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Re: (TV) Verlaine/Groening!!



> project!!
> Never thought I'd be able to do message linking Tom and the Simpsons!
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Nick

... Which once again proves my theory: Everything always reverts back to
the Simpsons.

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Eric Veillette
http://www.home-sick.org/eric
"Say what you mean, mean what you 
say, but don't say anything mean."
-Lou Costello

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> De : Nick Powell <nick@powelln.freeserve.co.uk>
> A : tv@obbard.com
> Objet : (TV) Verlaine/Groening!!
> Date : September 5, 2000 2:26 AM
> 
> Hi All
> 
> About a month or so ago the BBC did a Simpsons night. As both my video
> players had broken down I've only just started watching a video copy that
a
> friend did for me. Amongst the programmes was a documentary about Matt
> Groening. As they got to the part of the story where Matt moved to LA and
> started creating his 'Life Is Hell' strip I nearly fell off my chair when
> loud and clear over the top came the opening bars of Friction. It
proceeded
> to fade in and out but they played quite a bit. I was still reeling from
> that when they played the opening few bars of Elevation. It all seemed to
> fit in really well. Presumably Tom will get some royalties from the BBC
for
> this as the programme seemed to be made by them.
> This poses a couple of questions. Was the producer of the show a
Television
> fan? Was the music chosen just because the band happened to be called
> Television?(I doubt it and hope not). Most interesting to me, especially
as
> I love both TV and the Simpsons/Futurama, is Groening a Verlaine fan?(he
> certainly loved Zappa and Beefheart as a kid).
> At the end of the show  Groening said he has a great idea for a programme
> based around rock n roll. Imagine if Tom ended up working on such a
> project!!
> Never thought I'd be able to do message linking Tom and the Simpsons!
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Nick
> 
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