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Topic: What does this mean? "That's the biggest rip-off since Webster!"

Anonymous A started this topic 9 months (2009-07-02 18:58:?? UTC) ago (#28,751):

> That's the biggest rip-off since Webster!

I heard this in The Simpsons. What does it mean?

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Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 9 months (2009-07-02 19:03:?? UTC) ago, 5 minutes later (#171,768):

It's in reference to a cheap knock-off toy similar to furby.

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 8 months (2009-07-08 07:50:?? UTC) ago, 6 days later, 6 days past creation (#175,685):

The "knock-off" aspect of Webster is that it rips off Diff'rent Strokes. Specifically a diminutive wise-cracking african-american child, orphaned, adopted by well-to-do white parents.

In simplest terms: Emmanuel Lewis = Gary Coleman.