The Simpsons museum spoof

'The Simpsons' have been spoofing museums for years including Children's Museums, Historical Societies, Living History Museum, Military Battle Fields & Reenactments, and now I guess the Smithsonian (although I missed last night's.) My personal favorite is when Bart, visiting the home of Jebidiah Springfield (or was that Historic Springfield I forget, founder of the town, silver tongues pirate, and originator of whacking day , notes that the docent's talk directly contradicts the introductory video's account of Jebediah's whereabouts on the day he whacked his first snake. The docent then put into motion the security team that whisked him out of the museum for figuring out their secret. Would that we all had such security systems for those unruly guests : )

Maybe a future AAM session can be just a bunch of us sitting around wathcing those episodes.

Followed by the appropriate scholarly discussion of course.

Matthew White Director of Education B&O Railroad Museum

I guess those of us posting to the list these days are not at AAM, but I was hoping that AAM would have had a showing of the Mr. Bean movie. It is all about museums and probably much funnier to museum people than to most of the public. If it's on video by now it would be fun to have an after-hours showing for museum staff. Mary Day Kent University of Pennsylvania Museum

I'd also like to recommend the rather inconsistent Fierce Creatures.' Although it isn't as brilliant as that ensemble's earlier 'A Fish Called Wanda,' the scenes of the Zoo Director tring to beef up attendance by portraying even the most docile of animals as potential man-eaters, and the draping of corporate logos on zebras and tigers to make a profit hit a bit close to home to those of us scrambling for attendnace and earned income.

Matthew White Director of Education B&O Railroad Museum