To expand this: while The Simpsons have birth dates, their years of birth have been constantly changing (since the characters don't* age), so saying that Bart was born in 1979 may have been "true" on the series premier date, he's very clearly not 33 now.
The whole chart is unsourced, which drives me nuts in this day and age. How freaking hard would it be to just source each date? Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to prepare to chase those ducks off my lawn.** * I know the series has slightly shifted the ages of Marge and Homer older over the years, but not the three kids. ** A true statement, but only because we have a duck sitting on a nest of 11 eggs and these males have been bothering her. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 2:30 PM, Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote: > > One that jumped out at me was the claim that Snoopy's birthday was October 2 > -- I'd like to know where that information came from; the "Peanuts" strip > began on October 2, 1950, but I don't remember seeing anything that ties > Snoopy's birthday to the anniversary of the strip. (Snoopy's first appearance > in "Peanuts" was in the third strip, October 4 -- and prior to that, a > proto-Snoopy made a few appearances in Charles Schulz's "Li'l Folks" panel.) > > Snoopy was seen celebrating at least two birthdays in the strip, on different > dates: > > August 28, 1951: http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1951/08/28/ > August 10, 1968: http://www.gocomics.com/peanuts/1968/08/10/ > > Of course, it can be argued that the action depicted in a comic strip is not > necessarily taking place on the same day it was published (the action in > "today's" strip is often continuous from "yesterday's"), but it seems from > this evidence that Snoopy's birthday can be pinned to "sometime in August," > rather than October 2nd. > > -- > Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> > <http://www.ellwanger.tv> > > > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
