Stuff for "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" (1f12)
Don Del Grande
OOPS: That wasn't Kathleen Turner as the voice of the doll after all...
REVIEW: (B+) This one had a number of noteable moments, although the opening
wasn't that good (you could see Grampa yelling to bring on Matlock the minute
Dr. Hibbert started talking a mile away); at least they didn't cop out with
an "everybody buys the Lisa Lionheart doll and the moral of the story is that
women CAN do anything even in the face of the male-domineered society even
on a show where the vast majority of producers, writers, and directors are
men".
The episode ran 21:32 (timed from the start of the first scene to the "Dan
Castellaneta" credit, and not including commercials); was this episode
made shorter because of Fox's beach promotion? (Then again, how could they
have known that this episode would be shown on this date, especially since
the earthquake probably pushed the schedule back one week?)
NOTES FOR THE LIST-KEEPING TYPES
Episode number: 1F12
Written by Bill Oakley and Josh Weinstein
Directed by Jeffrey Lynch
Blackboard: none
Couch: family gets crushed by "Monty Python's Flying Circus" foot (first
used in 1F02)
Overseas Animation: Anivision, J.C. Park
Special Guest Voice: Kathleen Turner
Also Starring: Pamela Hayden, Maggie Roswell
DYNs/Freeze Frame/Other Stuff
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1. The name "Andy Griffith" is never used - just "Matlock".
2. The telegram Lisa reads is dated October 11, sometime between 6 and 7 PM.
3. Hopefully, there's a coin store at the mall, as mint condition 1917
silver dollars are worth much more (at the very least, for the silver
content alone) than $1 each.
4. Stores at the mall (all on the second floor) seen as they headed to
Kidstown USA: One Size Fits All Lingerie, Leftorium, House of No
Refunds, Organ _____, Just Vinn____ (the organ one wasn't clear; the
last one went off the side of the screen).
5. There's no break in Grampa's story between the time they're in the car
and the time they're in the mall. (Maybe he repeated it...)
6. The black keys on the keyboard don't correspond to s atandard keyboard
at first (there are three white keys between the sets of black keys),
but they do when Homer starts "Rock Around the Clock" - during which,
the notes do not correspond to where he's stepping.
7. On the drive home, not only is nobody wearing seat belts, but Marge
has Maggie in her lap, which can be quite dangerous even if Marge is
wearing a seat belt.
8. Why is Homer drinking a Buzz Cola instead of a Duff Beer?
9. "Millions of girls will grow up thinking that this is the right way
to act - that they can never be anything more than vacuous ninnies
whose only goal is to look pretty, land a rich husband, and spend all
day on the phone with their equally vacuous friends talking about how
damn terrific it is to look pretty and have a rich husband!" During
Lisa's tirade, the Malibu Stacy Doll's hair got more and more mussed
with each remark. (And isn't it supposed to say things like that?
Why do you think it's called a MALIBU Stacy Doll?)
10. Celeste's doll says "My Spidey-sense is tingling; anybody call for a
webslinger?" - but does Spider-man actually say "Spidey-sense"? (I
thought he always called it "spider sense".)
11. Lisa's friends, including Janey, have three lashes on each eyelid,
instead of four like Lisa.
12. Lisa once threw red paint at Keebler executives, made the family march
in a Gay Rights parade, and won't let Homer watch FOX because it owns
chemical weapons plants in Syria? As Marge would say, "mmmmmmmm...."
13. One of Smithers' dolls is carrying a rifle (it's to the right as he
appears in close-up); also, he's wearing his SNPP badge in the film.
Speaking of Smithers, he lives in Apt. 19 of his building and
recognizes Lisa at first sight, albeit as "Homer Simpson's daughter".
14. Stacy (the woman, not the doll) was forced out in 1974 for funneling
profits to the Viet Cong (i.e. what was then North Vietnamese troops).
15. The "teenager's" last name is Peterson - and now there's another one
with a slightly different voice (with the crate of Talking Malibu
Stacy Dolls).
16. Lisa Lionheart has the wisdom of author Gertrude Stein, the wit of
"Cathy" cartoonist Cathy uisewite, the tenacity of Nina Totenberg
(pardon me for asking, but "who?"), the common sense of women's rights
crusader Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and the "down-to-earth good looks" of
Eleanor Roosevelt". (I might have chosen "Sylvia" cartoonist Nicole
Hollander over Guisewite, and Rosa Parks over Totenberg.)
