet portraits of
Elvis.