Mr. Sparkle

Andrew Milner

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Jun 17, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/17/97

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> Hello Everybody!
> I am a fan from Italy.
> I've been reading about Mr. Sparkle for a while now.
> Can anybody tell me exactly what is it?

Two months ago in the USA there was a new Simpsons episode in which Homer
came across a box of Japanese detergent in the Springfield town dump. The
detergent's mascot looked just like Homer. Homer phoned Japan and asked
what the deal was. They sent him a videotape with the Japanese commercial
for the soap. The product's name translated into English was Mister
Sparkle. The commercial was an exact parody of Japanese TV commercials,
and the slogan, translated into English, was "For lucky best wash, use
Mister Sparkle!" A VERY funny episode.

Jason919

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Jun 18, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/18/97

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as the guy in the comic book store would say "mr. sparkle is the best
episode ever!" homer finds out that he looks just like a popular japanese
advertising logo called mr. sparkle. then they show a japanese commercial
that is perfect! it is not offensive for making fun of japanese art, it is
an exact imitation of it which makes it even funnier.

William Beuche

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Jun 18, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/18/97

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Mr. Sparkle was a japanese character found on a laundry detergent box by homer at the dump,
he looked exactly like homer. In the end it turned out to be a qouincidence that it looked
like homer, it was a merger of two logos of a fish and a lightbulb.

Bill

Ondre Lombard

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Jun 18, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/18/97

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Actually, according to my brother's friend who is very involved in
Japanese television Marc Miyake, the Japanese in the commercial was off and
the commercial resembles nothing that is advertised in Japan. But it was
moreover parody of some of the bizarre things created in Japan. Spur of the
moment things. Regardless, the commercial was hilarious anyway.

However, 1 minute or so of hilarity doesn't make up for an overall
weak episode ("In Marge We Trust").

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BenC100

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Jun 18, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/18/97

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Andrea Terno <Andrea...@iol.it> writes:

>Hello Everybody!
>I am a fan from Italy.
>I've been reading about Mr. Sparkle for a while now.
>Can anybody tell me exactly what is it?
>

>Thanks for listening.

A subplot in the eighth-season episode "In Marge We Trust" involves Homer
seeing what appears to be his face on a box of laundry detergent from
Japan.

Ron!

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Jun 18, 1997, 3:00:00 AM6/18/97

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Is there some reason for the informative messages regarding Mr. Sparkle? It's
almost as if you guys are telling "the ancient tale of Misutaaa Supakuru".
Anyhoo...if you're still looking to get the low-quality avi, check
www.connect.ab.ca/~ron
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r...@connect.ab.ca