Showing posts with label lesbian seagull. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lesbian seagull. Show all posts

Sunday, May 2, 2010

"Fly with me, lesbian seagull..."

Engelbert Humperdinck turns 74 today. He is a popular singer best known in this fandom for singing "Lesbian Seagull" in Beavis and Butt-head Do America. Tiny 9th-grader Daria Morgendorffer was listening to this song with Cassandra and others when Mr. Van Driessen was beaten up by the ATF. Thanks for the music! (That's actually Mike Judge singing as Van Driessen; Mr. Humperdinck sings during the movie's final credits.)

May 2 is a critical date in Is It Fall Yet? As Richard Lobinske notes in his chronology of the Daria series, "The morning of the last day of school at LHS, Jake notes the frozen waffles had an expiration date of May 2, and it was June." There will be a test later.

NEW! Roentgen has started a thread about the secret code names of Daria's classmates, if they were fighter pilots.

NEW! Richard Lobinske has also just updated the 2010 Daria FanArt listing. Thank you!

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  • NEWEST! Falling into College: The Clip Show, by RLobinske (Part 6): Our records show that DARIA L MORGENDORFFER has been assessed a fine of $1.00 – ONE Dollars and ZERO cents - for overdue library materials. Please remit payment to the Circulation Desk as soon as possible. If payment is not made within 4 (four) weeks of the above date, the fine will be reported to the Financial Services office and a hold placed on your account until payment is made.
  • NEW! Kim Possible: The Solo Missions, by Erin M. (excerpt): Kim Possible entered the main common area of the dorm and went to a door behind the information desk. She knocked and waited. After a moment, a young woman in her mid-20s opened the door. She had shoulder length brown hair, glasses with thick black frames, and a somewhat sardonic expression. This was Kim's boss, a grad student who worked as the Senior Resident Assistant, or as everybody referred to her, the "House Mom," a term which caused her no end of irritation, which is why it was in common use in the first place. "Oh, hey, Kim," she said. "Hey, Daria," Kim replied. "Just wanted to let you know I'm heading out for break. You need me to do anything before I take off?" (SFMB)
  • NEWER! A New Set of Rules, by Dennis (Part 10): "Are you going to start dating again?” The corners of Daria's mouth turned down. “Even if I wanted to, it's not like guys are lining up to ask me.” “Look around, Daria. I think you'll be surprised.”
  • Springtime for Self-Esteem, by Ajar (Part 2): “Angela, it's two in the morning,” Margaret said as she threw another booklet on the pile. “All these proposals are blurring into one. How did you get so many submissions, anyway?” “It's amazing what you can get done with cafeteria vouchers and threats of mandatory staff calisthenics."

Friday, November 28, 2008

Her Last Time There Was 11 Years Ago Today

Eleven years ago today, Daria made her last appearance on Beavis and Butt-head, in the retrospective episode, "Beavis and Butt-head Are Dead." (She appeared briefly in a nonspeaking role in Beavis and Butt-head Do America earlier, sitting on the floor as she listened to Mr. Van Driessen sing "Lesbian Seagull.") At the time of this last episode, of course, Daria was also starring in her own series and had completed the first season.

When Beavis and Butt-head fail to show up for school for three weeks straight, the school puts a phone call through to their home, where Beavis (who has been watching TV nonstop with Butt-head) tells the caller that the duo is dead, just to stop the phone calls. Mr. Van Driessen is heartbroken, of course, and tries to do a mental-health intervention with the class. However, no one is upset in the slightest that the two wienerheads are gone for good. The students merely look bored. When asked to offer her thoughts on the matter, Daria says, "Well, I guess it's kinda sad that they're dead and all, but it's not like they had bright futures ahead of them." Well put. The picture here shows her immediately after delivering her assessment of the two. The episode is amusing and has lots of bizarre flashbacks from previous episodes.

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  • Daria: The College Years, by Farren O'Blivion (Part 8): “In case you’ve forgotten, there’s a seventeen-year-old girl in the morgue right now from an overdose and I’d like to find out just how that little girl managed to get her hands on some very dangerous, very illegal drugs.”
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  • Arrival, by Legendeld (Part 2): Jane looked at Quinn again, then let out a sigh. “You’re on a lot of meds, aren’t you?”
  • Bet, by Legendeld (COMPLETE!): That's one heck of a dinner conversation there.
  • Falling into College 65: Arrivals and Returns, by Richard Lobinske (Part 3): Trent's latest hit: "Weddings or Wednesdays / Bar Mitzvahs or birthdays / You can bet it's the best cakery / When you buy from Wilson Bakery!"
  • Order and Chaos, by Legendeld (Part 13): The old order changeth....
  • Stacy Rowe, Seeker (Part II), by jtranser (continued): Goodness, interrogation techniques have come a long way since waterboarding, haven't they? *
  • Welcome Back, Daria, by Napalm Kracken (Part 3): A bet is made, and chaos ensues.
* Contains mature material. Strap onuh, no, wait, I meant HANG on. Sorry.