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+ | *[[Matt Groening]] hated the idea of a crossover episode and removed this name from the credits, making this the only Simpsons episode in which Groening's name is not in the credits (opening or closing). |
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| − | *This episode aired in March 1995 to coincide with the premiere of ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Critic The Critic]'' on FOX. ''The Critic'' would be cancelled two months later in May 1995. |
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| − | *[[Jon Lovitz]] speaks in the DVD commentary for the episode. He also talks about his one similarity with [[Jay Sherman]]: His testicular size. |
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| − | *A deleted scene shows the residents of [[Springfield Retirement Castle]] making a risqué movie titled ''[[What the Pool Boy Saw]]'' to enter in the [[Springfield Film Festival]]. |
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* The episode title references the 1976 [[wikipedia:Barbra Streisand|Barbra Streisand]] film [[wikipedia:A Star Is Born (1976 film)|''A Star Is Born'']]. |
* The episode title references the 1976 [[wikipedia:Barbra Streisand|Barbra Streisand]] film [[wikipedia:A Star Is Born (1976 film)|''A Star Is Born'']]. |
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Trivia
- Matt Groening hated the idea of a crossover episode and removed this name from the credits, making this the only Simpsons episode in which Groening's name is not in the credits (opening or closing).
Cultural References
- The episode title references the 1976 Barbra Streisand film A Star Is Born.
- At the beginning of Mr. Burns' first appearance in this episode, the Imperial March from Star Wars is played.
- Burns says he wants Señor Spielbergo to do for him what Steven Spielberg did for Oskar Schindler, a reference to the 1993 film Schindler's List.
- The desert sequence in Mr. Burns' film is a parody of Ben-Hur, although the line, "You truly are the King of Kings," may be a recasting of a similar line delivered by John Wayne in the movie King of Kings, where in a cameo as a centurion, he says, "Truly, this man was the Son of God."
- Barney's film is (unfortunately) entitled Pukahontas, a pun on the 1995 Disney animated movie Pocahontas.
- When Jay Sherman first comes into the Simpsons' house, Bart is watching a Flintstones-Jetsons crossover cartoon special (A parody of The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones). He criticizes the crossover special despite the episode being a crossover special itself.