Talk:Zippy the Pinhead
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[edit] Trivia removal
I've just removed this new addition:
- Zippy is also mentioned in a seinfeld episode("The Stall" Season 5 Ep. 12)where jerry remarks excitedly "zippy the pinhead" in a conversation with george.
Odd capitalization aside, this strikes me as stunningly uninteresting. I believe that Seinfeld (which I've never seen) is or was a popular show, but the mere fact that this or that was excitedly mentioned by him isn't worth the pixels (let alone bytes). -- Hoary 08:23, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
This has since expanded. After the latest reinsertion it reads:
- In the Seinfeld episode " The Stall" Elaines boyfriend tony played by Dan Cortese falls during a rock climbing adventure with Kramer and George. In the aftermath of the incident Elaine says tony might look like a monster and is worried. Jerry then says he might look like Zippy the Pinhead. Here is an excerpt from www.seinfeldscripts.com
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- + ELAINE:he's supposed to get the bandages off on Sunday.. what if?
- + JERRY:what?
- + ELAINE:you know (acts like a monster)
- + JERRY:oh you're afraid he might look like Zippy the pinhead
This tells us nothing whatever about Zippy. (Moreover, it strikes me as supremely uninteresting about Seinfeld.) If there is no lucid counterargument, I'll delete it and make sure it's deleted. Meanwhile, yes, I invite lucid counterargument. -- Hoary 01:26, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
- Speaking of Seinfeld, it is also mentioned in one of the Zippy comics that deals with the dark nature of the superhero comics. In one scene, Zippy and Griffy are grabbed by that superdude called "Testosterono, The Thing From Below", after being exiled from a superhero fan-ridden comic book store, and stuffed into a molten volcano. As they are sinking into the lava that would change them into "The Chastiser" and "Pinman", Zippy tells Testosterono, who thinks he's doomed them to die, "Think of all the Seinfeld episodes we'll miss!!" Here's a link: "They'll Short-Circuit Your Shorts!!" --Angeldeb82 02:08, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Zippy is mentioned in other media
Hi there. First off do not insult my capitilazation as the point here is Zippy not my grammar or writing technique. I put this fact in because the section is titled Zippy in other media. I figured people might want to know that Zippy was mentioned in a mainstream television show. It is in the other media section, isn't that what it's for? I can understand it may be a bit verbose on my part but I think the fact should remain even if it is shortened because it is about Zippy being mentioned in other media. Thank you for your time. Have a great day and thank you for the advice/message!!!!! .... Added at 12:19, 10 October 2006 by Kramer84
- If you read the rest of the section, you'll see that it's about actual or planned versions or adaptations (and not mere mentions) of Zippy in other media. These are:
- An entire movie about Zippy
- An entire play about Zippy and Griffith's other characters
- A substantial section of a movie in which an actor impersonates Zippy
- A widely distributed collection of a thousand Zippy quotes.
- To me, these are an enormous contrast with a single remark oh you're afraid he might look like Zippy the pinhead; which is quite different.
- So, Zippy was mentioned in a mainstream US TV show. I guess that goes to show that mainstream US TV isn't utterly brain-dead, but it was a much less significant appearance than this one (linked to from here), and I still don't see how it says anything about Zippy -- except that Zippy isn't hopelessly obscure, a fact that readers will surely be able to infer from other material in the article. -- Hoary 13:07, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Ok
Well then would it be satisfactory to just write "Zippy the pinhead was also mentioned in a seinfeld episode" since the title of the section is Zippy in other media. Television is in fact other media so I do have a point. It is not titled "Zippy is supposed to be adapted into a movie." I still think this is a fact that some people might want to know. Thoughts.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kramer84 (talk • contribs) .
[edit] ?
Well I for one never heard of Zippy until he was mentioned in Seinfeld. That is what lead me to looking up Zippy in the first place. Before Seinfeld mentioned it I never heard of him and that is why I looked him up to see if there was an actual Zippy. You say " So, Zippy was mentioned in a mainstream US TV show. I guess that goes to show that mainstream US TV isn't utterly brain-dead..." like all mainstream TV is brain dead. You come of like you think you are so much better than everyone else. Like adding something to your precious little Zippy that you do not like is a crime. I still think it is a fact about him. I have reviewed other articles here and they have factoids like mine all the time. I guess TV isn't other media to you? Oh well I could care less at this point. No point in beating a dead horse.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kramer84 (talk • contribs) .
[edit] Nickelback
Does that comment about the line "Are we having fun yet?" have any bearing on the article whatsoever? I think it's a bit of a stretch to assume that the line had any tie to Zippy.
140.185.215.122 19:19, 12 March 2007 (UTC)Steve
