The Way We Was, the Glossary

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1. 69 relations: Action figure, Al Jean, AMC Gremlin, Arnold Schwarzenegger, At the Movies (1986 TV program), Audio commentary, Average White Band, Barney Gumble, Bart Simpson, Chicago (band), Colour My World (Chicago song), David Silverman (animator), DVD-Video, EB Games, Elliott Gould, Elton John, Feminism, Flashback (narrative), Fox Broadcasting Company, French language, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (song), Grammatical conjugation, Grampa Simpson, Harper Perennial, Homer Simpson, Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment, IGN, James L. Brooks, Jon Lovitz, Led Zeppelin, Limousine, Lisa Simpson, List of recurring The Simpsons characters, Lovers' lane, Maggie Simpson, Making out, Marge Simpson, Matt Groening, McBain (film), Mike Reiss, National Maximum Speed Law, Nielsen Media Research, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish, Pick Up the Pieces (Average White Band song), Pink Floyd, Playmates Toys, Prom, Ray Stevens, Rolling Stone, ... Expand index (19 more) »

2. Fiction set in 1974
3. Television episodes about proms
4. Television episodes written by Al Jean
5. The Simpsons season 2 episodes

Action figure

An action figure is a poseable character model figure made most commonly of plastic, and often based upon characters from a film, comic book, military, video game or television program; fictional or historical.

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Al Jean

Alfred Ernest Jean III (born January 9, 1961) is an American screenwriter and producer.

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AMC Gremlin

The AMC Gremlin (also American Motors Gremlin) is a subcompact automobile introduced in 1970, manufactured and marketed in a single, two-door body style (1970–1978) by American Motors Corporation (AMC), as well as in Mexico (1974–1983) by AMC's Vehículos Automotores Mexicanos (VAM) subsidiary.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian and American actor, businessman, filmmaker, former politician, and former professional bodybuilder known for his roles in high-profile action films.

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At the Movies (1986 TV program)

At the Movies (originally Siskel & Ebert & the Movies, and later At the Movies with Ebert and Roeper) is an American movie review television program produced by Disney–ABC Domestic Television in which two film critics share their opinions of newly released films.

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An audio commentary is an additional audio track, usually digital, consisting of a lecture or comments by one or more speakers, that plays in real time with a video.

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Average White Band

The Average White Band (also known as AWB) are a Scottish funk and R&B band that had a series of soul and disco hits between 1974 and 1980.

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Barney Gumble

Barnard "Barney" Gumble is a recurring character in the American animated TV series The Simpsons.

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Bart Simpson

Bartholomew Jojo "Bart" Simpson is a fictional character in the American animated television series The Simpsons and part of the Simpson family.

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Chicago (band)

Chicago is an American rock band formed in Chicago in 1967.

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Colour My World (Chicago song)

"Colour My World" is a song written by American musician James Pankow, one of the founding members of the rock/jazz fusion band Chicago.

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David Silverman (animator)

David Silverman (born March 15, 1957) is an American animator who has directed numerous episodes of the animated television series The Simpsons, as well as its 2007 film adaptation.

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DVD-Video

DVD-Video is a consumer video format used to store digital video on DVDs.

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EB Games

EB Games (formerly known as Electronics Boutique and EB World) is an American computer and video games retailer.

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Elliott Gould

Elliott Gould (né Goldstein; born August 29, 1938) is an American actor.

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Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, songwriter and pianist.

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Feminism

Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes.

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Flashback (narrative)

A flashback (sometimes called an analepsis) is an interjected scene that takes the narrative back in time from the current point in the story.

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Fox Broadcasting Company

Fox Broadcasting Company, LLC, commonly known simply as Fox and stylized in all caps, is an American commercial broadcast television network owned by the Fox Entertainment division of Fox Corporation, headquartered at 1211 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan.

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French language

French (français,, or langue française,, or by some speakers) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family.

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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (song)

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" is a ballad written by English musician Elton John and songwriter Bernie Taupin, and performed by John.

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Grammatical conjugation

In linguistics, conjugation is the creation of derived forms of a verb from its principal parts by inflection (alteration of form according to rules of grammar).

