Sunday, October 14, 2007

"Bart's Comet"

I started thinking that long ago, I worked as a detective with the New York City Police Department and that would explain certain artificial and symbolic memories. The absolute worst part about law enforcement is having to deal with the lunatics. There are a lot of them and law enforcement takes the brunt of them. It's like we are a magnet for the crazy people. They follow us home and have no objective other than to disrupt our lives and endanger our families.

I get the worst assignments.





From 7/16/1963 to 11/3/1996 ("You Only Move Twice") is 33 years, 3 months, 18 days
30 * 0.59 = 17.7 days
From 7/16/1963 to 11/3/1996 ("You Only Move Twice") is 33 years, 3.59 months

'333-59'

http://www.snpp.com/episodes/3F23.html

[3F23] You Only Move Twice

Original airdate in U.S.: 3-Nov-96

In the eight season opener, Homer's new job moves the Simpsons to an idyllic planned community. But his new, easygoing boss (voice of Albert Brooks) has some trouble with the government"

Couch :- Everybody descends via parachute to the couch, except Homer, who lands on the floor with an unopened chute on his back


Did you notice...

the school is full of Springfield look-alikes just like the Shelbyville lookalikes?





I recognize the date 6/19/1968 as when I might have become the first air combat ace of the Vietnam War.

From 7/2/1976 to 2/5/1995 ("Bart's Comet") is: 6792 days
6792 = 3396 + 3396
From 3/3/1959 to 6/19/1968 is: 3396 days

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart%27s_Comet

Orig. airdate February 5, 1995

"Bart's Comet" is the 14th episode of The Simpsons' sixth season.

At the end of Science Week, Skinner launches a weather balloon. Before the launch, Bart sabotaged it, making it look like Skinner bending over and ripping his pants with the sign "Hi! I'm Big Butt Skinner." Skinner decides to punish Bart by having him help with his amateur astronomy—at 4:30 AM. It is Skinner's dream to find something in the sky and have it named after him. They sight something, but it is only the weather balloon, and Skinner runs off to catch it. Bart then tampers with the telescope and accidentally locates a comet, which he is credited with the discovery of, after phoning the coordinates in to the local observatory. When Skinner hears about this, he cries out in pain, and accidentally lets the weather balloon go.

Bart earns praise for discovering a new comet. Even the school nerds (Lisa included), the "Superfriends", invite him to have lunch with them and give him the nickname "Cosmos." However, his praise is dashed when scientists discover that the comet is heading straight for Springfield. Prof. Frink proposes a plan to launch a missile at the comet. Everyone's fear is lifted (with the exception of Moe, whose bar would be destroyed whether the plan succeeded or not)...until the missile flies pass the comet and blows up the only bridge out of town, dooming everyone in Springfield.

Springfield is left with only six hours before impact. Congress proposes a bill to evacuate Springfield, but it is defeated when another bill concerning taxpayer money being allocated to "the perverted arts" is added onto it. To help his family, Homer decides that they stay in the bunker that Flanders built. Anticipating this, Ned built the bomb shelter for both families - however Homer needs some cajoling to agree to share. One hour before Springfield is destroyed, almost everyone in town demands a place in the bunker; however, Homer is unable to close the door and someone has to leave. After going through a list of who should stay several times, Homer says that the "world of the future" will not need left-handed stores and tells Ned to go. While everyone is trying to pass the remaining time, Homer feels guilty and leaves; all then do the same. As the comet enters the atmosphere, it burns up from the extra thick layer of pollution. It pops the weather balloon and destroys Ned's bunker. Bart and Lisa then become frightened, as the comet burned up to the size of a chihuahua's head… exactly as Homer had predicted earlier. The town then decide to burn down the observatory to prevent a similar incident happening again.





I guess that is why I have artificial and symbolic memories of Thedia's little white dog named Taffy. That is the dog that was trapped in that hide-a-way bed all day and that I assume represents that I was trapped in the rubble of the U.S. Marines barracks that was destroyed in Beirut in the 1983. That might also be the reason for that plot element in the 1990 "Navy SEALs" where one of them was stuck in the roof of a building.

http://snpp.com/episodes/2F11.html

[2F11] Bart's Comet

Did you notice...

the chihuahua next to Bart when the comet lands?