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  • Lisa refers to Ern Malley

    From fabzorba@1:2320/100 to alt.tv.simpsons on Wed Feb 17 18:07:22 2016
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.simpsons

    Recently saw a newish ep. of The Simpsons, in which a psychiatrist tells Lisa that her dreams might seem real, but they are not (or something like that). "Oh" pipes up Lisa, "You mean like Ern Malley?"
    Now how did it come about that an eight year old girl somewhere in the regional
    west of the U.S. would even know who Ern Malley was, and what would entice an American scriptwriter to add this odd if flavoursome morsel. I doubt that even 5% of Ern's Australian compatriots have ever heard his name. Googled Lisa Simpson and Ern Malley and it's one of the few things of which it has no record. Anyone else notice this odd note? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ern_Malley
    Oh, posted this query to alt.usage.english and one of the snobs
    there who think they own the place called me a "bozo" and said
    that I had misheard. I did NOT mishear, and I am not a bozo.
    I told them someone here might be able to confirm what I had
    heard, and maybe cite an ep. for it.

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  • From Matt Garvey@1:2320/100 to alt.tv.simpsons on Sun Feb 21 18:33:56 2016
    From Newsgroup: alt.tv.simpsons

    There's an episode from this October, Halloween of Horror (TABF22), with a plot
    like that for Lisa, but at a glance I don't see a line like that. Depends on how newish you mean. The Girl Who Slept Too Little (GABF16) from season 17 has a similar plot, so you could check that too.
    On Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 9:07:23 PM UTC-5, fabzorba wrote:
    Recently saw a newish ep. of The Simpsons, in which a psychiatrist tells Lisa
    that her dreams might seem real, but they are not (or something like that).

    "Oh" pipes up Lisa, "You mean like Ern Malley?"

    Now how did it come about that an eight year old girl somewhere in the
    regional west of the U.S. would even know who Ern Malley was, and what would entice an American scriptwriter to add this odd if flavoursome morsel. I doubt that even 5% of Ern's Australian compatriots have ever heard his name. Googled Lisa Simpson and Ern Malley and it's one of the few things of which it has no record. Anyone else notice this odd note?

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ern_Malley

    Oh, posted this query to alt.usage.english and one of the snobs
    there who think they own the place called me a "bozo" and said
    that I had misheard. I did NOT mishear, and I am not a bozo.

    I told them someone here might be able to confirm what I had
    heard, and maybe cite an ep. for it.

    SEEN-BY: 2320/105 154/30 2320/100 0 1 227/0