Talk:G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)

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Why don't they just call this episode "G.I. D'oh"? That would make a lot more sense. NorthernThunder 04:01, 17 October 2006 (UTC)
 * Obviously your not a big Simpsons fan. It's a tradition. In the scripts for the show, D'oh is written as [Annoyed Grunt]. And as a joke, MOST (there are exceptions) of the episodes with d'oh in the title are written with Annoyed Grunt. Like I said, there are exceptions, such as D'ohin' in the Wind. -- Scorpion0422 04:25, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

Most scripts have [annoyed grunt] written in them, rather than 'D'oh!'. It's a tradition, which apparently Matt Groening is big on. NIN (talk) 14:04, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Am I the only one who thinks that this episode bears a striking resemblance to the family guy episode Saving Private Brian?

Recruiters "dumb" comment
It is impossible that the "dumbest of the dumb in this state..." comment is a reference to John Kerry's joke at a November 2006 midterm rally. Episodes are produced many months ahead of time.

Lasvegasgamer 02:24, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
 * I don't think its a reference, but for the record, the producers can add lines with as little time as a week remaining. -- Scorpion0422 05:01, 13 November 2006 (UTC)


 * I agree the political message was laden on pretty thick. Don't know of any sources though.--Lord of the Ping 06:38, 15 January 2007 (UTC)

Rock music?
"The Army recruitment film shown at Springfield Elementary uses Arise, Ye Russian People from Prokofiev's soundtrack for Alexander Nevsky before switching to rock music." What exactly is the title of the rock music being played? I know I have heard it before.´ The Army recruitment film shown at Springfield Elementary uses Arise, Ye Russian People from Prokofiev's soundtrack for Alexander Nevsky before switching to Martika's "Toy Soldiers." this is wrong!

after Arise, Ye Russian People comes the rock song (elementary school). the song Toy Soldiers is used in an other position (army camp).

better more bullets than wrong information. -- Simpsonspedia.net 21:50, 29 November 2006 (UTC)
 * Sounded like the main riff from Black Sabbath's Paranoid.  Lugnuts  (talk) 07:23, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

Traditional music?
You can hear a traditional theme after minute 12:30, then the troups are rolling into Springfield (just interrupted by Homers colleag asking "Is this war?" and the answer "No Sir, just a simulation." [...]). I allways thought of this music as a kind of pirates theme, but I do not know anything about the title or the author. Seams to me to be an "american thing" - so I do not have any intimate knowledge about that matter ;-) Can you help me out, please? This should definitly be mentioned in the "cultural references"... BTW: Please ignore orthography. Thanks, Ralf --85.181.104.18 23:21, 19 March 2007 (UTC)

The song is "When Johnny comes marching home again". A US civil war song that has been updated for countless wars. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.198.124.214 (talk) 23:26, August 29, 2007 (UTC)
 * Or The Runaway Train Came Down The Track.

lazyguythewerewolf. Rawr. 21:03, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

This piece of music is played in "Die Hard with a Vengeance" when Simon and his crew start robbing the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, driving trucks into the destroyed subway station from which they will break through to the vault of the bank. I am not sure but the theme may be repeated later on in the movie, too. -- I definitively think that this reference should be added to the article as the scenes bear some analogy. Thanks, Martin --138.251.240.212 10:48, 10 October 2007 (UTC)

Yes, this is perfectly correct. The equivalence is evident. Die Hard 3 was the first time I was seized with the song and tried to track it down (actually I hummed it to quite some people who claimed to have some experience in music - so thanks a lot for solving my problem after all this years in nescience ;-). Never the less I'm pretty sure my "first contact" was in a b/w pirate movie - something with Errol Flynn probably? Any ideas? Thanks again, Ralf 85.181.126.48 (talk) 01:39, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

Robert Canning?
Who is Robert Canning? xD Can someone please clear that up :P Raz.you.up 18:51, 25 June 2007 (UTC)

User Lobot removing all Cultural References
I find removing all the Cultural References from this article heavy-handed and arbitrary, not to mention dictatorial and unilateral vandalism without discussion. Almost every single episode article includes Cultural References, they are germane to the subject, they are a major relevant feature of the Simpsons and of general interest and note. Therefore, I'm replacing them. I think its incumbent on HIM to explain why all the Cultural References should be removed. 71.100.11.23 (talk) 08:11, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

Please see WP:OR, WP:V, WP:RS, WP:EPISODE, and WP:WAF. Some of the items removed are already in the article, some are just retelling jokes from the episode, some are original research, and all should be written as prose and integrated into the article body. There is no need for a bulleted list. All of The Simpsons articles that have made it to FA or even GA have had their "trivia" or "cultural references" sections excised or drastically rewritten. Cheers. L0b0t (talk) 10:01, 17 July 2008 (UTC)

well, you'll find they will be re-written again, smartass. spare me the "cheers" wiseass. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.100.3.97 (talk) 05:55, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Second straight threat from this IP, even after I wasted my time trying to talk to him. Dayewalker (talk) 06:02, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * IP has returned, and removed my comments from this page. I've tried to talk to him several times, from this point forward I will treat him and his edits as vandalism. If anyone has a problem with my assumptions about this blocked editor, please drop me a line on my talk page. Dayewalker (talk) 07:03, 31 July 2008 (UTC)

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