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Grampa Simpson

Abraham Jebediah "Abe" Simpson II, better known as Grampa Simpson, is a recurring character in the animated television series The Simpsons.

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Harper Perennial

Harper Perennial is a paperback imprint of the publishing house HarperCollins Publishers.

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Homer Simpson

Homer Jay Simpson is the protagonist of the American animated sitcom The Simpsons.

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Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment

"Homer vs. The Way We Was and Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment are the Simpsons season 2 episodes.

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IGN

IGN is an American video game and entertainment media website operated by IGN Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, Inc.

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James L. Brooks

James Lawrence Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is an American director, producer, screenwriter and co-founder of Gracie Films.

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Jon Lovitz

Jonathan Michael Lovitz (born July 21, 1957) is an American actor and comedian.

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Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in London in 1968.

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Limousine

A limousine, or limo for short, is a large, chauffeur-driven luxury vehicle with a partition between the driver compartment and the passenger compartment which can be operated mechanically by hand or by a button electronically.

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Lisa Simpson

Lisa Marie Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television sitcom series The Simpsons.

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List of recurring The Simpsons characters

The American animated television series The Simpsons contains a wide range of minor and supporting characters like co-workers, teachers, students, family friends, extended relatives, townspeople, local celebrities, and even animals.

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Lovers' lane

A lovers' lane is a secluded area where people kiss, make out or engage in sexual activity.

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Maggie Simpson

Margaret Lenny "Maggie" Simpson is a fictional character in the animated television series The Simpsons and the youngest member of the Simpson family.

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Making out

Making out is a term of American origin dating back to at least 1949, and is used to refer to kissing, including extended French kissing or heavy kissing of the neck (called necking "above the neck"), or to acts of non-penetrative sex such as heavy petting ("intimate contact, just short of sexual intercourse").

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Marge Simpson

Marjorie Jacqueline "Marge" Simpson is a character in the American animated sitcom The Simpsons and part of the eponymous family (The Simpsons).

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Matt Groening

Matthew Abram Groening (born February 15, 1954) is an American cartoonist, writer, producer, and animator.

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McBain (film)

McBain is a 1991 American action war film written and directed by James Glickenhaus, and starring Christopher Walken as the title character, alongside Michael Ironside and María Conchita Alonso.

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Mike Reiss

Michael L. Reiss (born September 15, 1959) is an American television comedy writer.

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National Maximum Speed Law

The National Maximum Speed Limit (NMSL) was a provision of the federal government of the United States 1974 Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act that effectively prohibited speed limits higher than.

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Nielsen Media Research (NMR) is an American firm that measures media audiences, including television, radio, theatre, films (via the AMC Theatres MAP program), and newspapers.

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Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?

"Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" is the fifteenth episode of the second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. The Way We Was and oh Brother, Where Art Thou? are the Simpsons season 2 episodes.

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One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish

"One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish" is the eleventh episode of the second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. The Way We Was and One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish are the Simpsons season 2 episodes.

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Pick Up the Pieces (Average White Band song)

"Pick Up the Pieces" is a song by the Average White Band from their second album, AWB.

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Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965.

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Playmates Toys

Playmates Toys Limited is a Hong Kong toy company.

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Prom

A promenade dance or promenade, commonly called a prom in American English, is a dance party for high school students.

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Ray Stevens

Harold Ray Ragsdale (born January 24, 1939), --> known professionally as Ray Stevens, is an American country and pop singer-songwriter and comedian.

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Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone is an American monthly magazine that focuses on music, politics, and popular culture.

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Sam Simon

Samuel Michael Simon (June 6, 1955 – March 8, 2015) was an American television producer and animal rights activist who co-developed the television series The Simpsons.

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Simpson family

The Simpson family are the main fictional characters featured in the animated television series The Simpsons.

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Smoking

Smoking is a practice in which a substance is combusted and the resulting smoke is typically inhaled to be tasted and absorbed into the bloodstream of a person.

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Steve Miller (musician)

Steven Haworth Miller (born October 5, 1943)Justin Kern.

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The Carpenters

Carpenters, also known as The Carpenters, were an American vocal and instrumental duo consisting of siblings Karen (1950–1983) and Richard Carpenter (born 1946).

