The suspenseful bandage removal sequence has been parodied on three Fox TV animated sitcoms: The Simpsons (" Pygmoelian " and " Gone Maggie Gone "), Family Guy (" He's Too Sexy for His Fat ", " Meet the Quagmires "), and Futurama (" The Cyber House Rules ").

" Pygmoelian " was written by Larry Doyle and directed by Mark Kirkland as part of the eleventh season of The Simpsons ( 1999 – 2000 ).

*" Pygmoelian " at The Simpsons. com

Carl often serves as a taciturn straight man to Homer and company, because of his harsh opinions of others, as seen in " Pygmoelian " when he makes everyone in Moe's Tavern cry and, breaking the fourth wall, explains: " See, this is why I don't talk much.

" Pygmoelian " is the sixteenth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons.

" He gave " Pygmoelian " as an example, commenting: " Moe has cosmetic surgery.

At various times in the more than 100 years that have elapsed since the song was written, particularly during the John F. Kennedy administration, there have been efforts to give " America the Beautiful " legal status either as a national hymn, or as a national anthem equal to, or in place of, " The Star-Spangled Banner ", but so far this has not succeeded.

In response, Swift ’ s Modest Proposal was " a burlesque of projects concerning the poor ", that were in vogue during the early 18th century.

The general semantics concept " non-Aristotelian logic ", influenced the science fiction of the most prolific, best selling, influential authors of the genre during its flowering and height.

In the lingo of the poker variation Texas Hold ' em, the hole cards Ace – King ( unsuited ) are sometimes referred to as an " Anna Kournikova ", a term introduced by the poker commentator Vince van Patten during a WPT tournament because it " looks great but never wins ".

Christopher Robin Milne's stuffed bear, originally named " Edward ", was renamed " Winnie-the-Pooh " after a Canadian black bear named Winnie ( after Winnipeg ), which was used as a military mascot in World War I, and left to London Zoo during the war.

An alp refers to a high mountain pasture where cows are taken to be grazed during the summer months and where hay barns can be found, and the term " the Alps ", referring to the mountains, is a misnomer.

He also developed, during the Great Depression, the populist economic theory of " Direct Credits ", according to which banks are the cause of all economic woe, the oppressors of both capital and labour.

* 1888 – An audio recording of English composer Arthur Sullivan's " The Lost Chord ", one of the first recordings of music ever made, is played during a press conference introducing Thomas Edison's phonograph in London, England.

It is during this period that Bishop Asser applied to him the unique title of " secundarius ", which may indicate a position akin to that of the Celtic tanist, a recognised successor closely associated with the reigning monarch.

* Santa Claus also known as Saint Nicholas, Father Christmas and simply " Santa ", is a figure with legendary, mythical, historical and folkloric origins who, in many western cultures, is said to bring gifts to the homes of the good children during the late evening and overnight hours of Christmas Eve, December 24.

Classicizing architectonic structure and decor all ' antica, in the " ancient mode ", became a fashionable way to frame a painted or bas-relief portrait, or protect an expensive and precious mirror during the High Renaissance ; Italian precedents were imitated in France, then in Spain, England and Germany during the later 16th century.

Grant made her debut as a teenager, and gained fame in Christian music during the 1980s with such hits as " Father's Eyes ", " El Shaddai ", and " Angels ".

For nearly twenty years he battled an amphetamine addiction ; during the 1960s he was a patient of the notorious Max Jacobson, known as " Dr. Feelgood ", who administered injections of " vitamins with enzymes " that were in fact laced with amphetamines.

Historical convention dedicates a register to " the accumulator ", an " arithmetic organ " that literally accumulates its number during a sequence of arithmetic operations:

Due to his youthful appearance, Clinton was often called the " Boy Governor ", a referent that continues to be used to refer to him during his gubernatorial era on occasion.

When, during his discourses, he recounts his experiences as a young aspirant, he regularly uses the phrase " When I was an unenlightened bodhisatta ..." The term therefore connotes a being who is " bound for enlightenment ", in other words, a person whose aim is to become fully enlightened.

