ピンチョンの介入／添削（メモ） - Living, Loving, Thinking, Again

Alison Flood “Thomas Pynchon edited Homer slight from Simpsons episode” http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/sep/04/thomas-pynchon-edited-homer-simpsons-episode

『シンプソンズ』にトマス・ピンチョン *1が出ていたというのは知らなかった。しかも、そのスクリプトに自ら（ファックスを使って）介入し、それを添削していたとは！　

The show's executive producer Matt Selman revealed on Twitter the script adjustments made by the publicity-shy novelist*2. Famed for his desire to stay out of the spotlight, Pynchon broke his cover in 2004 to appear on two episodes of The Simpsons, with his cartoon character wearing a paper bag over his head, in reference to his reclusiveness. The author is so reluctant to appear in public that he did not attend the National Book Awards to collect a prize for Gravity's Rainbow in 1974, and when he was captured on film by CNN in 1997, he asked the network not to air the footage, telling them: "My belief is that 'recluse' is a codeword generated by journalists, meaning: 'doesn't like to talk to reporters'"*3.
Signing off from his script edits as "Tom", with a kiss, the author makes a "couple changes" to his lines via fax, according to the script shared by Selman. As well as ruling out saying "Marge is a great cook. No wonder Homer is such a fat ass" – "sorry, guys. Homer is my role model and I won't speak ill of him," writes the Gravity's Rainbow author – Pynchon also throws in a few Pynchon-esque puns.
Instead of saying "scrumptious", when sampling Marge Simpson's chicken wings, Pynchon changes the line to "Yeah, Vi-licious!", a reference to his novel V. He also riffs on his novel The Crying of Lot 49, adding the line: "And those potato pancakes of hers! I ate 4 dozen once and was suddenly inspired by the Frying of Latke 49."