17. Things the Talking Malibu Stacy Doll says:
I wish they taught shopping in school
Let's bake some cookies for the boys
Don't ask me; I'm just a girl <giggle> <giggle>
Now let's forget our troubles with a big bowl of strawberry ice cream
Shaking too much gives you wrinkles
My name is Stacy, but you can call me <two-note wolf whistle>
18. There already is a Talking Krusty Doll - see "The Crepes of Wrath" and
"A Streetcar Named Marge" ("Hey, kids! I'm flame retardant!").
19. Talking Malibu Stacy has a "pull-string" - hasn't technology reached
the point where they can do better than that?
20. When Homer plays the Simpson theme at the end, the others who step on
the keyboard light up keys but don't play any notes.
MAGGIE ALERT
21. Maggie is wearing an orange coat of some sort (it appears to have a
hood as well, but it's not over her head) when they're about to go
to the mall, but she's not wearing it in the car or at the mall.
22. When Maggie spells out "MAGGIE SIMPSON" with the Etch-A-Sketch, the
"pen" movement doesn't correspond to her somewhat random knob-turning.
(One knob controls horizontal motion, the other vertical.)
23. This is the first time Maggie uses a fork, but whatever it is she's
eating looks like something that wouldn't stick to a fork.
24. During Grampa's story, Homer, Marge, and Maggie have their eyes
half-closed, while Bart and Lisa aren't bored. (In the mall, Lisa
starts to look bored.)
25. Maggie reaches out for both the silver dollars and the Lisa Lionheart
dolls.
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Don Del Grande, ddel...@nyx.cs.du.edu
Next week: Deep Space Homer (1F13) followed by Three Men And A Comic
Book (7F21)
Who makes more noise - girls waiting for the new Malibu Stacy doll or ATS
posters on the day "The Simpsons" is finally released on videocassette?
T. Daniel Crawford
>
> 7. On the drive home, not only is nobody wearing seat belts, but Marge
> has Maggie in her lap, which can be quite dangerous even if Marge is
> wearing a seat belt.
>
Did you also notice that at the beginning of the drive home, Maggie is
nowhere to be seen, but the second time they show the front seat, there's
Maggie!?!
-Daniel
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> Hollander over Guisewite, and Rosa Parks over Totenberg.)
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Brian Bringardner
: 10. Celeste's doll says "My Spidey-sense is tingling; anybody call for a
: webslinger?" - but does Spider-man actually say "Spidey-sense"? (I
: thought he always called it "spider sense".)
No, he called it "spidey-sense." They wouldn't mess up about something
THAT important.
: 16. Lisa Lionheart has the wisdom of author Gertrude Stein, the wit of
: "Cathy" cartoonist Cathy Guisewite,
The comic strip "Cathy" should be as offensive to women as Malibu
Stacy.
:
Sanjiv Sarwate
>: 16. Lisa Lionheart has the wisdom of author Gertrude Stein, the wit of
>: "Cathy" cartoonist Cathy Guisewite,
> The comic strip "Cathy" should be as offensive to women as Malibu
>Stacy.
Hear hear! I'm male and _I_ find that strip incredibly sexist and demeaning
to women. I don't think there's a single positive portrayal of women in it.
All the female characters are utterly lacking in self-control, obsessive about
appearance, have this pathetic need to be in some kind of romantic relationship
even if it's with a pinhead, and are only marginally able to deal with life
in the twentieth century. As a commentary on women's issues, it's pretty sad,
since all of the women in it are pathetic wastes of ink. The strip has no
redeeming qualities whatsoever.
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listener, runner, prince with the swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks
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Michael M. Welch
Brian Bringardner <b...@lclark.edu> wrote:
>Don Del Grande (ddel...@nyx.cs.du.edu) wrote:
>
>
>: 10. Celeste's doll says "My Spidey-sense is tingling; anybody call for a
>: webslinger?" - but does Spider-man actually say "Spidey-sense"? (I
>: thought he always called it "spider sense".)
>
>No, he called it "spidey-sense." They wouldn't mess up about something
>THAT important.
I don't know about what the doll said, but Spider-Man, himself, says
"spider sense".
- Michael
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> 4. Stores at the mall (all on the second floor) seen as they headed to
> Kidstown USA: One Size Fits All Lingerie, Leftorium, House of No
> Refunds, Organ _____, Just Vinn____ (the organ one wasn't clear; the
> last one went off the side of the screen).
Glad to see Ned is still in business...
> 5. There's no break in Grampa's story between the time they're in the car
> and the time they're in the mall. (Maybe he repeated it...)
