• [The Simpsons] Homer Simpson is a vegetable in a coma, and has been for

    From Ubiquitous@1:2320/100 to alt.simpsons,alt.tv.simpsons,rec.ar on Mon Mar 13 13:35:57 2017
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.simpsons

    by Hardtopickaname

    October 1992: Homer The Heretic airs and ends with Homer talking to
    God.

    http://i.imgur.com/uwHdZLM.jpg

    Homer: God, I gotta ask you something. What's the meaning of life?
    God: Homer, I can't tell you that.
    Homer: C'mon!
    God: You'll find out when you die.
    Homer: I can't wait that long!
    God: You can't wait six months?
    Homer: No, tell me now!
    God: Well, ok. The meaning of life isa

    April 1993 (SIX MONTHS LATER): So ItAs Come To This: A Simpsons Clip
    Show airs and involves BartAs April Fools prank inadvertently
    putting Homer into the hospital, where he is then crushed by a
    vending machine and put in a coma.

    Now the episode ends with Homer waking up (and giving us a hilarious
    POV shot of him choking Bart), but it seems to be too convenient and
    sudden.

    http://i.imgur.com/9GYMplw.jpg

    I propose that Homer didnAt actually wake up from his coma. He is
    still in a vegetative state and every single Simpsons episode
    afterwards is in HomerAs imagination.

    This is why the characters donAt age. Homer remembers Bart, Lisa,
    and Maggie as 10, 8, and 1 year old, so they will always appear that
    way in his dreams. He is subconsciously aware of time passing, so
    his mind will often oupdateo his memories so that the year they
    occurred matches up with the age he thinks he is (eg. That 90As Show contradicting other flashback episodes).

    While the charactersA ages donAt change, the events happening to the
    Simpsons definitely did. The plots of episodes following the April
    Fools show are far zanier than beforehand. LetAs compare, shall we?

    Plot Examples Before April 1993
    Bart cheats on an IQ test
    Homer tries to give up drinking
    Marge considers cheating on Homer
    Lisa has a crush on her teacher

    Yes, there were some wacky plots, but overall fairly mundane stuff.
    Nothing out of the ordinary for most people.

    Plot Examples After April 1993
    Homer goes into outer space
    Principal Skinner is revealed as an imposter
    Mr. Burns captures the Loch Ness Monster
    Homer works for a supervillain who takes over the eastern US
    Bart and Homer buy a racehorse and discover the secret land of
    jockeys
    Also, celebrity after celebrity after celebrity

    This is clearly HomerAs imagination running wild. With no real world restrictions, HomerAs mind is able to dream up scenarios of him and
    his family in fantasies involving him winning a Grammy, his father
    fighting his boss for buried WW2 treasure, his wife getting breast
    implants, his infant daughter saving him from drowning, etc.

    The massive amounts of celebrity appearances are easily explained as
    well. People in comas can sometime hear what people in the same room
    are saying. While Homer wouldnAt physically react, his mind
    processes that information and includes it in his dreams.

    Maybe the nurse leaves the radio on and Homer hears a Lady Gaga
    song. Suddenly:

    http://i.imgur.com/4C0817Q.jpg

    His family visits and talk with each other about the new Mel Gibson
    movie theyAre going to be seeing after leaving the hospital. Next
    thing you know:

    http://i.imgur.com/nzyS4my.gif

    And so on.

    ThereAs one last thing I want to leave you with. Going back to
    HomerAs conversation with God, what is the meaning of life? Or at
    least HomerAs life? Well life can have different meaning for
    different people and a purpose or reason for oneAs existence can be
    as unique as their fingerprints. For Homer, his grand purpose is
    obvious u he is here to entertain. His dreams, his imaginative
    adventures, have provided billions with amusement and will continue
    to do so for decades.

    Not bad for a dumb overweight loudmouth.


