On the Simpsons subject... (I have seen every eposide!!!) I love when Lisa 
gets Homer to take her to the museum to see the Egyptian exhibit.  Homer 
wants to touch something but Lisa stops him with "OHH velvet ropes...." and 
a line about never going past the velvet ropes.  But Homer goes over them 
and grabs the sphere of Isis and drops it.  Which opens it and it was a 
music box which no one knew about.  Lisa forgives him from crossing the 
ropes for the discovery.

My family now has an on going joke about crossing the 'velvet ropes' 
everytime we visit museums...
I guess in Homers case the world was better off with him crossing the ropes 
and opening the music box.

Marielle




>From: "Amber S. Mohr" <[log in to unmask]>
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>My favorite is a The Simpsons episode where Homer becomes an outsider
>artist after his failed attempt at making an outdoor kitchen catches a
>critic's eye.  Jasper Johns is a guest voice, and there is a virtual art
>survey course in one of Homer's nightmares.  No one pokes fun at the art
>world with more humor or accuracy.
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>Amber Mohr
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>University of Nebraska
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>Expanding study to movies and theater pieces may broaden the subject too
>much, but there are numerous interesting apprearances of art, artists, and
>museums in films and the whole play "Art" as well about a delicious white
>painting.
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>I always liked that Ross from Friends worked at a museum.  Our jobs are so
>sexy!!
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>Performance art always seems to be good sitcom fodder and has made an
>episode of Friends.  And Murphy Brown's artist friend - did he ever take a
>bath?  I seem to remember an artist episode of Gilligan's Island, but that
>was a long time ago - some guy with a beard and a beret?
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>Cheers didn't have much art except Diane's constant highbrow banter.  And
>MASH didn't really have much of an opportunity to explore art, but Col
>Potter painted for a while, and he made an awful painting of Klinger.
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>Yes, sign me up for this conversation...
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> > While reviewing art in sitcoms, (what about Joey's big dog sculpture in
> > Friends?), let's also note museums in sitcoms (Ross from Friends working
>as
> > a museum paleontologist). They had a show about Rachel and Ross sleeping
>in
> > a diorama and waking up to a group of visiting kids.
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