Pynchon and MST3K!
Ned Raggett
the reference to Thomas Pynchon (the wannabe writer clears out the conductor
from his room on the train and sits down to his typewriter; Servo pipes
up, "Let's see, where was I? 'A screaming comes across the sky.'").
Have they thrown any other Pynchon references around? Oh yeah, there
was a Zappa reference in this one as well.
Brian Rev P-K Siano
Only two I can think of. One was an invention exchange where great
books were attached to cereal boxes, and "Gravity's Rainbow" was one of the
great books. Another was a reference to the TV show "V," which Tom Servo
followed with a reference to "Thomas Pynchon's V."
By the way, the "John Larroquette Show" made a nifty reference. The
kid working at one of the stalls in the bus terminal was telling John L.
about how he knew Thomas Pynchon. L. (I ain't typing it twice) insisted that
this couldn't be, because Pynchon was a mystery man, hadn't been
photographed since high school, etc. The kid insisted that he'd read all of
OPynchon's novels.
"name them," said John L.
"Crying of Lot 49, V, Gravity's Rainbow, Vineland, Pandemonium of
the Sun>"
"he never wrote a book with that title."
"I read the uncorrected galley proofs."
While I'll admit that he show is not exactly great shakes (there
aren't that many sitcoms I like anymore), Larrouquette's an intelligent man
who's said how much he loves Pynchon's work-- and the Pynchon joke was
tastefully done, at least.
Oh, and if Pynchon happens to be Net-surfing and reads this note...
here's hopes that you're doing well, from a fan who has no intention of
trying to track you down, or of bothering you in any way.
Brian "Rev. P-K" Siano (re...@cellar.org) sez:
"Trust your own judgement on all things; but the real work lies in
making your 'judgement' trustworthy."
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C Mealy
> By the way, the "John Larroquette Show" made a nifty reference. The
>kid working at one of the stalls in the bus terminal was telling John L.
>about how he knew Thomas Pynchon. L. (I ain't typing it twice) insisted that
>this couldn't be, because Pynchon was a mystery man, hadn't been
>photographed since high school, etc. The kid insisted that he'd read all of
>Pynchon's novels.
> "name them," said John L.
> "Crying of Lot 49, V, Gravity's Rainbow, Vineland, Pandemonium of
>the Sun>"
> "he never wrote a book with that title."
> "I read the uncorrected galley proofs."
In the interest of hopelessly tracking down 'references,' I'd like to
point out that right before GR came out, a young grad student wrote a
poem in tribute to Pynchon. Pynchon tracked him down and sent him the
uncorrected galley proofs. The question is: Who was that young grad
student, and was John L. thinking of this anecdote?
Now I know I've completely lost it. Thank you and goodbye.