Not a lot of people know that the inspiration for Gary Fuller, Homer’s neighbour in the popular cartoon animation series The Simpsons, was provided by Manchester University astronomer Ned Flanders. (Is this right? Ed.)
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Astronomy Look-alikes, No. 78
Posted in Astronomy Lookalikes with tags Gary Fuller, Ned Flanders, The Simpsons on July 24, 2012 by telescoperAstronomy Look-alikes, No. 9
Posted in Astronomy Lookalikes with tags Donald Lynden-Bell, Montgomery Burns, The Simpsons on January 10, 2010 by telescoperIt’s probably impolite to draw visual parallels between Professor Donald Lynden-Bell, winner of the inaugural Kavli Prize for Astrophysics in 2008, and Montgomery Burns from the Simpsons.
In the Dark 