#722 - “I Kid”

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Al Sisti
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And here's my Utica story. One of the writers, John Frink, was born in my hometown (Whitesboro), and I have a signed copy of a production script from "Treehouse of Horror XI." Then of course there's the episode where Homer drives through (and derides) Utica, here.
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Al Sisti wrote: Wed Apr 06, 2022 3:55 pm And here's my Utica story. One of the writers, John Frink, was born in my hometown (Whitesboro), and I have a signed copy of a production script from "Treehouse of Horror XI." Then of course there's the episode where Homer drives through (and derides) Utica, here.
Wait. John Frink -- is that where they got Professor Frink's name??
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Wendy Walker wrote: Thu Apr 07, 2022 8:33 am
Al Sisti wrote: Wed Apr 06, 2022 3:55 pm And here's my Utica story. One of the writers, John Frink, was born in my hometown (Whitesboro), and I have a signed copy of a production script from "Treehouse of Horror XI." Then of course there's the episode where Homer drives through (and derides) Utica, here.
Wait. John Frink -- is that where they got Professor Frink's name??
Yep...
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My favorite mention of Utica was "Well, not in Utica; it's more of an Albany expression"
So I just plain couldn't get my meta based on "Up the Down Staircase" to work.

My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".
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