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Four Score and Seven Migraines Ago

Season 1, Episode 82, Aired Oct 11, 1993

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- Yakko: We've got some great openings: Friends, Romans, Gettysburgers, lend me your ears... Lincoln: Nah. Wakko: You are entering another dimension... Dot: A dimension of sight and of sound. Yakko: That signpost up ahead: Gettysburg. Lincoln: I don't think so.
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- Yakko: Four score and seven years ago (to audience) that's 87, for those of you keeping score!
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- Yakko: Just stick with us, pal! Dot: Yeah, and one day they'll name a tunnel after you! Wakko: And put your face on a penny! Yakko: Or take 40% off mattresses on your birthday! Lincoln: Just as long as they don't name a Savings & Loan after me...
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- (early idea for Gettysburg address) Lincoln: Hey, everybody! My name's Abe Lincoln, how 'bout them Yankees?
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- President Lincoln quotes two other famous US presidents while trying to come up with his Gettysburg address: JFK ("ask not what your country can do for you" and "ich biene ein Gettysburger") FDR ("We have nothing to fear but fear itself")
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- Dot: One day they'll name a tunnel after you! The Lincoln Tunnel is a tunnel that goes under the Hudson River to connect New Jersey and New York City.
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- Wakko: You are entering another dimension... This is the famous opening line to Rod Sterling's The Twilight Zone, which featured a different sci-fi story with a bizarre twist every episode.
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- Yakko: Friends, Romans, Gettysburgers... This is a parody of a famous line from Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" play.
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- Person: Attila the Hun Attila the Hun was a ruthless bloodthirsty leader of the Mongolian people that terrorized ancient China.
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