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"Bart Carny" |
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Trivia[]
- The Rich Texan's line about Hitler's car being the first car with "Fahrvergnügen" was originally supposed to be "...and it was the first car to be featured in Disney's Electric Light Parade." According to the DVD commentary, the show's legal team begged them not to use that line, despite allowing every other joke that made fun of Disney in the past (including references to how the Itchy & Scratchy cartoons have the same history as Walt Disney and his works, as seen on "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie", "Itchy & Scratchy Land" and "The Day the Violence Died"). The original line appeared in the closed captions when it premiered on TV, but has been changed to the alternate line for reruns (both on free-TV and cable), home media release, and streaming.
- According to the DVD commentary, George Meyers' stepfather hated Bart's line, "Get outta my way! I'm Hitler" because his stepfather actually fought in Germany during World War II.
Previous Episode References[]
- "The Old Man and the Lisa": A barrel of "L'il Lisa Slurry" can be seen on the ocean floor during the boat tour.
- "Homerpalooza": The nail freak who reacts to minor pain is seen.
- "Secrets of a Successful Marriage": Homer lives in the treehouse after getting kicked out of his own home.
- "Homer's Triple Bypass", and "The Old Man and the Lisa": Marge mentions Homer's near-fatal heart conditions and the operations needed to fix them.
- "Bart After Dark": Bart takes a seedy job to pay off a major debt caused by vandalism.
- "Lady Bouvier's Lover": Bart surreptitiously stealing Marge's pearl necklace is similar to Bart pickpocketing Homer so he can get his wallet.
- "Mr. Plow": Bart causes trouble in a car belonging to a notorious historical figure from the 1930s (Bart pretending he's shooting cops in the Bonnie and Clyde death car/Bart driving through the crowd in Adolf Hitler's car).
- "Lisa the Beauty Queen" and "Summer of 4 Ft. 2": Someone gets squirted in the face while playing the "Squirt the Water into the Clown's Mouth" carnival game (Martin after Nelson says that the game sucks/Bart during Lisa's campaign to hurt Bart after he outed her to her beach kid friends/Krusty because he's near the clown heads).
- "The Springfield Files": Chief Wiggum refusing to help Homer.
Cultural References[]
- The episode title is a reference to the comedian Art Carney.
- The song that plays during the closing credits is "Groove Me" by King Floyd.
- The aspect of Hitler's car at a carnival is a possible reference to Bunny Gibbons, a carnival operator from the 1950s notorious for having exhibited the car of murderer and body-snatcher Ed Gein.
- Hitler's purported car looks like an actual Mercedes-Benz owned by Hitler on display at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Canada.
- One of the carnival prizes is a mirror, which has the logo for British metal band Def Leppard.
- The sign for "The Tooth Chipper" resembles the logo for Coney Island's Steeplechase Park (1897-1964).
Goofs[]
- The "Tooth Chipper" car Bart, Lisa, and Homer were in had its bars lock low over their legs, so when they stopped suddenly, it shouldn't have hit their mouths. And how could a bar hit the teeth of two people of different heights sitting in the same seat?
- Homer wouldn't be able to give Cooder and Spud the deed to the house, as he's still paying the mortgage. However, given that Cooder was squatting, he arguably failed to realize that there is a lien on the property, as well as being a likely uneducated man to begin with, he would have been fooled by Homer's bluff.
- Only contrabass and baritone saxophones have spit valves in them (along with brass instruments, like trumpets, tubas, and French horns). The saxophone Lisa plays looks like an alto, which wouldn't have a spit valve.
- When Bart crashes Hitler's car, there's a fence between the tree and the wrecked vehicle. In the next scene, the fence is gone.
- Spud says that Lisa's eyes are blue, but Milhouse said they are gray. Either Milhouse is colorblind or Spud uses "blue eyes" as a way to charm girls.
Production Notes[]
- The final draft for this episode was published on June 19, 1997.[1]
June 19, 1997