" Station X ", " London Signals Intelligence Centre " and " Government Communications Headquarters " were all cover names that were used during the war, and the latter ( GCHQ ) was adopted for the successor peacetime organisation that still bears this name.

According to Billy Altman's liner notes to the Geffen / Universal compilation, Buddy Holly: The Definitive Collection, in addition to " True Love Ways ", during the October 1958 sessions at Decca's Pythian Temple, Holly also recorded two other songs, " It Doesn't Matter Anymore " and " Raining In My Heart.

" In 1982 BJU's then-president Bob Jones III, during interviews in which he defended the school's tax-exempt status, cited nine passages from the Bible-drawn both from the Old and New Testaments-which he claimed demonstrated that God intended races to be segregated: " The Bible clearly teaches, starting in the 10th chapter of Genesis and going all the way through, that God has put differences among people on the earth to keep the earth divided ", he said, adding that inter-racial marriage was " playing into the hands of the antichrist and the one-world system.

The usage is roughly equivalent to the term " Commie ", " Red " or " pinko " in the United States during the same period.

Crimes conducted by Patassé ’ s militias and Congolese soldiers during this period are now being investigated by the International Criminal Court, who wrote that " sexual violence appears to have been a central feature of the conflict ", having identified more than 600 rape victims.

Love had written several songs, including an anti-cocaine song titled " Loser Dust ", during her time in rehab in 2005.

A rough acoustic version of " Never Go Hungry Again ", recorded during an interview for The Times in November, was also released.

* T. Porter and T. Duff, " Compositing Digital Images ", Proceedings of SIGGRAPH ' 84, 18 ( 1984 ).

* T. Porter and T. Duff, " Compositing Digital Images ", Proceedings of SIGGRAPH ' 84, 18 ( 1984 ).

* " Jericho ", 2004 song by Hilary Duff on her self-titled second album

In addition to singing, Duff has also written and co-wrote several songs for her sister Hilary's studio albums, Metamorphosis and Hilary Duff, as well as the song " Gypsy Woman ", on Hilary's fourth studio album, Dignity.

Three collaborations were also confirmed on the band's website later that day: Duff McKagan would appear on " A Billion Balconies Facing the Sun ", Ian McCulloch will add guest vocals to " Some Kind of Nothingness " and John Cale will feature on " Auto-Intoxication ".

During this series, Crenna's death was acknowledged also by the death of " Jared Duff ", shortly before he had planned to marry the title character's mother ( played by Tyne Daly ).

Jeff Beck, Duff McKagan, Jack Rose, Jimmy Page, Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Cub Koda, Marc Bolan, Neil Young and Bob Dylan have all cited Wray as an influence ; Dylan's song " Sign Language ", which he sang with Eric Clapton on Clapton's No Reason to Cry album, mentions Link Wray.

The original Royal Navy of World War I spelling alphabet differed more from the later NATO phonetic alphabet than the RAF radiotelephony spelling alphabet, with its use of the words " Apples " for " A ", " Butter " for " B ", " Duff " for " D ", " Pudding " for " P ", " Queenie " for " Q ", " Tommy " for " T ", " Vinegar " for " V ", " Willie " for " W ", " Xerxes " for " X ", and " Yellow " for " Y.

* " Cry ", a song by Hilary Duff from her self-titled album

* T. Porter and T. Duff, " Compositing Digital Images ", Proceedings of SIGGRAPH ' 84, 18 ( 1984 ).

* Then-Guns N ' Roses bassist Duff McKagan wrote the song " So Fine ", which was dedicated to Thunders.

A 1946-1951 radio show called The Adventures of Sam Spade ( on ABC, CBS, and NBC ) starred Howard Duff ( and later Steve Dunne ) as " Sam Spade " and Lurene Tuttle as Spade's devoted secretary " Effie Perrine ", and took a considerably more tongue-in-cheek approach to the character.

Fans of The Simpsons may also recognize Keach's voice in the recurring role of Duff Brewery President, Howard K. Duff VIII, beginning with the 12th season episode, " Hungry, Hungry Homer ", wherein Homer attempts to stop Howard K. Duff from moving the Springfield Isotopes baseball team to Albuquerque by staging a hunger strike.