On Aug 12, 10:26 pm, Tony Harding <ToH...@nowhere.org> wrote:
> SparkoHe...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> Productions codes aren't arbitrary, FOX airdates are.
> >> In most cases, the production code will give you the real episode
> >> number. The DVDs should be grouped according to the production code
> >> (like the syndicated episodes) not the arbitrary FOX airdates.
>
> > Yeah, but if you give out a string of letters and numbers that don't
> > really spell anything, it's useless to me. If you say "That episode
> > where a hurricane destroys the Flanders home", then I know exactly
> > what you are talking about.
>
> I would have to disagree here - using the production code insures all
> parties are referring to the same episode, no ambiguity.
Only if all parties are complete geeks.
>
> > And so do most Simpsons fans.
>
> When were you appointed to speak on behalf of Simpsons fans?
Well if I encounter a "Simpsons fan" that doesn't know what I'm
talking about when I say "That episode where a hurricane destroys the
Flanders home", then I will be pretty sure that person isn't really a
Simpsons fan.
I personally know NOBODY that can, without going online or going to a
book somewhere, describe an episode after hearing its production code.
I am sure that such people exist. But they don't travel into my corner
of the world. Do such people ever step away from their computers?
Production codes are for people who do most of their conversing online.
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Paul Bartram