It was very long....IMHO, the joke worked better this way, since we also got
the changing scenery to look at instead of just a headshot of Abe droning on
and on. I think they learned something from the failure of the rake scene; I
can't think of any real timing problems since then.
> 6. The black keys on the keyboard don't correspond to s atandard keyboard
> at first (there are three white keys between the sets of black keys),
> but they do when Homer starts "Rock Around the Clock" - during which,
> the notes do not correspond to where he's stepping.
Homer's clumsier than you think.
> 8. Why is Homer drinking a Buzz Cola instead of a Duff Beer?
It eases the pain.
>10. Celeste's doll says "My Spidey-sense is tingling; anybody call for a
> webslinger?" - but does Spider-man actually say "Spidey-sense"? (I
> thought he always called it "spider sense".)
You're right, it should have been Spider-sense. The media pranksters must
have been clueless.
>11. Lisa's friends, including Janey, have three lashes on each eyelid,
> instead of four like Lisa.
That's because Lisa is smarter.
>14. Stacy (the woman, not the doll) was forced out in 1974 for funneling
> profits to the Viet Cong (i.e. what was then North Vietnamese troops).
Jane Fonda reference? Anyone think the doll looked like Barbarella?
Of course, the woman in the mansion should have had her own exercise studio and
not been drinking alcohol...
>16. Lisa Lionheart has the wisdom of author Gertrude Stein, the wit of
> "Cathy" cartoonist Cathy uisewite, the tenacity of Nina Totenberg
> (pardon me for asking, but "who?"), the common sense of women's rights
> crusader Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and the "down-to-earth good looks" of
> Eleanor Roosevelt". (I might have chosen "Sylvia" cartoonist Nicole
> Hollander over Guisewite, and Rosa Parks over Totenberg.)
Totenberg is the NPR reporter who scooped the Anita Hill story and
stonewalled the Congressional committee that was more interested in finding the
whistleblower who leaked the story than in the merits of the case.
I would have chosen Susan Sontag or Hannah Arendt over Stein, and Susan
Sarandon over Roosevelt (probably this was part of the joke, but I don't think
Eleanor was known for down-to-earth good looks).
>17. Things the Talking Malibu Stacy Doll says:
> Shaking too much gives you wrinkles
it's, "THINKING too much gives you wrinkles".
>19. Talking Malibu Stacy has a "pull-string" - hasn't technology reached
> the point where they can do better than that?
Yeah, but pull-strings are more fun!
>22. When Maggie spells out "MAGGIE SIMPSON" with the Etch-A-Sketch, the
> "pen" movement doesn't correspond to her somewhat random knob-turning.
> (One knob controls horizontal motion, the other vertical.)
I've always suspected Maggie was vaguely telekinectic...
Andrew "your equally vacuous friend" Ross
Chris Courtois
: I wish they taught shopping in school
: Let's bake some cookies for the boys
: Don't ask me; I'm just a girl <giggle> <giggle>
: Now let's forget our troubles with a big bowl of strawberry ice cream
: Shaking too much gives you wrinkles
Hmm... to me it sounded more like "thinking", which makes more
sense as a sexist remark.
: My name is Stacy, but you can call me <two-note wolf whistle>
Jym Dyer
=o= I would *love* to know what that was all about. Exploita-
tion of elves? Creating a fire hazard in an old-growth forest?
> 16. . . . the wit of "Cathy" cartoonist Cathy [G]uisewite,
> the tenacity of Nina Totenberg (pardon me for asking, but "who?")
=o= NPR reporter, broke the Anita Hill story. But the wit of
Cathy Guisewite? Gimme a break!
> 19. Talking Malibu Stacy has a "pull-string" - hasn't technology reached
> the point where they can do better than that?
=o= "So Scratchy has an ice cream cone." "Make it a piece of
pie, it's easier to animate." "Okay, okay, a piece of pie."
> 24. During Grampa's story, Homer, Marge, and Maggie have their
> eyes half-closed, while Bart and Lisa aren't bored.
=o= Also, Maggie was the only one paying attention when Lisa was
having her breakfast-table tirade.
> REVIEW: (B+)
=o= I give it an A+. This one is up there with my other
favorites (Moaning Lisa, Marge vs. Itchy & Scratchy, and
The Last Temptation of Homer).
