Hepped Up on Goofballs

[Anthony Tamaccio]

The phrase, "Hepped Up on Goofballs" was used 3 times last week on the
Homer loves Flanders episode. Now, I've heard of being hepped up on drugs,
acid, or what have you, but goofballs? Is the a movie reference I missed?
It goes to show you how good a show is when you crack up even when you're
not sure what the characters are talking about.
The best on was when Moe exclaimed the statement in church
Anthony Tamaccio

[Mike Cohen]

tama...@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu (Anthony Tamaccio) writes:

This has also been mentioned on mst3k and there was an extensive discussion
of goofballs recently on alt.tv.mst3k. Could there be a connection between
the 2 shows?
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[Ron Carter]

Anthony Tamaccio <tama...@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu> wrote:

>The phrase, "Hepped Up on Goofballs" was used 3 times last week on the

^^^^^^

I think they actually said "Hopped up..." but "Hepped up..." is cool...

>Homer loves Flanders episode. Now, I've heard of being hepped up on drugs,
>acid, or what have you, but goofballs? Is the a movie reference I missed?

Not really a specific movie ref (a ref to "Dragnet" if anything, but that's
doubtful, too) but rather, just a hick cop (ie Wiggums) thing to say...

The word "goofballs" is funny all by itself...

> It goes to show you how good a show is when you crack up even when you're
>not sure what the characters are talking about.

Yep...
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[Gerald Prentice]

Anthony Tamaccio (tama...@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu) wrote:
: The phrase, "Hepped Up on Goofballs" was used 3 times last week on the

I've heard David Letterman use that phrase a few times as well.
There must be some parental reference for the two users.
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[Aatrix]

Anthony Tamaccio (tama...@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu) wrote:
: The phrase, "Hepped Up on Goofballs" was used 3 times last week on the
: Homer loves Flanders episode. Now, I've heard of being hepped up on drugs,
: acid, or what have you, but goofballs? Is the a movie reference I missed?

No, there really is some drug whose "nickname" is goofballs. I remember when I
was in grade school, the police came to talk to our class about drugs, and they
did mention "goofballs" (I think that they're some sort of barbituate - they
make you act "goofy" - more proof that Walt Disney was a hophead!)

a.d. jensen,
Aatrix Software, Inc.
aatrix @aol.com
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[Aaron Weber]

According to the glossary in William Burroughs's _Junkie_, a goofball ia a
nembutal capsule. "Nembutal is a barbituate used by junkies 'to take the
edge off' when they can't get junk." (junk being morphine/opium/heroin)

Aaron Weber
aw0...@uhura.cc.rochester.edu

[Henry Reynolds]

In article <2mp4i0$q...@nermal.cs.uoguelph.ca> Gerald Prentice,
gpre...@uoguelph.ca writes:
>: The phrase, "Hepped Up on Goofballs" was used 3 times last week on the

>I often heard this in driver's ed i the 80's. Old 50's term.

[Karen Cooper]

I'm pretty sure, from my long-gone days steeped in drug lore, that
"goofballs" is a reference to some kind of prescription speed. That might
account for some of OFF's more antic behavior....

Karen.