"Stolen Time" on the Simpsons

[mateusz lis]

Larry Giver wrote:
> I just watched the latest(?) Simpsons episode, in which
> Bart had a stop-watch just like the one the Beagle Boys
> had in Rosa's "On Stolen Time".  He and Milhous could
> click the stopwatch once to stop time for everyone
> except themselves, then click it again to resume real
> time for all.   Did the Simpson creators steal this idea
> from Don's story?

In DuckTales' episode "Time Teasers" from 1988 (written by Anthony Adams)
Beagle Boys also used a stop-watch to steal $crooge's cash. They had stolen
the stop-watch from Gyro, like in Don's story.

Best wishes,
Mateusz Lis