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17. Things the Talking Malibu Stacy Doll says:
I wish they taught shopping in school
Let's bake some cookies for the boys
Don't ask me; I'm just a girl <giggle> <giggle>
Now let's forget our troubles with a big bowl of strawberry ice
cream
** Shaking too much gives you wrinkles
My name is Stacy, but you can call me <two-note wolf whistle>
<mo deletia>
It was "Thinking too much gives you wrinkles"
dc
Carl Mueller
>17. Things the Talking Malibu Stacy Doll says:
> I wish they taught shopping in school
Wasn't it traffic? I could have sworn she said traffic, even though
it doesn't make much sense.
> Let's bake some cookies for the boys
> Don't ask me; I'm just a girl <giggle> <giggle>
> Now let's forget our troubles with a big bowl of strawberry ice
> cream
> ** Shaking too much gives you wrinkles
> My name is Stacy, but you can call me <two-note wolf whistle>
>
><mo deletia>
>
>It was "Thinking too much gives you wrinkles"
>dc
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aimee slater
> 17. Things the Talking Malibu Stacy Doll says:
> I wish they taught shopping in school
> Let's bake some cookies for the boys
> Don't ask me; I'm just a girl <giggle> <giggle>
> Now let's forget our troubles with a big bowl of strawberry ice cream
> Shaking too much gives you wrinkles
> My name is Stacy, but you can call me <two-note wolf whistle>
>
> actually, i believe it's "thinking too much gives you wrinkles"
but i am glad someone knows almost all of them because i couldn't remember
the strawberry ice cream one and the wolf whistle one.
aimee slater
Carolyn Innis
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>From: davec@.mik.uky.edu (SuperDaveC!)
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>Subject: Re: Stuff for "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" (1f12)
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I thought it was Drinking too much gives you wrinkles, which explained why she
was let in to the locked up mansion so quickly- but I could be wrong.
===========================
Ted Frank
> I wish they taught shopping in school
> Let's bake some cookies for the boys
> Don't ask me; I'm just a girl <giggle> <giggle>
> Now let's forget our troubles with a big bowl of strawberry ice cream
> Shaking too much gives you wrinkles
Arrgh!! "*Thinking* gives you wrinkles."
> My name is Stacy, but you can call me <two-note wolf whistle>
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Brendan Dunn
Carolyn Innis <car...@sjnwhub.sj.unisys.com> wrote:
>In article <2kcoaj$r...@s.ms.uky.edu> davec@.mik.uky.edu (SuperDaveC!) writes:
>>Path:
>>ddel...@nyx.cs.du.edu (Don Del Grande) writes:
>> ** Shaking too much gives you wrinkles
>>It was "Thinking too much gives you wrinkles"
>>dc
>I thought it was Drinking too much gives you wrinkles, which explained why she
>was let in to the locked up mansion so quickly- but I could be wrong.
>===========================
I thought it was "Shrinking too much gives you wrinkles", you know, like a
raisin. Because there was a raisin in the scene where...no, wait, that
wasn't a raisin. Sorry. Never mind.
Tony Stott
> 18. There already is a Talking Krusty Doll - see "The Crepes of Wrath" and
> "A Streetcar Named Marge" ("Hey, kids! I'm flame retardant!").
"I'm Krusty the Clown and I'm going to kill you!" :o)
> 19. Talking Malibu Stacy has a "pull-string" - hasn't technology reached
> the point where they can do better than that?
Well my talking Bart has a pull string, as does my talking Ren (I have no
Stimpy {SOB!}), so I guess, considering the quality (or lack thereof) of
products nowadays , that this is still the cheapest way to produce them. :o)
BTW Why does my talking Bart say "Kids in TV land you're being duped". It's
hardly a regular quote, judging from my collector cards he said it in one of
the Tracey Ullman episodes (?)
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IC>In article <1994Feb20....@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>, ddel...@nyx.cs.du.e
IC>(Don Del Grande) writes:
IC>>
IC>> 7. On the drive home, not only is nobody wearing seat belts, but Marge
IC>> has Maggie in her lap, which can be quite dangerous even if Marge is
IC>> wearing a seat belt.
IC>>
IC>Did you also notice that at the beginning of the drive home, Maggie is
IC>nowhere to be seen, but the second time they show the front seat, there's
IC>Maggie!?!
IC>-Daniel
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IC>cra...@smerdis.ccqc.uga.edu Chemistry
IC>_kludge_ - n, (klooj) an improvised, jury-rigged, poorly thought out solutio
IC>to a problem, usually intended only for temporary use. (Possibly from Ger.
IC>klug, "clever".) (The Dictionary of Computer Terms, Barron's, 1992.)
Did you also remember the time when Homer went over Springfield gorge,
fell and hit the rocks, and survived???? Come on guys, this is a
cartoon, they don't have to follow the social norm.