The J. Butler Award for Most Obscure Hommage (French spelling in deference to ace-hommager Jean-Luc Godard) to THE SEARCHERS (quite a bit of competition in this category) goes to: REN AND STIMPY Last week they had an episode in which Ren and Stimpy were pretending to be monkeys in a zoo. Toward the end, the zookeeper--who has a stage-Swedish accent a la John Qualen's character, Lars Jorgensen, in THE SEARCHERS--exclaims, "Next time I raise pigs, by golly!" This quotes my favorite line from THE SEARCHERS. When the Jorgensen cattle are run off at the start, Lars reasons, "Next time I raise pigs, by golly. Nobody ever run off pigs. Bumblebees, by golly!" Can anyone top that for obscurity? | Jeremy Butler | | SCREEN-L Coordinator [log in to unmask] | | Telecommunication & Film Dept * The University of Alabama * Tuscaloosa |