Law Students
Duke 2L Finds ‘Simpsons’ Knowledge Can Be Lucrative
Posted Nov 3, 2009, 11:22 am CST
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A Duke law student corrected the actress who voices Lisa Simpson and helped a cake decorator earn $10,000 on the Food Network Challenge television show.
Second-year law student Andrew Blumberg was one of four Simpsons fans chosen to help cake decorators make an ultimate Simpsons cake, the News & Observer reports. Blumberg helped cake decorator BethAnn Goldberg snag the prize for a cake that plays off the assigned Simpsons episode, "Last Tap Dance in Springfield."
Yeardley Smith, the actress who voices Lisa Simpson, asked Blumberg to name Lisa’s dance teacher in the episode. Blumberg answered “Little Vicki,” and Smith corrected him, saying the name was “Miss Vicki.”
Blumberg didn’t agree, according to the story. He recited dialogue from the cartoon in which the dance teacher was called both “Little Vicki” and “Miss Vicki.”
Blumberg told the News & Observer that Goldberg shared part of her prize with him. "I'm finally getting to use my only marketable skill," Blumberg said, "which is Simpsons knowledge."
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