h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I seem to recall that the scanner read-out was once told by Troy McClure on an episode, but I can't remember what it is. Can someone help me?

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it said "baby free" in the begining.

it said "baby free" in the begining. this happened during the first few episodes.

Maggie costs $347.63. Either use freeze-frame on your VCR, or pick up the Guide to the Simpsons. It's in your bookstore.

You have a typo in your $#, grasshopper. The total is:

$847.63. (You have $347.63.)

Well, I was close. $847.63 can look like $347.63 at speeds in excess of 24 frames a second.

Figuring out the right number finally forced me to get glasses. (Not that I remember to wear them.)

on one of the episodes for the simpsons. troy mcclure stated that the cash register read, "NRA4EVER, just one of the many right wing subliminal messages of matt groening"

According to that episode it said "NRA4EVER" and was described by Troy as something like "one of the many subliminal right wing messages hidden in the show"

... and I should really read the other replies before posting... still, good to see I remembered most of it correctly!

I once read an article about the Simpsons which stated that this amount ($840-something) was a figure estimated by some sort of family research center as the total monthly cost of raising an infant in America today (food, clothes, medical, etc).

Unfortunately, this was too long ago for me to cite the source. Can anyone confirm this?

Yes, I heard the same thing.
I think Maggie is my 3rd favourite character (shes great in the Lisa's Wedding episode).