http://www.snpp.com/episodes/AABF09
Homer to the Max
Original Airdate on FOX: 7-Feb-99
(United States) Having the same name as a bumbling TV character prompts a name change for Homer, whose impressive new moniker puts him on Springfield's "A" list. Ed Begley, Jr. has a cameo.
(Canada) Homer is the laughing stock of Springfield when a TV character bears both his name and d'oh-pey personality.
% "Admiral Baby" kicks off the night. On the deck of an enormous ship,
% two officers talk with each other.
Officer #1: We're taking the entire sixth fleet to Candy Island?
Officer #2: Those are the Admiral's orders!
[The Admiral is revealed to be a diapered baby in a crib wearing the appropriate hat and jacket. He loses balance and falls over to a laugh track and funny noises, while the Simpsons look on uninterestedly.]
Marge: It's hard to believe someone that young could have risen to the rank of Admiral.
-- Marge the beetle-browed viewer, "Homer to the Max"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Simpson
Abraham J. Simpson, perennially known as "Grandpa" Simpson, was born in the "Old Country" (he apparently does not remember which). Almost all of his biographical information is supplied by Abe himself. Many of his stories seem to be wildly inaccurate, often physically or historically impossible, and occasionally inconsistent even with each other, suggesting that Abe is senile. He once referred to Sarah Bernhardt as a former president, and claims to have personally turned cats and dogs against each other. He also said in the episode "King of the Hill" that he died on Mount Springfield. He claims to have emigrated to the United States with his family from an unspecified country. They lived in the Statue of Liberty until they filled the head with garbage and had to move out. He then moved to Albany, New York, where he was supposedly voted "most handsome boy". He claims to have enlisted in the US Army during World War I by lying about his age, as he is a toddler in one war scene.
From 1/29/1964 (Innsbruck) to 1/5/2003 ("Special Edna") is: 14221 days
14221 * 0.333 = 4735 days
From 7/16/1963 to 7/2/1976 is: 4735 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Edna
"Special Edna", is the seventh episode of The Simpsons' fourteenth season. The episode aired on January 5, 2003.
Mrs. Krabappel assigns a paper on World War I, due in three weeks. Martin Prince suggests it should be typed and at least ten pages long. After class, Mrs. Krabappel and Principal Skinner's apple-picking date is cancelled when Skinner's mother calls him away.
At the Simpson household, Bart is distracted from writing his paper, first by wrestling, later by Milhouse showing up a Black Hawk helicopter piloted by his uncle who "will probably be court-martialled for this." Bart goes to the library for research, but - noticing someone paid for one hundred photocopies but only used one - can not resist the opportunity to make ninety-nine photocopies of his butt. The next day, at church, the church-goers open their prayer books, only to see Bart's butt mooning them.
At the end of the three weeks, Bart still hasn't started the assignment. The day before the date of submission, he asks Grampa for help. Grampa's story about his WWI experiences as a four-year-old in the trenches is anything but educational, but Bart writes it down anyway and pads it to ten pages using advertisements. Mrs. Krabappel rejects his paper and tells him he'll have to do it correctly after school. As Bart finishes the assignment after school, he observes Skinner cancel a movie date with Mrs. K when his mother calls. Bart consoles Mrs. K, and she reluctantly accepts his offer to accompany her to the movie, though she is grateful.
From 3/3/1969 (TOPGUN) to 6/7/1976 is: 2653 days
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Edna
According to a sign Skinner passes on the edge of town, Springfield is 2,653 miles from Orlando.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy_Fighter_Weapons_School
TOPGUN is the popular name of the United States Navy Strike Fighter Tactics Instructor (SFTI) program. SFTI is the modern-day evolution of the United States Navy Fighter Weapons School and carries out the same specialized fighter training as NFWS had from 1969 until 1996, when it was merged into the Naval Strike and Air Warfare Center at NAS Fallon, Nevada.
The United States Navy Fighter Weapons School was established on March 3, 1969 at NAS Miramar, California after a United States Navy study (sometimes referred to as the "Ault Report") directed by the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) at less than desired performance of fighter aircraft, aircrews and weapons. The head of the study group, CAPT Frank Ault recommended that a graduate-level school be established to train fleet fighter pilots in air combat tactics to improve the relatively poor air combat performance of Navy aircrews over Vietnam.
Microsoft-Corbis had that guy named Larry Duff working next to me and I noted that "Duffman" was once called "Larry." The Larry Duff at Microsoft told me he had once worked at NASA.
DUFF is an acronym nickname for the F-4 Phantom II fighter/bomber jet the U.S. Navy flew back in the Vietnam War. Whether that is the source of the name "Duff Beer" I do not remember or know. It sounds like something I would create though, thinking back to the 60's and "Light My Fire" from The Doors and in the context of other details.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duff_Beer_%28The_Simpsons%29
Duff Beer is a fictional brand of beer in the animated series The Simpsons. It is Homer Simpson's beer of choice. It is a parody of stereotypical commercial beer: moderately priced, average-quality, and advertised everywhere. The beer's official spokesperson is Duffman.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duffman#Duffman
Duffman, named Barry, Larry, Joel and Sid in separate episodes, voiced by Hank Azaria, is the mascot and spokesman for the fictional Duff Beer company in The Simpsons. He first appeared in the episode The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson. Within the series, he is a fictional character played by several people, and sometimes simultaneously. He is an athletic and smooth-talking corporate personality who wears blue and red tights, a red cape, white gloves, and the Duff logo emblazoned across his chest. The costume - featuring a red hat, dark sunglasses, and a "utility belt" of beer cans around his waist - is designed to create awareness of Duff. Duffman is generally known for his overly enthusiastic speech in which he refers to himself in the third person, complete with dramatic pauses and ending with a suggestive "Oh, yeah!" and pelvic thrusts. His theme song which plays at every corporate-sponsored appearance is "Oh Yeah" by Yello.
