WHERE IS SPRINGFIELD
wupenny
I love the simpsons and i have noticed how they always block out the
state in which they live i think they should have a episode that shows
were they live......send me your ideas
Daniel Ros
wupenny wrote in message <35719CB4...@frontiernet.net>...
>I love the simpsons and i have noticed how they always block out the
>state in which they live i think they should have a episode that shows
>were they live......send me your ideas
To avoid offending the real springfield (there are several) this is never
revealed. AFAIK
Daniel Ros
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Jesper Stocholm
Somehow, this question seems to pop up once in a while, and everybody
suddenly feel the urge of sharing their personal opinion about where this
little town is actually placed. The thread usually expands to several dozen
postings - all more or less "well-documented".
The prob. of getting a (usefull) answer to this question ranks next to
getting a usefull answer when phoning the CIA, asking if aliens actually
crashed in Roswell ... :o)
Jesper, Denmark
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S. J. Lundy
This is stoopid. Springfield is the the name of the fictitious town.
*{Michael}*
>"S. J. Lundy" <s.l...@virgin.net> writes:
>This is stoopid. Springfield is the the name of the fictitious town.
When was the last time you checked a map of the U.S.?
There are *many* town, cities, named Springfield.
Only problem is, you'll never find out which one the writers are
referring to.
In one episode, they were just about ready to point in out when Bart
blocked it totally! Smart move! Smart writing, as usual!
Regards,
Michael
Clash
*{Michael}* wrote:
> When was the last time you checked a map of the U.S.?
> There are *many* town, cities, named Springfield.
> Only problem is, you'll never find out which one the writers are
> referring to.
You're missing the point. Yes, there are *many* US towns named
"Springfield," but none of these is the Springfield in which OFF lives.
The Simpsons Springfield is, obviously, a fictional town; the writers are
not "referring" to any existing Springfield.
Now, let there be no more said about Where Is Springfield.
Clash
InsomniaZZ
Springfiled HAS to be fictional! Walt Whitman wasn't even buried in a real life
Springfield! If no one knows what the hell I'm talkinh about., I refer you to
the "Mother Simpsons" ep.
Homer: Oh, I'm sory I didn't come to visit you mother. Here lies... Walt
Whitman! Damn you Walt Whitman! I... hate... you... Walt... Whit...man! Leaves
of grass my ass!
InsominaZZ sez....
"There's a fine line between genius and insanity"
"Who did what now?"
AcK!
On 05 Jun 1998 20:58:39 GMT, insom...@aol.com (InsomniaZZ) wrote:
>Springfiled HAS to be fictional! Walt Whitman wasn't even buried in a real life
>Springfield! If no one knows what the hell I'm talkinh about., I refer you to
>the "Mother Simpsons" ep.
>
>Homer: Oh, I'm sory I didn't come to visit you mother. Here lies... Walt
>Whitman! Damn you Walt Whitman! I... hate... you... Walt... Whit...man! Leaves
>of grass my ass!
The fun is finding out how many states can possibly have the 'real'
Springfield, and which ones have been eliminated.
"...Alaska and Hawaii, the freak states..."
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KSmith3442
I spent a couple of hours one night on the computer looking up which states had
both a Springfield and a Shelbyville. I found a few Springfields but only 2 or
3 Shelbyvilles. Then looked to see if any of those had the two cities close
together. The closest match I think was Maine but the cities where like 50
miles apart. The came the football episode where the boys from Arlen Texas
came to play and hank Hill mentioned that they drove 1000 miles to get there.
Oh well, i guess I was bored and needed something to do that night.
Lance Williams
they live in California.
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Techno Ry
They live in Texas
http://www.splusnet.com/~av8ter/sugaryj/simpsons.htm
check it out
Techno Ry
http://fly.to/springfield
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KSmith3442
texas is defantely ruled out because the Hills drove 1000 miles from Arlen
Texas to get to Springfield.
