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  1. #1
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    Raleigh, NC

    Duke reference on Simpsons

    Stephen Colbert is playing Homer's life coach. They're talking on the phone, as Homer is trying to fly a plane.

    SC-"I''m not very good. I went to the Harvard of the South."

    Homer-"Duke? That's good."

    SC-"Not Duke."

    Homer-"Vanderbilt?"

    SC-"A little further south. Don't make me say it."

    So I guess it's official. Duke is the Harvard of the South.

  2. #2
    I liked this episode. The early bit satirized everything there is to satirize about Chicago in about 60 seconds.

    Chicagoans: "While you were here, we felt like New York."

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    I was on a plane and missed this.

    Colbert went to Porter-Gaud HS in Charleston. I thought that was the Harvard of the South.

    A movie is not about what it's about; it's about how it's about it.
    ---Roger Ebert


    Some questions cannot be answered
    Who’s gonna bury who
    We need a love like Johnny, Johnny and June
    ---Over the Rhine

  4. #4
    Quote Originally Posted by throatybeard View Post
    Colbert went to Porter-Gaud HS in Charleston. I thought that was the Harvard of the South.
    Ah, my HS alma mater. And that was my first thought.

  5. #5
    Quote Originally Posted by billybreen View Post
    Ah, my HS alma mater. And that was my first thought.
    Mine too. Small world.

    I like to think of my years there as the bridge between the Colbert and Billybreen eras.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom B. View Post
    I like to think of my years there as the bridge between the Colbert and Billybreen eras.
    Heh, likewise I was the bridge between the Tom B and Ovie Mughelli eras.

    What an esteemed alum base for a school with ~80 kids per graduating class.

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    Quote Originally Posted by billybreen View Post
    Heh, likewise I was the bridge between the Tom B and Ovie Mughelli eras.

    What an esteemed alum base for a school with ~80 kids per graduating class.
    And don't forget Sallie Krawcheck. Maybe not as well known as Colbert (outside of the business and finance world), but I bet Colbert can't say that he's been ranked ahead of Hillary Clinton, Melinda Gates, Laura Bush, Queen Elizabeth II and Oprah on the Forbes "Most Powerful Women in the World" list.
    Last edited by Tom B.; 09-25-2007 at 12:52 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tom B. View Post
    And don't forget Sallie Krawcheck. Maybe not as well known as Colbert (outside of the business and finance world), but I bet Colbert can't say that he's been ranked ahead of Hillary Clinton, Melinda Gates, Laura Bush, Queen Elizabeth II and Oprah on the Forbes "Most Powerful Women in the World" list.
    Ooh, that's cool -- I didn't know she was a PGer.

    Julie Rawe, who was editor of the WATCH when I was in 8th grade, also gets a lot of pub as a reporter (editor?) for TIME.

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