Saturday, March 11, 2006

(183) Lisa and the Angel

In mid-May 2002 my wife called me in to see an episode of The Simpsons she was watching, as it featured Stephen Jay Gould. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Gould He had been called in by Lisa Simpson to test the putative fossil of an angel. At the end of the show he admitted that he had not done the tests.
Here are some facts about this episode -

Lisa the Skeptic

Synopsis
While Lisa and her classmates conduct an archaeological survey, a skeleton with abnormal bone structure protruding from its shoulders is uncovered, leading the townspeople to conclude the remains are that of an angel.

First aired in US 23 Nov 1997.
First aired in Australia 22 Apr 1998.

But it was shown on UK TV 3 - 4 days before Gould’s actual death.

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