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Homer Simpson coming to Springfield, Vermont

I never seem to have the time to develop most of the ideas and things I hear and articles I scan for possible entries for this blog.

But I can't let this item pass by without comment: Springfield, Vermont will host the premiere of the Simpsons movie on July 21.

What a wonderful surprise!!

I didn't know about this contest and I don't watch the Simpsons that much. (Or hardly any tv, for that matter.)

So I only learned about this victory, today, the day after the winner was announced. I spotted the item on the BBC news website. It seems the Vermonters' video entry beat out 13 other Springfields across the nation. (There's a total of about 34 Springfield cities and towns in the U.S.)

I guess this is international news, of sorts, in the English-speaking world. (Is the Simpsons shown in non-English speaking countries?)

Quite odd, since Springfield, VT is a small town of less than 10K people. And not the sort of place that provides much news nor is written up in magazines.

But I have mentioned the town in my blog in years past:

http://aamplitude.baltiblogs.com/archives/2003_10.html
http://aamplitude.baltiblogs.com/archives/2003_12.html
http://aamplitude.baltiblogs.com/archives/2005_05.html

I was last there almost 4 years ago (to pick up a copy of my birth certificate, among other things) and was surprised to see 2 Chinese restaurants. I wouldn't have expected to see any.

According to the Wikipedia entry for Springfield, only .77% of the town's population is Asian.

Here're the ethnic/racial demographics (based on the 2000 Census, I think):

White 97.6%
African American .24%
Hispanic or Latino of any race .72%
Native American .14%
Asian .77%
Pacific Islander .06%
Other .18%
2 or more races 1.01%

Posted by raacluse at July 11, 2007 06:11 PM