Gonigal
When will you people get it into your heads that the creators have included
enough contradicory information to rule out every region of the United States
as we know it.? In one episode, they visit the site of Springfield's great
Civil War battle (Springfield was on the "North" side), in another they drive
to a seemingly New-England beach comunity for the summer, yet in "You Only Move
Twice" they drive "upstate" to a new town in what sure seems to be the Pacific
Northwest. (this episode also catagoricaly rules out any possibiliy of
Springfield being anywhere near the East Coast)
I can only assume that those still asking what State Springfield is in are
either from other countries and so do not have a detailed understanding of
American Geography, or are from America, where we have an even worse
understanding of American Geography.
-D.G.
Jake Lennington
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Hardwire
Springfield is located in the closest state to where ever you are now.
(Right now, I'm in a state of dismay, bordering on disbelief... but I'm
thinking of moving straight on to silliness.)
Hardwire
Hesky584
on some lisences is the initials nt i think that its north dakota...or south
dakota..because of some clues tht have been left
hesky584
PowerWizard
shut up
OODGR
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>
My thoughts exactly.
OODGR
Noxious
> on some lisences is the initials nt i think that its north dakota...or
south
> dakota..because of some clues tht have been left
Actually, NT is an old reference to Norther Territory which was used before
Alaska was a state. Some people have said that it stands for North Tacoma
(I'm not sure why) and then there are the old die-hards who insist that
Springfield is in Bonerland (of which I'm one) .......hehehe.......
BTW....Hesky, I've only got 3 episodes left to put on your tape and then
it'll be in the mail to ya!!!
Later!
Mike
Noxious
> >shut up
> >
> My thoughts exactly.
**as they turn off the thread "Where is Springfield", Noxious says**
....Hey! I was watching that!
anthony thomas nowak
I think Springfield is in Illinois. Only 20 minutes from Springfield
there is Shelbyville, IL. Where the two towns notorously don't get along.
Tbag
Thurston
> anthony thomas nowak <at-n...@students.uiuc.edu> writes:
> I think Springfield is in Illinois. Only 20 minutes from Springfield
> there is Shelbyville, IL. Where the two towns notorously don't get along.
>>>>
That explains why the sea shore is only a few miles from the c-a-r-t-o-o-n
Springfield...
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Jake Lennington
"NT" stands for (N)etwork (T)elevision!
PowerWizard
stop
PowerWizard
thank you
PowerWizard
N3QZCJohn
"All in favor of the Springfield disaster relief bill in the great state of---
Hold on Senator....."
"Get me 2 tickets to the state Springfield is in"
Could be any state! But we all now it must be Mass, because Mayor Quimby
speaks with a Kennedy accent.
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trins...@pop.fuse.net
N3QZCJohn wrote:
> "All in favor of the Springfield disaster relief bill in the great state of---
> Hold on Senator....."
>
> "Get me 2 tickets to the state Springfield is in"
>
> Could be any state! But we all now it must be Mass, because Mayor Quimby
> speaks with a Kennedy accent.
>
By that line of reasoning, Springfield must be in India because Apu speaks with an
Indian acccent!
Tom Rinschler
"Nonsense! They couldn't hit an elephant at that dist--"
--Last words of Major General John Sedgwick at the Battle of Spotsylvania, May 9,
1864.
JEdraw
getj...@webtv.net (Jake Lennington) writes:
>"NT" stands for (N)etwork (T)elevision!
'Nuff Trying to
Uncover their State, Already!
>>>>>>>>>>
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ComicMax
On the Simpsons Sprinfield is totaly fictional, But I still believe that it is
based on Springfield Washingtn, Yes the one where the shooting happened.
I have one main reason for this. Matt Groening grew up in Eugene WA and named
many of the other characters after streets of the town. I just hope Millhouse
doesn't bring a gun and start shooting people at springfield Elementary
Dave
trins...@pop.fuse.net wrote:
>
> N3QZCJohn wrote:
>
> > "All in favor of the Springfield disaster relief bill in the great state of---
> > Hold on Senator....."
