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Old 07-October-2004, 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by The Bad Astronomer
I'm glad someone got that joke. That's one of my favorite episodes.
And that was a very nicely played referential meta-satire, or whatever literary device it is when you superimpose imagery and conflate content from two sources. Sometimes it just fits together perfectly....almost scary when done right.
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