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Trivia[]
- Marge's potential conclusions she writes down based on cell phone calls are:
- Otto - drugs?
- Mayor Quimby - interns?
- Burns - greedy?
- Krusty - gay?
Previous Episode References[]
- Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington:
- The family goes to the Smithsonian Museum
- The Spirit of St. Louis is seen
- Lisa's Substitute, Lisa's Wedding, Lisa the Simpson, and Lisa the Vegetarian: A Lisa-centric episode where Lisa is mad at or ashamed of Homer, but by the end of the episode, realizes that he is a good father, despite his bumbling actions.
- (Lisa the Simpson only): A character (Jasper/Homer) thinks he's traveled through time.
- The Springfield Files: Homer ditches work to go out and drink.
- Homer the Great: Homer ruins a sacred document (the Stonecutters' sacred parchment/the Bill of Rights) by smearing food (barbecue sauce/chocolate) on it.
- Mayored to the Mob: reference to Mayor Quimby sexually harassing interns (peeps into the female interns' bathroom while Homer is rescuing him/Marge has "Mayor Quimby -- Interns?" listed while she's eavesdropping on cell phone calls).
- When Flanders Failed, I Married Marge, and The Canine Mutiny: Someone gets all their stuff repossessed by The Repo Depot.
- Treehouse of Horror VIII ("Easy Bake Coven"): Homer has something (bats/gum) stuck in what little hair he has left on his head.
- Homer Badman: reference to the Disney version of The Little Mermaid (the "Under the Sea" spoof that ends with Homer eating the sea life/Lisa said it was her favorite movie, but Homer taped over it).
- Homer's Barbershop Quartet: Homer desecrates a historical American document (calls the Declaration of Independence "junk"/got chocolate all over the Bill of Rights and removes the part of the Eighth Amendment that prohibits cruel and unusual punishment).
- My Sister, My Sitter, Homer Alone, Lisa on Ice, and Homer's Triple Bypass: Bart annoys Lisa.
- (Lisa on Ice only): Milhouse gets abused by Marge (takes and withholds the teeth Milhouse lost during hockey practice/hits Milhouse on the head with the baby monitor and takes him inside the house rather than call an ambulance or his mom).
- Homer Goes to College: Someone has the name "Sir ___-A-Lot" (the college mascot is named "Sir Oinks-A-Lot"/Homer is crowned "Sir Drinks-A-Lot" at the bar party).
- Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy: reference to tunnels being visual shorthand for sex (when Homer and Marge have sex, only for it to be revealed that Bart, Lisa, and Maggie are at a stock footage film festival/Principal Skinner's mom tells Skinner that she doesn't like him driving through tunnels because of what it symbolizes).
- El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer): A Simpson goes on a psychedelic journey to better understand their life (Homer seeing if Marge is his soulmate/Lisa discovering that Homer is a good father, despite his bumbling).
- Marge on the Lam: Homer hates the ballet.
- $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling): Marge gets hooked on something (playing the slot machines/eavesdropping on cell phone calls) in an episode subplot.
- The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons and Dumbbell Indemnity: Moe and mail-order brides.
- Miracle on Evergreen Terrace: Maggie has a cow cup toy.
- Lisa's Sax and Homer to the Max: reference to All in the Family (the beginning of the episode spoofs the All in the Family opening/one of the new TV shows is a politically correct version of All in the Family/Homer gets in trouble for sitting in Archie Bunker's chair)
Cultural References[]
- When Homer wakes up and believes he had somehow traveled back to 1939 due to a radio broadcast, the song playing in the background is Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing), the music by Louis Prima and Benny Goodman that served as the inspiration for the Chips Ahoy! theme.
- When Lenny and Carl change the radio, the song playing is 1983's "The Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats; Bill and Marty's comment about them being known today as "Men Without Jobs" is a reference to "Safety Dance" being their only major hit, and the band being broken up at the time (although as of 2018 they have since reunited and still tour and record).
- The scene at the beginning of the episode, just before playing "Sing, Sing, Sing (With a Swing)", refers to several elements in 1939:
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt being the president:
- An ice cream cone costing only a nickel
- Benny Goodman's new song (referring to "Sing, Sing, Sing (with a Swing)") hitting the charts
- Not mentioned in the broadcast itself, but Homer references Adolf Hitler planning to start World War II when stating while panicking over seemingly traveling back to 1939 that he has to "warn everyone about Hitler".
- Aside from the United States Bill of Rights, other exhibits at the museum were Abraham Lincoln's top hat, Fonzie's black jacket and Archie Bunker's chair.
- Other than those four, other exhibits seen include the Spirit of St. Louis, Lou Gehrig's jersey bat and ball, the Liberty Bell, the Space Capsule, Polly Doodle, a rocket, the US Flag dating back to the War of 1812, the 1911 high-wheeler automobile, the Don't Tread on Me flag of the Sons of Liberty, the statue of Paul Revere, and a cannon.
- Lisa's favorite movie (at least until Homer recorded over the VHS tape) was Disney's The Little Mermaid.
- Homer mistakes Lisa's favorite movie for 1968's "The Odd Couple", and poorly chants the iconic theme music
- While inside the Karma-Ceuticals box, in order to alleviate boredom, Homer starts singing Art Blakey's The Witch Doctor. According to DVD commentary, the rights to use the song were expensive, which explains why Homer only sings parts of it.
The American flag with blue stars
Goofs[]
- When Lisa is looking at Abraham Lincoln's hat, the stars on the United States flag in the museum are blue instead of white.
The kitchen with pink walls
- At one frame in the kitchen when Homer is holding Maggie, the walls and hinges of the kitchen are colored pink instead of light purple.
- It is unknown why the Repo Depot was repossessing the merchandise of Karma-Ceuticals six months before bankruptcy. Although with the owner citing a crystal as a resource, there's a chance she had much less time.
Production Notes[]
- The final draft for this episode was published on October 7, 1998.[1]
October 7, 1998