> >
> > "Get me 2 tickets to the state Springfield is in"
> >
> > Could be any state! But we all now it must be Mass, because Mayor Quimby
> > speaks with a Kennedy accent.
> >
>
> By that line of reasoning, Springfield must be in India because Apu speaks with an
> Indian acccent!
>
Naaah. Cause we all know Apu's an immigrant.
Springfield must be in Scotland, because Groundskeeper Willie speaks
with a Scottish accent!
Yeah, that's it. Scotland.
Yeah.
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In article <3583E715...@pop.fuse.net>, trins...@pop.fuse.net writes:
>
>
>N3QZCJohn wrote:
>
>> "All in favor of the Springfield disaster relief bill in the great state of---
>> Hold on Senator....."
>>
>> "Get me 2 tickets to the state Springfield is in"
>>
>> Could be any state! But we all now it must be Mass, because Mayor Quimby
>> speaks with a Kennedy accent.
>>
>
>By that line of reasoning, Springfield must be in India because Apu speaks with an
>Indian acccent!
>
MASS because in the episode where bart gets his fake ID and Homer is showing
lisa all of the power plants in the US and each light bulb signifies a power
plant there is not a light bulb in MASS on the map. I really do not want to
fall into the trap of finding out where sprinfield is though.
>
Ray
ROBERT MILWARD
it cant be in India cause abu was an immagrant and remember the episode
were abu had to past to become an o-fficial american an o '' thank and
please come again''
--Abu
ROBERT MILWARD
it cant be scottland cause we all know he is an immagrant to
Emerson
Brian Pearl wrote:
> Springfield has to be west of the Mississippi River because the radio
> station begins with a "K" (KBBL).
The TV Station is also KBBL, and there is a TV station in PA that
starts w/a "K".
Jake Lennington
It's fictional
J-Gun
OK...I'm only going to go over this one more time...
As a former major in broadcasting, I can tell you that the system that
determines a radio or TV station's call letters in the U.S. was
established by the Radio Act of 1927. This was an act of Congress that,
among other things, determined that all stations east of the Mississippi
would have "W" as the first call letter, and stations west of the
Mississippi would have "K" as the first call letter. This act also
established that all stations would have four call letters in their
names.
However [deep breath], these rules did not apply to stations already in
existence at the time at which the act took effect; hence the existence
of some Pennsylvania stations with "K" as their first letter, and some
Iowa and North Dakota stations with "W", as well as 3-letter stations
such as WGN in Chicago, WOR in New York City, et al.
Of course, the most important thing to remember is...Springfield is
FICTIONAL! [OK, who said "duh"? Besides MutantMan, that is...]
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Noxious
> Of course, the most important thing to remember is...Springfield is
> FICTIONAL! [OK, who said "duh"? Besides MutantMan, that is...]
**refusing to see, placing hands over my ears**
"NO NO NO.......It's real! It's real!"
**clicking heals together**
"There's no place like home.....there's no place like home...."
Bill
I thought they show the simpsons home in Missouri border in the "Mr. Lisa goes to
washington" episode. Or it could have only been show on the original airing
N3QZCJohn wrote:
> "All in favor of the Springfield disaster relief bill in the great state of---
> Hold on Senator....."
>
> "Get me 2 tickets to the state Springfield is in"
>
> Could be any state! But we all now it must be Mass, because Mayor Quimby
> speaks with a Kennedy accent.
Big Al
One of my friends said that the show takes place in Springfield because
there is a Springfield in every state in the US.
Jay K. Ro
On Thu, 25 Jun 1998, Big Al wrote:
> One of my friends said that the show takes place in Springfield because
> there is a Springfield in every state in the US.
Here we go again...Springfield in the Simpsons is "supposed" to be
representative of an average American city, and Springfield IS one of the
most common names, but I don't think there's a Springfield in every state
in the US. Just ask Alaska and Hawaii...the freak states (I could be
wrong on this). Plus, Matt Groening is from Springfield , Oregon and he's
been quoted as saying that he based much of the show on his own childhood.
Jay K. Ro
"Bees are on the what now?"
