LIST: The Simpsons and Computers
Haynes Lee
Originally by Dave Hall
Maintained by Haynes Lee <hay...@snpp.com>
Last updated January 24, 1999.
<http://www.snpp.com/guides/computers.file.html>
[7G04] Dr. Marvin Monroe has one of the World's more sophisticated
electric generators (tape drives and everything..) {cjb}
[7G09] Cowboy Bob uses a computer to check Homer's credit rating.
[7F02] Definitely an IBM-PC/XT/AT seen in the background when
Smithers raids the personnel office. {cjb}
[7F03] Computers were seen in Bart's dream about spending the rest
of his life in the fourth grade.
[7F10] The Devil using a Macintosh computer in Bart's 'Life after
death' experience.
{Raymond Chen's capsule makes a pretty good case
this is just a generic GUI-based system. -cjb}
[7F13] Homer tells Bart to hide his stolen Macintosh computer.
{To my eyes it looked like only a dumb terminal.-cjb}
[7F23] Ned has a left-handed computer at his Leftorium shop.
[8F01] On the plane on their way to Washington Bart harasses the
businessman in the seat behind him working on his portable
computer by repeatedly reclining his seat. {bg}
[8F04] Smithers appears to have punched up something on a keyboard
to get Homer's job file. (Also a SNPP employee is briefly
seen running with a computer during the meltdown scare.)
[8F04] One of the SNPP employees takes off with a Macintosh SE.
{cjb}
[8F07] The `National Fatherhood Institute' had computers.
[8F12] Prof. Frink creates the ``Gamble-Tron 2000'' to pick the
outcome of football games.
[8F15] Bart & Lisa's aptitude tests were graded by a computer in
Iowa.
[8F22] When ordering the weight loss tapes, the operator types the
order into a computer. {bg}
[9F10] A couple of thieves were stealing a Macintosh computer while
Springfieldians were at the town meeting.
{NB: The thieves didn't steal the keyboard. -cjb}
[9F15] The dentist uses a computer to show what will happen to Lisa
if she doesn't get braces.
[9F16] In the scene with Itchy and Scratchy writers, which are in
fact caricatures of members of the actual Simpsons writing
team, we see George Meyer: sitting at a computer, tossing a
pencil. {bg}
[1F02] Pretty much every scene with the nerds.
[1F04] Martin had a Wang Computers' t-shirt.
{There's a funny bit of folkore about Wang
Computers and T-shirts... cjb}
{Their slogan "Wang Cares" sounds like "Wankers" -hl}
[1F12] Smithers has a computer.
[1F19] Skinner reads punch card.
[2F01] Itchy & Scratchy Land is run by computers.
[2F05] Dolph has an Apple Newton. {sh}
[2F06] Rock Bottom correction: "The nerds on the Internet are not
geeks."
[2F07] UPC scanner/satellite linkup is featured (which is obviously
run by computers).
[2F10] Homer: "The information superhighway showed the average
person what some nerd thinks about Star Trek."
[2F13] Homer tells the Australians that in America "the weak and
nerdy are admired for their computer programming abilities."
[2F14] Store manager uses computer to check Homer's credit history.
[2F15] Librarian uses computer to check status of book.
[2F17] Comic book guy uses a Linux type setup to log onto
alt.nerd.obsessive.
[2F20] DNA computer plays the Microsoft Windows tada.wav.
[2F21] Lenny brings a "Girls of the Internet" deck of cards to play
poker with.
[3F04] Homer in computer generated 3D space.
[3F05] Homer works from a computer terminal at home.
[3F06] Government clerk uses a Windows 95 setup.
[3F06] Dragnet cops run computer aging program on laptop.
[3F08] Sideshow Bob uses computer terminal in blimp.
[3F08] Kent Brockman has a new column in PC World magazine. {hw}
[3F08] Kent Brockman's program: Making The Most Of Your Modem. {hw}
[3F10] Burns uses a computer to perform analysis on every employee's
resemblance with "Poppin Fresh".
[3F13] Comic book guy wrote a screenplay where computers threaten
our personal liberties.
[3F14] Smithers uses MacIntosh to find his replacement.
[3F14]# Homer gets Burns a Cray supercomputer.
[3F17] Nuclear technician uses computer to see if Homer's station
console is operational.
[3F20] A young Professor Frink shows the Frinkiac-7.
[3F20] Apu wrote a tic-tac-toe program on punch cards.
[3F21] Homer mentions music festival founded by guy from Apple
Computers.
[3F23] Globex employees using computers.
[3F23] Cypress Creek Elementary has its own webpage.
[3F24] Coyote mentions to Homer that he does not even have a
computer.
[3G01] Scully using a computer.
[3G02] Kids at prestigious school using computers.
[3G04] Blackboard gag: My butt does not deserve a website. {hw}
[4F05] Computer simulation used for Homer's bloody outcome.
[4F08] Oklasoft, Oklahoma's fastest-growing software
company sounds familiar with Microsoft.
[4F11] Couch scene has "America Onlink" on MacIntosh screen which
fails to load Simpsons family members.
[4F12] ISP in Itchy, Scratchy & Poochie also stands for
"Internet Service Provider".
Comic book guy posts a "worst episode ever" review to the
internet.
[5F02] French nuclear missile has "Intel inside" logo.
[5F04] Single women at bachelor auction go nuts for Apu when he
mentions he has a doctorate in computer science.
[5F04] Reverend Lovejoy counsults a Hindu website. {hw}
[5F08] Homer gets job as a circus geek.
(not that type of geek!!- hl)
[5F10] Internet Comedian tells one-liners on laptop screen.
[5F10] Krusty's comment about the quality of computer porn.
[5F11] Pretty much everything with Homer's internet company.
Bill Gates appears.
[5F13] Homer goes to sex education computer.
[5F13] Frink demonstrates a "floating point" unit which Bart crashes
thinking he's on the internet.
[5F14] IRS computer can process over nine tax returns a day.
[5F15] Monkey types "Pray for Mojo" on laptop.
[5F17] Homer says that Lisa was hooked up to a computer.
[5F19] Blackboard gag: BUTT.COM is not my email address.
[5F19] Comic Book Guy has compuer printout of technical errors.
[5F20] Bart says he does not need paper because everything is done
on computers and staplers.
[5F21] Frink has a reel-to-reel computer.
[5F21] President Clinton opens up a web-page at
www.[wolf-whistle].[bedspring springing]
[AABF01] In ending credits Simpsons animation producer Mike Wolf
lists his email address as mi...@wolfman.den.
[AABF03] Ralph Wiggum using school's lone Coleco computer (which
looks like a Commodore PET).
[AABF07] Milhouse says they should put their parents' secrets on the
internet but Bart says "we have to reach people whose
opinions actually matter".
SNPP has a computer voice for meltdown/self-destruct warnings
[8F04,1F02].
Virtual References
[9F10] Lisa dreams of a virtual history class.
[1F12] Smithers has a virtual Burns screensaver.
[2F15]# Bart playing virtual barfight with man playing virtual
darts. {bjr}
[3F24] Professor Frink's Virtual Chili.
[5F08] Yard Work Simulator.
[5F13] Bart says he's going to toss a virtual salad.
[5F13] Nelson tells Bart to kiss the virtual ass.
[intel1] Intel commercial where an Intel processor is implanted into
Homer's brain making him super intelligent. {je}
#- cut in syndication
Contributors:
bg - Bruce Gnomes
bjr- Benjamin J. Robinson
cjb - Chris J Baird
hw - Haz Wierny
je - Jordan Eisenberg
sh - Simon Humphries
EOF