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everyone knows matt groening is a huge zappa fan(he was a guest at a few of the fri night gettogethers at zappa's house in the early 90's)
but not everyone knows that when he was thinking about the theme song for the show he gave danny elfman a tape of a burma shave commercial that zappa had written in the late 50's early 60's and said i want something that sounds like this!!!!
also (i havent been able to find any)there are suposedly some zappa album covers in the backgrounds of groenings old comic strip "life in hell"
any one seen them?
aside from these 2 points there must be some other things that tie these (2 of my favorite )things together.
anybody obsessive like me ever notice anything?(aside from jebadiah springfield having sort of a zappa mustache,sans the soul patch)

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Information is not knowledge,Knowledge is not wisdom,Wisdom is not truth,
Truth is not beauty,Beauty is not love,Love is not music,Music is the best.-Frank Zappa

If the search function here didn't blow, there is a thread here discussing this somewhere.

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I'm petulant, and I'm having a frenzy...

As I recall from the old thread: Nobody could provide any reference to Zappa in the Simpsons show.

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"Everybody in this room is wearing a uniform, and don't kid yourself" - FZ

There was one reference actually, and it was in one of the more recent episodes made. Lisa is taken to a Museum of inventors and the sign at the top of the doorway into the museum said "The Fathers of Invention" with "and Mothers" written just above. That's the only reference I've ever seen.

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"Listen to that noise! It's like Barry White eating wasps."

Special thanks to Studebaker!

Nice one BBP!!

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"Listen to that noise! It's like Barry White eating wasps."

In the opening sequence of four episodes, Lisa plays King Kong very fast on her saxophone.

thanks calvin(love your screen name)
wish you knew witch ones
i guess i'll have to watch them all again

p.s.
i have since found the old thread concerning this topic
sorry to repeat topics

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Information is not knowledge,Knowledge is not wisdom,Wisdom is not truth,
Truth is not beauty,Beauty is not love,Love is not music,Music is the best.-Frank Zappa

thanks calvin(love your screen name)
wish you knew witch ones
i guess i'll have to watch them all again

p.s.
i have since found the old thread concerning this topic
sorry to repeat topics

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Information is not knowledge,Knowledge is not wisdom,Wisdom is not truth,
Truth is not beauty,Beauty is not love,Love is not music,Music is the best.-Frank Zappa

My bad! That's definitely one! But Calvin's "four King Kong"s I have missed. I collect the shows (have the first seven seasons on DVD), so any info on where they may be would be welcome. I have never noticed them.

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"Everybody in this room is wearing a uniform, and don't kid yourself" - FZ

Lisa plays some notes of King Kong (very fast) in these episodes:

AABF14 Simpsons Bible Stories - season 10
CABF01 Lisa the Tree Hugger - season 12
CABF02 The Computer Wore Menace Shoes - season 12
CABF06 Skinner's Sense of Snow - season 12

I got this from http://globalia.net/donlope/fz/videogra ... psons.html

So, you need to get those seasons!

I don't want to piss on anyone's firework but this could just be having a dig at political correctness.

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The way I see it Barry, this should be a very dynamite show.

Thanks. I will indeed get them, but I'll have to be patient. Season 8 is out this Fall (and they release them about bi-anually). Thanks again for the info!

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"Everybody in this room is wearing a uniform, and don't kid yourself" - FZ

Could be....but I prefer to think not. Heh.

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"Listen to that noise! It's like Barry White eating wasps."

i just saw simpsons bible stories on mon night and lisa IS playing a short speeded up version of king kong

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Information is not knowledge,Knowledge is not wisdom,Wisdom is not truth,
Truth is not beauty,Beauty is not love,Love is not music,Music is the best.-Frank Zappa

I used to have a 'Life in Hell' college planner, and there were definitely some comics in that one that showed Blinky the rabbit's room with a stack of records, a couple of Zappa and Beefheart albums among them. I don't have the agenda anymore, but I'm positive this is correct.

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"When you hear music, after it's over, it's gone in the air. You can never capture it again." -- Eric Dolphy

cool dude i'll keep an eye out for it now that i know

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Information is not knowledge,Knowledge is not wisdom,Wisdom is not truth,
Truth is not beauty,Beauty is not love,Love is not music,Music is the best.-Frank Zappa

In another Groening's "Life in Hell" comics, he was talking about his younger life, and he mentioned playing Lumpy Gravy, while high.

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Hi first timer here

As I recall, in the episode with the substitute teacher, Lisa and Mr.Bergstrom have a conversation that seems to recall 'Dancing Fool'

LISA: And you're obviously Jewish.

MR.BERGSTROM: Jewish? Are you sure?

LISA: Or Italian.

MR.BERGSTROM: I'm Jewish.

just my wee contribution

I'll get me coat

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"The World's most plentiful ingredient is STUPIDITY"
(Frank Zappa)

"TAXI FOR LONGSHANKS!"- lol

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I USED TO BE VIVIEN O,BLIVION BEFORE THE CRASH, YOU KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, talk about scary timing!

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"we may be old, but we've seen all the cool bands"

There would be no The Simpsons show without the Zappa's influence. Cool connection, undoubtly.