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The Hustle (song)

"The Hustle" is a disco song by songwriter/arranger Van McCoy and the Soul City Symphony.

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The Joker (Steve Miller Band song)

"The Joker" is a song by American rock band Steve Miller Band from their eighth studio album, The Joker (1973).

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The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company.

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The Simpsons season 2

The second season of the American animated television series The Simpsons originally aired on the Fox network between October 11, 1990, and July 11, 1991, and contained 22 episodes, beginning with "Bart Gets an "F".

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The Streak (song)

"The Streak" is a country/novelty song written, produced, and sung by Ray Stevens.

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The Way We Were

The Way We Were is a 1973 American romantic drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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TV Guide

TV Guide is an American digital media company that provides television program listings information as well as entertainment and television-related news.

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TVShowsOnDVD.com

TVShowsOnDVD.com was a website dedicated to cataloging, campaigning for, and reporting news about Region 1 television series releases on DVD and region A Blu-ray.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Van McCoy

Van Allen Clinton McCoy (January 6, 1940 – July 6, 1979) was an American record producer, arranger, songwriter and singer.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor.

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World of Springfield

The World of Springfield is a series of action figures featuring characters from the animated sitcom The Simpsons.

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(They Long to Be) Close to You

"(They Long to Be) Close to You" is a song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David with sections of the early version written by Cathy Steeves.

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See also

Fiction set in 1974

• American Woman (novel)
• Apt Pupil
• Chibi Maruko-chan
• Crossroads (novel)
• Energy Crisis '74
• Firefly Lane (novel)
• Gwendy's Button Box
• Hide (Doctor Who)
• Radio Free Albemuth
• Roadwork (novel)
• Run Me to Earth
• Seven Days in May (novel)
• Small Mercies (novel)
• Snow Angels (novel)
• Steel (The Twilight Zone)
• The Angel Maker's Wife
• The Bay of Love and Sorrows
• The Black Coat
• The Damned Utd
• The Great Alone
• The Old Man in the Cave
• The Red Convertible
• The Shining (novel)
• The Sweet-Shop Owner
• The Way We Was
• The Women (Hannah novel)
• This House (play)
• Treats (play)
• Vanities
• When We Get There

Television episodes about proms

• Changes: You Got A Prom Wit Dat?
• Enchanting Grom Fright
• Future-Drama
• Look Who's Stalking
• Losing My Religion (Grey's Anatomy)
• Prom Queen (Glee)
• Prom-asaurus
• The Crown: Joancoming: It's a Cleo Cleo Cleo Cleo World
• The One with the Prom Video
• The Way We Was
• Tina in the Sky with Diamonds
• Unpleasantville
• Valley Girls

Television episodes written by Al Jean

• 'Round Springfield
• Better Off Ned
• Children of a Lesser Clod
• Daddicus Finch
• Day of the Jackanapes
• Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?
• HOMR
• Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder
• I Can't Believe It's a Clip Show
• I Won't Be Home for Christmas (The Simpsons)
• Left Behind (The Simpsons)
• Lisa's Pony
• Lisa's Sax
• Moaning Lisa (The Simpsons)
• Mom and Pop Art
• Mothers and Other Strangers (The Simpsons)
• Mr. Lisa's Opus
• Pilot (The Critic)
• Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious
• Stark Raving Dad
• The 7 Beer Itch
• The Man Who Came to Be Dinner
• The Telltale Head
• The Way We Was
• There's No Disgrace Like Home
• Treehouse of Horror II
• Treehouse of Horror III

The Simpsons season 2 episodes

• Bart Gets Hit by a Car
• Bart Gets an "F"
• Bart the Daredevil
• Bart vs. Thanksgiving
• Bart's Dog Gets an "F"
• Blood Feud (The Simpsons)
• Brush with Greatness
• Dancin' Homer
• Dead Putting Society
• Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment
• Itchy & Scratchy & Marge
• Lisa's Substitute
• Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
• Old Money (The Simpsons)
• One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish
• Principal Charming
• Simpson and Delilah
• The War of the Simpsons
• The Way We Was
• Three Men and a Comic Book
• Treehouse of Horror (The Simpsons episode)
• Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Way_We_Was

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