-Homer J. Simpson
LARRY LORENZ
I know of 2 springfields, illinos and mass
Big Al wrote in message <6mtpqc$17t$1...@fir.prod.itd.earthlink.net>...
AcK!
Thu, 25 Jun 1998 13:28:33 -0400 was when "LARRY LORENZ"
<GIC...@worldnet.att.net> babbled:
Someone bothered to look through an atlas and found Springfields in
virtually all states.
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Will Flor
In article <35928f41...@news.interlog.com>, krup...@yahoospa.com (AcK!) wrote:
>Thu, 25 Jun 1998 13:28:33 -0400 was when "LARRY LORENZ"
><GIC...@worldnet.att.net> babbled:
>
>>I know of 2 springfields, illinos and mass
>>Big Al wrote in message <6mtpqc$17t$1...@fir.prod.itd.earthlink.net>...
>>>
>>>One of my friends said that the show takes place in Springfield because
>>>there is a Springfield in every state in the US.
>>
>Someone bothered to look through an atlas and found Springfields in
>virtually all states.
Most, but nowhere close to "virtually all" states. The U. S. Geographic
Service Names Information Server at
http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html lists 64 "populated places"
named Springfield, but (for example) there are four in Alabama and ten in
Georgia. States without Springfields include not only Alaska and Hawaii, but
also Wyoming, North Dakota, Delaware, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah,
Washington, Nevada, Kansas, Rhode Island, Connecticut; maybe more (these are
all I counted until I gave up.) Mississippi has one, but it's "historical"
which means it's not called that any more; anyway, even if you count
Mississippi's Springfield, there are at least fourteen states without
Springfields; that's 28%.
-Will Flor wi...@will-flor.spamblock.com
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Fri, 26 Jun 1998 16:11:03 GMT was when wi...@will-flor.spamblock.com
(Will Flor) babbled:
>Most, but nowhere close to "virtually all" states. The U. S. Geographic
>Service Names Information Server at
>http://www-nmd.usgs.gov/www/gnis/gnisform.html lists 64 "populated places"
>named Springfield, but (for example) there are four in Alabama and ten in
>Georgia. States without Springfields include not only Alaska and Hawaii, but
>also Wyoming, North Dakota, Delaware, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah,
>Washington, Nevada, Kansas, Rhode Island, Connecticut; maybe more (these are
>all I counted until I gave up.) Mississippi has one, but it's "historical"
>which means it's not called that any more; anyway, even if you count
>Mississippi's Springfield, there are at least fourteen states without
>Springfields; that's 28%.
Better than the 6 or 7 that the original poster found in an atlas. ;)
Noxious
> Here we go again...Springfield in the Simpsons is "supposed" to be
> representative of an average American city, and Springfield IS one of the
> in the US.
I counted once when I was bored and there happened to be a US atlas in the
car......there are 19 states that have a Springfield in them. Just
FYI.......
You know what was even worse? There were OVER 30 different "Silver Lake"
references (not always town names, but just names of lakes even)
For this reason, I think that OFF should have an episode where they go on
vacation to "Silver Lake" so that we can have even MORE useless threads
about "Where is Springfield.........or Silver Lake?"
"Now THAT's Interesting!!!"
Jake Lennington
Springfield is but a flower in an unamed desert where the winds don't
blow, but is surrounded by life, love, and the joy of sects....
SPRINGFIELD DOESN'T EXIST
Just keep telling yourself that at least 57 times, and maybe it will
sink in. {:*>
XrXcX
you fools, the beauty is that they never say!!!
Yeah
Noxious
> Springfield is but a flower in an unamed desert where the winds don't
> blow, but is surrounded by life, love, and the joy of sects....
Didn't I get that in a fortune cookie once?
> SPRINGFIELD DOESN'T EXIST
....them's fightin' wurds, bouy......
> Just keep telling yourself that at least 57 times, and maybe it will
> sink in. {:*>
Yes, I am the highly suggestable type.
(besides, everyone knows Springfield is really in.........**Hey, quit
hitting me!!**)