Talk:23 skidoo
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I wonder if it's related to "skidaddle"? I remember the Gopher using it in the Walt Disney version of Winnie the Pooh. -- Adam78 10:12, 20 August 2005 (UTC)
- Well I seem to remember that Gopher speaking in a '49er dialect, so if anything wouldn't that slang be a bit advanced for him? ^^
[edit] NFB Film
The National Film Board of Canada made a short documentary film with this title, listed here.
There is an IMDB "stub" for it here, but the NFB link has more info.
The theme of this film was the aftermath of nuclear holocaust (specifically, the neutron bomb, which was in the news around the time the film was made, 1964). It was nominated for a BAFTA award in 1965 for best short film. My understanding is that the term 23 skidoo was a Cold War phrase associated with the nuclear threat, something which is not mentioned in this article. Slowmover 15:36, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Material removed
I'm removing the items in the "Cultural References" section, as follows:
- 23 skidoo is a phrase considered to be freighted with latent and portent meaning in the The Illuminatus! Trilogy; the explanation given is that the number is deeply related to the all-important number 5 of Discordianism (as 2 + 3 = 5).
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- No source citation provided. Should not go into the article until a source citation to a published reference can be provided, per the verifiability policy. Dpbsmith (talk) 14:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
- "28 Skidoo", a spoof of 23 Skidoo, is mentioned "The Ballad of the Sneak", a web cartoon featuring the old-timey cast of Homestar Runner. The cartoon can be seen here and the lyrics can be found here.
- Marge Simpson has said it in a few episodes of the Simpsons.
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- No source citation provided. Should not go into the article until a source citation to a published reference can be provided, per the verifiability policy. Dpbsmith (talk) 14:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
- I've removed this (again, it appears). Source, please. I spent some time trawling the Internet for a mention and couldn't find one.--Marysunshine 21:20, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
- I don't think this is a correct understanding of the verifiability policy. When someone is directly quoting a book, film, or TV show, then that material is its own source. We don't need someone to publish a quote from a Simpsons episode in order to verify it — the episode itself IS the source . So there is no reason to remove this kind of material unless you are claiming that it is verifiably false. Slowmover 13:31, 7 June 2006 (UTC)
- I've removed this (again, it appears). Source, please. I spent some time trawling the Internet for a mention and couldn't find one.--Marysunshine 21:20, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
- No source citation provided. Should not go into the article until a source citation to a published reference can be provided, per the verifiability policy. Dpbsmith (talk) 14:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
What we could really use are some contemporary illustrations of how the phrase was used at the time when it was popular. Dpbsmith (talk) 14:42, 23 April 2006 (UTC)
