A Tale of Two Springfields/References

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◄ Treehouse of Horror XI

A Tale of Two Springfields

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Trivia

• This is the 250th episode of the show.
• Area code 636, which was introduced in 1999, is actually assigned to suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri ^[1]; although this seems to reveal Springfield's State, the real Springfield, Missouri is in a different area code. Area code 939 is one of two codes used in Puerto Rico, and it was introduced in September 2001, 10 months after the episode's original airdate.
• This is the the first and only episode directed by Shaun Cashman.
• This was the first episode to air on the United Kingdom's Channel 4 station.

Censorship

• Bill and Marty's radio joke about the mattress being on the road meaning that Joan Collins was back in town (and Homer saying that Joan Collins sleeps with everybody) was cut in Sky Showcase airings, but this was later added back in.
• Homer saying that The Who used to be called “The Hillbilly Bugger Boys” was cut in Channel 4 airings. It was once cut in Sky Showcase airings, but was later added back in.
• Homer and Bart fighting with the telephone (Homer strangles Bart with the cord and Bart bashes Homer's head in with the receiver until the two of them pass out) was cut in Channel 4 airings. It was once cut in Sky Showcase airings, but was later added back in.
• The news report about the Evian water factory being brought to old Springfield was cut in Sky Showcase airings, due to Sky Showcase not allowing mentions of commercial brands at the time of the episode's broadcast, but this was later added back in.
• Kent Brockman's "golden showers" line (and the crew members snickering over it) was cut in Channel 4 airings. It was once cut in Sky Showcase airings, but was later added back in.
  • Despite these cuts, Homer showing Lisa his innards after the badger attacked him was never cut on any UK channel, nor was Homer with a suicide belt on, threatening to blow himself up, only to blame Bart for not wiring it right (and Bart's line, "It worked on the test corpse"), and the running gag of Homer misusing choloform, including the end where he dopes Marge up on choloform to keep her from ranting about all the chaos he caused throughout the episode.

Previous Episode References

• "There's No Disgrace Like Home" and "Last Exit to Springfield": Springfield has a major power failure.
• "Blood Feud": The Olmec head Mr. Burns gave The Simpsons is part of the wall separating Old Springfield from New Springfield.
• "Lemon of Troy":
  • Bart gets harassed by bullies from another town (Shelbyville/New Springfield)
  • "Lemon of Troy" and "Homer Loves Flanders": Springfield has a rivalry with another town (Shelbyville [both "Lemon..." and "Homer Loves Flanders"]/Old Springfield vs. New Springfield)
• "Homer the Smithers": Homer gets bashed in the head with a phone receiver during a fight.
• "22 Short Films About Springfield": Someone gets pecked in the head by a woodpecker.
• "Homerpalooza": Homer is a fan of Grand Funk Railroad.
• "Homer's Phobia": John's robot Santa is seen on the wall between New Springfield and Old Springfield.
• "Whacking Day", "Cape Feare", and "E-I-E-I-D'oh": A plot point is forgotten until the very end of the episode (Principal Skinner remembering that he left Nelson, Dolph, Jimbo, and Kearney in the bomb shelter/The Simpsons coming back to find that Grampa has physically turned into a woman because he didn't take his medication/The Simpsons find the Southern general still parked outside their house, waiting to duel Homer/the badgers attack the town over being forgotten earlier in the episode)
• "Mayored to the Mob" and "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge": Homer knocks Marge out (with a Vulcan nerve pinch/with a tranquilizer dart/with chloroform) to keep her from nagging him about something.
• "Grift of the Magi" and "Behind the Laughter": Gary Coleman guest stars on The Simpsons.
  • "Grift of the Magi" only: Fat Tony has a mob-connected construction business.
• "Lisa the Skeptic": The angel statue appears in the wall built to separate Springfield.
• "Trash of the Titans": Homer holds a municipal post and ruins the town with the way he runs things.
• "They Saved Lisa's Brain": A Simpson runs Springfield and it goes to pot.
• "Homer to the Max": Homer doesn't know Carl's name by memory.
• "Saddlesore Galactica": A stereotypical old money rich guy loses a monocle when he's shocked over something.
• "Radio Bart": Bart pulls a prank involving making someone sound like they farted (hides his microphone radio in Mrs. Krabappel's chair and makes a farting noise when she sits down/puts a whoopee cushion on Homer's side of the couch during the couch gag).