Sign outside Cape Canaveral says, "Cape Canaveral Formerly Cape Kennedy Formerly Cape Arbuckle"
Cape Canaveral was formerly named Cape Kennedy, and before that was named Cape Canaveral (yes, the name was changed, then changed back). But it was never named Cape Arbuckle.
Fatty Arbuckle was a popular silent-movie comedian whose career was ruined after he was tried for the rape & murder of actress Virginia Rappe at a wild party. Even though he was found not guilty, he was essentially blacklisted, and his very name became disreputable. So, the writers were making fun of the Cape's name-changing by IMAGINING that it was once called Cape Arbuckle in honour of Fatty, but changed to Canaveral after the scandal. There is also an implicit comparison between Kennedy's sexual scandals and Arbuckle's.
Episode: 1F13 Deep Space Homer
Cape Canaveral was formerly named Cape Kennedy, and before that was named Cape Canaveral (yes, the name was changed, then changed back). But it was never named Cape Arbuckle.
Fatty Arbuckle was a popular silent-movie comedian whose career was ruined after he was tried for the rape & murder of actress Virginia Rappe at a wild party. Even though he was found not guilty, he was essentially blacklisted, and his very name became disreputable. So, the writers were making fun of the Cape's name-changing by IMAGINING that it was once called Cape Arbuckle in honour of Fatty, but changed to Canaveral after the scandal. There is also an implicit comparison between Kennedy's sexual scandals and Arbuckle's.
Episode: 1F13 Deep Space Homer
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- The Greatest Mathematical Error
The Mariner I space probe was launched from Cape Canaveral on 28
July 1962 towards Venus
After 13 minutes' flight a booster engine would give... - Tom: It's a lovely day for a launch, here, live at Cape Canaveral
at the lower end of the Florida Peninsula, and... - There was a young man of Cape Horn
Who wished he had never been born
And he wouldn't have been If his father had seen... - Grab your Cape/And drop the phone/Your next stop is/The
Joker... - Caution: Cape does not enable user to fly.
Batman Costume warning... - Homer: [cracks a beer] Ahh!
Bart: Mom, Dad, I saw Sideshow Bob and he threatened to kill me
Homer: Bart, don't interrupt! Marge: Homer, this is... - Um, I checked around. The girls are calling you "fatty-fat fat fat
and Nelson's planning to pull down your pants, but... - Wiggum: [miffed] Sideshow Bob has no decency. He called me "Chief
Piggum
[everyone laughs] Heh, now I get it. That's... - Gee, if some snot-nosed little kid sent me to prison
the first thing out, I'd find out where he lives, and...