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  • From The 'Brightness' control still does@1:2320/100 to alt.simpsons,alt.tv.simpsons,rec.ar on Tue Mar 14 03:48:46 2017
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.simpsons


    That, or the show writers are completely out of ideas.

    On Mon, 13 Mar 2017 13:35:57 -0400, Ubiquitous <weberm@polaris.net>
    wrote:

    by Hardtopickaname

    October 1992: Homer The Heretic airs and ends with Homer talking to
    God.

    http://i.imgur.com/uwHdZLM.jpg

    Homer: God, I gotta ask you something. What's the meaning of life?
    God: Homer, I can't tell you that.
    Homer: C'mon!
    God: You'll find out when you die.
    Homer: I can't wait that long!
    God: You can't wait six months?
    Homer: No, tell me now!
    God: Well, ok. The meaning of life isa

    April 1993 (SIX MONTHS LATER): So ItAs Come To This: A Simpsons Clip
    Show airs and involves BartAs April Fools prank inadvertently
    putting Homer into the hospital, where he is then crushed by a
    vending machine and put in a coma.

    Now the episode ends with Homer waking up (and giving us a hilarious
    POV shot of him choking Bart), but it seems to be too convenient and
    sudden.

    http://i.imgur.com/9GYMplw.jpg

    I propose that Homer didnAt actually wake up from his coma. He is
    still in a vegetative state and every single Simpsons episode
    afterwards is in HomerAs imagination.

    This is why the characters donAt age. Homer remembers Bart, Lisa,
    and Maggie as 10, 8, and 1 year old, so they will always appear that
    way in his dreams. He is subconsciously aware of time passing, so
    his mind will often oupdateo his memories so that the year they
    occurred matches up with the age he thinks he is (eg. That 90As Show >contradicting other flashback episodes).

    While the charactersA ages donAt change, the events happening to the >Simpsons definitely did. The plots of episodes following the April
    Fools show are far zanier than beforehand. LetAs compare, shall we?

    Plot Examples Before April 1993
    Bart cheats on an IQ test
    Homer tries to give up drinking
    Marge considers cheating on Homer
    Lisa has a crush on her teacher

    Yes, there were some wacky plots, but overall fairly mundane stuff.
    Nothing out of the ordinary for most people.

    Plot Examples After April 1993
    Homer goes into outer space
    Principal Skinner is revealed as an imposter
    Mr. Burns captures the Loch Ness Monster
    Homer works for a supervillain who takes over the eastern US
    Bart and Homer buy a racehorse and discover the secret land of
    jockeys
    Also, celebrity after celebrity after celebrity

    This is clearly HomerAs imagination running wild. With no real world >restrictions, HomerAs mind is able to dream up scenarios of him and
    his family in fantasies involving him winning a Grammy, his father
    fighting his boss for buried WW2 treasure, his wife getting breast
    implants, his infant daughter saving him from drowning, etc.

    The massive amounts of celebrity appearances are easily explained as
    well. People in comas can sometime hear what people in the same room
    are saying. While Homer wouldnAt physically react, his mind
    processes that information and includes it in his dreams.

    Maybe the nurse leaves the radio on and Homer hears a Lady Gaga
    song. Suddenly:

    http://i.imgur.com/4C0817Q.jpg

    His family visits and talk with each other about the new Mel Gibson
    movie theyAre going to be seeing after leaving the hospital. Next
    thing you know:

    http://i.imgur.com/nzyS4my.gif

    And so on.

    ThereAs one last thing I want to leave you with. Going back to
    HomerAs conversation with God, what is the meaning of life? Or at
    least HomerAs life? Well life can have different meaning for
    different people and a purpose or reason for oneAs existence can be
    as unique as their fingerprints. For Homer, his grand purpose is
    obvious u he is here to entertain. His dreams, his imaginative
    adventures, have provided billions with amusement and will continue
    to do so for decades.

    Not bad for a dumb overweight loudmouth.

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