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* TwoDecadesBehind: Hello Nurse, working for Creator/{{Paramount}}, claims the statue in the name of Gulf+Western. But Gulf+Western had ceased to exist by the time the episode aired. It stopped operating under that name in 1989, becoming Paramount Communications after the movie studio it owned. It was under that name that the company was acquired by Viacom in 1994. On the other hand, Minerva and Ralph did namedrop the correct owners of the studios they worked for (at least they were correct in 1995; [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios Fox]] being owned by Rupert Murdoch through News Corporation, and Creator/{{Universal}} being controlled by Seagram, who had just acquired Universal from Matsushita, who retained a minority stake at the time).

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* TwoDecadesBehind: Hello Nurse, working for Creator/{{Paramount}}, claims the statue in the name of Gulf+Western. But Gulf+Western had ceased to exist by the time the episode aired. It stopped operating under that name in 1989, becoming Paramount Communications after the movie studio it owned. It was under that name that the company was acquired by Viacom (the owner of Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}, which eventually reran ''Animaniacs'' and spin-off ''WesternAnimation/PinkyAndTheBrain'') in 1994. On the other hand, Minerva and Ralph did namedrop the correct owners of the studios they worked for (at least they were correct in 1995; [[Creator/TwentiethCenturyStudios Fox]] being owned by Rupert Murdoch through News Corporation, and Creator/{{Universal}} being controlled by Seagram, who had just acquired Universal from Matsushita, who retained a minority stake at the time).

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